MCHS joins Facebook

The school now has its own page on the popular social networking site, Facebook.

“We have one now for the high school, so that we can get information out to our kids,” Madison County High School principal Chad Stone told the school board last Tuesday at its monthly meeting.

Part of Stone’s plans for school improvement is increased community relations. In fact, the school is putting out its own newsletter with the aid of a grant.

“The more involved we have parents, the more chance we have for successful kids,” Stone said last week.

And school leaders felt that creating their own Facebook account would be another effective way to reach students.
“Our kids are really huge on it,” Stone said.

Included on the site are daily announcements and results from sporting events. Those who are part of the MCHS network on Facebook can add comments to each post.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the MCHS page had 507 “fans.”

“It’s something new, but the more we can get out of what we’re trying to do, the better we feel like it’s going to help us at the high school,” Stone said.