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January's Minutes to be posted ************************************************************************************ PTO Meeting Minutes 11/4/09 Cherie Benoit, Keri Orne, Andrea Leroux, Amy Reno, Paul McNiff, Becky Pellegrino, Ann Diaz, Debbie Ennis, Stacey Skerry Election of School Council Members 10 parents expressed interest – 4 sent in ballot requests All 4 interested parents were appointed to the council (Stacey Skerry, Jeff Reno, Becky Pellegrino, and Scott Ennis). There are currently 3 faculty members on the council (Ann Diaz, Nancy Roy, and Kelly Franklin). Tara will look for a 4th member to balance the council. Treasurer’s Report Current balance:$1,744.96 $334 Scholastic Rewards Program – to be spent on full priced Scholastic items. Ongoing Fund Raising Efforts BoxTops – Over $900 was raised between the June and October collections. Campbells Labels - If we collect 2500 points before the end of December they will match 2500 points. - We should have enough points to use them by the end of the year. Teracycle – (5th grade project) 720 pouches $14.40. More pouches have been sent and still need to be credited. - Mrs. White Request Form Indoor recess games This is a wish list type of request. Erica will type a request to go to Mrs. White’s students. Halloween Family Fun Night 2 rooms worked well Ann will thank the student council volunteers with a snack in her room. plenty of spider crafts and Frankenstein masks Square 1 Art Update – Karen Lewis Money is due on Friday. Karen will talk to Mrs. Payne about what she needs the PTO to do. Santa’s Workshop Update (Dec. 7-10) Purchased: - 500 smencils - ornaments (34 sleighs + ) - dog and cat toys We currently have: - 168 cat toys / 195 dog toys - 500 women’s gifts / 32 men’s gifts - 243 older boy gifts / 157 younger boy gifts - 345 older girl gifts / 250 younger girl gifts Dad’s gift suggestions: - oven mitt craft - scarves Flier for students: - Bring prewritten gift tags. - Only buy for immediate family (1 gift per family member). - Many items cost $1.00 - $2.00, nothing more than $5.00. - Santa’s Workshop is not intended as a fund raiser for the PTO. Will Barre Savings Bank donate gift labels? Can we get 6th grade students to help? Any remaining purchases should pay no more than $1.00 per item. Oakham is hiring a company this year. Stacey will talk to them in January. Misc. Paul McNiff - Thank You to PTO for Nature’s Classroom support. - Math Night (proposed by Andrea Hughes and Beth Olsen) - December 2nd – open to students in grades 4-6 - Asking PTO for $200 in supplies (for games and packets for parents to take home) and possibly PTO volunteers to run the games. - PTO would prefer a date in January. We can not offer funds at this time, all of our money is tied up in Santa’s Workshop purchases. Parent Conferences - Except for Kindergarten, a day for parent conferences is not on the calendar. - Parents can set up an appointment if needed. Teachers’ Holiday Wish Lists - We are not organizing a wish list this year. If teachers have specific requests they can be posted on the website. Next Meeting: Jan. 6, 2010 (Instead of a meeting on Dec. 2nd, anyone interested can help us get a head start on Santa’s workshop set-up and wrapping) ********************************************************************************************** PTO Meeting Minutes 10/7/09In attendance: Karen Lewis, Glenna VanDyke, Erica Skerry, Tara Hanley, Lynn Shibley,Cherie Benoit, Keri Orne, Andrea Leroux, Ashley Cranston, Jill Peterson, Amy Reno, Ann Diaz, Linda Freeman, Mary McCormick Mary McCormick (school nurse) The Department of Public Health recommends that all children get the flu shot. H1N1 shot is recommended for anyone ranging in age from birth to 50 years old. As of this meeting, there have been no reported cases of H1N1 in the Quabbin district. Bubblers in the classrooms have been shut off to help prevent the spread of germs. Children may bring in water bottles. The nurse’s office is always looking for donations for snacks and clothing. Treasurer’s Report Set-up and volunteer notes: **********************************************************************************************************
