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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Meeting Minutes for November 10, 2009
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:34 pm by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder. The minutes and agenda were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to approve the minutes, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, the motion passed.
Faculty/Staff Luncheon for January 4th Teacher/Staff Inservice Day - Melissa Nix stated that she called Kostroun Catering to check on prices for this but they have not returned her call. It was discussed that it would be very expensive to have it catered and that maybe we should so it ourselves by asking volunteers to make Soup and the PTO could do the salad, bread and desserts. Teresa Andel made the motion to do the soup, salad and bread, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Lindsey Schiller made the motion to bake brownies, Cherryl Rice 2nd the motion, the motion passed.
By-Law Amendments – Article VII, this was amended by more than a 2/3 vote by the general membership to have treasurer reports at all general membership meetings, so as they are not required monthly due to us not meeting in December, June, July and August.
Teresa Andel made the motion to have the recording secretary produce the minutes within 2 weeks of the meeting date, Cherryl Rice 2nd, motion passed. Kim Campbell stated that if we do this we will have to amend the by-laws. The motion was made to amend Article V of the by-laws by Teresa Andel, Melissa Nix 2nd , motion passed by more than a 2/3 vote of the general membership to have the recording secretary get the minutes distributed within 2 weeks(14 days) of the meeting date so that they can be posted pending approval on the PTO Blog for all to read before the next meeting.
It was decided that buying apples from the FFA for the treat jars for the teachers and staff would not be a good idea due to the fact there is so much food around the week before school releases for Christmas. Anne Kohring suggested we do cider mix and hot chocolate mix instead. The motion was made by Cathy Bruggman to place cider mix and hot chocolate mix in the large treat jars for the teachers and staff for Christmas time, Wendy Lesikar 2nd and the motion passed. Wendy Lesikar said she would check the prices at PFG and email us her results. The motion was made by Melissa Nix to buy coffee urns to have the hot water available for the mixes for each campus, Anne Kohring 2nd , and the motion passed. Teresa Andel checked on prices and informed us that they would cost about a dollar a cup, so a 30 cup urn would be about 30 dollars.
Christmas Shoppe Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman explained this fundraiser to everyone. She stated that if we decided to do this fundraiser that we would do it December 7th – 11th. She explained that we set our own prices and that Mr. Layne said we could use the elementary library to conduct this fundraiser. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to have the fundraiser, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , the motion passed. Cathy Bruggman will be the chairperson for this fundraiser and will get a committee together for it, they will have a committee meeting on December 1st, time and site to be determined. Cathy also stated that we would receive $300.00 in free merchandise from the company. It was decided we would ask the teachers to give behavior bonuses worth $0.50 to kids so that every child would have a chance to participate in this fundraiser. Teresa Andel will make the Behavior Bonus Certificates and email them to Melissa Nix so that she can copy them for distribution.
Cathy Bruggman stated that the PTO could not do the Snack Bar for the Elementary UIL meet on December 8th because the elementary school does this as a fundraiser for their activity account.
Fundraising Ideas – we discussed ideas for these, the ideas and decisions are listed as as follows:
We will work on finalizing the ideas that were left undecided at the January meeting.
Service Goals for Spring Semester – we discussed ideas for this, the ideas and decisions are listed as follows:
Melissa Nix asked on behalf of the executive board if we could adjust the amount of the spending approval for the executive board without a general membership vote from $200.00 to $400.00. It was decided to table this until we have a formal budget drafted.
Melissa Nix made motion to have all PTO meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building that meetings are required by the by-laws. Genie Allison 2nd the motion, the motion passed. The next general membership meeting will be on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building.
The meeting was adjourned by President Melissa Nix at 8:30 PM.
The meeting was called to order at 6:34 pm by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder. The minutes and agenda were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to approve the minutes, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, the motion passed.
Faculty/Staff Luncheon for January 4th Teacher/Staff Inservice Day - Melissa Nix stated that she called Kostroun Catering to check on prices for this but they have not returned her call. It was discussed that it would be very expensive to have it catered and that maybe we should so it ourselves by asking volunteers to make Soup and the PTO could do the salad, bread and desserts. Teresa Andel made the motion to do the soup, salad and bread, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Lindsey Schiller made the motion to bake brownies, Cherryl Rice 2nd the motion, the motion passed.
By-Law Amendments – Article VII, this was amended by more than a 2/3 vote by the general membership to have treasurer reports at all general membership meetings, so as they are not required monthly due to us not meeting in December, June, July and August.
