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BEARNOTES NEWSLETTER
BearNotes is the weekly M-A PTA newsletter that communicates school news and upcoming events within our M-A community of parents, students, and staff. Published by the M-A PTA in Spanish and English.
Subscribe to receive the school newsletter every Sunday by email.
Publication Policies
How to Submit Items
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Email submissions to bearnotes@maptabears.com, or use the button above.
When to Submit Items
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Deadline Thursday midnight: for publication the following Sunday.
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Deadline Sunday noon: for sport events occurring Friday - Sunday.
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Submissions/blurbs run for two weeks. Email your request for a third week; decisions the discretion of the BearNotes staff
What to Submit
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Submissions should be SHORT, include the organization name, event, date, time, location, and contact info (including website URLs).
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Sport submissions - limited to 200 words per team.
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All content should be in the body of the email, attachments not accepted.
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Community submissions, unrelated to M-A, are limited to a brief event description, date, time, location, website URL, contact info and from non-profit organizations, directed to audience of M-A students, parents and staff.
General Information
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The PTA BearNotes Newsletter team reserves the right to edit or reject submissions.
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The M-A PTA is a non-profit organization, with a non-commercial, non-partisan, and non-sectarian policy which is strictly enforced. In particular, notices of a personal, political, religious, commercial, or editorial nature will not be published.
BearNotes Newsletter Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Mike Santoro
Editors
Audra Loftman
Alexandra
Stacy Bissell
Spanish Translator
Maria Vegas
Proofreaders
Julie Lee
Barrie Bell
Sima Westwood
Tiffaney Fox Quintana
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