** Pending approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:03 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. A motion was made by Jennifer Chervenka to approve the minutes as written, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, read the treasurer’s report and stated the current balance in the account as $8991.00.
Cookbook Update – Kim Malcik stated that we have approximately taken in $150.00 from cookbook sales. Melissa Nix stated that we could advertise in the Troy Country Sun newspaper for free.
Fall Festival Report – Kim Malcik stated that we took in approximately $5000.00 at the Fall Festival.
Christmas Shoppe for RES – This will take place the week of December 6th thru December 10th. Jennifer Thompson, Cherryl Rice, Cheryl Bowley, Amy Erskine and Ginger Bennight volunteered to run the shoppe.
Recess Snack Shop – Cherryl Rice and Jennifer Thompson will check on this to see if this is something we could do for a possible fundraiser for PTO.
Wish Lists for Teachers and Staff – There were many small items on the teachers and staffs wish lists and it was decided that Melissa Nix will make up a flyer asking for some of these small items such as pencils. We will just ask people to bring them to the next PTO meeting or drop them off at any of the school campus offices if they are unable to attend the next PTO meeting in January. As far as the larger items on the wish lists, Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to let the executive committee decide what to purchase. Jennifer Lazarow 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Babysitting Fundraiser – after much discussion it was decided not to do this fundraiser.
Bingo/Meal Fundraiser – this was tabled until the January meeting.
Fuddrucker’s Fundraiser – Amy Erskine said she would check in to getting a night where approximately 10% of customer receipts collected would go to Rogers PTO.
Pulse Ox Machines – Pat Armstrong, one of the school nurses attended our meeting and requested that the PTO purchase 2 of these machines for the nurse’s offices. She stated that these machines would be very useful for students with asthma and also other ailments as well. She also stated that they found them for less than $100.00 each. Melissa Nix made the motion to buy the pulse ox machines and Jennifer Chervenka 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
January Teacher/Staff In-Service Lunch – The PTO will sponsor this again and it was decided that we would ask volunteers to send crockpots of soups and some desserts and the PTO would purchase the salad and tea. Jennifer Chervenka will coordinate this function.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:34 pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Meeting Minutes for October 12, 2010
** Pending approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. A motion was made by Jennifer Thompson to approve the minutes as written, Denise Davis 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, was not in attendance but sent the treasurer’s report which stated the current balance in the account as $3340.75.
Cookbook Update – Discussion was tabled due to Lindsey Schiller, cookbook chair, not being in attendance. Jennifer Thompson did state that they sold approximately 20 cookbooks at the previous home football game. Chris Halpayne, high school principal, stated that the high school was having an open house on October 14th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds building and we could set up a table there as well.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said the membership drive contest ended on September 17th, 2010 and that Mr. Davis’ 3rd grade class won at the elementary school and Mr. Wilde’s class won in middle school.
Fall Festival Booth Updates:
Haunted House - Drama teacher (Phillip Taylor) said that they would definitely have the haunted house.
Advertising – Teresa Andel resigned from taking care of this as well as checking the mail at the campuses. Stephanie Cummings said she would take over the advertising for the carnival and Jennifer Lazarow will take care of advertising in the Buckholts and Cameron area. Jennifer Thompson will be checking the PTO mailboxes at all the campuses.
Raffle– Jennifer Thompson stated that we have collected $639.00 to date.
Silent Auction – Elementary is having a themed basket silent auction for each grade level and some other items as well. PTO will also have some items in the silent auction.
Festival Timeline and Booths - Melissa Nix passed out a schedule for the festival and also a list of the current booths for the festival.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix stated that Bob Green would be here on Saturday morning to do the electricity for the booths. She also stated that anyone able to be there on Saturday at 9:00 am to construct the booths would be greatly appreciated.
Teacher Surveys – Melissa Nix passed out some results from the survey that was sent to the teachers requesting some of their needs and wish lists items that the PTO could possibly help with. Several items were discussed and Cherryl Rice said she would look into ways we could help the library get more books and Jennifer Lazarow will look into possibly starting a recycling drive.
PTO T-Shirts – This was tabled, we will look into this more next year.
Donated Computers – Melissa Nix stated that a bank in Temple donated several computers to the PTO and we need to find a way to get them to distributed. Steve Davis said he would like to have one in his classroom for his kids to use and will check with the Computer Technician at the school to see if that was ok to do. Denise Davis made a motion to put one of the computers in the silent auction, Jennifer Lazarow 2nd the motion and the motion passed. A committee was formed to decide what to do with the computers if the school could not use them. The committee consists of Stephanie Cummings, Melissa Nix, Cheryl Nance-Bowley and Cherryl Rice.
Election of New Vice-President – Melissa Nix nominated Jennifer Thompson, Stephanie Cummings 2nd the nomination and Jennifer Thompson was elected as the PTO Vice-President.
The next Festival Planning meeting if needed will be on October 19th, 2010, at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Jennifer Thompson made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Stephanie Cummings 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm by Melissa Nix, president.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. A motion was made by Jennifer Thompson to approve the minutes as written, Denise Davis 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, was not in attendance but sent the treasurer’s report which stated the current balance in the account as $3340.75.
Cookbook Update – Discussion was tabled due to Lindsey Schiller, cookbook chair, not being in attendance. Jennifer Thompson did state that they sold approximately 20 cookbooks at the previous home football game. Chris Halpayne, high school principal, stated that the high school was having an open house on October 14th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds building and we could set up a table there as well.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said the membership drive contest ended on September 17th, 2010 and that Mr. Davis’ 3rd grade class won at the elementary school and Mr. Wilde’s class won in middle school.
Fall Festival Booth Updates:
Haunted House - Drama teacher (Phillip Taylor) said that they would definitely have the haunted house.
Advertising – Teresa Andel resigned from taking care of this as well as checking the mail at the campuses. Stephanie Cummings said she would take over the advertising for the carnival and Jennifer Lazarow will take care of advertising in the Buckholts and Cameron area. Jennifer Thompson will be checking the PTO mailboxes at all the campuses.
Raffle– Jennifer Thompson stated that we have collected $639.00 to date.
Silent Auction – Elementary is having a themed basket silent auction for each grade level and some other items as well. PTO will also have some items in the silent auction.
