1. Communication Strategy:
Welcome to SBS! We would like to welcome you to the start of the new year with a list of ways
we communicate here at SBS. If you are new, returning, or curious as to what channels to listen
to as we communicate out please note the information below!
Website Communication:
Official Notes:
Official Notes are communications from teachers or disciplinarians alerting Students and
Parents of either disciplinary action or praise. All Official Notes are approved by a specified
member of the administrative team per school level and are only published if approved. This
helps Parents, Students and Teachers all be on the same page when it comes to any issues
that may come up in the classroom or while on campus.
Assignments:
Assignments are your students class work and homework. These will be paired with information
from the Topics page that each teacher sets up for the students. All assignments and class
work will be posted for parents and students to access at anytime. Some assignments will have
a dropbox feature attached where students can turn in their assignments before class. Turning
in assignments via dropbox will become more frequent as we continue in our efforts to reduce
the School’s carbon footprint by printing less.
What Assignments should look like for all students :1
Title of Assignment (CH 1 Part 1)
Description (Read pages 1­14 and write a paragraph...)
Assignment Type (Homework, Classwork, Quiz, Project, etc.)
Date Assigned and Due2
Links: Links associated with Assignment
Downloads: Downloads required for assignment
DropBox: If an assignment needs to be turned in this will be active
Announcements:
Announcements are a big piece of communication for possible last minute notifications,
reminders and announcements. We ask that you turn on notifications for Announcements to at
least receive an email, so you will be reminded (parents, students, and teachers). [screen shot
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If you have questions about assignments please message or email your teacher, or the Building Level
Head.
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Only class work and daily work should have the work assigned and due on the same day.

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Messages:
Messages are a primary source of conversation between teachers, students, and parents.
These will be accessible for mobile at the beginning of next year. This is the most efficient way to
communicate with anyone in our SBS community. All conversations are neatly in one spot and
can be archived with one button so you can reference them at a later point if need be. Messages
also house our Official Note section which is used to notate disciplinary action or words of praise
to the students.
Events:
All major events will be posted on our school calendar at the beginning of the year for you to see.
In addition to that teachers post events for things going on in their classrooms on their bulletin
boards to keep parents and students in the know. If you use a smartphone or a web calendar to
view your week you may want to think about customizing and subscribing to our iCal feed. You
can pull in lunch menus, major events and even events happening specifically in your
classroom.
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Pushpages:
A weekly email will be sent out recapping the last weeks news, reminding you of upcoming
events and special announcements. This is another vital source of communication from the
school that should be looked at by everyone. In addition to the weekly updates we also use this
tool deliver specific information about trips, events and procedures.
Grading:
Grades should be input in a timely manner depending on the work. If you have any questions
please communicate with your teacher(s), and they should respond to you about grades if there
are any concerns.
What to expect from Teachers:
Lower School:
The Bulletin Board and Assignment Center will contain the most up­to­date information on the
class. Different Topics will then be separated out for parents to learn more about what is
happening in the classroom.
Teachers will be responsible for updating the content above in the appropriate way so your
calendar will be current and accurate for their class once you have synced your calendar to the
feed. Any last minute changes will be communicated via Messages, and reminders through
Announcements. For a weekly recap our Pushpage will cover what happened in the week for

3. SBS as well as each school level. Make sure to click the Lower School link!
Middle School:
The Bulletin Board for each class will contain information that remains up all year, similar to a
welcome board in the classroom. The content will change for you and your students in Topics
as students work through these during the year. The Assignment Center will be a place students
can submit their work, see what is coming for the week, and they should correspond with topics
that are current. Communication over the course of the students time here at SBS will shift from
Teacher to Parent and Student, to Teacher to Student as your child progresses through the
Middle School.
Teachers will be responsible for updating the content above in the appropriate way so your
calendar will be current and accurate for their class once you have synced your calendar to the
feed. Any last minute changes will be communicated via Messages, and reminders through
Announcements. For a weekly recap our Pushpage will cover what happened in the week for
SBS as well as each school level. Make sure to click the Middle School link!
Upper School:
The Bulletin Board for each class will contain information that remains up all year, similar to a
welcome board in the classroom. The content will change for you and your students in Topics
as students work through these during the year. The Assignment Center will be a place students
can submit their work, see what is coming for the week, and they should correspond with topics
that are current. Students are expected to maintain their work, and keep track of their
assignments.
Teachers will be responsible for updating the content above (Topics, Bulletin Board, Assignment,
etc.) in the appropriate way so your calendar will be current and accurate for their class once
you have synced your calendar to the feed. Any last minute changes will be communicated via
Messages, and reminders through Announcements. For a weekly recap our Pushpage will cover
what happened in the week for SBS as well as each school level. Make sure to click the Upper
School link!
Optimizing your Notifications from the site:
In order to important communications from the school you will need to set up your notifications to
receive emails and/or texts.
The following options are available:
Messages ­ This is your line of communication between you Student, their Teacher and any

4. staff you will need to contact at SBS. You should turn on notifications for this feature so when
you receive a message you will get an email or text alerting you.
Announcement ­ The second option in your notifications and also very important to suscribe to
so you can receive important reminders of upcoming events and important last minute
announcements.
As a parent you’re subscription should look like the below to avoid duplicate notifications
As a Student your announcement subscription should look like this

5. Athletic Game and Practice Alerts ­ If you are a parent or a student involved with an athletic
team you may want to consider setting up and subscribing to these notifications so you can be
aware of any schedule and/or practice schedule changes and updates.
News ­ You may also choose to be notified when new News is posted to our news categories or
your groups. This is optional
Bulk E­mail ­ These section should always be subscribed to as it is a vital means of
communication for School Wide updates and important information.
When you are complete your Notification Center should look something like this at minimum
Parent Without a child on Athletics(Texts optional):

6. Parent with a child on Athletics

7. Student: