PTA Communications

This is a list of the main PTA communication vehicles. We try to use email as much as possible because it avoids using paper and it avoids the risk of paper being lost in the depths of a child's backpack. We use Vertical Response to handle our email because they offer tools to manage content and address lists, because they keep your email address secure, and because it's free for a non-profit organization such as the PTA. If you have any problems receiving PTA emails then please contact the web team.

NB If you use Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2010 to read your emails, some of the formatting will appear strangely. This is because Microsoft uses a non-standard way of displaying HTML code within Outlook. Other email clients, including most Blackberries, iPhones, etc, will not suffer these problems.
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When you sign up: If you would like to join our mailing list then please fill in the form at the right. When you submit the form, you'll get a little pop-up window with a cartoon tiger to acknowledge that you submitted your email address. You will also receive an email from "Murray Avenue School PTA" containing a confirmation link, so that we can be sure you added your own email address. You must click on the link in order to complete your registration before we can send you any newsletters or other messages. If you don't see that email then please check your junk or spam folders.

• Murray Minutes are time sensitive items that the PTA needs to bring to your immediate attention. Sign up to join the PTA email list on the right.
• Tiger Talk is the PTA's weekly newsletter, distributed by email on Fridays. Sign up to join the PTA email list on the right. You can also read it online by clicking the "Tiger Talk" link in the navigation bar on the left.
• Tiger Talk In Depth is published three times a year, and prints longer-form items about activities and developments at school. TTID is also available via a link to the left.
• Room reps often circulate information to all the parents in a class. Make sure your room reps have your e-mail address, even if you don't want to sign up for the PTA newsletters. If you don't know who your room reps are then contact the room rep co-ordinators listed on the PTA committees page.

School Communications

Each week, the principal issues Paws for News which is published online only. You can subscribe via RSS, you can get an email every time it's updated, or you can just follow the link at the end of Tiger Talk each week.
You can also see the other flyers and news at the school district's site.

Regional PTA

All school PTAs in our school district fall under the MUFSD PT Council, which is in turn a member of the Westchester-East Putnam (WEPR) PTA.