February 2016 Meeting Minutes

• Call Meeting to order.
• Approval of January Minutes - Cooley
• Treasure Report- very little went out last month- paid for standing desks and stools. Paid deposit for science assembly.

Teacher Report 

• Mrs. McKenna/Zocco-She is very impressed with our PTO at Riverview! Kids are excited for the valentine dance party.  Thank you for the bunsen burners.  Science fair (Feb 23rd) participation seems to be down this year as it is optional.  Consider sending a reminder to parents.  Girls Engineering is also happening on Feb 22nd-this is a program through ferris which attempts to get girls excited about engineering.  Teachers are looking for options for the boys. Calling all moms is Feb 22nd as well as the star lab. 2nd-4th grade will be attending the Middle Schools’ “The Lion King” Feb 18th at the High School.      
• Principal Report-N/A

Old Business:

• Our purchases are in.
• Standing Desks-Going well.  
• Hokie Stools
• Scholastic dollars -books for rooms, rugs, and other supplies have arrived.  
• Cran Hill Field Trip-the weather and snow days have put a damper on this event.  on hold for now.

New Business:

• What to spend the Walk-Money on?
• Do we want to spend money on a charging cart?  Vote in favor of purchasing 1 charging cart.  
• We do have end of year field trips coming up, need to save about $5,000 for that.
• Riverview is receiving $20,000 in technology early next school year, so it is advised to wait on spending any money on technology this year.  
• We will be purchasing about $3,000 is playground equipment for the upper elementary area.
• Consider a canopy for shade on the playground-might have to save for a couple years.  
• New teacher signs for the sidewalk are in the works.

Roller rink rental:

• Amber and Jamie will be representing PTO. We will raffle off roller rink passes that were left over from the walk a thon.
• Extra party - Feb 12th from 12:30-2:30.  PTO has 3 busses, they will take a group to the roller rink and then come back for more.  
• Any cute ideas? Play games like they do on skates.
• Should we do cake? Cookies have been ordered and PTO will take care of water.  
• Need to clarify a few things with teachers and parents:
• No outside food will be accepted
• No siblings
• We do not recommend taking children home from the skating rink.  

Science Fair:

• Feb 23rd 5:30-7:00, do we reserve tables?  Science committee has taken care of that.  Might want more for 4th grade “State Project”
• Committed to the money to help.  Angie Mishler is coordinating and PTO will reimburse.  

Assemblies:

• Put the down payment on assembly $50
• Science or Magic-Keith Fields will be entertaining the school on Feb 29th from 1:30-2:15.  Total is $550
• Reading Month-Do we want an author or a Reading Assembly?  or both?  Maybe authors can go into individual classroom and we can do an assembly for the entire school.  
• Star Lab will be at the school on Feb 22nd for classrooms to visit.  

Box tops:

• Jennifer Deater-All updated and ready to go.  Next box top submission date is March 1-please get in all box tops by then.  We will continue to collect all year.  

Labels:

• Becky-New news from LFE-This program will be dissolving.  Campbell's is pulling out of the program but it sounds like we can submit anything with a LFE logo until Aug 17.  We currently have about 25,000 points.  

Next Book Fair:

• March 14-March 18th-sign up to help at next month's meeting or let us know your availability.  Cooley can work Friday.  Parks can work Monday.  
• Teachers will submit wish list.
• Groovy 70’s theme
• Wed March 16 Family Dinner
• Keep Nachos -Heather and Megan are taking care of this.

Girls on the run-a program for 3rd and 4th graders.

• Will we provide the $15 shoes for the girls who can’t afford them?
• City offers scholarship programs for the entry fee, but not the shoes.  PTO likes this idea, but will we be asked to help for soccer, basketball, etc? Let's get an idea of how many kids from Renee before approving at the next meeting.  

Teacher Appreciation

• We have idea, kept off the minutes for spying eyes.  

Mr. Shewan:

• Set assembly date (I was thinking… just do one at the end-March 27th)
• Get notice out to the classes about their “special” tasks.  Do the teachers want to “adopt” a month/week and do something special. Then jokes if they would like for the end assembly?

Movie night:

• We would like to fit one more in at least.  Ask Renee for dates in March (Feb has a lot going on).

Fill a tub:

• Teachers expressed concern about the lack of gym shoes/outdoor clothing.  We thought of doing a “Fill the tub” at the Book Fair family night.  If your family brings in an item (boots, shoes, gloves, snowpants), you get a raffle ticket for a $25 scholastic gift card.  Teachers could keep the tubs in their room.  

Working on developing a budget
Still in the process

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