FKES Community,
We are proud to bring you text alerts for upcoming FKES events, reminders of days the school is closed, and news!
Send a text message “follow fkespta” to 40404.
You don’t have to sign up for anything to use this service. It uses Twitter’s Fast Follow capability, but you don’t have to sign up for a Twitter account to use it. Alerts are set up to be sent only between 9am and 10pm, never during nighttime hours. To turn messages on and off, send “on” or “off” to 40404. Standard text rates apply.
Please spread the word to fellow members of the FKES Community who may be fans of text messaging, particularly if they may not get FKES information from other sources such as this website.
I’d like to make a personal note, and say that one of the reasons I applied for the position of PTA Recording Secretary was to help get “the information” out to the community. First, we want everyone to know basic dates and times of PTA and school events. Second, we want to share news about all the great activities going on in our school. If folks want to participate, an inability to find out “where and when” should never be an impediment. The info should be readily available in a variety of formats.
According to a cell phone industry website, the number of cell phones in the United States and U.S. territories were 103.9% of the population in June 2011 — more than one per person. So we think this will be another good method to spread the word about what is going on at FKES.
The alerts will be managed through the FKES PTA Communications Committee. The technology has been set up with the intent of being easily transitioned to PTA volunteers in future school years.
Nate Conroy
Recording Secretary
recording.secretary@fkespta.org
