The actual resource referred to here may or may not be directly useful to Australian school communities, but the idea of a print resource on improving family-school partnerships that is provided free to school communities is a very attractive one.

Isn’t it?

Would our school communities benefit from a resource like this?

“Parent Teacher Magazine was created in 1994 to allow local school systems to communicate with parents, children, teachers and community.

Our goal is to bring together the community and each school system to promote involvement and unity. We strive to make all information easily accessible in an effort to inform the parents of community offerings and school happenings.

Parent Teacher Magazine is unique in two important ways. We are the only magazine in the school systems informing the parents of school happenings, and we are the only non-educational magazine that is approved by the school system for classroom distribution.

No other media source serves the school systems and the community in this manner. Each school system uses Parent Teacher Magazine as a way to highlight outstanding achievements by students, teachers and community partners as well as inform the parents of changes in the school system.

The school systems receive Parent Teacher Magazine at NO COST.

The magazine is supported solely by our sponsors. Our sponsors are businesses that truly care about our children and the community.

Elementary schools receive their copies, which are then distributed to the students who take them home in their back packs.

Copies are also placed in the offices of middle and high schools for parents to pick up.”