PTO

Monday, September 11, 2017 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order
• Attendance
• All officers, minus Amber Holle, one teacher representative, and four parent members, were present.
• Presidents Report
• Heidi Wallar reported that Aricka is working on spirit wear fliers and those were to be dropped off on September 11 for distribution in Friday folders. Spirit wear is being done through Knoy Apparel this year.
• Treasurers Report
• Tax returns have not yet been completed.
• Teacher support checks will go out once money had come in from the candle sale.
• The PTO savings account has about $20,000 in it and the checking account has approximately $5,000.
• Events
• Family Fun Night scheduled for 10/13/17 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
• Heidi Wallar and Missy Williams and Mrs. Meyers will be chairing this event.
• Barry’s Bounce House has been scheduled ($900)
• Pizza, drinks, and Kona Ice will be served again this year.
• RSVP's to be counted after the next PTO meeting, October 9^th. Volunteers needed to stay after meeting to help.
• Book Fair will be open for shopping from 6:00-8:00.
• Parent Teacher Conferences scheduled for 10/17/17 and 10/19/17
• Lindsey Piechnik is the chair for the Book Fair event. They will need 2 to 3 parents each night 10/17 and 10/19 from 5:15 – 7:00 to help work.
• Catering for the teachers’ dinner will be coordinated by Jessica Jones.
• Candle Sales scheduled to run 9/8/17 – 9/15/17
• Dana Blanchard will chair this fundraiser.
• Volunteers needed after school Monday, September 18^th to help sort and organize order forms.
• Volunteers needed during the school day starting at 12:00 Friday, October 13^th do help sort orders and deliver to the classrooms.
• Candles will be distributed during parent teacher conferences week of 10/17/17
• Fannie Mae Candy Sales scheduled to begin on 10/19/17
• Erica Schuemann will once again chair this event.
• Roxanna Holle has volunteered to start working with Erica over the next couple of years so that she will be able to take over as chair when Erica is done in 2018.
• Distribution will be in December. Volunteers will be need to help sort orders that will go home with the students.
• Movie Night scheduled for 11/17/17
• Still need a chair person for this event.
• Holle's will try to get donated popcorn from the movie theater again.
• Flyer will go out prior to the event.
• Donuts for Dads scheduled for November
• Michelle Harding to chair, still need a co-chair.
• Roxanna and Dana to help pick up the morning of.
• Michelle to get date options from Brenda in the front office.
• Restaurant Nights
• Alicia Wozniak will be organizing these events this year. Rosio Lopez to help print reminder fliers for distribution to the students.
• Monday, September 18^th - Hot Box Pizza
• Tuesday, October 3^rd –Pink Walrus
• Monday, November 6^th –Arni’s
• Will keep us updated as the events are scheduled.
• Box Tops
• Amber Simons will coordinate this.
• Unfinished Business
• None at this time.
• New Business
• PTO to look into using sign up genius or school wide text alerts to send out volunteer requests for events. Will need to find out if this would be allowed.
• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 9th at 6:00 p.m.
• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon, PTO Secretary

Monday, October 9, 2017 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order.
• Attendance
• All officers, minus Amber Holle, Roxanna Holle, and Dana Blanchard, two teacher representatives, Mr. Gabauer and four parent members were present.
• Presidents Report
• Heidi Wallar reported that Family Fun Night is coming up on October 13, 2017.
• Treasurers Report
• Neither Amber or Dana were present.
• Events
• Spirit Wear
• Aricka has picked up the order forms to turn in.
• Estimated delivery not known.
• Parent Teacher Conferences scheduled for 10/17/17 and 10/19/17
• Joanne Sprunger has the following retirees to work the book fair on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:45-5:15 Deb Kolczak, Kathy Swink, Marge Sprunger and Nancy Peters.
• Lindsey Piechnik is the chair for the Book Fair event. They will need 2 to 3 parents each night 10/17 and 10/19 from 5:15 – 7:00 to help work.
• Catering for the teachers’ dinner will be coordinated by Jessica Jones. She plans to do pizza one night and Chick-Fil-A the other night.
• Jessica also reported that she had completed the survival bags for the teachers.
• Candle Sales scheduled to run 9/8/17 – 9/15/17
• Candles will be distributed during parent teacher conferences week of 10/17/17
• Fannie Mae Candy Sales scheduled to begin on 10/19/17
• Erica Schuemann will once again chair this event.
• Distribution will be in December. Volunteers will be need to help sort orders that will go home with the students.
• Movie Night scheduled for 11/17/17
• Still need a chair person for this event.
• Movie will be Moana.
• Need to check with Dana to make sure the license has not expired.
• Holle's will try to get donated popcorn from the movie theater again.
• Flyer will go out prior to the event.
• Donuts for Dads scheduled for November 14 and 15
• Michelle Harding to chair, still need a co-chair.
• Roxanne and Dana to help pick up items the morning of.
• Mr. Gabauer to look into where we can place milk and juice prior to.
• Restaurant Nights
• Alicia Wozniak will be organizing these events this year. Rosio Lopez to help print reminder fliers for distribution to the students.
• Monday, November 6^th –Arni’s
• Will keep us updated as she schedules them.
• Box Tops
• Amber Simons has registered online and informed us that last year approximately $600 was raised and since this event started at Wea Elementary approximately $19,000.00 has been raised.
• She is also looking into different types of fliers that could be sent home with students to help encourage even more participation.

