March 2015 Meeting Minutes

Treasurer report
-Chrome books have gone through!

 Teachers report
-  Mrs. Krebs - Thank you for the scholastic book wish list!!  Lots of chatter about what to buy!! The science fair went over well, especially considering the weather.  Angie Mishler was a big help for this event.  It went over really well.  Some thought there could be more time to allow for people to get to everything.  Ipads are going over well.  It seems like they is getting more and more use.  Would a training session on the ipads be useful?? A training may already in the works.  

-Mrs. Quinlan - Resource room could use a prescription for mobimax which runs $90 for the year. It is $600 for the school for the year.  The free version is limited access.  It would be very fitting for the resource room to have full access. We approve to give her the $100 for the remainder of the year. A Leaptag pen would be another piece that could be very helpful.  Some people have some that can be donated.

 Principal report
- Academic and title report. March is reading month is up and running.  There are also a lot of events going on throughout the month. Testing is coming up.  And the book fair is also coming up.  Parent teacher conferences invitation only is coming up on the March 19.  The playground will likely be under water shortly.  First testing will start in April.  Thanks again for all your support.

Old Business
- Calling all Moms was a huge success.  Also, movie night was a huge success.  Is it possible to do another one?  We will have to check with the licensing to see if we can swing it.  Could we find a time at the end of May to schedule another one?  

 New Business
- Lucky to Have You (dads day) will not take place on St. Patricks Day.  Perhaps the Friday that week would work?  Monday the 16th should work.  Let’s get shamrock cookies for that morning as well.

 -Book Fair - Will Angie sell the smencils on the book fair night? The dinner will cost $290.  Ms. Kent has a fund that can cover the cost.  We qualified for the deluxe book fair this time.  Can we cancel library again over the week?  We will have book fair Monday through Wednesday in the gym and Thursday and Friday in the library.  So we will move book fair from gym to library after book fair night Wednesday.  We will need to order the tables, can we get the tables on Friday March 13?  In March, we typically buy each student a book.  We can use our scholastics money for that.  We should be able to stick to about $5 or less per book.  Book Fair will be open during school hours for the week of March 16-20.  We will have two raffle baskets like last time.  There will also be a reading night going on that Wednesday.

 -We will be getting a renovation on the playground.

-Panera is doing a fundraiser night.  You have to bring in a certain number of flyers to get a good percentage back.  Should we look into this?  Should we send out some feelers to see if any parents would be interested in it?

-Second grade wants to go on a field trip to Meijer gardens.  It would be about $1400, so they are thinking of scrapping it.  Can we ask the parents to put forth $5 per student to help offset the cost?  Let’s get the paperwork from them and see if we could swing it.  They are also considering going to the nature center as well.  

-Lynn Scheible at ArtWorks contacted Emily about doing art with the 4th grade.  Ms. Kent has a meeting with her and will discuss this further.

 -Recycle Week coming up in April.

 -Mrs. Booher the librarian asked for a die cutter machine.  They run about $50 per letter.  Perhaps get more specifics to see what exactly she needs.

-Box Tops Competition at Ferris or at the High School.  Maybe at the start of next year.Box Tops are down, but it is mostly because they aren’t making any of the bonus tops right now.

-Amber will call Pizza Hut and ask about the Book It.

-The kids keep asking about a black light party.  They also have requested music over the speaker at lunch recess.

 -We are looking at June 1 or 2 for the health fair.