Summit Elementary PTO Minutes

Summit Ele= mentary PTO Minutes

October 13, 2009=

Attendance:

Melissa Hinkle &nb= sp; Joann Alperstein-Abdoo &nb= sp; = &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Vonna Pfeiffer

Andrea Cretin &nb= sp; Pat Parsons &= nbsp; Steve Holbrook = ; &n= bsp; Jody Teipen-Holbrook

Joanna Hahn Michele Conner &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Kelly Brinkley = ; Kim Sherwood

Heather Rhodes &= nbsp; &= nbsp; Mr. Waltz &n= bsp; = ; Miss Morgan

Meeting begins at 7:0= 4pm

Introductions

Review September meet= ing Minutes: Make corrections on how many t-shirts were ordered from 40 to 50 total. Andrea Cretin moves to approve minutes with corrections. Pat Parsons seconds the motion.

Presidents Report: Melissa Hinkle requests that the P= TO by-laws need to be reviewed and updated.&n= bsp; She also stated that she will talk to the treasurer about applying f= or a charitable gaming license for future fundraisers.

Principals Report: There is no date set yet for the Principal’s Breakfast. = The last breakfast was not a huge turnout, but it was good and was able to help answer questions to the parents that had attended.

Review Budget and Tre= asures Report: A copy of the budget = was handed out at the meeting. No questions were asked. A motio= n was made and all was in favor of approving the budget and Treasurers Report.

Old Business

Fall Festival: Preparations for the festival is underway for Friday. The gym will have games and the LGI room will be the “glow in the dark” room. Andrea Cretin is providing supplies for Heather Rhodes “creepy room” i.e. hand sanitizer, baby wipes for kids to clean hands before = and after visiting the booth. It = was suggested to make kids aware that they can wear their costumes but emphasize that there should be no weapons. Mrs. Daggy will provide free bracelets as well.

Hot Dog Stand: $540 was raised. Almost everything for the stand was donated. Kelli Southern’= ;s father-in-law donated use of his grill for the stand. Any extra hotdogs, chips, sodas, e= tc will be used for the Fall Festival.

Summit Secret Shop: Melissa Hinkle requests to have the= shop on Fri. Dec. 4^th. = There was no response from anyone interested in organizing craft booths for the shop. It was suggested to hav= e the shop for one night rather than also during the day on Saturday to avoid a janitor fee. Weather was also= an issue in the past. Santa will definitely be there on Fri. M= elissa Hinkle spent $1084 for gift items. Cost for purchasing items are from .25 to $7.00.

Market Day: Joann Abdoo stated that Market Day= made $750 so far this year. Next m= onth is Dessert Bonus Day. PTO can= make extra money with the purchase of desserts.= If we sell more than 250 desserts and/or pies, we make $2.75 per pie plus 10% profit of total sale. It was suggested to have a contest to promote this fundraiser with having the class with the most pie purchase can win a pizza party as a reward. Another suggestion to help motivat= e the kids is to have the top seller get an opportunity to throw a pie in their teachers face. Andrea Cretin will be putting information on Sumlist.

Teacher Luncheon: The date for the luncheon has been changed to Dec. 9^th. There is a PTO meeting the night before. If they would prefer, family membe= rs who attend the meeting that night, can also drop off their goods for the lunche= on after the meeting.

Family Share: Wed. Oct. 14^th for Grad= es K-3 and Tues. Oct 20^th for Grades 4-6.

New Business

Art to Remember: Kim Reinks is the chairperson for = this fundraiser. The art will be i= n on Oct. 21^st. The child’s art will be put in envelopes to be sent home and returned, if parents are interested, by Nov. 4^th. This is a fundraiser to help raise= money for an art sculpture for the school.

Open Discussion

~No dates for H1N1 va= ccine yet. The vaccine will be shot= s, not nasal. We must still watch ki= ds for 30 minutes after receiving the vaccine.

~There was a suggesti= on for another way to raise money which would be through using a search engine like Google. Non-profits can regis= ter, click on “Summit” and every search would raise money. Andrea Cretin mentioned that Summit used to do Life Search-points for money.

~Kroger cards are sti= ll available.

~It was mentioned hav= ing a bike event similar to the walk to school event. Heather Rhodes stated that she was interested in doing that at one point, but is worried about it being a liability issue with crossing busy roads.&= nbsp; It was suggested to possibly talking to local bike shops for informa= tion and ideas. We have had bike r= odeos where bike helmets have been given to the students.

~A parent suggested h= aving more open houses for parents who don’t get a chance to be at school during the day, to see more projects in the classrooms, talk to teachers, etc. Heather Rhodes suggested= that teachers could maybe leave their doors open during Family Fun Night. Another idea that was mentioned was having an Art Show. That had been done last year during Music Night. It was suggested to have Open House= later in the year, maybe during the Fall Festival, to give teachers more time to = make projects, etc. Mr. Waltz ment= ioned that parents are always welcome to come into school anytime during the day.=

~Kim She= rwood suggested having events for single parents, i.e. Donuts with Dad or Muffins with Mom. It was suggested th= at events like that should be out of class for kids who do not have moms or da= ds that could attend. It could b= e held in the morning before school, approx. 8:30am.

~A possible Family Dance in the spring. Andrea Cretin tentatively voluntee= red to organize it.

*Next PTO Meeting is on Thursday, Nov. 12^th= at 7pm.*

~Meeting adjourned at 8:17pm.

Minutes Recorded by Michele Conner, PTO Recording Secr= etary