November PTA Minutes

November 4, 2015 MCE PTA Meeting Minutes

Attending:  Heidi Elsasser, Christy Boden, Jenni Runolfson, Whitney McKell, Adriane Watson, Claire Evanson, Betsy Perry, Rebecca Hanks, Michelle Perry, Becca Hyer, Tiffany Merrick and Mrs. Nageli

Financial Report:  Balance as of 10/1/15 $39.412.33.  Total Income: $1,882.53. Total Expenditures:  $12,443.42.

                                    Balance as of 10/31/15 $28,851.44

Approve Minutes: Claire Evanson & Adriane Watson

Heidi: Thank you to the following Committees:  Reflections, Book Fair, Box Tops (done early thanks to Carrie Roy)  & PTC dinners.

Calendar: No School Friday, November 6th. A&B tracks only on Monday, November 9th

                  Tuesday, November 10^th: Café Zupas Spirit Night ($$$ goes to Teachers)

                  D Track PTC:  November 18^th & 19^th along w/Book Fair- Yes on Monster Decorations for D track!

Community Nights are on the School Calendar and $$$ goes to Teachers. Talked about sharing info on Skyward.

Book Fair down by 2 people for D track. Need help. Amber and Chantal will be there. No Leslie or Kristin.

For PTC dinners, Jen Johnson doing the same dinners she did for ABC tracks. Thanks Jen!

Awards: Tiffany Merrick:  Nominations for volunteers and teacher and principal awards.  So far under 20 nominations for everything! D track vote @ PTC. 

                  Talked about sending email through Helpcounter.  Need to figure out how to get more nominations!

Nominating Committee:  We need to find President elect and Legislative VP. 

Junior Achievement:   Rebecca Hanks: January 11^th Parent Meeting @ 10am

Need more classes filled:  Forsyth (PM), Hansen (AM & PM), Milne, Linford, Frostl, Joyner, Gwilliam, Taylor,      Blaney, Brightwell, Menzel, Conkel and Michelson.

Decided to send email through room moms to get volunteers for this. 

Legislative VP: Whitney Mckell. 

                  People have been asking her if school is starting early next year?  We are not sure?  We also talked about extended day program. Talked about Community Meeting to discuss school schedule.  When is this? 

Mrs. Nageli:  4^th, 5^th & 6^th Grade got google Chromes.  K-2^nd got ipads and keyboards.  3^rd grade mac minis.

First Round of Reading Challenge is Almost Done

Super Reader Challenge

Dates for drawings and new lists passed out.

A track  list due October  30th

B, C tracks November 5th

D track  December 4th

Book List for Grades K-1st

Book List for Grades 2-3

Book List for Grades 4-6

• Every student will be given a checklist containing different categories of books.
• Students will have 12 weeks to read one book from every category.
• After the 12 weeks,  students who read a book from every category will turn in the checklist, which must be signed by a parent.  The students who turn in the checklist will earn a book worm bead for their lanyard and their name will be entered in for a drawing at the end of the 12 week period.
• Every 12 weeks there will be a small drawing for students who turned in the checklist.
• A new checklist will be given every 12 weeks.
• Lists are due by 12:00 on the day of the drawings.

October PTA Minutes

October 7, 2015 Meeting Minutes

Attending:  Carolyn Bona, Heidi Elsasser, Christy Boden, Adriane Watson, Whitney McKell, Timette Wankier, Tami Dickenson, Jenni Runolfson, Jen Johnson, Amber Anderson, Leslie Smith, Marilee Pack, Betsy Perry, Amy McMullin, Michelle Perry, Kambrie Brownlee (student principal for the day)

 

Financial Report: Balance as of 9/1/15: $15,492.20.  Total Income: $25,294.49.  Total Expenditures: $1,374.36.  

​​Balance as of 9/30/15: $39,412.33

 

September Meeting Minutes: Motion to approve: Jenni Runolfson, 2nd: Whitney McKell

Thank you Michelle Perry for bringing donuts for everyone!  