Teresa Andel made the motion to have the recording secretary produce the minutes within 2 weeks of the meeting date, Cherryl Rice 2nd, motion passed. Kim Campbell stated that if we do this we will have to amend the by-laws. The motion was made to amend Article V of the by-laws by Teresa Andel, Melissa Nix 2nd , motion passed by more than a 2/3 vote of the general membership to have the recording secretary get the minutes distributed within 2 weeks(14 days) of the meeting date so that they can be posted pending approval on the PTO Blog for all to read before the next meeting.
It was decided that buying apples from the FFA for the treat jars for the teachers and staff would not be a good idea due to the fact there is so much food around the week before school releases for Christmas. Anne Kohring suggested we do cider mix and hot chocolate mix instead. The motion was made by Cathy Bruggman to place cider mix and hot chocolate mix in the large treat jars for the teachers and staff for Christmas time, Wendy Lesikar 2nd and the motion passed. Wendy Lesikar said she would check the prices at PFG and email us her results. The motion was made by Melissa Nix to buy coffee urns to have the hot water available for the mixes for each campus, Anne Kohring 2nd , and the motion passed. Teresa Andel checked on prices and informed us that they would cost about a dollar a cup, so a 30 cup urn would be about 30 dollars.
Christmas Shoppe Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman explained this fundraiser to everyone. She stated that if we decided to do this fundraiser that we would do it December 7th – 11th. She explained that we set our own prices and that Mr. Layne said we could use the elementary library to conduct this fundraiser. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to have the fundraiser, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , the motion passed. Cathy Bruggman will be the chairperson for this fundraiser and will get a committee together for it, they will have a committee meeting on December 1st, time and site to be determined. Cathy also stated that we would receive $300.00 in free merchandise from the company. It was decided we would ask the teachers to give behavior bonuses worth $0.50 to kids so that every child would have a chance to participate in this fundraiser. Teresa Andel will make the Behavior Bonus Certificates and email them to Melissa Nix so that she can copy them for distribution.
Cathy Bruggman stated that the PTO could not do the Snack Bar for the Elementary UIL meet on December 8th because the elementary school does this as a fundraiser for their activity account.
Fundraising Ideas – we discussed ideas for these, the ideas and decisions are listed as as follows:
- Melissa Nix suggested Spring Fling, Field Day T-Shirt Sales, Bingo/Bunko Nights, Bake Sales, nothing decided.
- Anne Kohring suggested publishing a cookbook and selling them. Kim Malcik made motion to do these, Melissa Nix 2nd, motion passed. Melissa Nix will head up committee for this.
- Teresa Andel suggested doing something at the Christmas Band Concert. Cathy Bruggman will check with Band Boosters to see if they are doing anything before we decide.
- Kim Campbell, Kim Malcik, & Cathy Bruggman suggested doing something at the elementary Christmas choir program. Cathy Bruggman will check with the music teacher at elementary to see if that is a possibility. It was suggested by Kim Campbell that maybe we use this as an opportunity to have a short meeting and membership drive. We will await more info from Cathy Bruggman to make a decision on this.
- Cherryl Rice suggested doing a Breakfast with Santa fundraiser, nothing decided.
- Kim Malcik suggested doing a Movie Night on the 7 on 7 field, nothing decided.
- Kim Campbell suggested renting out the Dunking Booth to others, Melissa Nix stated that it needs work before we could do that. It was decided we would table this until we knew what needed to be done with it. Kyle Kacir will look at it and let us know what we need to do to fix it or if that is even a possibility.
We will work on finalizing the ideas that were left undecided at the January meeting.
Service Goals for Spring Semester – we discussed ideas for this, the ideas and decisions are listed as follows:
- Cherryl Rice suggested having Reading under the Stars Night and a Math Night, nothing decided.
- Melissa Nix suggested having motivational speakers come in to talk to the kids. Cathy Bruggman mentioned the Jail Ministry doing something like this. Melissa Nix said she would check with Texas Youth Commission and Wendy Lesikar said she would check with the Bartlett State Jail because she knew someone who worked there. They will let us know what they find out. Everyone at the meeting also agreed to see if they could find out any other people who do motivational speaking.
- Kim Campbell suggested trying to get the school adopted by a US Army unit because they will come in and do tutoring and mentoring for the students. Cherryl Rice said she would get her husband Ken Rice to check on this for us since he worked at Fort Hood.
- Kim Campbell also suggested doing something for the students either before, during or after the TAKS test. It was suggested by Cherryl Rice to maybe do a different theme for each day of the test, for ex: Sock it to the TAKS by wearing crazy socks. Kim Campbell suggested maybe doing a TAKS Pep Rally. It was decided we would check with the teachers to see what they would suggest. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.
