Pony Mail & parcel delivery service
Pony Mail is the internal mail system for MCPS business mail only.
Place qualified pieces in your school's Pony mailbag.
- Pony Checklist. Learn more about what you can send by Pony.
- Pony Delivery Schedule
See what days we pick up from your school. - Pony Routes by school and route. Find your location's route number.
SAVE BIG with BULK RATE!
aka Nonprofit Rate
You SAVE MORE when your school takes advantage of our FREE BULK RATE postage! All schools are strongly encouraged to use Bulk Rate for mailings of more than 150 pieces.
The Pony picks up Bulk Rate mailings, processes and delivers them to the U.S. Postal Service for you.
Bulk Rate mailings take about the same time as regular mail.
Just put the "SUBURBAN MD PERMIT 201" indicia (postage imprint) on your envelopes. Download the indicia (see below) or request FREE printing of the indicia when you order envelopes for your school from our print shop (EGPS).
The NONPROFIT POSTAGE INDICIA is printed on EGPS envelope orders at no extra charge
TIP: You can use the indicia-printed envelopes for regular mail too. Just put your postage stamp on top of the preprinted nonprofit indicia!
To add the indicia image to plain envelopes, download the required INDICIA and apply it to your envelopes:
- NONPROFIT POSTAGE INDICIA (Bulk Rate)
- FIRST-CLASS PRE-PAID POSTAGE INDICIA
- PRE-SORTED PREPAID POSTAGE INDICIA
Join the Blue Bag postage program. Get the best postage rate possible for regular mail.
No need for stamps. Blue Bag members simply place their mail in a special blue postage bag. For a nominal $200.00 start-up fee (a one-time expense to cover the cost of bags and postage machine supplies), we will stamp your mail for you and keep track of your postage costs. Pay when convenient by JV transfer.
Read more about the Blue Bag Program.
Click here if your school would like to join!
Blue Bag Usage Rules
- For official MCPS mail only. (Personal mail will be returned.)
- All envelopes must be sealed. (Unsealed envelopes will be returned.)
- Envelopes must have the school name as the return address.
- If you are preparing a mailing and you don't want to use the school name (such as for temporary locations), please use the following address:
Montgomery County Public Schools
850 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850
If you have a large mailing that you cannot send Bulk Rate, Blue Bag will process it for you.
Face all pieces in the same direction
Wrap a rubber band around groups of about 50
Place them in a box next to your Blue Bag.
We will get you the best possible regular postal rate for your mailing.
See Procedures for Processing Unsealed Envelopes for other mailings.
Options for Using the U.S. Postal Service
Option 1.
If your mailing has 150 or more identical pieces, consider mailing at NO CHARGE using our FREE Bulk Rate service. See BULK RATE GUIDELINES.
Option 2.
Join our Blue Bag Postage program and we will put the U.S. postage on your mail for you. Just put the mail in the Blue Bag. We take care of the rest and chargenthe cost to your school.
Option 3.
Put the correct postage on each piece and place the mail in the U.S. Postal Service bag.
PONY ENVELOPES ARE FREE!
- Gently used, sorted, and packaged by size delivered to your school
Request free Pony envelopes by emailing Ron Parrott, Jr., mailroom operations supervisor, or call 240-740-5160.
Need more information about any of our services?
Please email Ron Parrott, Jr., mailroom operations supervisor, or call 240-740-5160 or 240-372-9597.