Midland PTO Meeting Minutes

Monday October 26, 2009

Elementary School Cafeteria

Officer Attendance: Lisa Stewart, Sonia Morrison, Nicole Sivertsen, Lori Blackburn

Principal Attendance: Julie Albers (Elementary), Peg Frey (Middle School)

General Assembly: Angie Riddell, Marge Watkins, Rhonda Urazoff, Summer Travers, Kyle Anderson

Meeting called to order at 5:20p.m. by Lisa Stewart with general introductions around the room.

Secretary’s Report: Copies of the meeting minutes from the last PTO meeting was available for review and approval.

Treasurer’s Report: Copies of the budget were available for review. Note special requests per Sonia. (See Attached)

TEACHER REQUESTS-Kyle Anderson, Peg Frey, Beth Rock(entered a request )

• “Walk to Win” program at the elementary school during P.E.
• Request for money to purchase pizza as incentive to winning classes. 1 class pizza party for each grade level. One party to take place before Christmas Break and the second to occur at the end of the school year.
• Financial request for $500 with breakdown provided by Mr. Anderson. 2 payouts requested for the two separate time periods below.
• A motion was made (1. Summer Travers 2. Angie Riddell)
• The motion was passed to grant the requested amount for the walk program.
• Q & A session held after presentation. Mr. Sivertsen thanked the PTO for the opportunity and for the suggestions offered.
• The second teacher request came from Peg Frey. She presented a special funds request for a purchase of a new piano for the middle school. Per Peg, a whole community of students will be affected by this purchase and she has exhausted all of her fundraising attempts to come up with the remaining money.
• A motion was made (1.Nicole Sivertsen 2. Marge Watkins) to give Peg the remaining money needed.
• The motion was passed.
• Beth Rock (middle school teacher) entered a request for money for a pizza party to follow the Holiday Sing WHOI Sounds of Christmas Event.
• A motion was made (1. Summer Traver 2. Angie Riddell) to give her the money needed for the pizza party.
• The motion was passed.

SCRIP-Nicole Sivertsen

• Nicole explained her ordering request and deadlines for the holiday SCRIP program.
• The letters will go out the week of November 6^th with the deadline being Friday November 13^th.
• Along with local vendor IGA, the Pizza Peel and Julie’s Corner Store will be  added to the list. Julie’s Corner is willing to give a 10% return.
• They will be back and handed out at the Christmas programs at the respective schools. Nicole will hand out at the elementary and Lisa agreed to pass out at the middle school.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

·         Feedback on the PTO sponsored event was that the programs were good. Not enough cookies in the Kindergarten classes.

FUNBLAST-Marge Watkins

·         163 students attended the Fun Blast event at the middle school. Money was handed into Mrs. Frey.

·         2 more Fun Blasts have been planned for Jan 29^th and March 19^th.

MARKET DAY

·         Market Day was sent home today, due this Friday due to Columbus Day, schedule is tight.

·         Marge Watkins requested additional forms for the bank.

BOOK FAIR MMS-Sonia Morrison

·         The middle school did not make the monetary goal at the book fair, therefore PTO did not have to contribute.

·         After review, we will not be able to combine the two schools per the book fair representative.

CARNIVAL-Lisa Stewart

·         February 20^th is the date for the 2009-2010 Carnival.

·         Committees are going to start meeting on a regular basis from this point forward.

 PTO CHILDCARE-Tiona Kimble

·         Tabled due to not present

ROOM PARENTS-Staci Blew

·         Tabled due to not present

NFF LETTER-Lisa Stewart

·         Nothing new to report, it has not been reviewed yet.

NEW BUSINESS

·         Angie Riddell and Marge Watkins had questions on the upcoming Christmas bake sale. Questions on how it was run in the past, how to ask for donations, time frames, etc. 

·         PTO will send out a letter to ask parents for donations. Donations are requested  to be sent the days of the event.  They should be packaged to sell. 2 nights at the elementary and 1 night at the middle school.  Sell products before and after, close during the program.

Meeting adjourned by Lisa Stewart at 5:55 p.m.