Festival Timeline and Booths - Melissa Nix passed out a schedule for the festival and also a list of the current booths for the festival.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix stated that Bob Green would be here on Saturday morning to do the electricity for the booths. She also stated that anyone able to be there on Saturday at 9:00 am to construct the booths would be greatly appreciated.
Teacher Surveys – Melissa Nix passed out some results from the survey that was sent to the teachers requesting some of their needs and wish lists items that the PTO could possibly help with. Several items were discussed and Cherryl Rice said she would look into ways we could help the library get more books and Jennifer Lazarow will look into possibly starting a recycling drive.
PTO T-Shirts – This was tabled, we will look into this more next year.
Donated Computers – Melissa Nix stated that a bank in Temple donated several computers to the PTO and we need to find a way to get them to distributed. Steve Davis said he would like to have one in his classroom for his kids to use and will check with the Computer Technician at the school to see if that was ok to do. Denise Davis made a motion to put one of the computers in the silent auction, Jennifer Lazarow 2nd the motion and the motion passed. A committee was formed to decide what to do with the computers if the school could not use them. The committee consists of Stephanie Cummings, Melissa Nix, Cheryl Nance-Bowley and Cherryl Rice.
Election of New Vice-President – Melissa Nix nominated Jennifer Thompson, Stephanie Cummings 2nd the nomination and Jennifer Thompson was elected as the PTO Vice-President.
The next Festival Planning meeting if needed will be on October 19th, 2010, at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Jennifer Thompson made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Stephanie Cummings 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Meeting Minutes for September 14, 2010
** Pending approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik, treasurer, stated the current balance in the account is $4221.76.
Cookbook Update –Lindsey Schiller will take the position of chairman for Cookbook Sales. She will have a table set up at the football games to sell cookbooks and Anne Ray volunteered to help her.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said that she has received about 45 paid memberships and 8 memberships that have been received but not paid. The membership drive contest will end on September 17th, 2010.
Fall Festival Booth Updates:
Haunted House - Drama teacher(Phillip Taylor) has not committed but hopes to have an answer by our next meeting date(Sept. 28th). Jennifer Thompson stated that her brother-in-law(Scott Weems and his son Taylor Weems) would like to help with the haunted house if it does come to fruition.
Advertising – Teresa Andel is heading this up and Cherryl Rice and Melissa Hejl will help with this as well. Kim Campbell suggested getting it posted on the commuity calendars that are on the local TV channels and possibly KMIL Radio in Cameron.
Raffle– Jennifer Thompson gave update of where they have received prize donations from and stated that possibly Thomas Maddux and Laura Waits with Conlon Tax Service will help with some donations of raffle prizes. Anne Ray with AlzCare gave $50.00 to buy a digital camera.
Bingo Booth - Jennifer Thompson is working on getting prizes/donations for the bingo booth. Anne Ray will take care of organizing workers for the booth.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix will contact Bob Green about the electricity for the booths. Kim Campbell will contact Ag Department(Mr. Schneider/Mr. Benson) and Larry Hjorth in maintenance regarding booth building and take down.
Concession Stand – Jennifer Chervenka will chair this and stated that she has several people(Lindsey Schiller) that stated they would help her. Wendy Lesikar will check with the Coke distributor to see if they would donate sodas for us to sell and Melissa Nix will check to see who donated Dr. Pepper products last year and will contact them to see if they would be interested in doing it again this year.
Costume Contest – Cherryl Rice is the chair. Jennifer Chervenka made motion for $100.00 budget for the costume contest, with $60.00 cash for 1st , 2nd, & 3rd prizes and $40.00 for all consolation prizes. Kim Campbell 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Clean Up – Melissa Nix will contact the ladies that did this for us last year.
We will have a meeting of all the Fall Festival Chairpersons on September 28th, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Subway Lunches for Teachers/Staff – Debbie Mucha was not present, but Kim Campbell stated that it is going well and she made a motion to set the price of the Subway lunch orders at $6.00 to make it easier due to people forgetting to add the correct change and people not having change, etc. Teresa Andel 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Necklace Fundraiser Chair – Kim Malcik is going to meet with Amy Erskine, who volunteered to help with this. Kim will give her all the materials and show her how to make the necklaces.
Sam’s Membership – Kim Malcik stated that the membership was up for renewal but suggested that we not renew it due to individual having memberships and that the usage is not very frequent. Melissa Nix made motion not to renew the membership, Jennifer Thompson 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
PTO T-Shirts – Anne Kohring suggested that we get PTO t-shirts, this will be discussed in more detail at our next regular meeting.
It was also suggested that instead of having a party for the elementary class that sells the most raffle tickets that maybe we buy them some sports balls for the playground. Kim Campbell made the motion for Melissa Nix to send a survey out to the teachers for their opinion, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Vice-President Resignation – Cathy Bruggman resigned as PTO VP due to going back to school. Teresa Andel, corresponding secretary, will post the notice of the open position and we will take nominations and vote to fill this position at our regular scheduled October meeting.
The next Festival Planning meeting will be on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25pm by Melissa Nix, president.
The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik, treasurer, stated the current balance in the account is $4221.76.
Cookbook Update –Lindsey Schiller will take the position of chairman for Cookbook Sales. She will have a table set up at the football games to sell cookbooks and Anne Ray volunteered to help her.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said that she has received about 45 paid memberships and 8 memberships that have been received but not paid. The membership drive contest will end on September 17th, 2010.
Fall Festival Booth Updates:
Haunted House - Drama teacher(Phillip Taylor) has not committed but hopes to have an answer by our next meeting date(Sept. 28th). Jennifer Thompson stated that her brother-in-law(Scott Weems and his son Taylor Weems) would like to help with the haunted house if it does come to fruition.
Advertising – Teresa Andel is heading this up and Cherryl Rice and Melissa Hejl will help with this as well. Kim Campbell suggested getting it posted on the commuity calendars that are on the local TV channels and possibly KMIL Radio in Cameron.
Raffle– Jennifer Thompson gave update of where they have received prize donations from and stated that possibly Thomas Maddux and Laura Waits with Conlon Tax Service will help with some donations of raffle prizes. Anne Ray with AlzCare gave $50.00 to buy a digital camera.
