IEP José Félix Ribas
The brief
IEP José Félix Ribas is a private school in Nirgua, Yaracuy, with preschool, primary and an English programme. Until then it talked to families through social media and WhatsApp groups, and the board wanted a place of its own online. It was its first site, so we also advised them on buying the hosting and the domain. Families needed to find notices, requirements and downloads in one place. I built it with Drakkar, the agency I run.
The decisions
We kept its visual identity and took the site’s colours from it, so parents would see it as a modernisation of the school, not a change. The navigation follows a family’s questions: who they are, what they teach, what news there is and how to get in touch. News is filtered by the categories the school chose itself: observances, events, FAQ and requirements. Downloadable resources and the FAQ have their own page.
What it has today
A WordPress site from which the school publishes its news and events, an email newsletter and a way to ask for information from any page. The staff learned to publish in an in-person training session and do it on their own, with the Drakkar team as backup. The full story is in From WhatsApp group to website.
