May 2017 Meeting Minutes

• Call meeting to order - Introductions
  
• Approval of minutes - Deater
  
• Treasure report - Mandy - Most expenses lately has been the PE equipment and Teacher Appreciation.  Not much else.
• Teacher report - Mrs. J. Defever & Mrs. Bender - We have a lot of field trips coming up, will PTO cover the cost for chaperones/volunteers??  YES!!  Mrs. Defever will be teaching K next year and needs a rug.  We can use Scholastic Dollars, Amber will send the link.  Thank you for the extra Hokie stools and beans for the beanbags, the kids have really appreciated them!!  The field trip forms are still the same for teachers to submit to PTO. Mrs. Bender has CDs that can be read with books and is looking to get a system for the kids to have a CD player with headphones.  We can get this with Scholastic Dollars as well!!
  
• Principal report - Academics reporting - We are in the last round of assessments, 3rd and 4th Grade are doing the MStep now.  The kids are getting a little more of a break in between testing this year, which is nice.  We won’t see results from that until the fall sometime. The teacher had some professional development over the last early release day.
  
• Old Business:
  
  • Mr. Miller PE Stuff - Assembly reveal?  The equipment is already being used, Mr. Miller is super excited about it all as well!! Maybe over Health and Fitness Day we will do a “reveal” of some sort.
    
• New Business:
  
  • Box tops - Maggie - We did receive a check from Box Tops.  Maggie’s son will be moving up to 5th grade and she won’t be able to do Box Tops next year.  Katie has volunteered to do Box Tops next year.
    
  • Shop-A-Roo - Katie - Nothing new.  Mandy will check to see when we received the check last year.  It doesn’t seem like we have many users.  Maybe have a receipts basket for people to drop receipts.  Or a table at the Walk-A-Thon to help people sign up.
    
  • Labels - Becky
    
• Pavilion Meeting - On hold
  
• Field Trips -
  
  • K - GR Childrens Museum - $1285
    
  • 1st Grade - John Ball Zoo - May 25 - $3 per student - 55 students
    
  • 2nd Grade - Howard Christensen Nature Center - $620
    
  • 3rd Grade - Fifth Third Ballpark - $1200
    
    • Cranhill - $300
      
  • 4th Grade - Little Rivers Schoolhouse - $425
    
    • Mrs. McKenna needs $31 for Artworks to cover cost from previous event
      
    • GR Public Museum - $1651
      
  • Total $6310 - Already spent $1206 on field trips this year.  Our budget was $8000, so we aren’t too far off.  Is anyone opposed to approving all field trips. No!  All field trips approved!
    
  • General fund requests
    
    • Mrs. Zocco - Writing Practice Magnet board - $300.  Approved.
      
    • Mrs. Hayes - Garden prep - Each grade will have it’s own raised bed - $180 - Raised bed, soil, mulch, garden tools, etc.  Who will maintain the garden over the summer?  Mrs. Hayes is willing to.  Already $145 donated to the cause.  Approved.
      
    • Mrs. Horvath - We need some ear covers for thermometer.  We can order them on Amazon.  We can maybe purchase a thermometer that doesn’t need replacement parts.
      
    • Super Teacher Worksheets
      
• Health and Fitness Day - May 26 - This will start right after lunch - maybe we can do the P.E. Stuff after lunch.  10:30 or 11:00 for bounce houses since K goes out early.
  
• Book Fair BOGO - Amber - May 15th (8-3 & 5:30-7:00) & 16th.(8-3)  We will need help packing up Tuesday as Amber won’t be able to be here.  Set up will be after school the Friday before (May 12).  Sign ups are going around.  During BOGO Book Fair, we can’t use the deal for Scholastic Dollars.  We have to sell $2000 worth to make any money, but we are using this as a kick-off for Summer Reading.
  
• 4th Grade Clap Out - June 1 - The T-shirts will have a cardinal on the front and all the students names on the back.  We have 150 cookies also.
  
• Para Day - This Friday May 5 -  We have gift cards to the Raven/Blue Cow - Maybe some balloons and a We Appreciate You on the white board.  Cooley will handle it.