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October 2015 Meeting Minutes

10/8/2015

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  • Call meeting to order - introductions
  • ​Approval of September minutes
Treasurer report 
Anything on the report with a star is split with Brookside, lots of little things from Walkathon and Gaga Pit, etc.


Teacher report -
Mrs. Zocco - We have had a lot of great safety drills.  Walkathon was a huge motivator for the kids, and everyone was really excited to monitor it in the classrooms.  Some of the testing going on has been going really well.


Principal report 
Ms. Kent - Academic report - Drills have been going really well.  Lockdown drills have gone over well.  We had police on site for this.  Everything went silent right away.  We had a fire drill today, overseen by Mrs. Fox, which also went well.  Everyone is getting really riled up to throw water balloons!!! There is a public safety team that is doing a mock child abduction that will be simulated at Brookside, the child being “abducted” is an officer's child.  They have a specific procedure they will be following.  In this situation, we would remain in lockdown but continue with classes. This is a great practice for them.


Old Business
-Walkathon - was a GREAT success!!  Friday is the last day for collections.  We can change the time for deadlines.  Our deadline will be midnight.  $100 buckets will be filled on Tuesday.  It was too disruptive to do this during the day.  We can change this for next year.  Everything will be done before the assembly on Thursday.

-We are in the middle of Tshirt sales, but it is going over well.  We are selling the Tshirts at cost, meaning we are NOT making a profit. Deadline for orders is Friday.  


-Ice machine - thank you Parks family

-Gaga pit - also a HUGE success

-Kindergarten went on a field trip to the apple orchards this week.  We did cover the expenses for this.

-Homecoming - we bought a bubble machine for the float that we will use in the future.  Elsa was fabulous.

New Business
-We are going to do a survey this year, it is already started.  We will NOT consider changing companies, and we will do the walkathon again next year.  Otherwise, we are looking for feedback about PTO and walkathon and what parents would prefer us to do with the money.

-Incentive run down - the lanyards are pretty much all handed out.  We will have only one prize per student no matter how many times their names are drawn.  We are having a little blip with Great Wolf, they did not donate so we will have to pay out of pocket for this.  We are also having some push back from the roller rink, so we are going to approach them with another way.  We can rent it for a specific day perhaps.  Amber Davis is going to look into this for us and find out all the details.


-Halloween gift - we have given glow sticks or other things in the past. Do we want to do this this year?  Let’s not, we are doing a lot of other small things, so let’s pass on this.

-Mobi Max - there is a lot of interest in this, so we will do this for $699 for the whole school.

-Movie night - the licensing company contacted us.  We had a great turnout last year, let’s do it again this year.  We are looking at Fri. Nov 6 and we want to show the movie “Inside Out”  We do have concessions for this event as well.  Angie Mishler can send an evite notice out to honor students, which was a great help with concessions.

-Wreath sales - can someone please take this over?  Stefanya will take this over.  Megan has done this in the past and can help out. We are NOT doing this as a money maker.  We do this because of the demand.  We charge just enough to cover the cost.


-Parent Teacher Conferences - We serve the teachers dinner. Jennifer Ames is going to take this over.  We have 13 teachers, maybe plan to serve 15.  We could also do a desert sign up.  

-Box Tops - does anyone want to take over Box Tops from Amber?  It requires collecting them, cutting them, sending them in, etc.  Amber can still help.  We make about $2000-$3000 a year off of this.  We do have a deadline at the end of the month which will result in a check in December.  Amber Davis and Tanya Parks will help with this.  

-Holiday Shop - We did not like the Reindeer Lane company last year.  Tanya has a contact with a company that does this.  We may need to order stuff through catalogs, but we would need to move now if we went that route.  The Dollar Store may be a great way to go.  That way we can make everything just a dollar or two at most.  We did check to make sure that we can resell these items last year.  Emily has room to store.  We can contact the dollar store people to see what kind of inventory they have and what our options are.

-Book Fair - Our theme is Monsters.  This is our next big thing.  It will be Oct. 28, Wednesday night, from 5-7pm.  We need help serving the ice cream, tidying the book fair, selling books.  We also have sign up times during the week.  Amber will send out a link to show those who sign up how to use the register.  It is super easy to use. If you volunteer you get 10% off.  This is our smaller one, the spring one is bigger.  We do get scholastic dollars that we get to choose items from a catalog with.  We used these funds to buy lots of things for the classrooms.  We spent $7700 in books and classroom stuff last year.  We are considering setting up a table at our Book Fair night for everyone to pick up their loot from the Walk-a-thon and the Tshirt sale.  We will still send items out to those who can’t attend.  Can we do a wish list for book fair items too?  We can send this home with the book fair letter, or have the teachers have the wish list for the students as they tour.

-Match Day - Tuesday, November 10 from 11-6.  We bring in all of our money and since we are non-profit, you get a certain % of money back.  Someone has to sit at the table all day and we have to decorate our table - the theme is Black & Silver.  All of the non profits in the county are there and donations are made.  

-Budget - We have started working on this.  What we have so far is on the google drive, so look at it and see what you think.  We are trying to develop it, but as of now, we don’t have a guideline.  We want to spend the money.  We want the kids that are in the building this year need to reap the rewards of what we have made from the walkathon.  We spent around 85% last year, and we need to spend it on the kids.

-Thank yous to the corporate sponsors.  Let’s have the kids make some!

-Mr. Shewan - our custodian will be leaving after this year.  We missed custodial appreciation day!!  We want to do some fun things to show our appreciation for everything he does in the school.  We could make a movie.  We could give each classroom a month.  Maybe a flash mob, or the marching band at the end of the year.
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