Bingo Booth - Jennifer Thompson is working on getting prizes/donations for the bingo booth. Anne Ray will take care of organizing workers for the booth.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix will contact Bob Green about the electricity for the booths. Kim Campbell will contact Ag Department(Mr. Schneider/Mr. Benson) and Larry Hjorth in maintenance regarding booth building and take down.
Concession Stand – Jennifer Chervenka will chair this and stated that she has several people(Lindsey Schiller) that stated they would help her. Wendy Lesikar will check with the Coke distributor to see if they would donate sodas for us to sell and Melissa Nix will check to see who donated Dr. Pepper products last year and will contact them to see if they would be interested in doing it again this year.
Costume Contest – Cherryl Rice is the chair. Jennifer Chervenka made motion for $100.00 budget for the costume contest, with $60.00 cash for 1st , 2nd, & 3rd prizes and $40.00 for all consolation prizes. Kim Campbell 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Clean Up – Melissa Nix will contact the ladies that did this for us last year.
We will have a meeting of all the Fall Festival Chairpersons on September 28th, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Subway Lunches for Teachers/Staff – Debbie Mucha was not present, but Kim Campbell stated that it is going well and she made a motion to set the price of the Subway lunch orders at $6.00 to make it easier due to people forgetting to add the correct change and people not having change, etc. Teresa Andel 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Necklace Fundraiser Chair – Kim Malcik is going to meet with Amy Erskine, who volunteered to help with this. Kim will give her all the materials and show her how to make the necklaces.
Sam’s Membership – Kim Malcik stated that the membership was up for renewal but suggested that we not renew it due to individual having memberships and that the usage is not very frequent. Melissa Nix made motion not to renew the membership, Jennifer Thompson 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
PTO T-Shirts – Anne Kohring suggested that we get PTO t-shirts, this will be discussed in more detail at our next regular meeting.
It was also suggested that instead of having a party for the elementary class that sells the most raffle tickets that maybe we buy them some sports balls for the playground. Kim Campbell made the motion for Melissa Nix to send a survey out to the teachers for their opinion, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Vice-President Resignation – Cathy Bruggman resigned as PTO VP due to going back to school. Teresa Andel, corresponding secretary, will post the notice of the open position and we will take nominations and vote to fill this position at our regular scheduled October meeting.
The next Festival Planning meeting will be on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010, at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Meeting Minutes for August 30, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Melissa Nix. Melissa introduced all the officers for the year. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $4422.71. Melissa Nix reported on all the PTO sponsored activities of the previous year. For anyone interested in knowing what the PTO did last year please refer to minutes posted on the PTO Blog.
Cookbook Update –Cathy Bruggman will remain the chairman for Cookbook Sales.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said that she has received about 30 paid memberships. Kim Malcik suggested to do a contest for elementary to see which class could get the most people to join PTO. Melissa Nix made the motion to do this contest, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Teresa Andel will contact Lynn Wilde to ask if we can place the membership form under the news section of the school’s website.
Teacher Appreciation – Jennifer Chervenka reported that she made gift bags for the teachers boxes that contained pens and pencils that were donated by Cherryl Rice. Jennifer also placed membership forms in the teachers boxes as well. Jennifer also collected desserts for the teachers during their week back to school without students.
Melissa Nix will send out a survey for the teachers and staff to fill out to let PTO know what the needs for the 2010-2011 school year are. Robert Hudson reported that it is a possibility that the high school might need some additional ELMO projecters. Genie Allison said the teachers and students are enjoying the clickers that the PTO purchased and are trying to find a way to get more. Garrett Layne reported how the elementary school really appreciated all the PTO has done for them.
Fall Carnival – This fundraiser will be held on October 23rd. Genie Allison requested that we change the name to Fall Festival, everyone agreed and so it will be called the Fall Festival. Melissa Nix will send out the booth request forms to all the teachers. Members were asked to volunteer for chairs for the Fall Festival. The chairs are as follows:
Haunted House - Melissa Nix will contact the drama teacher(Phillip Taylor) to see if they would like to do the haunted house.
Advertising – Teresa Andel will head this up and Cherryl Rice and Melissa Hejl offered to help with this as well.
Raffle – Jennifer Thompson will take care of getting prizes/donations for this. Kim Malcik said she will help get the tickets printed and dispersed.
Bingo Booth - Jennifer Thompson will work on getting prizes/donations for the bingo booth as well. Anne Ray will take care of organizing workers for the booth.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix will contact Bob Green about the electricity for the booths. Kim Campbell will contact Ag Department(Mr. Schneider/Mr. Benson) and Larry Hjorth in maintenance regarding booth building and take down.
Concession Stand – Jennifer Chervenka will chair this and stated that she has several people that stated they would help her.
Costume Contest – Cherryl Rice will be the chair for this, it was requested that we have a small prize for everyone who enters. Everyone agreed that we will provide prizes for all those who enter.
Clean Up – Melissa Nix will contact the ladies that did this for us last year.
We will have a meeting of all the Fall Festival Chairpersons on September 28th, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Subway Lunches for Teachers/Staff – Debbie Mucha will be the chair for this and she said we would do this on the 1st Friday of each month except for September it will take place on September 10th.
Fundraising Chair – Melissa Hejl volunteered for this, she stated that she would like to do a catalog fundraiser closer the Christmas using Home Interior Candles. Kim Campbell stated that she thought there were too many fundraisers right now. Cherryl Rice stated that she would like to see more fundraisers such as Breakfast with Santa, things that the community could participate in, etc. Teresa Andel made the motion that we not do any catalog fundraising at this time. Anne Ray seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Melissa Nix suggested that we do a babysitting fundraiser around the holidays so people could have a night out or go Christmas shopping. This will be discussed further in upcoming meetings.
Necklace Fundraiser Chair – Teresa Andel will ask if Rachel Webb would be interested in doing this. Amy Erskine volunteered to help with this as well.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building. We will try and stay with having PTO meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Cathy Bruggman made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:33pm by Melissa Nix, president.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Melissa Nix. Melissa introduced all the officers for the year. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $4422.71. Melissa Nix reported on all the PTO sponsored activities of the previous year. For anyone interested in knowing what the PTO did last year please refer to minutes posted on the PTO Blog.
Cookbook Update –Cathy Bruggman will remain the chairman for Cookbook Sales.
Membership Update – Cherryl Rice said that she has received about 30 paid memberships. Kim Malcik suggested to do a contest for elementary to see which class could get the most people to join PTO. Melissa Nix made the motion to do this contest, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Teresa Andel will contact Lynn Wilde to ask if we can place the membership form under the news section of the school’s website.
