Your school community is a Network.

ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORK!

Schools
Families
Organizations
Companies

Work together – make good things happen.

Activate Your Network!

We Help Parent Groups

PTO Connect builds tools for parents organizations.

PTA	Parent Teacher Associations
PTO	Parent Teacher Organizations
Boosters	Band, music, art, athletics, and others.

These groups volunteer time, energy, and money to support their school. They connect schools, families, and companies.

We provide online tools to make them effective and successful.

Kindergarten – 12th: All grades. All schools.

Parents are busy.
Volunteering parents are busier.
Mobilize your group. Make good things happen.

Tools and Features

Email newsletter
- The colorful email newsletter is our primary communication tool.
  Compose an email in your browser. Add images. Highlight text. Add links to files, volunteer opportunities, and directory verification. Add multiple articles to your newsletter. Customize the recipient list.
  Then send your email to hundreds of parents with one click.
  Super easy!
Website
- Your website is automatically updated with articles published in your newsletter.
  Customize colors, pages, menu items, images, links, content, etc.
Volunteering
- Recruit volunteers to either work a shift or donate an item. Volunteers can see when their friends are volunteering.
  No more mass emails to get help with projects or events.
Advertising Platform
- You help us identify advertisers. We do the rest. We'll work with the advertiser to create an ad image. We'll setup and schedule the ads. We'll handle the online payment.
  Then we'll share the ad revenue with you. This may be your easiest fundraiser!
Family Feedback
- Create a checkbox questionaire for parents and include a link in your newsletter. Parents can easily provide feedback to your group. Ask about volunteer opportunities, permission to publish child information, event RSVP, etc.
  Simple but effective.
Calendar
- Categorize events to display different colors. Add links or show the event time.
  The calendar is automatically displayed in newsletters and on your website.
Family Account
- All family members organized together in a single account.
  Your family account page shows information from all enrolled schools.
  Manage email addresses, account access, and contact information.
Board Roster
- Manage your organizations board roster. Track open and filled positions along with contact information.
  Your board roster is automatically updated on your web site.
Images, Files, Links
- Upload small, medium, and large images. Upload PDF files. Include images and files in your email newsletter.
  Create shortcuts to commonly used websites.
  Reuse your library of images, files, and links year after year.
Printed Directory
- Tired of wrestling with Excel and Mail Merge? Use our 1-click PDF export. Choose from multiple layouts.
  Or fully customize your directory by exporting a comma-separated values (CSV) file of your data.
  Either way works.

Activate Your Network!

Make Good Things Happen

Below are some of the good things happening in PTO Connect organizations. You probably have a similar list for your school.

We want to help make good things happen.

Elementary Schools

Enrichment
Dad's club
Field trips
Spiritwear
Art supplies
Classroom helpers
Field day
New playground
Climbing wall
Salad bar
Box tops

Middle Schools

Career day
School dance
Chaperones
Book fair
Spring event
Earth day events
Snack for test day
Cookie dough fundraising
School store
Yearbook cameras
Election forums

High Schools

College test prep
Senior scholarships
School newspaper
Safe graduation party
Band trip to Europe
Speaker series
College visits
Engineeering expo
New theater lighting
Honor roll lunch off-campus
Yearbook support

All Schools

Latest technology
Office help
Library volunteers
Cash gift to school
Hospitality
Author visits
New track
Public relations
New uniforms
Solo accompanist
Turkey drive

Shared Goals

Communicate
Coordinate
Open minds
Include everyone
Find volunteers
Work together
Raise money
Help teachers
Celebrate achievements
Engage the community
Promote health
Keep kids safe

Get Organized. Make Money.

We mostly want organizations to run smoothly. But we also want to help them make money.

We make money in two ways:

Member organizations pay us a monthly subscription fee.
We sell ads to local companies.

But rather than keep all of the ad revenue, we share it with organizations to help pay their subscription fee and make extra money. Everybody wins. Organizations get nice tools. Families get connected. Companies get exposure. And we keep the servers running. Sweet!

Bonus: When more schools use PTO Connect, advertising is easier. It's easier to find advertisers, and it's easier for advertisers to place ads. We like easy.

Typical advertisers include: tutors, daycare, martial arts, art & music lessons, realtors, sports leagues, restaurants, fitness centers, doctors, lawyers, orthodontists, and beauty services.

Activate your Network

Your school community is a network:

Each school has multiple organizations (PTA, band booster, athletic booster, etc).
Each school has many enrolled families.
Each family might be enrolled in multiple schools.
Each organization might partner with multiple companies.
Each local advertiser might like to reach families from many schools.

It's a large, connected network of people. We can help you reach and engage your network.

About Us

PTO Connect has been serving organizations since 2007. It was founded by Greg Yut to serve a small number of PTOs in Texas. We've continuously improved the service while raising kids of our own and serving on PTOs. We've served 50 thousand people, and we've sent nearly 10 million email newsletters.

We're actively adding new schools and districts to PTO Connect.

Come join us!

Got a question about PTO Connect? Drop us a line!

support@ptoconnect.com