Cool new features for online school payments you don't want to miss! Part 1

Our school partners often ask "what more can I do with the online school payment website?".  There are so many things the Pay4SchoolStuffOnline web site can do, and once schools start using it and seeing how easy it is, they are always looking to utilize it more.  In the next few blog posts I'll let you know about some cool new features most schools aren't using, but should be!

One of our latest features is the high school transcripts option.  By using this feature, parents can easily send their child's transcripts to all of the colleges/universities they are applying to.  Parents go online, choose the colleges/universities they want their kids' transcripts to go to, enter their payment info... and are done!  Easy for the parents, and easy for the high school that doesn't have to deal with checks and forms.

We'd love to hear from you if your school is utilizing this feature.  Or if you aren't, why not?

What's New This Week?

Several of you have asked what other schools are doing with their account.  Trying to find out what items/activities you haven't thought of yet.  Here are some examples of what schools added last week.  Now parents at these schools are paying for more school stuff online and saving time!

Mulch Sales

SAT Prep Classes

PTA Membership

Practice SAT Test

Practice ACT

Raffle Tickets

T-Shirts

PTA Donations

Make Your Own Pizza Night

Post Prom Donation

Advance Placement (AP) Exams

We want our schools to make the most of Pay For School Stuff Online and to save time for themselves, school administrators, and classroom teachers alike.  What are YOU adding this week to your Pay4SchoolStuffOnline account?  We'd love to hear it, please leave a comment below!

2011 AASA National Conference on Education - Denver, CO - Feb 17-19

The National Conference on Education is the annual meeting of current and aspiring school system leaders in the United States, including superintendents, principals, cabinet members, and directors. The conference will address critical issues affecting public education, including education reform, federal funding for education, budgeting in the new economy and the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Education reporters are encouraged to attend for the latest information on national trends and issues affecting education and leadership, including assessment and accountability issues, student achievement, teacher pay, fiscal operations strategies and cost-containment practices, and superintendent/school board relations.

Keynote speakers are:

• Michael Fullan, professor emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
• Diane Ravitch, research professor of Education, New York University; and senior fellow, Brookings Institute and author.
• Darrell Scott, author; founder of Rachel’s Challenge; speaker; and the father of Columbine High School victim Rachel Scott.

We'll be at the conference, will you?  If so, stop by and see us!  

If you can't be at the conference in person, you can follow the conference at www.twitter.com/#NCE11 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AASApage. Online coverage including photos of the National Superintendent of the Year and keynote speakers will be posted at www.aasa.org.