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March 2017 Meeting Minutes

3/2/2017

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Call meeting to order
Introductions
Approval of February minutes - Deater
Treasure report - Mandy - Very light month, there were some refunds from the Dollar Store and the purchase of the padcaster.
Teacher report - Mrs. Zocco, Mr. Posey, Mrs. Lamar - Science and Social studies night, great kick off to reading month today - we had NO snow days in February
Principal report - Ms. Kent - Academics report. The video from the padcaster equipment was AWESOME!! We got a green screen that came with, and we will add more to our supply. A new green screen has been ordered and it will be much larger and will be more versatile. Thanks to PTO for getting that for us!! Our staff was amazing for the start of March is reading month. We had a lot of special people in the building today to for celebrating. Science night was a great success again. If you would like to be a guest reader, let us know! This is a big month for us. Testing is all done for now.
Old Business:
- Science fair
New Business
- Box tops - Maggie - Just submitted the last one, we should get around $330ish dollars. It will be the last check we will get for the year.
- Labels - Becky - We still have points, becky has a current catalog to pass on to Mr. Miller or whoever may need anything from it.
- Shoparoo - Katie
- Assembly ideas - Reading committee has an assembly picked out for March 17 that will incorporate March is reading month. $650 approved.
- Spring book fair - Amber - March 13-17. There will be a sign up sheet going around for anyone who will be able to help out. For family night, we do not have any food or extras going, so we will just need a few people to help inside the book fair. Family night is from 5:30 - 7:00. We have been contacted about doing the BOGO book fair again this year. We sold about $1500 last year from this event, is anyone interested in doing this again. It is a little difficult scheduling this event?? Maybe we could run in over a couple days and do it during the daytime so everyone can get a chance to see it all? Let’s do it! Amber and Ms. Kent will get together and find a couple of options for dates.
- Health & Fitness Day -
- Field trips - This is floating along. Pass it on to the teachers!!
  - K went in the fall, they usually go to the Children’s Museum in the spring?
  - 1st - Usually goes to the zoo
  - 2nd - Howard Christensen nature center
  - 3rd - Fifth Third Ballpark education day in May - school kids day - the game will last 1.5 - 2 hours. Phys ed style events on the side. $8 per child for lawn seats packing their own lunch. We have 3 classrooms, so they would need 2 buses. Either May 17 or 24.
  - 4th - Grand rapids public museum and School section lake schoolhouse
- K team reading training - There is a reading training for K teachers, Mrs. Scheible and Mrs. Quinlan has already been through it. It involves some new teaching techniques, it goes through GVSU. It would be $150 per teacher and we would send 3 teachers. This would be a great opportunity for our K teachers! We approve!
- Auto Owners - Science fair event
- Mrs. Defever 2.0 beanbags and tippy stools - The third grade did a persuasive writing project and they really like the tippy stools and their beanbags need some refill beans. They were asking us if we could fund those upgrades. We can use some Scholastic dollars for some of those items! We will get 6 new stools and we can get beans for anyone who needs them in all the classrooms. The stand up desks are still going well too!
- On March 17 there is an all day training at the University that would include 2 tool kits for them to use in Engineering projects in the classroom. It is related to the women in Engineering event that we ran last year. If there are any teachers that are interested it would be $598 for two teachers. Anyone interested can talk to Angie Mishler. Angie will pass on the info to Ms. Kent.
- Is there any interest for our school in doing a 3D printer? We would have to check with our tech guy to see, but it is something we would consider in the future. We will take any opportunity to get some new technology in our kids hands!!
- Mrs. Lamar - Looking into getting some new instruments for the school. Would love to have instruments that wouldn’t have to be shared between us and Brookside and have a cart to transport the instruments. We definitely want to help out with this!!
- Teacher appreciation
- 4th grade clap out is June 1st probably 1:45-2:45ish.

We need bus drivers!!! If you know anyone, pass it on!!

Next meeting is April 5.

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March 2016 Meeting Minutes

3/8/2016

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Call meeting to order
Approval of Feb. minutes
Treasurer report - Emily is still having trouble getting into our bank account, but we have had just a few little deductions and should have around $24,000.
Teacher report - Mrs. Garner - What are we doing with Mr. Shewans jokes?? Stefanya says she will volunteer to take this project over!! Everyone knows that something is in the works, but we need to communicate what is going on to all the teachers. The assembly will be May 27. K would like to go on a field trip to the Grand Rapids children’s museum. Mrs. Garner has applied for a grant from the museum, if it is not received, they will be asking for assistance for the the two K classes. Just like last years field trip.
Principal report - Ms. Kent - Academics report - we kept the small kids in for morning recess because of the ice and slush. It was a big slushy mess at the soccer field today too. Lunch recess we did not go out. The drainage is working well, though! We had the science fair, and had a lot of great feedback from that! We had 4 snowdays in February, we are as of now, making up 3. We have mostly finished our winter assessments. K-2 are taking a state test this year, similar to the Mstep. We are piloting that this year. We are getting 60 more chromebooks, this should help with 3-4 getting testing done a little sooner. The ipads were reinstated, we are getting 19 back. We are asking for a cart for the ipads. Book fair is coming up. We had a lockdown drill at lunch and it went super well! The whole district sets a day for lockdown drills. We have some Ferris people coming in to do some reading, lots of different groups coming in for reading month! March 29 is calling all dads.
Old Business:
- Charging cart - we approved this last meeting
- Rink Party - success
- Science Fair - success
- Assemblies - science/magic assembly was well received!!!
- March reading month