 

Heidi:  Big Thanks: FUN RUN Committee, Camille Jenson for Vision Screenings &

Betsy Perry for Walk to School Day

(Miscommunication of times; people confused) Fix next year! Teachers have beads! 

 

Principal:  Kambrie Brownlee (principal for the day)  

​-Thank you to Fun Run Committee and for the Skate Night

Pincipal Bona: 

-Thanks ahead for the “Tricks and Treats” Day for the teachers on Friday, October 9th. 

​-ABC PTC coming up (Kindergarten attends school during PTC)

​-Leader in Me:  Start way for students to set and achieve goals 

*Using Student Education Plan (students work w/teachers) teachers find areas where students need improvement. This will be discussed @ 1st PTC

​​*Goals will be kept in “Leader in Me” data notebooks

​​* @ 2nd PTC, students will review old goals and work on new goals​

​-From the District:  “m” on report card means under/above on fluency and comprehension

​​*Ex. 4th Grade (go on 3rd grade or5th grade level depending if they are under/above.  

​​*look @ comments on student’s report card if there’s an “m” on it. 

​-Talked about the calendar (please refer to calendar)

​​* October 21st and 22nd:  PTC & Book Fair (The stage will be closed for that week for book fair). 

​​*23rd: Leader Breakfast, 

*28th: Reflections Judging Night 

*29th: Reflections Gallery and Awards Night (gym will be closed) 

​​*30th: Halloween parade and class parties. 

 

Amy McMullin: 

-More teachers would volunteer for fun run if the time slot wasn’t so long, otherwise, they thought it was amazing!  -teachers have been fine with the passing out of t-shirts. Overall, seem more positive.  

 

PTA Memberships: Pay dues & Join. A big Thank you to Principal Bona who paid for entire faculty! 

 

FUN RUN committee/Timette Wankier:

- Missing Table:  Don Yates (Timette purchased a new one).  

- Shirts: Timette & Whitney going around on Wednesdays to help kids earn their shirts.  Carolyn says, “Thank you for all of the extra work.” 

-Be positive on FB! If you need to say anything negative, PM. 

-Over $20,000 in profit!!!! 

-Classic Skating: Good Turnout esp. around 7:30pm.  Gaitan, Jolley and Principal Bona were there! 

Reflections: 

​-3D art in Deluca’s room until Judging Night.

​-Need a bead for lanyards (Carolyn helping)

 

PTC Dinners: Jen Johnson

​-31 Teachers ABC tracks.  20 Teachers D track

​-Nacho Bar Wednesday night and Pulled Pork Sandwiches Thursday night

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Book Fair: Leslie Smith

​-No coin drive since we made a lot of $ from Fun Run. Parents can still donate @ the fair

-Monster Theme: sending an email to ABC tracks for kids to make monster posters to hang up for the book      fair as decorations. 

​*$10 in scholastic bucks for the best poster in each grade! 

-All Scholastics bucks donate to teachers and library

-Amy McMullin says Teachers love the $100 in cash.  Trying to decide about Scholastics bucks vs. cash

-$ ultimately goes to kids and not teacher’s personal use

-Teachers shop w/$ parents donate @ the fair so it needs to be used up.  

-Talked about having a paper printout for each teacher w/ scholastic $$ total. They shop and put their order on the paper and turn in to the PTA box. 

-Need volunteers for walkthroughs.  Leslie will email Neena to get volunteers.  

-$150 needed in cash for Book Fair: Executive board member needs to be there to count $. 

 

Golden Apple Award/Awards: Timette Wankier & Whitney McKell

​-3 or 4 awards

​-end of November: all award nominations due!!! 

​-Golden Apple Award: Outstanding Educator Award

​-put link on FB and have papers @ PTC for parents to look at and/or fill out. 

​-Going to make a flier and send out skylert: “We feel really good about it. “

 

Treat day: Friday October 9th. 

​-have treats @ school by 10am. 

​-cookies, brownies, popcorn, etc. 

