Communication with Families

At PS/IS 276, we recognize that a collaborative relationship between home and school is important for successful learning. We have a variety of ways that we communicate about school.

Teachers have email accounts and communicate with families via email. As the teachers’ primary job is to educate children, they are not expected to reply to emails during the school day. As a general policy, teachers respond to parent emails within 2 school days. A reminder note in the signature line of all teacher emails will be consistent across the school: "Please allow 2 business days for teachers to respond to your e-mail. If you do not hear back within 2 business days, please re-send e-mail."

Because teachers do not check email during the school day, we do not alter dismissal plans via email or phone call without 24 hours notice.

• School-wide sources of information
• Parent coordinator emails informing and reminding parents of important school-wide information.
• PTA weekly emails informing and reminding parents of upcoming PTA meetings, elections, fundraising, ecological and community initiatives, school, and neighborhood events. Only families that have signed up for the PTA Membership Toolkit will receive this weekly email.
  
• The PS/IS 276 PTA Website for updated Directory, fundraising, and PTA general information. 
  
• The PTA and the school work to have the school website accurately updated.  
  
• PTA Facebook page to share community happenings and services.
  
• All parents are invited to attend PTA meetings and SLT meetings which are scheduled for convenience.