Teacher Appreciation – Jennifer Chervenka reported that she made gift bags for the teachers boxes that contained pens and pencils that were donated by Cherryl Rice. Jennifer also placed membership forms in the teachers boxes as well. Jennifer also collected desserts for the teachers during their week back to school without students.
Melissa Nix will send out a survey for the teachers and staff to fill out to let PTO know what the needs for the 2010-2011 school year are. Robert Hudson reported that it is a possibility that the high school might need some additional ELMO projecters. Genie Allison said the teachers and students are enjoying the clickers that the PTO purchased and are trying to find a way to get more. Garrett Layne reported how the elementary school really appreciated all the PTO has done for them.
Fall Carnival – This fundraiser will be held on October 23rd. Genie Allison requested that we change the name to Fall Festival, everyone agreed and so it will be called the Fall Festival. Melissa Nix will send out the booth request forms to all the teachers. Members were asked to volunteer for chairs for the Fall Festival. The chairs are as follows:
Haunted House - Melissa Nix will contact the drama teacher(Phillip Taylor) to see if they would like to do the haunted house.
Advertising – Teresa Andel will head this up and Cherryl Rice and Melissa Hejl offered to help with this as well.
Raffle – Jennifer Thompson will take care of getting prizes/donations for this. Kim Malcik said she will help get the tickets printed and dispersed.
Bingo Booth - Jennifer Thompson will work on getting prizes/donations for the bingo booth as well. Anne Ray will take care of organizing workers for the booth.
Booth Building/Take-Down – Melissa Nix will contact Bob Green about the electricity for the booths. Kim Campbell will contact Ag Department(Mr. Schneider/Mr. Benson) and Larry Hjorth in maintenance regarding booth building and take down.
Concession Stand – Jennifer Chervenka will chair this and stated that she has several people that stated they would help her.
Costume Contest – Cherryl Rice will be the chair for this, it was requested that we have a small prize for everyone who enters. Everyone agreed that we will provide prizes for all those who enter.
Clean Up – Melissa Nix will contact the ladies that did this for us last year.
We will have a meeting of all the Fall Festival Chairpersons on September 28th, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Subway Lunches for Teachers/Staff – Debbie Mucha will be the chair for this and she said we would do this on the 1st Friday of each month except for September it will take place on September 10th.
Fundraising Chair – Melissa Hejl volunteered for this, she stated that she would like to do a catalog fundraiser closer the Christmas using Home Interior Candles. Kim Campbell stated that she thought there were too many fundraisers right now. Cherryl Rice stated that she would like to see more fundraisers such as Breakfast with Santa, things that the community could participate in, etc. Teresa Andel made the motion that we not do any catalog fundraising at this time. Anne Ray seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Melissa Nix suggested that we do a babysitting fundraiser around the holidays so people could have a night out or go Christmas shopping. This will be discussed further in upcoming meetings.
Necklace Fundraiser Chair – Teresa Andel will ask if Rachel Webb would be interested in doing this. Amy Erskine volunteered to help with this as well.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building. We will try and stay with having PTO meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Cathy Bruggman made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:33pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
2010-2011 PTO Membership Form
To download or print the 2010-2011 PTO Membership Form, go to the following link on Google Docs:
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Meeting Minutes for May 3, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $7,166.79 per statement dated 04/30/10.
Cookbook Update – There are still cookbooks for sale and Kim Malcik and Kim Campbell volunteered to sell them at the band concert. Jennifer Chervenka will sell them at the Elementary Field Day.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Jennifer Chervenka volunteered to sell the extra shirts that were ordered at the Field Day.
PTO Scholarship Update – Teresa Andel will send letters to scholarship recipients to winners and regret letters to those that applied and did not receive a scholarship.
Melissa Nix stated that Mr. Callaghan asked for the PTO to help provide flashdrives for the staff at the cost of $9.00 to $10.00 each. We decided not to do it at this time due to money constraints. Melissa will let Mr. Callaghan know of our decision.
Kim Malcik stated that she would check on renting an outdoor movie screen for a possible movie night fundraiser in the fall.
PTO 2010-2011 Officer/Chairperson Elections:
President: Jennifer Chervenka nominated Melissa Nix for president, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Melissa Nix was elected President.
Vice-President: Melissa Nix nominated Cathy Bruggman for VP, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Cathy Bruggman was elected VP.
Corresponding Secretary: Jennifer Chervenka nominated Teresa Andel for corresponding secretary, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, motion passed and Teresa Andel was elected corresponding secretary.
Reporting Secretary: Kim Malcik nominated Kim Campbell for reporting secretary, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Kim Campbell was elected reporting secretary.
Treasurer: Kim Campbell nominated Kim Malcik for treasurer, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion, motion passed and Kim Malcik was elected treasurer.
Membership Chairperson: Teresa Andel nominated Cherryl Rice, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd the motion, the motion passed and Cherryl Rice was elected as the membership chairperson.
Faculty Appreciation Chairperson: Melissa Nix nominated Jennifer Chervenka for faculty appreciation chairperson, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed and Jennifer Chervenka was elected the faculty appreciation chairperson.
2010-2011 PTO Officers:
President: Melissa Nix
VP: Cathy Bruggman
Corresponding Secretary: Teresa Andel
Reporting Secretary: Kim Campbell
Treasurer: Kim Malcik
2010-2011 PTO Chairpersons:
Membership Chair: Cherryl Rice
Faculty Appreciation Chair: Jennifer Chervenka
The next PTO meeting was not scheduled due to summer break. Melissa Nix will call an executive board meeting in August or September and a meeting for the general membership will be set at that time.
Kim Campbell made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:47pm by Melissa Nix, President.
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $7,166.79 per statement dated 04/30/10.
Cookbook Update – There are still cookbooks for sale and Kim Malcik and Kim Campbell volunteered to sell them at the band concert. Jennifer Chervenka will sell them at the Elementary Field Day.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Jennifer Chervenka volunteered to sell the extra shirts that were ordered at the Field Day.
PTO Scholarship Update – Teresa Andel will send letters to scholarship recipients to winners and regret letters to those that applied and did not receive a scholarship.
