• Email Etiquette and Management Skills

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    Email is a critical life skill 亚洲色图 will be expected to use throughout their lives, whether they go to college, get a job, or go to trade 亚洲色图. Students who do not practice good email etiquette and email management skills have lost out on job, internship, scholarship and college opportunities because they fail to miss requests for follow-up information, miss deadlines and other opportunities.  

    Emails are one way employers, college admissions officers and scholarship committees will judge 亚洲色图 after they interview them. Learning how to send initial and follow-up emails that are professional and appropriate is a critical skill for future success.

    Students will write emails to their Jefferson teachers

    Students will need to ask their teachers questions after 亚洲色图 hours and email is the best way to do this. Learn how to write emails for different purposes such as asking for help, a time extension, or letting the teacher know you will be absent.

    Students will write emails to their PCC Middle College professors

    Students should feel confident in their ability to email a professor for various purposes.

    Students will write emails to their employer/supervisors

    At some point in the future, Jefferson Middle College 亚洲色图 will enter the workforce. Learn how to send emails to supervisors for various reasons, like requesting vacation time off or asking for a change in the work schedule.

    Students will write emails responding to jobs, internships, college admissions and financial aid offices, and following up on interviews

    Writing emails to potential employers is something that can make or break getting a job, internship, scholarship, etc. 

  • Email Etiquette 

    Email Etiquette

    1. The subject line should contain a SHORT, specific summary of the email, for example: "History essay, period 4"
    2. Use a formal salutation, for example:  "Dear Mr. Chavez, or Dear Ms. Johnson, or Dear Dr. Mbakwe."
    3. Identify who you are, what class you're in, for example: "This is Aniyah Smith, from your Chemistry period 5 class"
    4. Be specific about your question.
    5. Check your grammar and punctuation!
    6. Demonstrate gratitude, "Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it."
    7. Sign off professionally, using "Sincerely," "Best," etc.

     

  • Email Management

    Five Pillars of Student Email Management

    1. Create an email routine. Check your email once a day.
    2. DELETE unnecessary email every time you log in. Sometimes you can delete without opening it.
    3. Unsubscribe from unwanted emails.
    4. Prioritize emails from teachers and 亚洲色图 first, even if you're feeling nervous about them.
    5. Deal with important emails ASAP. Three purposes of email:
      • Share information
      • Ask for information
      • Require an action, for example, add important dates to your calendar, etc.