GLENRIDGE PTO
Date: Thursday, November 08, 2012
Location: Glenridge Library Meeting Called to Order By: Heather Reich, President
Attendance: Suzanne Green, Christy Caravaglio, Julie Salazar, Ann Reed, Beth Hillberry, Carmelita Janea, Scott Abernathy, Jessamine Songheng, Lauren Paz, Heather Reich, Stacie Masterson, and CJ Castro
Minutes: Minutes of October 9 meeting read and accepted
Treasurer Report
• Reviewed and accepted. Ending balance $4,085.11
• Per Beth’s request, the budget was reviewed and modified for PTO
– Remove the following lines
• Auction
• Leadership Training/Reprsntn section
• Convention, Misc. Publications/Workbooks, and Workshops
• Founders Day
• Past President’s Pin
• Principal/President Luncheon
– Change‘WebsiteMaintenance’amountto$10
– Change ‘Awards – WSPTA Fin Grant’ to ‘ Golden Acorn and amount from $250 to $200
President’s Report
• Fall Carnival and Book fair was successful
Principal’s Report
• Thanks to volunteers for Book fair, Fall Carnival and Staff Dinner
• 2 Hour Late Start on Wednesday (during which staff will go through training with Kathy Richardson)
Committee Reports
• Fundraising – Entertainment Books Sales incentive is sell 2, get one free through the end
of November
– Sales kits go home instead of sending a book home with each student; makes distribution easier
– Sell 6 books and you’ll get time in the money machine
– Prize will be a lanyard where you can collect different ducks for every book sold
– Teachers will receive a complimentary book
– Flyers go out this Friday
• Drama – starts in January with practice three times a week
• Santa Breakfast Bingo – serving bagels, donuts, fruit, juice, coffee
– Will need staff volunteers; need to solicit gifts for bingo prizes; need Santa
– Mr. Abernathy will read a story, will ask Choir to sing songs
• Adopt a Family – CJ Castro is asking to solicit monetary donations of $15 to $20 to create gift baskets for homeless youth
• Smart with Art – Michelle Dutton to teach a structured art Holiday Workshop where kids make gifts; more information to come
• Movie Night - $300 annual fee covers the teachers to show movies as well as PTO movie nights
– Majority requested to renew
Meeting Adjourned @ 8:05pm
– Sales kits go home instead of sending a book home with each student; makes distribution easier
– Sell 6 books and you’ll get time in the money machine
– Prize will be a lanyard where you can collect different ducks for every book sold
– Teachers will receive a complimentary book
– Flyers go out this Friday
• Drama – starts in January with practice three times a week
• Santa Breakfast Bingo – serving bagels, donuts, fruit, juice, coffee
– Will need staff volunteers; need to solicit gifts for bingo prizes; need Santa
– Mr. Abernathy will read a story, will ask Choir to sing songs
• Adopt a Family – CJ Castro is asking to solicit monetary donations of $15 to $20 to create gift baskets for homeless youth
• Smart with Art – Michelle Dutton to teach a structured art Holiday Workshop where kids make gifts; more information to come
• Movie Night - $300 annual fee covers the teachers to show movies as well as PTO movie nights
– Majority requested to renew
Meeting Adjourned @ 8:05pm
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