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Entrance: Welcome New Families
Entrance: Welcome New Families
How to Welcome New Families in Your School Entrance
Families come and go throughout the year. Changing schools mid-year is disruptive, difficult and downright frightening for many students. Help ease this transition by welcoming students and their families into your School Family on a school-wide “Welcome” board.
Set up a bulletin board in the entryway or other central location. As new families enter the school, invite them to provide photographs and basic information (family members’ names, where they’re moving from, and fun tidbits like favorite activities and what they’re looking forward to about their new community). Some schools accomplish this by sending home a form asking specific questions and requesting two or three family photos. Others take new photos and answer the questions on home visits. Gather their responses and showcase them on the bulletin board for at least a month after the new child’s arrival. Use the information the families provide to welcome the new students at the next school assembly.
Videos Examples: Welcome New Families in Your School Entrance
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Younger Children: Welcome New Families - Check-In Procedure with School Family Photos
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Younger Children: Welcome New Families - Parent Ritual During Beginning of Year
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Younger Children: Counselor Welcomes New Students - Star Group
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Older Children: Welcome New Families - Middle School Principal Explains Welcome New Families Ritual
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Older Children: Safekeeper - Middle School Principle Explains Former Student Ritual
Photo Examples: Welcome New Families in Your School Entrance