It’s nearly here – so close you can taste it. The end of the year! The air is fresh (… well, and probably full of pollen), children are literally twitching with anticipation of summer vacation, and teachers are experiencing a plethora of emotions. Teachers spend roughly six hours per day, five days per week, nine […]
Organization Misbehavior
Have you ever tried to function in a situation or organization in which the proverbial left hand and right hand do not work together? Where there are seemingly no “hands” (one person doing everything) or too many (everyone doing their own thing). Where people communicate, but not in an effective way, to get things done […]
Jump Start Your 2015-2016 Board!
The nominations have been made, the ballots have been cast, and it’s now time to get your 2015-2016 PTO and PTA board into shape! While your board probably has a few returning members, especially those who were elected or appointed to officer positions, there’s probably a few newcomers as well, and it’s important that everyone […]
Have a Resolution for Your Organization for the New Year?
How About Working Smarter in 2015? It’s early January 2015. The suitcases are put away. Friends and family have returned home. The holidays and parties are fun memories. It’s much quieter around the house as kids are back to school. As we shuffle off to work at home or our office, we attempt to pick […]
‘Tis The Season… How Will You Use Pay4SchoolStuff This Winter?
‘Tis The Season… to be jolly, for shorter days, for colder and darker mornings and early evenings, for frost on the windows… basically, a whole lot of things that keep children and students indoors. During this time of year, when the outdoor sports seasons have come to a halt and everyone seems to be forced […]
Pay4SchoolStuff.com Continues to Incorporate Parent and Administrator Suggestions to the Website
There is not much more we can do to make Pay4SchoolStuff.com the best solution for parents and schools/parent groups. But parent and account administrator users continue to make suggestions for improving the online experience. And so, we’ve added still more enhancements in addition to the full offering of features already available (see “Feature Corner” below). […]
Happy Back to School from Pay4SchoolStuff.com.
We hope the summer was healthy and restful and the new school year has started smoothly. We are excited to have your organization utilizing our innovative web tool to better manage your information and payment needs and wanted to let you know about a few new features, and perhaps remind you of some others, […]
Everybody’s Online. Is Your School or Parent Group?
PC. Laptop, Smartphone. On your TV. At home. At work. At School Amazon. Google. EBay. Pinterest. Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. Bills. Tweets. Texts. E-mails All of us carry out a good portion of our daily lives through the internet. At work, at home and for our kids at school, much of what we do everyday […]
“You Have Dramatically Changed How Our Parent Organization Does Business!”
We don’t have to make this stuff up. We hear from Account Administrators all the time, like this PTA Treasurer above, what a huge difference the use of the Pay4SchoolStuff.com website is having on their organization’s business. By allowing many different activity heads, committee chairs or Board members to have access to the website, […]
Back To School | Start Times and Sleep Studies
With back to school time just around the corner it’s time to look into an issue that’s been plaguing school systems for years – namely, what to do about start times. As research has shown in recent years, high school aged students would – in theory – benefit from a later start time due […]