 

Box Tops Due: Wednesday, October 14th! 

 

 

The Golden Apple Award

Every year the Utah PTA gives a Golden Apple Award to the top teachers, principals, and volunteers in our state.  And every year Midas Creek has not nominated one.  

This year the Midas Creek PTA wants to make sure our amazing teachers are recognized on a higher level.  Please click on the link below and nominate a teacher, principal of volunteer you feel has impacted your student's life in ways you could never express.  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tM12FPmyRtk8_FcQGTdahB_sKroZneSbAQNqAQ_ulww/viewform?usp=send_form

Please nominate someone. We have an amazing school and amazing staff. Take a second to let us know who stands out. Thank you again for all of your support.  

Midas Creek PTA 

Walk to School Day--October 7

Midas Creek Elementary

Walk to School Day

October 7, 2015

*Walk or bike to school and get a bead.

*Meet Mrs. Bona at Swenson Farms Park (12059 South Swenson Farm Drive) at 8:30 am to walk to the school with her if you would like.

*A Track students can walk or bike to school any day in October to earn their bead.

Use this link to see the approved walking paths 

http://www.snapforschools.com/Map_view.aspx?EntityID=735

Parenting Conference

What Happened in the Wednesday PTA MEETING?

September 2, 2015 Meeting Minutes

Attending:  Carolyn Bona, Heidi Elsasser, Christy Boden, Adriane Watson, Whitney McKell, Timette Wankier, Jenn Burr, Tami Dickenson, Jenni Runolfson, Paula Kitch,  Robyn Epley, Amber Anderson, Leslie Smith, Marilee Pack, Rebecca Hanks, Amy McMullin, Betsy Perry, and Michelle Perry

Financial Report: Balance as of 8/1/15: $17, 130.50.  Total Income: $866.01.  Total Expenditures: $1,638.30. 

                                    Balance as of 8/31/15: $15,492.20. 

Heidi: 

Thanks everyone for all they do:  Back to School Night, Fun Run, Reflections, Bday Table, Teacher appreciation; etc.

Amy McMullin: 

Says teachers are doing great and are excited for the Fun Run!  However, they need to know what the incentives are for Fun Run. More visuals to see what they can earn.  Timette is going to get the incentive info to Heidi who will then email the teachers.

Principal Bona: 

                  -Musical Program started.  We are lucky to have Laura (music teacher).  Kids are loving it!

-Waiting on the IBM computer for the marquee. Once we have that, we can start using it! Took 1 tree out and trimmed another tree for the marquee.

-3^rd Grade Grandparents Day: September 11^th

-Leader Breakfast: September 18^th.  Habit #1.  Self Control.  Teachers got lists so they know who got to go last year.

-BYU partnership this year: 2 Interns (1 for 4^th grade and 1 for 6^th grade). Carolyn has been doing once a month training. 

-Less people are choosing Education as a degree. We should all be willing to go to Legislature to make things better for teachers and for students.

-Carolyn is doing BYU associates training.

-September is Green Ribbon Month. Safety Issues. Talked about the sidewalk between 2 houses (is it in

 Canyon View or Legacy Ranch). Kids not staying on sidewalks

Fun Run: 

                  Paula: Volunteer Coordinator: passed around sign-up sheet at the meeting. 

                  Need help with:  Silent Auction, Bathroom, Crossing Guard, Set-up, Take down; etc

                  Need 6-8 Easy Ups (canopies)

600 people like our FACEBOOK page! 

Room Parent Meeting:  Friday, September 11^th @ 1:30pm

Reflections:

                  Talked about judges. Timette knows a dance judge.  Amy McMullin can get visual arts judge.

Walk to School Day:

                  Betsy:  Wednesday, October 7^th (going w/National Walk to School Day).  Need maps w/volunteers.

                                    Facebook post: 1 week before.  A track is off (so less kids)

                                    Neena can put on Help Counter for help w/Walk to School Day

-Neena can organize volunteers through help counter. Its easy. We have over 100 people who want to help with stuff while @ home.