New Business:
- Girls on the run - we tabled the vote for this from the last meeting - this is a unique situation - there has been a miscommunication where it has been communicated that PTO will cover the cost of the shoes. There have been 31 girls signed up, and the cost would be $15 per pair. There is also a $45 registration fee. 7 for No and 6 for Yes. Is there a way that some of us could individually sponsor some of the students to make sure no one who has signed up will miss out? We need to say something to explain this situation. Maybe we can send a form out to the parents of those who have signed up that says PTO will not cover the costs, however, there are some parents/businesses who will sponsor those who are in need of shoes to participate for this program. Can we state that you do not have to have the specific pair of shoes to participate?
- Box tops - Deater is not here - it looks like we are receiving a check for $1000+
- Labels - the program is ending slowly, We can submit for a period of time, and we do have a point balance that we can redeem.
- Next book fair- next week- the sign up sheet is going around, the set up will be Friday at 6pm. It will be in the library until Wednesday, then to the gym for the nacho night, then back to the library for the rest of the week. Heather has everything arranged for the nachos.
- Fill-a-tub - We were approached to fill a tote for each teachers room with snowgear, boots, gloves, etc. Should we separate them by size? To be brought in book fair night, we will have the tubs set up in the hallway. Reading night is also going on that night.
- Teacher conferences - this is March 17. Make something light, Jenn Ames can order it if someone else can bring it. Appetizers would be best. Stephanie will take care of it!!
- Assemblies - We have one left, Reading Month Assembly March 15 at 8:30am
- Teacher Appreciation - XX
- Playground - can Curtis help with this project? Let’s do this!! We do also have a canopy catalog to look at if we are still interested in that. The company is out of Holland, WHPorter pavilion. Something similar to the pavilion near the tennis court. A water fountain too?
- Mr. Shewan - Stefanya will take this over - the joke book - surprise assembly
- Signs for the sidewalk - we have looked into this. Stefanya’s husband will volunteer to make them is reimbursed for supplies!! What kind of options do we have?
- Health & Fitness Day - somewhere around the 19th
- Family Picnic - May 20th - probably 11:30ish
Budget - still a work in process

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February 2016 Meeting Minutes

2/9/2016

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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

Our Mission is to instill in all Riverview students a healthy self-image, a love of learning and the desire to achieve their best in tomorrow’s world.

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January 2016 Meeting Minutes

1/7/2016

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Call meeting to order
Approval of December minutes - Deater
Treasurer report - not much going on - Drama donation and Holiday Shop
Teacher report - Ms. Stickler & Mrs. Scheible - Thank you for gift certificates!! March reading month, book fair will be the week of March 16 and the reading night will be the same night as book fair night. Science materials is something that the teachers may be looking for. Let’s do 3 bunsen burners, one for each fourth grade class. There may be some other requests for the science fair coming up in February as well.
Principal report - Ms. Kent - Academic report - The holiday shop with the help went well. Maybe bags for everything next year? Let’s make a parent event of a Cran-Hill Ranch day, thinking sometime in early February. They will open up a few different events for us to do there. What the cost to us? Let’s do it!!

Old Business:

Holiday shop recap - Stefanya has some pros and cons - Bags and tags - some suggestions: make sure the kids have lists of who to shop for, maybe have fourth graders pair with the kindergarten, more high schoolers, and maybe more selection, more guy stuff. Cap the total to $10, keep the $1 per item.

New Business :

walk-a-thon money - We have to get this going!! We have some playground items that we are looking at. The items are pogo and spinning seats and we are thinking 4 for primarily the upper elementary. We will do 4.
We just got the title money in so we do not need to order any Chromebooks!!
Hokie stools - Ms. Cole would like 2 or 3 of them and they are $200 total. Approved.
Standing desks - Deater and Mrs. Zocco - 4 standing desks for total of $862. Approved.
Roller rink - We have a free party in February. When can we do this?? Not on the early release day. We can’t do it during their regular business hours? Can we do the party as Valentines Day bash for everyone? Maybe Friday Feb. 12, leave it just as a dance party with no skates. Mandy will call and talk to the people at the rink. Could we do 12:30- 2:30? - We have extra roller rink passes that we can give out at book fair and science fair.
Science Fair - Angie - We had said about $20 per group, also maybe a small donation for Card Wildlife center. The robotics kids want to do something with magnets this year, and may need a little more money to invest.
Assemblies - Mandy - We talked about doing a science fair/magic assembly the week of science fair. There is a star lab through the MOISD that we could maybe set up. Can we approach anyone at Ferris?? February 22 would be a day open for an assembly. Also, maybe a local author that we could bring in during March. The book fair is a 70s groovy theme. Angie has a contact with a Girls and Engineering event that we could bring to the school as well. Mrs. Zocco will connect with Angie on this, take place on a Monday or Tuesday so the gym is available. Maybe for 3rd and 4th graders.
Box Tops - Deater is taking over the Box Tops
Book Fair - Family dinner - we are doing the nachos again. Heather Butts and Megan Knopf will take this over. Do we need honor students for this?
Teacher Appreciation - May 2-6 - ideas?
Mr. Shewan - Set assembly date for end of the year - Can we incorporate it into the Family Picnic, May 20 (early release day as well) This is a pretty crazy day, so a different day would be better. How about Friday May 27? - Make joke book from the kids
Budget - still a work in progress

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March 2015 Meeting Minutes

3/5/2015

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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.

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