PTA Minutes -- August 5

August 5, 2015 Meeting Minutes

Attending:           Heidi Elsasser, Jenni Runolfson, Christy Boden, Adriane Watson, Timette Wankier, Claire Evanson, Nichole Parkinson, Jen Johnson, Leslie Smith, Amber Anderson, Shantel VanWagoner,  Becca Hyer, Michelle Perry,  Ardis Bird, Carrie Roy, Paula Kitch, Amanda Bawden, Jenny McArthur, Rachel Anderson, Neena Riddle, Betsy Perry

Treasurer’s Report:  Christy

                  Beginning Balance:  $27, 583. Expenses: $10, 211.73.  Revenue $473. Ending Balance: $17,844.27

Motion to approve: Timette Wankier, 2^nd Adriane Watson

Conflict of Interest:  Passed the sheet around for everyone to sign acknowledging they will not go over their approved committee budget

Box Tops $ goes to school not PTA (take off Budget)

FUN RUN: Timette

                  Dates:   August 25^th: B track Assembly Kick-off & collect $ until September 4^th

                                    September 8^th: ACD Assembly Kick-off & collect $ until September 18^th

                                    September 17^th: FUN RUN

                  Volunteers: Kids get a special bib and can run as many times as they want

                  Everyone else: Gets a specific time based on their bib color.

                  Silent Auction:  Hoping to make around $4000. Donations from: Disneyland, orthodontics, hotel stays, etc.

                  T-shirt donation:  $15.00 = t-shirt or 20 pts earned = t-shirt or can be split up Ex. $10 + 10pts = t-shirt.

                                    Everyone will have a t-shirt by Christmas. Need to encourage students to earn $$$.

                  Food Trucks: 5 + 2 dessert trucks.  Whitney McKell in charge.

Incentives: Non-tangible this year (extra recess, dress up day, and teacher eat lunch with students, etc) which      will save $$$.

Hearing Screening: Camille

September 1^st:  A & B tracks.  Need 5 volunteers.  Talked about putting a pop up notice on Help Counter. Neena is helping w/volunteers.

Room Parents: Becca

                  Need room parents for: Gwilliam, Laboe, Blaney, Stone. Waiting for D track. 

                                    Possibly for Parkes, Milne, & Linford? 

                                    Purvis: Shantel VanWagoner, Forsyth: Michelle Perry, Hanna:  Marilee Pack

                  September 11^th: Room Parent Meeting

Reflections: Adriane Watson

                  Theme: “Let Your Imagination Fly”

                  The Committee is Super AWESOME!

                  Due Dates:  September, 25^th ABC tracks, October 9^th for D track. Recognition Night Thursday, October 29^th

Literacy:  Nichole Parkinson

Super Bookworm.  Teachers keep track of students minutes and gives to Melissa. Nichole makes sure the worm “grows.”

Super Reading Challenge:  Every 12 weeks students get new reading challenge (to encourage them to read new, different books).  Timette, Heidi and/or Shantel will make sure these challenge sheets are available to parents to print out from the PTA website Teachers give the challenge sheets to Melissa who will then record them. Kids can earn a bead if they get the 12 Reader Challenge!

Drawing: Every 12 weeks.  Talked about giving less but bigger prizes. We all agreed that we’d rather have more, smaller prizes so more kids can win. 

Celebrate: Dr. Suess Birthday. Coordinate w/library and in the fall decorate pumpkins to look like characters from a book. 

Battle of the Books: Talked about implementing this in January. It would cost a minimum of $200 to get started. Told to start out smaller and build up after the first year. 

Teachers: Amy McMullin

                  A big thank you for the $100 gift per teacher! They are all so grateful!

Reminder: Pay membership dues and t-shirts!