Melissa Nix stated that Mr. Callaghan asked for the PTO to help provide flashdrives for the staff at the cost of $9.00 to $10.00 each. We decided not to do it at this time due to money constraints. Melissa will let Mr. Callaghan know of our decision.
Kim Malcik stated that she would check on renting an outdoor movie screen for a possible movie night fundraiser in the fall.
PTO 2010-2011 Officer/Chairperson Elections:
President: Jennifer Chervenka nominated Melissa Nix for president, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Melissa Nix was elected President.
Vice-President: Melissa Nix nominated Cathy Bruggman for VP, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Cathy Bruggman was elected VP.
Corresponding Secretary: Jennifer Chervenka nominated Teresa Andel for corresponding secretary, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion, motion passed and Teresa Andel was elected corresponding secretary.
Reporting Secretary: Kim Malcik nominated Kim Campbell for reporting secretary, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, motion passed and Kim Campbell was elected reporting secretary.
Treasurer: Kim Campbell nominated Kim Malcik for treasurer, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion, motion passed and Kim Malcik was elected treasurer.
Membership Chairperson: Teresa Andel nominated Cherryl Rice, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd the motion, the motion passed and Cherryl Rice was elected as the membership chairperson.
Faculty Appreciation Chairperson: Melissa Nix nominated Jennifer Chervenka for faculty appreciation chairperson, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed and Jennifer Chervenka was elected the faculty appreciation chairperson.
2010-2011 PTO Officers:
President: Melissa Nix
VP: Cathy Bruggman
Corresponding Secretary: Teresa Andel
Reporting Secretary: Kim Campbell
Treasurer: Kim Malcik
2010-2011 PTO Chairpersons:
Membership Chair: Cherryl Rice
Faculty Appreciation Chair: Jennifer Chervenka
The next PTO meeting was not scheduled due to summer break. Melissa Nix will call an executive board meeting in August or September and a meeting for the general membership will be set at that time.
Kim Campbell made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:47pm by Melissa Nix, President.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Meeting Minutes for April 13, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $9,566.06.
Cookbook Update – The cookbooks have arrived and Cathy Bruggman will be in charge of getting the cookbooks distributed for selling and collecting the money. It was decided to sell them for $6.00 each.
Scholarship Application Updates – Melissa Nix reported that she has received 5 scholarship applications and will get them prepared for the scholarship committee to select the recipients. Jennifer Chervenka will be in charge of the committee but will not be a part of the selection process. Cheryl Rice, Garrett Layne and Cathy Bruggman will be the committee members.
Kim Campbell stated that she did purchase and deliver the bean bag chairs that Kim Hudson, elementary school counselor, requested.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman reported that the shirts could be purchased for $5.45 each from Print-It in Belton. Kim Campbell made the motion to sell them for $10.00 each and give the teachers and staff a break and offer them a shirt for $8.00 each. Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. She will get order forms out this week and they will be due by April 26, 2010.
Teacher Appreciation Week – Jennifer Chervenka reported that this was going to be May 3rd thru May 6th. She will have muffins and chips and dip on Monday, trail mix on Tuesday, desserts on Wednesday and Ice Cream on Thursday. She asked for volunteers to make the desserts for Wednesday.
Snacks for TAKS – Kim Layne, TAKS coordinator, reported the kind and amount of snacks the PTO will need to provide for TAKS week. She provided us with the grade levels and the number of students that will be taking the TAKS. Kim Malcik and Kim Campbell will take care of getting everything for this. Kim and Garrett Layne also mentioned that if there are any volunteers available to sub for teachers during that week it would be much appreciated.
2010-2011 PTO Budget – Kim Malcik went over the proposed PTO budget for the 2010-2011 school year. Kim Campbell made the motion to approve the budget, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Clicker Purchase – Kim Malcik made the motion to purchase the clickers, which will be shared between Middle and High School. Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Survey regarding PTO performance – Jennifer Chervenka made motion not to send out a survey, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed. It was decided that PTO would have a representative at the next staff meeting to let the staff know what we have done and our upcoming plans and to also ask them what they would like to see from the PTO. Since Cathy Bruggman is a sub at the school she will inform us when the next staff meeting is scheduled.
Garrett Layne asked if anyone was available to volunteer to help Brandi Tamplen at the Pre-K/Kindergarten Round-up on Friday, April 16th to please contact her.
Melissa Nix and Jennifer Chervenka informed everyone that the school, PTO and the community will meet on May 1st to repaint the inside of the Vocational Building. Paint was donated by Liquid Nails of Temple.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 3rd at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Teresa Andel made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10pm by Melissa Nix, president.
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Kim Malcik 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $9,566.06.
Cookbook Update – The cookbooks have arrived and Cathy Bruggman will be in charge of getting the cookbooks distributed for selling and collecting the money. It was decided to sell them for $6.00 each.
Scholarship Application Updates – Melissa Nix reported that she has received 5 scholarship applications and will get them prepared for the scholarship committee to select the recipients. Jennifer Chervenka will be in charge of the committee but will not be a part of the selection process. Cheryl Rice, Garrett Layne and Cathy Bruggman will be the committee members.
Kim Campbell stated that she did purchase and deliver the bean bag chairs that Kim Hudson, elementary school counselor, requested.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman reported that the shirts could be purchased for $5.45 each from Print-It in Belton. Kim Campbell made the motion to sell them for $10.00 each and give the teachers and staff a break and offer them a shirt for $8.00 each. Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. She will get order forms out this week and they will be due by April 26, 2010.
Teacher Appreciation Week – Jennifer Chervenka reported that this was going to be May 3rd thru May 6th. She will have muffins and chips and dip on Monday, trail mix on Tuesday, desserts on Wednesday and Ice Cream on Thursday. She asked for volunteers to make the desserts for Wednesday.
Snacks for TAKS – Kim Layne, TAKS coordinator, reported the kind and amount of snacks the PTO will need to provide for TAKS week. She provided us with the grade levels and the number of students that will be taking the TAKS. Kim Malcik and Kim Campbell will take care of getting everything for this. Kim and Garrett Layne also mentioned that if there are any volunteers available to sub for teachers during that week it would be much appreciated.
