An Update on Setting Things Up

An Update on Setting  Things Up

I’ve stayed fairly on top of things this year.  School started on Wed. The first PTSA newsletter went out with the Math Club signup information. I then posted a Facebook post on the school FB page and put up the posters the kids drew at the end of the last year in various locations in the building.

On the slightly less promising side, the morning announcements are being done by a new group this year and I have not heard back yet how to get something on the PA. My hope was to have that in place as well on Monday. Also the school is behind putting up the Club bulletin board for all the clubs which I was hoping would also play a part in recruiting.

That all said, I’ve had the fastest start in 3 years. By this morning I’m up to 23 kids officially signed up.  That’s already over my target of 15.  Demographics are looking good with a 50/50 male/female split.  The composition skews towards 7th grade a bit with most kids in Algebra or higher. 

I’m thinking based on that I’ll operate more like 2 years ago with a bit more tilt towards Algebraic topics especially in the Spring.

The big question is whether to continue with figuring out morning announcements. I do them to increase exposure and in the interest of fairness. Right now, if I don’t pursue them I’ll have favored the parents who are most on top of things. On the other had, I don’t really have space for anyone else so encouraging more signups is useless unless I find another adult to help out. Towards that end, I had one parent offer already. I’m to go probably talk with him and advertise some more. I’d really prefer to serve everyone who has interest and I think we could do up to 35 in the single room with enough adults.

Open Question: Does anyone else have good strategies for growing a group in a situation like this?