May Whitney PTO

April 5, 2011

Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Co-President Kim Ketcham at 7:07pm.

Motion to approve the March 2011 minutes by Ellise Hood and Nancy McGee – motion approved.

Lauren Amoroso and Kim Ketcham – Co-President

·         Thank you to Amy, Vicki and Karen for all of their hard work on painting the bathrooms on the second floor just outside the office. They look great and the kids love them. More bathrooms are scheduled to be painted.

·          Amy Noland was able to secure a grant from Starbucks – they are providing the labor to do some exterior beautification work – painting, mulching, etc.

·         The tulips and daffodils planted as part of the all school bulb plant are coming up!!

·         Thank you to Varsha Shah (Green Team) for ordering and distributing the white boards.

·         There will be a district sponsored Chess Tournament at Issac Fox on Saturday, May 14^th.

·         Ela Area Drug Coalition will be holding monthly meetings and are looking for community support. Meeting information and survey results will be on the district website.

·         Innisbrook will be coming back as our fall fundraiser.

·         We are moving forward with playground enhancements as part of the Big Idea project. We have four parents who have volunteered to be on the committee – they will be meeting April 12^th at 9:00 am. The committee will coordinate with the district as they need to approve our plans.

Amy Flaherty – Treasurer

·         With the last check from CPK, Proceed Nights is now doing better than budgeted. Market Day is also now doing better than budgeted. Thanks to everyone for their support!

·         We have over $2000 left in grants through March. We are expecting a few others and in the end should spend most of the grant money.    

Joelle Vollmer - Vice-President

• Grants:
  • #22:  Total of 275 Student Assignment Notebooks (2011-2012) for Grades 3 – 5. $1237.23
  • Grant passed

·         Individual grants voted on via email all passed (white boards and kindergarten mats).

·         We do have committee positions open, if you are interested, please contact Joelle Vollmer.  We will be sending out an eblast with all open positions. Please spread the word as we have many openings.

·         If you are on a committee this year and not continuing on the same committee next year, please give the binder to Joelle so she can pass it on to the new committee chair.

Mrs. Lettie Ekovich – Principal

• Mrs. Hebda is retiring at the end of this year – we are in the process of searching for our new music teacher. We are adding a half time reading teacher and have begun the screening process. This is in addition to our current support.
• Open House is scheduled for 6:30 – 7:30 on April 20^th.
• The number of sections overall will not change for next year. We will go up one section in 1^st grade and then down one section in 2^nd grade. We will go up one section in 3^rd grade and down one section in 4^th. We will have some teachers who will shift as a result.
• Summer Bridge Books will continue for this summer. In addition we are going to offer a Summer Reading Program for MW – “Camp Read A Lot”. The goal is for all the kids to read every day ~ 90% of kids read 90% of days in summer.
• Mrs. Bohlman was our teacher representative – Thanks for coming!!
• Mrs. Ekovich presented a Thank You card to the PTO from the students and staff.

Committee Reports

·         Book Fair – Mandie Meier and Claire Slattery

o    We need volunteers for the following times during the Fair:

Tuesday, 4/19/2011 (4:00PM - 6:00PM)

§  Cashier

§  Book Bagger

§  Line/Floor Helper  

Wed, 4/20/2011 (2:00PM - 4:00PM)

§  Cashier

§  Book Bagger

§  Line/Floor Helper  

Wed, 4/20/2011 (4:00PM - 6:00PM)

§  Cashier

§  Book Bagger

§  Line/Floor Helper  

Thursday, 4/21/2011 (1:00PM - 3:00PM)

§  Pack up Fair (several volunteers)

o   We have projected a spending budget of approximately $200 for the on-sight Book Fair needs (i.e. balloons, other decor, etc.)

o   We will be using the popcorn machine that was purchased by the 5th grade.  Thanks 5th Grade!

·         Student Council

o   The 5^th grade has purchased a popcorn machine to be used at school events as their gift to the school this year.

o   The Student Council will be selling cranes at lunch. For $1 you can make your own crane; for $2 you can fold and make one yourself. All funds raised will support relief efforts in Japan.  

David Finn and Melissa DeLuga made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m.  The next PTO meeting will be Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in the library at 7 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Ann Marie McConnell

Secretary