Hi Susannah,

We have recently sent out a flier about our own school programs.  We were 
able to access e-mail lists for each teacher in most schools in our area and 
sent a lot of our information that way.  I think it's much more effective to 
target individual teachers instead of principals or schools.  We also looked 
at the specific curricula online for each grade level to determine which 
grades and classes to target.  Hope that helps!

Jennifer Pena
Wilkes Heritage Museum


>From: Susannah West <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: contacting schools
>Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:51:59 -0400
>
>With the new school year approaching, I'm planning on contacting schools 
>and
>pointing out the value of a field trip to the Rankin House.    Since my
>budget for this project is non-existent, I can't afford to send out an
>information packet to each school.  So my thought was that I could send a
>postcard with a photograph of the Rankin House and a brief message to each
>school I target.  Who would it be best to address the card to:  the
>principal?  Or to specific teachers, like fourth grade teachers (since Ohio
>history is usually taught in 4th grade)?  7th grade social studies 
>teachers?
>American History teachers?  The message would invite them to send for an
>information packet if they'd like more information.  I will probably be
>sending out cards to schools in a three or four county area; do you think I
>should send cards to schools which faithfully come to the Rankin House as
>well as ones who haven't, or just concentrate on schools that haven't
>visited? Should I perhaps concentrate more on private or Christian schools
>as opposed to public schools?  ( I observe that these schools often seem to
>be more flexible about field trips and more able to work them into their
>schedules.)  I am sure this topic has been discussed in great detail in the
>past; perhaps you can point me to specific messages in the archives that I
>should read.  Thanks so much.
>
>Susannah West
>tour guide
>John Rankin House (home of abolitionist John Rankin, 1793-1886)
>Ripley, Ohio
>
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