PTO Meeting Minutes 9/2/09 In attendance: Laurie Daigneault, Karen Lewis, Paul McNiff, Glenna VanDyke, Erica Skerry, Fall Fundraising Ideas The following ideas were mentioned as possible fundraisers for the upcoming school year. More discussion will follow at the October meeting: - calendar - cookbook (this was done in 2004) - “Art Stamps” Program - Pie Auction - Little Ceasar’s Pizza Kits - “Square 1 Art” (http://www.square1art.com) Ideas for future projects: - Ruggles Lane Sign - Benches/bleachers for the ball field - SmartBoards and Laptops have been requested by the teachers (8 SmartBoards were recently ordered by the school) - playground renovations - Tara Hanley suggests that we look into finding someone to design a plan for the fields. We should also look into what Hardwick recently did for their playground. The school needs to conduct a parental survey and they will include a question about how parents would like to see PTO money used. Fall Social: Meet the new Principal and Assistant Principal PTO Members decided not to do a separate event since parents have the opportunity to meet the new administrators at the fall open house on Sept. 24. Fall scholastic Book Fair: Set-Up: After school Friday, Sept. 18 Book Fair: Monday, Sept. 21, 8:30 to 2:30 Tuesday, Sept. 22, 8:30 to 2:30 Wednesday, Sept. 23, 8:30 to 2:30 Thursday, Sept. 24, 8:30-12:00 Family Night: Sept. 24, 5:00-8:00 (during Open House for grades 1-6) Four people are needed at a time. (Erika will be there for the whole day on Mon. and Tues.) Classes will sign-up for ½ hour time slots. Will the 6th grade students be able to help this year? Email Cherie Benoit if you are able to volunteer. (cherieb@charter.net ) Halloween Family Fun Night October 30, Parade at 6:30pm, Crafts and Games 7:00-9:00 Open to grades K-3. Activities include games, crafts and costumes (no candy). Game and craft ideas are needed! Budget - about $300 PTO Storage Issues We can use Ernie Bettez’s former office. Santa’s Workshop Planning Volunteers will be needed for the following: - shopping - pre-wrapping (We will plan a date for this once most of the shopping is complete.) - set-up (Usually after school on the Friday before Santa’s Workshop.) - During the week of Santa’s Workshop volunteers are needed to wrap gifts, use the cash registers, and help the kids shop. Does anyone want to co-chair this event? (perhaps Erica and Lynn) Keri will contact Rachel Teschner about a good time to get all of the stuff left over from last year out of her basement. PAVE and BoxTops: Erica Skerry Parents Actively Volunteering for Education – Volunteers help teachers by stapling, cutting, etc. PAVE meets on Tuesday mornings from 8:10 to approximately 11:00 and will start on Tuesday, Sept. 29. BoxTops (Each “BoxTop for Education” on participating items earns 10 cents for the school.) – This year’s goal will be raised to 1000 box tops per classroom. We are looking for a different reward this year for the classrooms that reach that goal (instead of a pizza party). Website/Newsletter Any information for the newsletter should be sent to Debbie Ennis (featherdog@charter.net ) by the 10th of the month to be in the following newsletter. Website: www.rlspto.org – We are looking for someone who is interested in maintaining this website. If you are interested contact Debbie Ennis. Can the Funding Request form be put on the website for teachers to download? Misc. Issues: More Rewards Programs - Campbell Soup labels – (put in the PTO box in the teacher’s room for Lynn Shibley) These labels collect points that can be used to purchase items from a catalog. We should come up with a goal from the catalog. - Tyson Labels (24 cents each) - We can send in 100 at a time. - Juice pouch recycling (2 cents per pouch) was turned over to the 5th grade so they can use the money for Nature’s Classroom - Big Y Express Points – What happened to the points that we have earned so far? Cherie will look into this. We think the purchase needs to come from the principal. - Does Target have a program? Debbie Miett will look into this. The suggestion was made to display the Teachers’ Wish Lists for classroom supplies before Thanksgiving to give people more time to shop. Enrichment – We would like to move forward with after school enrichment programs. Tara Hanley will look into teacher interest. Tastefully Quabbin – QUEST is hosting a fundraising event at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick on Sept. 28. For more information see http://www.qrsd.org/news/article/288. Next Meeting: Oct. 7, 2009
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