2010-2011 PTO Budget – Kim Malcik went over the proposed PTO budget for the 2010-2011 school year. Kim Campbell made the motion to approve the budget, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Clicker Purchase – Kim Malcik made the motion to purchase the clickers, which will be shared between Middle and High School. Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
Survey regarding PTO performance – Jennifer Chervenka made motion not to send out a survey, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed. It was decided that PTO would have a representative at the next staff meeting to let the staff know what we have done and our upcoming plans and to also ask them what they would like to see from the PTO. Since Cathy Bruggman is a sub at the school she will inform us when the next staff meeting is scheduled.
Garrett Layne asked if anyone was available to volunteer to help Brandi Tamplen at the Pre-K/Kindergarten Round-up on Friday, April 16th to please contact her.
Melissa Nix and Jennifer Chervenka informed everyone that the school, PTO and the community will meet on May 1st to repaint the inside of the Vocational Building. Paint was donated by Liquid Nails of Temple.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 3rd at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Teresa Andel made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and the motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Meeting Minutes for March 9, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik made the motion to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Wendy Lesikar 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $9,841.43.
Cookbook Update – Cathy Bruggman and Melissa Nix reported that the cookbooks have been ordered and that we will decide on the selling price for them after they come in. Kim Malcik won the $25.00 gift card to HEB and Haley and Katy Stojanek won the free cookbook for submitting recipes.
Scholarship Application Updates – Jennifer Chervenka reported that the applications were on line and the school counselor has been informed of this.
Kim Malcik stated that she had ordered the dye-cuts for the elementary workroom. Kim Campbell stated that she is still waiting for the bean bag chairs to come in for the elementary school counselor’s office.
Debbie Mucha reported to Melissa Nix that the teachers have been very happy with the Subway Lunch deliveries and that she hasn’t decided if she would do it next month due to the Easter holiday during the week it is scheduled.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman reported that the colored shirts would be approximately $5.50 each and passed around some ideas for designs. She is going to get some samples and bring them to the next meeting so that we can decide what we are going to do.
Teacher Appreciation Week – Cathy Bruggman said that this was going to be May 3rd thru May 6th. She said that Mrs. Hudson had inquired about the PTO providing volunteers to monitor the classes so that they can give the teachers some time to go have lunch out. We will discuss this more at the April meeting. Jennifer Chervenka said that she made muffins for all the teachers and staff for Valentines and that they loved it, she said she was going to have cookies for them on the Monday they come back for Spring Break.
Garage Sale Fundraiser – Wendy Lesikar reported the dates that were available to book for this, however it has been decided that we would wait to do this due to us trying to get together with the school, churches and local businesses to raise money for community service projects by doing a community wide garage sale to benefit this effort. It was decided that the PTO will have a concession stand at the garage sale to raise money for the PTO.
Guest Speaker was Mr. Bob Callaghan, RISD superintendent, he reported to us that the school recently redesigned the website and that there would be room for us to have an area within it. He informed us that the Change can Make a Difference Project for Thanksgiving and the Christmas Angel Project was a huge success and would like to continue to do these types of service projects throughout the year by joining with local churches and businesses in the community. Kim Campbell made the motion to let the PTO organize this community service group and Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Melissa Nix and Jennifer Chervenka will organize a steering committee for this and set a tentative date of March 30th at 6:00pm for the first meeting, which will take place in the RISD Administration Building Boardroom.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for April 13th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Kim Malcik made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:24pm by Melissa Nix, president.
The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik made the motion to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Wendy Lesikar 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $9,841.43.
Cookbook Update – Cathy Bruggman and Melissa Nix reported that the cookbooks have been ordered and that we will decide on the selling price for them after they come in. Kim Malcik won the $25.00 gift card to HEB and Haley and Katy Stojanek won the free cookbook for submitting recipes.
Scholarship Application Updates – Jennifer Chervenka reported that the applications were on line and the school counselor has been informed of this.
Kim Malcik stated that she had ordered the dye-cuts for the elementary workroom. Kim Campbell stated that she is still waiting for the bean bag chairs to come in for the elementary school counselor’s office.
Debbie Mucha reported to Melissa Nix that the teachers have been very happy with the Subway Lunch deliveries and that she hasn’t decided if she would do it next month due to the Easter holiday during the week it is scheduled.
Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman reported that the colored shirts would be approximately $5.50 each and passed around some ideas for designs. She is going to get some samples and bring them to the next meeting so that we can decide what we are going to do.
Teacher Appreciation Week – Cathy Bruggman said that this was going to be May 3rd thru May 6th. She said that Mrs. Hudson had inquired about the PTO providing volunteers to monitor the classes so that they can give the teachers some time to go have lunch out. We will discuss this more at the April meeting. Jennifer Chervenka said that she made muffins for all the teachers and staff for Valentines and that they loved it, she said she was going to have cookies for them on the Monday they come back for Spring Break.
Garage Sale Fundraiser – Wendy Lesikar reported the dates that were available to book for this, however it has been decided that we would wait to do this due to us trying to get together with the school, churches and local businesses to raise money for community service projects by doing a community wide garage sale to benefit this effort. It was decided that the PTO will have a concession stand at the garage sale to raise money for the PTO.
Guest Speaker was Mr. Bob Callaghan, RISD superintendent, he reported to us that the school recently redesigned the website and that there would be room for us to have an area within it. He informed us that the Change can Make a Difference Project for Thanksgiving and the Christmas Angel Project was a huge success and would like to continue to do these types of service projects throughout the year by joining with local churches and businesses in the community. Kim Campbell made the motion to let the PTO organize this community service group and Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Melissa Nix and Jennifer Chervenka will organize a steering committee for this and set a tentative date of March 30th at 6:00pm for the first meeting, which will take place in the RISD Administration Building Boardroom.
The next PTO meeting is scheduled for April 13th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.
Kim Malcik made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:24pm by Melissa Nix, president.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2009-2010 Scholarship Flyer and Application
To download or print the 2009-2010 Scholarship Flyer, go to the following link on Google Docs:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5omXe7vHrKHNTRhMzRmNzYtNDAxNS00ZDY2LWJlYTEtODQ4OTgzYmY2YTQ3&hl=en
Instructions for filling out the 2009-2010 Scholarship Application:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5omXe7vHrKHNTRhMzRmNzYtNDAxNS00ZDY2LWJlYTEtODQ4OTgzYmY2YTQ3&hl=en
Instructions for filling out the 2009-2010 Scholarship Application:
- Click on the link below to the application form. http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5omXe7vHrKHZjM2OWE5OGQtYmRhNC00Mzk2LWJiM2UtMmQyOTUwYTFjYjk2&hl=en
- Save the application form to your PC.
