Sagamore online

This is a place to document the online efforts of Sagamore Hills Elementary School and its PTA.

Discussion takes place on the mailing list (see the archives).

See also: Sagamore communication

To Do

• Sign up for Google for nonprofits and sign up for a free Google Apps account --Dave (talk) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
  • See Sagamore Hills PTA Google account --Dave (talk) 16:22, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
• Correct @SagamorePTA address for PTA website (from ptasagamorehills.org to sagamorehillspta.org (it used to work years ago) --Dave (talk) 21:02, 19 June 2013 (EDT)
• Discuss near terms plans (2013-03)
• PTA website To Dos
• Take a look at Oak Grove Elementary School's online presence as a comparable (Hawthorne Elementary School might be worth a look too)
• Take Vera out of the equation and replace with something future proof, like "Sagamore Online <online@sagamorehillspta.org>". Look at Dreamhost billing, domain registration, and hosting credentials. -- Dave (talk) 20:39, 23 January 2013 (EST)
  • Vera is now out, but only replaced by me. Contact and control should really be by held by the PTA, not an individual. --Dave (talk) 13:49, 5 July 2013 (EDT)
• Email addresses at sagamorehillspta.org, to forward to appropriate people over time? Like board@, online@, advertise@, etc.?

Done

• Take a Sagamore information inventory 2013 (on our way to an improved parent handbook) --Dave (talk) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
• Start documenting the variety of Sagamore communication --Dave (talk) 13:10, 17 July 2013 (EDT)
• Delete traces of the ptasagamorehills.org domain at Dreamhost -- Dave (talk) 21:06, 23 January 2013 (EST)

✓ Done (by deleting at Manage Domains) --Dave (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2013 (EST)

Domain

sagamorehillspta.org is registered with Dreamhost. It was first registered 2011-07 by Vera Kornylak.

Historic: ptasagamorehills.org served a website as early as 2008-07 and no later than 2011-09, then redirected to sagamorehillspta.org, and expired 2012-09 (is no longer a registered domain name).

Email Distribution List

The PTA uses their Constant Contact account to distribute the weekly Wildcat Update Newsletter, managed by Heather Fullmer.

Website

Sagamore Hills Elementary School has multiple websites. Discuss them on the mailing list.

DeKalb County Schools

See the Sagamore Hills district website page.

PTA

See the Sagamore Hills PTA website page.

Parents

The community edited Parents website (this site) contains a page for the school and other pages about the school.

Vendors

Sagamore Hills and its PTA uses online services from the following vendors.

Constant Contact

Constant Contact powers the email distribution list. The PTA's account, sagamorehillspta, is charged $25 per month for services: Email Marketing and MyLibrary Plus.

Dreamhost

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account page.

DeKalb County Schools

DeKalb County Schools hosts a Sagamore website.

Google

See the Sagamore Hills PTA Google account page.