Guidelines for submissions to newsletter and/or webpage:

1) E-mail all submissions

2) Put a subject in the subject line; otherwise your email may get marked as “spam.”

3) cc all submissions to Richard and Pam (administrators need to be in the “loop”).

4) Make sure you get a reply. Email is getting “iffy” these days with all the spam and filters.

5) Make sure you have a heading on your article, and use upper and lower case type.

6) Use upper and lower case for your article – bold what you want emphasized (all caps is too hard to read).

7) This one is very important – proofread your articles!!!! Make sure you have said what you meant to say!!! (I often get articles in that leave me scratching my head as to what is meant – and I know that if the person submitting the article had read it over, they would have realized that.)

8) If you give a date, give a day of the week also (such was Wednesday, February 7th). This helps cut down on mistakes. You do not have to give the year unless the date is way, way in the future.

9) If you give an extension, give a phone number (so that those who don’t have the number memorized don’t have to scramble to look it up). Also, if you say, “at the site” – give the name of the site (remember -- we have three).

10) The web program we use does not support “tabbed” information. If you want copy to line up in columns, please use a table, especially if the information is to be posted on the website.

11) Remember that field trips must be approved before submitting them to the web calendar or the newsletter.

12) Also, remember that it is Mtn. Oaks policy to use students’ first name and last initial only in the newsletter and on the web. Make sure if you mention a student, only use that student’s last initial.

Thank you all so much! The above guidelines are to minimize mistakes and errors – the website and newsletter are main communication devices for the school and therefore need to be correct!