Unfinished Business

• Need update on what was made at the two restaurant nights with Hot Box and Pink Walrus.
• Need update on what was made from the candle fundraiser.
• New Business
• Veterans Day program will be on Wednesday, November 9^th at 9:30 a.m. PTO approved the purchase of carnations that will be presented to the veterans that are in attendance.
• Mr. Gabauer reported that TSC implemented a policy that no longer allows for the PTO to store items in the cafeteria refrigerators.
• PTO to look into using sign up genius or school wide text alerts to send out volunteer requests for events. Will need to find out if this would be allowed.
• Michelle to look into getting signs for outside the school to inform parents of when PTO meetings are.
• Talked about setting up a Facebook page and finding an admin for that for PTO.
• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 13th at 6:00 p.m.
• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon, PTO Secretary

Monday, November 13, 2017 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order
• Attendance
• All officers, Mr. Gabauer and Mrs. Merryman and one parent present.
• Presidents Report
• Heidi Wallar reported as to Family Fun Night
• Treasurers Report
• Candle sales $4,700.00 profit.
• Fannie May sales $10,650.00 profit.
• Flower’s for Veteran’s Day--$24.00 was spent
• Author Visit approximately $1000 was spent
• Brain to Brain program for teachers approximately $3000 was spent
• Teacher support checks went out. ($150/teacher)
• Events
• Donuts for Dads scheduled for November 14 and 15
• Restaurant Nights
• Monday, December 11^th –Igloo
• Tuesday, January 9^th—McDonald’s
• Box Tops
• Amber Simons reported that $416.00 was made.

Unfinished Business

• Need update on what was made at the three restaurant nights with Hot Box, Pink Walrus and Arni’s.
• Need update on what was made with spirit wear sales.
• New Business
• Read A Thon will be in March
• Discussed a color run/walk in spring
• PTO information to be placed on Wea Ridge FB page.
• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 4th at 6:00 p.m.
• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon, PTO Secretary

Monday, December 4, 2017 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order.
• Attendance
• All officers except for Dana, and Mrs. Merryman and one parent present.
• Presidents Report
• Fannie May pick up is Wednesday, December 6 (4 volunteers needed 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
• Treasurers Report
• Kona Ice $65.00
• Events
• Restaurant Nights
• Monday, December 11^th –Igloo (Flyer is coming soon)
• Tuesday, January 9^th—McDonald’s
• Other Events
• Bowling night (April/May)
• Movie Night--February 9, 2018
• Teacher Appreciation
• Darla Hammer will be in charge 12/12 - 12/14 approximately.

Unfinished Business

• Need update on what was made at the three restaurant nights with Hot Box, Pink Walrus and Arni’s.
• Need update on what was made with spirit wear sales.
• New Business
• Read A Thon will be in March
• Discussed a color run/walk in spring (need to reach out to Cross Country Coach at McCutcheon High School)
• PTO information to be placed on Wea Ridge FB page.
• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 15, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon, PTO Secretary

Monday, January 29, 2018 PTO Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order.
Attendance
All officers except for Amber Holle, Roxanna Holle and Michelle Harding, and Mrs. Merryman and two parents present.

Presidents Report

Treasurers Report

• Paid $1,200.00 for Raz Kids

Events
Restaurant Nights

• Will be updated as they are scheduled

Other Events

• Bowling night May 4, 2018
• Movie Night--February 9, 2018 Despicable Me 3
• (Looking for popcorn supply)
• Have 9 NJHS volunteer
• 5^th grade overnight trip to the Dunes in April

Teacher Appreciation
Jessica Jones around Valentine’s Day and in March during parent teacher conferences

New Business

• Read A Thon will be in March (possibly the week of March 5)–Need a teacher to chair
• Discussed a color run/walk in spring (need to reach out to principal at Mayflower Elementary will need volunteers)
• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon, PTO Secretary

Monday, March 6, 2018 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order.

