In accordance with Board Policy 8:25, District 109 works with community groups and organizations that provide educational, recreational and enrichment opportunities for students and families. The District offers an opportunity to make connections between organizations and families through Peachjar.
Peachjar sends ADA-compatible and interactive digital flyers directly to parents via email; emails will be sent once a week on Thursday and will come from school@peachjar.com. You can view the electronic flyers from your smartphone or computer. Flyers also are linked through Peachjar buttons on the D109 and school websites.
Flyer Guidelines
Organizations interested in submitting a flyer to promote a program, event or activity will be required to set up a “Program Provider” account with Peachjar. Once an account has been created, flyers may be uploaded for consideration. Flyers will be routed for approval weekly by District 109’s communications department. Flyers will go out via email to families every Thursday and posted to all district and school websites indicated.
Organizations can create their flyers directly through Peachjar to ensure a professional look, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to automatically include the required disclaimer that programs are not sponsored or endorsed by District 109.
Flyers must meet the following guidelines for approval:
- The activity or event must be an appropriate educational, charitable or enrichment activity geared to students in pre-K through 8th grade (and their families) and is eligible for advertising under Board Policy 8:25.
- The flyer must provide the organization’s name and contact information, as well as the targeted age group for the event or activity.
- To ensure equality opportunity and maximum exposure, flyers should be available in both English and Spanish.
- Community partners are responsible for ensuring the ADA text (that translates information on the flyer for screen readers) is accurate. Please proofread the information in this text box. Your flyer may be denied and sent back should there be grammar and/or formatting errors in this area.
- Flyers should not contain embedded hyperlinks (use Peachjar's "call to action" button to add links).
- When prompted to select flyer posting date, please select “upon approval.” Failure to do so will result in the flyer being denied and routed back to uploader.
District 109 is proud to support all families in accessing information about the opportunities available to their children. We encourage individuals and organizations to include a version of their material in the languages other than English that many of our families speak at home: Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian.
In accordance with Board Policy 8:25, no material or literature shall be posted or distributed that would:
- Disrupt the educational process
- Violate the rights or invade the privacy of others
- Infringe on a trademark or copyright
- Be defamatory, obscene, vulgar, or indecent
In addition, flyers must not contain:
- Verbiage regarding alcohol, tobacco, drugs or similar products.
- Endorsements for political candidates, parties or issues that pertain to upcoming local, state or federal elections. This includes events sponsored by political candidates; legislator- sponsored event flyers will be approved only when a legislator is not running for office.
- Fundraising unless it directly benefits school-aged children in the District 109 community.
Questions?
If you have questions about flyer guidelines, contact Melanie Neuman (mneuman@dps109.org). To set up a Peachjar account, click Getting Started. For assistance, please contact Peachjar customer support at 858-997-2117 x3 or support@peachjar.com.
