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</div><br><div dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;"><hr size="1">-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Nelson, Lisa" <lnelson@osrhe.edu><br>To: counselors@lists.onenet.net<br>Date: 12/12/13 05:06 PM<br>Subject: [Counselors] FW: Question<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question for you and all other counselors/administrators. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for a better way to communicate to my parents on a counselor level and administrator level. We all know that JH & HS students do not take home notes, calendars, etc. How are other schools communicating with their parents. I know some schools send out text messages to parents but what do they use to send this mass text? Is it a program you buy or something on the internet?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Communication is key and I feel that I am lacking in this area but I just don’t know how to get information to my parents other than mailing things home and that is not always possible.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Lisa!</p>
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<span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Kunstler Script";color:#C52211">Nona Laminack</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""> <a href="mailto:nlaminack@bigpastureps.k12.ok.us">nlaminack@bigpastureps.k12.ok.us</a> </span> </p>
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