- Melissa Nix suggested purchasing the CPS(Classroom Performance System) for the middle school and high school to share. Genie Allison and Carol Whitley said they would love to have this for the middle school. Melissa Nix explained the system and said the cost of it is $2695.00 and we could buy an extra transmitter for $250.00, thus allowing 2 classrooms at a time to be able to use it. Although everyone was in agreement to do this we did not vote on it. Kim Malcik suggested that we ask if we can buy extra clickers because it only comes with 30 and that is not enough to split between 2 classrooms, as the number of students in each room usually exceeds 15. Cathy Bruggman suggested that we see if some businesses in Rogers would agree to do a matching donation to purchase this system. Anne Kohring said she would check with Cefco because she knew the owner. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.
- Kim Malcik suggested we do something to promote AR(Accelerated Reading) such as a fun trip for the middle school and an AR store for the elementary. She said she would check with the middle school AR teachers and Mrs. Brown in the elementary to see what they would like for the kids to do. This will be discussed more at the January meeting.
Melissa Nix asked on behalf of the executive board if we could adjust the amount of the spending approval for the executive board without a general membership vote from $200.00 to $400.00. It was decided to table this until we have a formal budget drafted.
Melissa Nix made motion to have all PTO meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building that meetings are required by the by-laws. Genie Allison 2nd the motion, the motion passed. The next general membership meeting will be on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the Multipurpose Building.
The meeting was adjourned by President Melissa Nix at 8:30 PM.
Meeting Minutes for October 27, 2009
The Rogers PTO meeting was called to order by President Melissa Nix. All in attendance were asked to sign in and the sign-in sheet will be attached to the minutes and kept in the minutes binder.
The minutes from the October 15th, 2009 general membership meeting were passed out and reviewed. Anne Kohring made the motion to approve the minutes, Jennifer Chervenka seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Kim Malcik, treasurer, gave the financial report. She passed out some copies of the results from the carnival for everyone to review. The total net profit from the carnival was $5381.55. The current balance in the account is $16063.89.
We discussed any changes that could make the carnival better, the main discussion was about having a haunted house next year and possibly teaming with the drama department to get this done. Everyone agreed that the carnival as a whole was a success for everyone involved.
Melissa Nix volunteered to write personal thank you cards to all those businesses that donated to the carnival. Cathy Bruggman will check with the Temple Daily Telegram regarding prices for placing an add in the paper. Melissa Nix also stated that she would type up a PTO Carnival Update Newsletter and get that distributed to all the campuses.
Melissa Nix stated that all the raffle items were delivered. The raffle winners were Sippy Montalbo – TV, IPOD Touch – Steve Vasek, Kenneth Schexnayider – Digital Camera, DVD Player – Michael Massar, Michael Elliot – Welcome Mat.
Melissa Nix checked into getting AR online for the school, it was determined it was very costly and we would not pursue this at this time.
Melissa Nix will type the PTO directory and get it out to everyone who ordered one.
Melissa Nix checked on white boards for all the elementary classrooms, it was decided in discussion that we would purchase 10 for each classroom.
Teresa Andel gave us all the information to fill out for the Tax ID number. Anne Kohring made the motion to get this done by January 1st , 2010, Wendy Lesikar seconded this motion and it passed.
Cathy Bruggman made motion to start getting all the $5.00 birthday presents for the teachers and Anne Kohring seconded the motion and it passed.
Melissa Nix will let everyone know in the newsletter that we are still selling A+ cards and necklaces and who to contact for this.
Kim Malcik will check with Joe’s Italian Grill for prices for teachers lunch pick-up on November 6th, 2009 and get back to everyone on that.
Mrs. Molly Goodson said that her brothers are tree farmers and will see if they will donate some trees to plant at the elementary school, she called them and they said they would. Teresa Andel made the motion to spend $500.00 additional dollars on trees in addition to those being donated, Anne Kohring seconded the motion and the motion passed.
It was discussed to do a luncheon for the teachers and staff on their workday on January 4th, 2010. Cathy Bruggman will check with Robyn at the cafeteria to see if she minded letting us do this since she usually does.
Kim Campbell stated that we have spent a lot of money on elementary and we should not overlook middle school and high school.