- Open the application form and type in your answers in the fields highlighted.
- Save the application form.
- Print the applicaton form.
- Mail the application form to the address provided.
Meeting Minutes for February 2, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 pm by 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 agenda was passed out for everyone to review and keep. Melissa Nix made the motion to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $10,819.33.
Jennifer Chervenka volunteered to be the chairperson to take care of goodie bags and snacks in the lounge for any teacher/staff appreciation functions that we may have.
Budget update – Melissa Nix stated that she purchased the bookshelves and CD/Tape Players that the elementary requested. She also stated that Mrs. Dodd would get a list of die cuts to us that she would like and we will purchase those as well. Mrs. Hudson requested a bean bag for her counseling office and Kim Campbell volunteered to go and buy one from the PTO. The GT program requested help from the PTO for GT field trips and it was decided that we are focusing on classroom manipulatives at this time. Mr. Layne has requested $500.00 for next year’s AR and was unable to be at the meeting to explain the need for this. Melissa Nix made motion to table this request until we could get more clarification on this from Mr. Layne, Kim Campbell 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Middle School requested a triple balance beam for the science lab and some electric pencil sharpeners. Jennifer Chervenka made motion to give $500.00 to Middle School to help purchase these items, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Kim Malcik will contact the Middle School to let them know.
Subway Teacher/Staff Lunches – Debbie Mucha, chairperson, requested some help with getting the orders separated and delivered on Friday, Feb. 5th. Cathy Bruggman said she would find someone to help.
Cookbook Update – It was decided to extend the time period for submitting recipes to Feb. 12th. Cathy Bruggman will do a flyer about this and have it ready to send out tomorrow(Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 2010) with the elementary kids. Kim Malcik made the motion to give away a cookbook and a $25.00 HEB gift card, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd this motion and the motion passed. To be eligible to win one of the above mentioned items, you will get your name in a drawing 1 time for submitting 5 recipes, 2 times for 10 recipes and so forth. Cathy Bruggman will print this information in the flyer as well.
Scholarship Application Form – Jennifer Chervenka and Sandra Haisler developed this application. Jennifer passed out the application for everyone to review. It was decided that the GPA requirements would be omitted and it could be both handwritten or typed. It was also added that the parent or guardian of the applicant must be a paid member of the PTO in order to be eligible for the scholarship. Melissa Nix will be the contact person for the scholarship. The scholarship application was approved and Jennifer Chervenka will type the final draft and deliver copies to Mrs. Ellis at school and email one to Teresa Andel to post on the PTO Blog.
Kim Malcik stated that she didn’t think that the PTO Membership Directories had been distributed. Melissa Nix stated that she typed them up and gave them to Cherryl Rice, membership chairman, to be distributed and that she would check with Cherryl.
Garage Sale Fundraiser – Wendy Lesikar volunteered to chair this fundraiser, she will contact the school to see when we can use the multipurpose building to have the garage sale. She will let us all know by email. We all agreed if there was some availability in March we would have it that month so as not to run into league baseball season.
The next meeting date was set for March 9th at 6:00 pm in the multipurpose building.
Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and Melissa Nix adjourned the meeting at 7:50 pm.
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 pm by 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 agenda was passed out for everyone to review and keep. Melissa Nix made the motion to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $10,819.33.
Jennifer Chervenka volunteered to be the chairperson to take care of goodie bags and snacks in the lounge for any teacher/staff appreciation functions that we may have.
Budget update – Melissa Nix stated that she purchased the bookshelves and CD/Tape Players that the elementary requested. She also stated that Mrs. Dodd would get a list of die cuts to us that she would like and we will purchase those as well. Mrs. Hudson requested a bean bag for her counseling office and Kim Campbell volunteered to go and buy one from the PTO. The GT program requested help from the PTO for GT field trips and it was decided that we are focusing on classroom manipulatives at this time. Mr. Layne has requested $500.00 for next year’s AR and was unable to be at the meeting to explain the need for this. Melissa Nix made motion to table this request until we could get more clarification on this from Mr. Layne, Kim Campbell 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Middle School requested a triple balance beam for the science lab and some electric pencil sharpeners. Jennifer Chervenka made motion to give $500.00 to Middle School to help purchase these items, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Kim Malcik will contact the Middle School to let them know.
Subway Teacher/Staff Lunches – Debbie Mucha, chairperson, requested some help with getting the orders separated and delivered on Friday, Feb. 5th. Cathy Bruggman said she would find someone to help.
Cookbook Update – It was decided to extend the time period for submitting recipes to Feb. 12th. Cathy Bruggman will do a flyer about this and have it ready to send out tomorrow(Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 2010) with the elementary kids. Kim Malcik made the motion to give away a cookbook and a $25.00 HEB gift card, Jennifer Chervenka 2nd this motion and the motion passed. To be eligible to win one of the above mentioned items, you will get your name in a drawing 1 time for submitting 5 recipes, 2 times for 10 recipes and so forth. Cathy Bruggman will print this information in the flyer as well.
Scholarship Application Form – Jennifer Chervenka and Sandra Haisler developed this application. Jennifer passed out the application for everyone to review. It was decided that the GPA requirements would be omitted and it could be both handwritten or typed. It was also added that the parent or guardian of the applicant must be a paid member of the PTO in order to be eligible for the scholarship. Melissa Nix will be the contact person for the scholarship. The scholarship application was approved and Jennifer Chervenka will type the final draft and deliver copies to Mrs. Ellis at school and email one to Teresa Andel to post on the PTO Blog.
Kim Malcik stated that she didn’t think that the PTO Membership Directories had been distributed. Melissa Nix stated that she typed them up and gave them to Cherryl Rice, membership chairman, to be distributed and that she would check with Cherryl.
Garage Sale Fundraiser – Wendy Lesikar volunteered to chair this fundraiser, she will contact the school to see when we can use the multipurpose building to have the garage sale. She will let us all know by email. We all agreed if there was some availability in March we would have it that month so as not to run into league baseball season.
The next meeting date was set for March 9th at 6:00 pm in the multipurpose building.