-$10 for Yearbooks.  Nichole looked into it.  Have we talked to Lifetouch? No. There might be copyrights with Lifetouch photos. Going to have Nichole look into having Lifetouch do a Yearbook.  We also need to double check w/privacy issues with students.

Leslie Smith:  Book Fair

-ABC tracks in October. D track in November. No book fair for A & B tracks in February. Invited to come in March during C & D tracks PTC.

-Laura (the music teacher) will need to go somewhere else for those 3 separate weeks while book fair is set up.

-Coin Drive- 1^st 2 book fairs (Oct & Nov). Use Scholastic bucks on 3^rd book fair for teachers instead of asking for parent donations.  $5 coupon for teachers from scholastic bucks.

Fun Run Awards Assembly: Had to be changed to September 21^st instead of September 22^nd.

PTA Reflections 2015-2016

Midas Creek PTA Budget 2015-2016

Please take a moment to review the Midas Creek Elementary PTA Budget for 2015-2016 by clicking the link below.

Midas Creek Elementary PTA Budget 2015-2016

Mighty Midas Reading Challenge

We are excited about the Mighty Midas Reading Challenge this school year! Here are the details. 

 Mighty Midas Reading Challenge

Superheros powered by books

There will be two components of the reading challenge.  The SUPER BOOKWORM  and a SUPER READER CHALLENGE.

Super Book Worm.

• Classes track reading minutes any way they would like.
• Starts Second week of school. August 3rd.
• Each class will have a weekly reading goal based on the following

        K- should read 10 min a day x 5 days a week = 50 min. per week

        1-3 grades should read 20 min a day x 5 days a week =100 min. per week

        4-6 grades should read 30 min a day x 5 days a week = 150 min per week

        Bonus: Off track reading counts, but is not calculated into the goals. Add     

                    off track/holiday minutes to the first week back. Example Winter break will

                    be added to the week of January 4-8.

• There will be a Super Book Worm started near the office on the wall. Our goal is to add to the worm, as it grows it will wrap around the school.  Students will be able to observe its growth as the school year progresses.
• Every class will get portions (circles) to add on to the worm. Classes earn the circles by making their weekly reading goals.  
• Teachers will add minutes to a shared spreadsheet.
• The first week of every month, we will determine how many circles each class earned based on what is updated on the spreadsheet from the previous month. Example: August reading will be recognized the first week of September.
• Every month after the reading minutes are calculated, the top class will be recognized and earn a prize.  There will be no need for writing out tickets.
• Circles will be added to the worm with the teacher's name on the front. Reminders will be sent to teachers to add reading minutes to the spreadsheet before the deadline.
• All teachers need to do is track students reading minutes, add weekly minutes to the spreadsheet and help collect the Super Reader Checklists from the following challenge.  We take care of the rest.

Super Reader Challenge

• Every student will be given a checklist containing different categories of books.
• Students will have 12 weeks to read one book from every category.
• After the 12 weeks,  students who read a book from every category will turn in the checklist, which must be signed by a parent.  The students who turn in the checklist will earn a book worm bead for their lanyard and their name will be entered in for a drawing at the end of the 12 week period.
• Every 12 weeks there will be a small drawing for students who turned in the checklist.
• A new checklist will be given every 12 weeks.
• Lists are due by 12:00 on the day of the drawings.

Dates for drawings and new lists passed out.

A track  list due October  30th

B, C tracks November 5th

D track  December 4th

Dates for drawings and new lists passed out.

A tack February 12th

B track February 26th

C,D track March 24th

Dates for drawings and new lists passed out.

A track  June 1st/drawing will be held on the 3rd of June

B,C,D track  June 21st/ drawing will be held on the 24th of June

During the school year the PTA will be sponsoring fun activities to promote reading. Information on these activities will be given through the PTA later in the year. 

Book List for Grades K-1st

Book List for Grades 2-3

Book List for Grades 4-6