• Attendance
  • All officers and two parent representatives were present.
• President's Report
  • Heidi Wallar reported that Movie Night was a great success.
  • She also reported that she touched base with the principal at Mayflower with regards to organizing a color run. It was decided that this event would be tabled until the Fall of 2018.
• Treasurer's Report
  • Movie Night brought in approximately $800.
  • Checking Balance is $9215 with $7107 owed for the 5th grade Dunes fieldtrip ($3500 will be reimbursed by the charge to the individual students that are attending).
  • The only fundraiser left this year will be from Read-A-Thon
  • Expenses that remain for this year; parent teacher conference catering, muffins for moms, teacher appreciation event, bowling night, field day
• Events
  • Read-A-Thon (started March 2 )
    • The reading log sheet is from March 2-15. Students to show reading log to their teacher on Friday, March 16.
    • Students will collect pledges from their sponsors and turn these into their teacher by Wednesday, March 21. This should include the child's reading log and pledge form.
    • It was decided that the PTO would purchase $1500 in books from the Book Fair to hand out as prizes to the top readers.
    • Any leftover books would be donated to the classrooms with the most number of minutes read.
    • The top reader for each grade level will be given a reward.
    • A celebration for all students will take place (date to be determined)

• Parent Teacher Conferences/Book Fair (week of March 12-16th)
  • Does Jessica need anything for catering?
  • The book fair will have the following volunteers:

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 3:45-5:15

Deb Kolczak, Connie Burget, Marge Sprunger and Nancy Peters

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 5:15-7:00

Lindsey Piechnik, Jessica Fritchley, and Roxanna Holle

Thursday, March 15, 2018 3:45-5:15

Marge Sprunger, Kathy Swink, Trudy Nelson, and Deb Kolczak

Thursday, March 15, 2018 5:15-7:00

Lindsey Piechnik, Crystal Doty, Tara Doty

• Muffins With Moms (scheduled for April 18th and 19th )
  • Michelle to send out rsvp flyers, make orders, purchase supplies, and round up volunteers
  • Need to reach out to Jessica McKinney and see if Once Upon a Child will help sponsor this event again.

• Bowling Night (Friday, May 4th)
  • Mrs. Mraz to organize

• Restaurant Nights
  • Friday, March 23rd – Chuck-E-Cheese
  • Tuesday, April 10th – Dairy Queen
  • May – BW3 date to be determined.

• Box Tops

• Amber Simons reported that $275.40 was made from the most recent submission.

• Unfinished Business
  • None at this time

• New Business
  • None at this time

• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 16th at 6:00 p.m.

• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Michelle Harding

Monday, April 16, 2018 PTO Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order.

Attendance

• §All officers minus Roxanna Holle.

Presidents Report

• §Heidi reported that she touched base with the principle at Mayflower with regards to organizing a color run. It was decided that this event would be tabled until the Fall of 2018.

Treasurers Report

• §Received a check in the amount of $84.11 from Chuck E Cheese
• §Expenses that remain for this year teacher appreciation event, bowling night, and field day
• §Read-A-Thon made $2,000.00

Events

§Read-A-Thon (started May 2^nd )

• §Discussed ways to make this more successful for next year, maybe a birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss to start it.
• §Need a teacher in charge for next year.

§Muffins With Moms (scheduled for April 18^th and 19^th )

• §Michelle has this handled

§Bowling Night (Friday, May 4^th)

• §Mrs. Mraz to organize

§Restaurant Nights

• §May – BW3 date to be determined.

§Field Day

• §Popsicles provided (May 25)

§Box Tops

• §Amber Simons reported that $418.00 was made from the most recent submission.
• §Amber Simons will continue to chair this.

Unfinished Business

• §None at this time

New Business

• §None at this time

• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 7^th at 6:00 p.m.

• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon

Monday, May 7, 2018 PTO Meeting Minutes

• Meeting was called to order.
• Attendance
  • §All officers minus Roxanna Holle and Amber Holle. Mrs. Mraz was present.Presidents Report
  • §Heidi reported that she touched base with the principle at Mayflower with regards to organizing a color run. It was decided that this event would be tabled until the Fall of 2018.

• Treasurers Report
  • §Next year each 5^th grader will pay $40.00 for Dunes Trip
  • §Expenses that remain for this year is field day
• Events
  • §Restaurant Nights
  • §May 22, 2018—Pink Walrus
• §Field Day
  • §Popsicles to be provided (May 25)
• §Box Tops
  • §Amber Simons will continue to chair this. Amber is working on one last batch of these for this year.
• Spirit wear
  • §Michelle will discuss this with Lydia Reardon (possible to new designs)
• Unfinished Business
  • §None at this time
• New Business
  • §PTO Officers for 2018-2019 Heidi Wallar as President
  • Amber Holle and Roxanna Holle as Co-Vice Presidents
  • Dana Blanchard as Treasurer
  • Amber Laffoon as Secretary
  • Michelle Harding to help out where needed and as back-up secretary

• The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 10^th at 5:00 p.m. (time may change prior to meeting)
• The meeting was adjourned.

Submitted by Amber Laffoon