# PTA Playbook

> Free playbooks, templates and checklists for PTA/PTO volunteers and busy parents: run fundraisers, recruit volunteers, and tame school-app notifications.

## Key pages
- [How to cut ParentSquare notifications down to what matters](https://ptaplaybook.com/apps/parentsquare): ParentSquare lets you choose how you're notified (push, email or text) and offers a digest option, so general posts can arrive bundled instead of one at a time.
- [ClassDojo for parents: keep messages, mute the noise](https://ptaplaybook.com/apps/classdojo): Keep direct teacher messages on push, and read class story posts on your own schedule.
- [Remind: choose text vs app, and stop double alerts](https://ptaplaybook.com/apps/remind): Double alerts often come from getting both texts and app notifications. Pick one channel.
- [Build one family school inbox in 20 minutes](https://ptaplaybook.com/guides/one-family-school-inbox): Create one email address just for school, register it everywhere, filter it, share it with your co-parent, and review it weekly.
- [School fun run playbook](https://ptaplaybook.com/pta/fundraisers/fun-run): An eight-week plan for a school fun run: approvals, roles, pledges, safety, day-of logistics and follow-up.
- [Restaurant spirit night playbook](https://ptaplaybook.com/pta/fundraisers/restaurant-night): The lowest-effort fundraiser: a local restaurant donates a share of one evening's sales.
- [SignUpGenius vs Cheddar Up for PTAs](https://ptaplaybook.com/pta/tools/compare/signupgenius-vs-cheddar-up): SignUpGenius is mainly for volunteer and time-slot sign-ups. Cheddar Up is mainly for collecting payments and forms. Many PTAs use one of each.
- [Volunteer request email that gets replies](https://ptaplaybook.com/pta/templates/volunteer-ask): A short, specific volunteer request with exact shifts and a sign-up link gets more replies than a general call for help.
- [Post-fundraiser thank-you note](https://ptaplaybook.com/pta/templates/thank-you): Thank families with the amount raised, what it will fund, and what happens next.
- [October school-parent checklist](https://ptaplaybook.com/calendar/october): Things to get on the family calendar in October: conferences, fundraisers, costume policies, picture retakes and more.

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