By-Laws – Melissa Nix read the by-laws and these were approved as follows:
Article IV – Anne Kohring made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd, motion passed
Article V – Cathy Bruggman made motion, Teresa Andel 2nd , motion passed
Article VI – Jennifer Chervenka made motion, Anne Kohring 2nd, motion passed
Article VII – Kim Campbell made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , motion passed
The following changes were approved by this vote regarding Article VII: Two signatures required on monthly reconciliation, Authority to sign contracts is limited to the President or the President’s designee as approved by the executive board, and proper forms and receipts must be submitted for reimbursement.
Article VIII – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
Article IX – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
The following change was approved by this vote regarding Article IX: The by-laws shall be amended at any time by a 2/3 vote of the general membership.
Melissa Nix stated that she would type the by-laws and get them to Teresa Andel to post on the Blog and to Lynne Wilde to post on our link on the school website.
The next meeting date was set for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:30pm in the Middle School Building.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:07pm by President, Melissa Nix.
The minutes from the October 15th, 2009 general membership meeting were passed out and reviewed. Anne Kohring made the motion to approve the minutes, Jennifer Chervenka seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Kim Malcik, treasurer, gave the financial report. She passed out some copies of the results from the carnival for everyone to review. The total net profit from the carnival was $5381.55. The current balance in the account is $16063.89.
We discussed any changes that could make the carnival better, the main discussion was about having a haunted house next year and possibly teaming with the drama department to get this done. Everyone agreed that the carnival as a whole was a success for everyone involved.
Melissa Nix volunteered to write personal thank you cards to all those businesses that donated to the carnival. Cathy Bruggman will check with the Temple Daily Telegram regarding prices for placing an add in the paper. Melissa Nix also stated that she would type up a PTO Carnival Update Newsletter and get that distributed to all the campuses.
Melissa Nix stated that all the raffle items were delivered. The raffle winners were Sippy Montalbo – TV, IPOD Touch – Steve Vasek, Kenneth Schexnayider – Digital Camera, DVD Player – Michael Massar, Michael Elliot – Welcome Mat.
Melissa Nix checked into getting AR online for the school, it was determined it was very costly and we would not pursue this at this time.
Melissa Nix will type the PTO directory and get it out to everyone who ordered one.
Melissa Nix checked on white boards for all the elementary classrooms, it was decided in discussion that we would purchase 10 for each classroom.
Teresa Andel gave us all the information to fill out for the Tax ID number. Anne Kohring made the motion to get this done by January 1st , 2010, Wendy Lesikar seconded this motion and it passed.
Cathy Bruggman made motion to start getting all the $5.00 birthday presents for the teachers and Anne Kohring seconded the motion and it passed.
Melissa Nix will let everyone know in the newsletter that we are still selling A+ cards and necklaces and who to contact for this.
Kim Malcik will check with Joe’s Italian Grill for prices for teachers lunch pick-up on November 6th, 2009 and get back to everyone on that.
Mrs. Molly Goodson said that her brothers are tree farmers and will see if they will donate some trees to plant at the elementary school, she called them and they said they would. Teresa Andel made the motion to spend $500.00 additional dollars on trees in addition to those being donated, Anne Kohring seconded the motion and the motion passed.
It was discussed to do a luncheon for the teachers and staff on their workday on January 4th, 2010. Cathy Bruggman will check with Robyn at the cafeteria to see if she minded letting us do this since she usually does.
Kim Campbell stated that we have spent a lot of money on elementary and we should not overlook middle school and high school.
By-Laws – Melissa Nix read the by-laws and these were approved as follows:
Article IV – Anne Kohring made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd, motion passed
Article V – Cathy Bruggman made motion, Teresa Andel 2nd , motion passed
Article VI – Jennifer Chervenka made motion, Anne Kohring 2nd, motion passed
Article VII – Kim Campbell made motion, Wendy Lesikar 2nd , motion passed
The following changes were approved by this vote regarding Article VII: Two signatures required on monthly reconciliation, Authority to sign contracts is limited to the President or the President’s designee as approved by the executive board, and proper forms and receipts must be submitted for reimbursement.
Article VIII – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
Article IX – Kim Campbell made motion, Kim Malcik 2nd , motion passed
The following change was approved by this vote regarding Article IX: The by-laws shall be amended at any time by a 2/3 vote of the general membership.
Melissa Nix stated that she would type the by-laws and get them to Teresa Andel to post on the Blog and to Lynne Wilde to post on our link on the school website.
The next meeting date was set for Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:30pm in the Middle School Building.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:07pm by President, Melissa Nix.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Veteran's Day Celebration 2009
Rogers Middle School
In Celebration of
Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
at 9:00 A.M.
Dr. Carol A. Bonds Building
(cafeteria)
Rogers ISD
Rogers, Texas
The PTO will be providing refreshments and cookies.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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