We are an elementary school- I came on board 2 years ago and asked to take over our pre-existing website that had not been updated in 2 years-- and was expiring. I Change the look of it every summer-- and add things that I find would be useful to other parents-- I also send out a form at the end of each year asking what parents would like to see on the website, and if it's not already there, I try and add it for the following year.. out website is
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(check it out)
The biggest changes that I made from last year is I added a calendar that is printable by month-- and it's easy to go in and update regularly--
I got rid of our picture gallery for now-- I found it too hard to keep up with -- and formating pictures I would get from other people took so much time--- didn't think it was worth it-- After making the website promote it-- make it known to parents that they can find the listing of all the pto meetings for the year0-- what events are coming up and printable fliers ...
I also added links for Box Tops, Campbells and other fundraisers that have website links.... Again, this is always a work in progress and it takes more than you think to keep it fresh and updated-- if you can't put an updated calender on the site every year then don't put one on at all- make a link to the school s website, I'm sure they have one... there's nothing worse than having old information on the site, when a parent goes to check it out--
If you have any questions about the site, send me an email and I'll answer what I can... contact me through the the pto website--
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Good luck!