North Elementary web site keeps growing

POLAND — The desire of a North Elementary School mother to volunteer at her daughter’s school has snowballed into the school’s evolving Web site.

Lori Gawdyda, whose daughter, Sophia, attends North, wanted to volunteer at the school, but her full-time job limited her availability during the day.

“I came to Mr. Masucci and said, ‘I’d like to do your Web site,’” Gawdyda said.

That was last March, and since then, the site, www.poland.k12.oh.us/North, has evolved into a destination for many parents featuring classroom information, a school calendar, lunch menus, photographs, individual teacher pages and a blog by Principal Michael Masucci.

“It’s like a snowball,” the principal said. “It just keeps getting bigger and bigger and better and better.”

Gawdyda worked with Tom Dowlin, a friend who is a graphic artist, Masucci and teachers at the school to create the site.

“We’ve had a lot of wonderful comments about it from parents,” Masucci said. “It’s great.”

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