Jennifer Chervenka made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Cathy Bruggman 2nd the motion and Melissa Nix adjourned the meeting at 7:50 pm.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
2009-2010 Budget
To download or print the 2009-2010 Budget, go to the following link on Google Docs:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5omXe7vHrKHYTM3YTExNmEtY2Y3ZS00YzY1LTg3NDEtOGIxMGY5MDZmYTM2&hl=en
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5omXe7vHrKHYTM3YTExNmEtY2Y3ZS00YzY1LTg3NDEtOGIxMGY5MDZmYTM2&hl=en
Meeting Minutes for January 12, 2010
** Pending Approval at next meeting **
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 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 agenda was passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and approved as posted on the PTO Blog, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, everyone in attendance received a copy to review and keep.
Fundraising for the Spring was discussed. It was decided we would try and have the following fundraisers.
Garage Sale – the PTO will rent tables for the sale and will sell concessions. Melissa Nix will contact Cherryl Rice and ask her if she will chair this fundraiser. Further discussion regarding this fundraiser will be discussed at the next meeting.
Field Day (Elem.) T-Shirt Sales – Anne Kohring and Cathy Bruggman will chair this fundraiser and will let us know what they decide at the next meeting.
Cookbook – Melissa Nix is chairing this fundraiser and has requested recipes in the last PTO Newsletter. She will send out another notice with more information in the next few weeks.
Subway Lunches for teachers will be the 1st Friday after payday for the district. Debbie Mucha will chair this project. The next Subway lunch day will be February 5th, 2010. Melissa Nix will get all the information for this to Debbie.
A Scholarship Committee consisting of Jennifer Chervenka and Sandra Haisler will work on the criteria for these. It was suggested by the executive board, that volunteer hours for the PTO needs to be a requirement for the scholarship. Jennifer and Sandra will work on this and will report back to everyone at the next meeting.
It was discussed to do some sort of TAKS survival kits/snacks for the students during the main TAKS week starting April 27, 2010. Kim Malcik will chair this project and will be assisted by Kim Campbell. Kim Layne is the testing coordinator for the district and we will contact her to find out what is needed or what we are allowed to do. An update will be given at the next meeting.
Reading under the Stars and Math Night Projects were tabled until the next meeting. Kim Campbell made the motion and Melissa Nix 2nd. The motion passed.
The executive board had a meeting on January 6, 2010 and developed a Spring budget. This was presented to everyone present at the meeting by Melissa Nix. A copy of this will be kept in the recording secretary’s binder.
Skating Rink Rental – It was decided that PTO would rent the skating rink in Temple on two different dates in the evenings just for fun for the students. One date will be for elementary and the other would be for middle school and high school. Melissa Nix will contact the campuses and ask them to decide on a date for this since they are more aware of the school events.
Melissa Nix informed everyone that the trees that the PTO purchased and those that were donated will be delivered to the elementary school on January 13, 2010 and arrangements have been made to receive them and have them planted.
Donation Letters for CPS devices for MS/HS – Melissa Nix will place this on letterhead and email this out to everyone so that anyone wanting to try to get donations for the CPS devices can use it.
The next meeting date was scheduled for February 9th , 2010, which falls on the Bell County Fair Day Holidays for the school. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to change the meeting to February 2nd, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building. This motion was 2nd by Melissa Nix and the motion passed.
The next meeting date will be February 2nd, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Anne Kohring and 2nd by Melissa Nix. The motion passed and President, Melissa Nix adjourned the meeting at 6:55pm.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 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 agenda was passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik made the motion to dispense the reading of the minutes and approved as posted on the PTO Blog, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, everyone in attendance received a copy to review and keep.
Fundraising for the Spring was discussed. It was decided we would try and have the following fundraisers.
Garage Sale – the PTO will rent tables for the sale and will sell concessions. Melissa Nix will contact Cherryl Rice and ask her if she will chair this fundraiser. Further discussion regarding this fundraiser will be discussed at the next meeting.
Field Day (Elem.) T-Shirt Sales – Anne Kohring and Cathy Bruggman will chair this fundraiser and will let us know what they decide at the next meeting.
Cookbook – Melissa Nix is chairing this fundraiser and has requested recipes in the last PTO Newsletter. She will send out another notice with more information in the next few weeks.
Subway Lunches for teachers will be the 1st Friday after payday for the district. Debbie Mucha will chair this project. The next Subway lunch day will be February 5th, 2010. Melissa Nix will get all the information for this to Debbie.
A Scholarship Committee consisting of Jennifer Chervenka and Sandra Haisler will work on the criteria for these. It was suggested by the executive board, that volunteer hours for the PTO needs to be a requirement for the scholarship. Jennifer and Sandra will work on this and will report back to everyone at the next meeting.
It was discussed to do some sort of TAKS survival kits/snacks for the students during the main TAKS week starting April 27, 2010. Kim Malcik will chair this project and will be assisted by Kim Campbell. Kim Layne is the testing coordinator for the district and we will contact her to find out what is needed or what we are allowed to do. An update will be given at the next meeting.
Reading under the Stars and Math Night Projects were tabled until the next meeting. Kim Campbell made the motion and Melissa Nix 2nd. The motion passed.
The executive board had a meeting on January 6, 2010 and developed a Spring budget. This was presented to everyone present at the meeting by Melissa Nix. A copy of this will be kept in the recording secretary’s binder.
Skating Rink Rental – It was decided that PTO would rent the skating rink in Temple on two different dates in the evenings just for fun for the students. One date will be for elementary and the other would be for middle school and high school. Melissa Nix will contact the campuses and ask them to decide on a date for this since they are more aware of the school events.
Melissa Nix informed everyone that the trees that the PTO purchased and those that were donated will be delivered to the elementary school on January 13, 2010 and arrangements have been made to receive them and have them planted.
Donation Letters for CPS devices for MS/HS – Melissa Nix will place this on letterhead and email this out to everyone so that anyone wanting to try to get donations for the CPS devices can use it.
The next meeting date was scheduled for February 9th , 2010, which falls on the Bell County Fair Day Holidays for the school. Cathy Bruggman made the motion to change the meeting to February 2nd, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building. This motion was 2nd by Melissa Nix and the motion passed.
The next meeting date will be February 2nd, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose Building.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Anne Kohring and 2nd by Melissa Nix. The motion passed and President, Melissa Nix adjourned the meeting at 6:55pm.
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