As we approach the end of another year, we want to express our heartfelt appreciation for your partnership and wish you a holiday season filled with magical moments and joy. Before we hit the ground running in 2025, let's take a look back at our most popular articles from this year:

Recently, I had the chance to meet with Cathy Anderson, Assistant to the Superintendent of Yorkville Community Unit School District. In search of a new payment provider, Cathy discovered MySchoolBucks through her district’s use of Synergy for their Student Information System. Their district is a new MySchoolBucks customer and we were excited to hear from her about the experience so far. 

As the school year kicks off, MySchoolBucks has free communication tools that can help you get the word out to parents about paying online. From emails to social media, we can help you ensure parents know where to go and how to pay for their students' school fees in MySchoolBucks.

It's been a jammed packed year already with new features to MySchoolBucks! In cased you missed it, here’s a look at just a few of those exciting updates:

We are excited to share a new tool to help get parents signed up for a MySchoolBucks account! With our Email Invites feature, admins can now easily trigger a welcome email directly to a parent's email address. This email showcases all the information they need to know about MySchoolBucks and makes it easy to create their account in just a few clicks. Whether you want to send a single invite to a specific parent or invite parents associated with a whole student group, you can get emails out right when you need to.

Ensuring families stay informed on important student information is a priority for all schools, especially at the beginning of the year. Making sure parents know how to conveniently pay for meals and fees online should be a part of your communication plan. With our free digital communication tools you can be sure to reach families online and in-person.

Here's your guide to the key resources you should be using to keep parents informed:

For many high schoolers, AP courses and exams are a be a big part of their school year. With every exam, schools are responsible for collecting and tracking the associated, required fee payment. Our continued partnership with the College Board’s AP exam fee payments provider program means that your district can easily accept AP exam payments through MySchoolBucks. This simplifies the process so parents can securely pay their students' fees online, and staff can manage fee tracking all in one place.

As one school year ends, it’s time to get ready for another to begin! As you continue to plan for the back-to-school season, there are a few things within MySchoolBucks you may want to check in on and make sure are up to date and ready to go before the fall rolls around.

As a MySchoolBucks district, don’t forget to take advantage of all the platform's resources. One of those valuable resources is your Account Manager. Your Account Manager is your partner to ensure your school is set up for success. Our team is happy to help answer your questions, learn about new features, streamline payment collection, and grow

Summer is almost here! Before you log off for the break, here are a few steps you can take to make sure MySchoolBucks is up-to-date and ready for the new year. 

Here are 4 things to check off your list: