PTO Meeting Minutes

PTO Meeting - June 8th, 2008

School Picnic: Still need more volunteers
Wings of Wisdom: Still need more volunteers
PTO Dinner: Great night; approx 30 people attended
PTO Committee Co-chair openings: See list posted on website
PTO Shed/Closets: Need to clean-out!
First Grade Volunteers: Lauren Hochberg spoke about organizing more volunteers for classrooms due to the cut in assistants, especially in Kindergarten and first grade. Teachers to assess their needs before we proceed.
Parent Survey: New parent survey via web; please respond
Voting in new co-chairs: New co-President Ellen Joachim and new co-treasurer Anna NiCastro. Voted and approved
Parking lot: Ms. Jay asked for big rocks to be place in front of parking spaces to eliminate cars from cutting through the grass area

Yearbook/DVD: Sending e-mail to all room parents to pick-up DVDs. Gifted five copies: (1) Curtis 6th grade admin staff (2) Dr. Brackett (3) Ms. Jay (4) Nixon Front office (Erin) (5) PTO archive
Food Pantry: Mr. Manuel requested info for next year to introduce to 2nd grade as they will be responsible for it in 3rd grade; Goal 9 – 10,000 items. We discussed whether or not to continue our focus on hunger for community service. Our collection results were up 68% over last year, totaling about 8,300 items. We will continue the focus for next year and look to expand our influence to include curriculum-linked classroom activities for all grades, especially 3rd grade. Committee has met with Joni Jay and third grade teachers to begin planning for next year.
Spring Book Fair
Hospitality: Thank you from Joni Jay and Nixon staff
Bingo Night: Big success again – thanks to the committee

School Picnic: Need ingredients and a reminder to parents to not send lunch June 10th. Suggest scanning ingredient lists and posting on web next year?