Getting+the+word+out

[[image:pwcspep/phone.jpg width="57" height="55"]] Ideas for Getting the Word Out about PEP

 * **//Call the parents//**
 * Set up a phone tree system in the parents' languages.
 * Have secretaries/ parent liasons/ parent volunteers/ teachers invite/remind parents to come to PEP every week.


 * **//Put "My parent is going to PEP after school" stickers on students before they go home.//**


 * **//Chat with parents that pick up their children before/after school//**

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 * //**Have a table at:** Back-to-School Night, library book sales (Family Night), Kindergarten Registration, conference days, etc. Advertise PEP by giving away Dr. Pepper!//


 * **// Co lor ful // bilingual fliers and posters with lots of pictures**
 * One thing that I did was make a colorful poster and posted it in the main hallway of my school right where parents come in. There's been a lot of interest from that. ~ Tara O'Neill, Loch Lomond E.S.


 * **Publicize** in local newspapers or with radio stations such as [|El Zol 99.1 FM], **Radio Fiesta 1480 AM** (703)490-1579, **WDCN-LP 87.7** (301) 686-1123, and [|Univision Radio Washington].


 * **PEP bulletin boards** with pictures of parents with their children.