The PTO was back in action on Tuesday evening with a very important agenda before them-Carnival planning. Below you will find the minutes from the meeting. If there are any questions, if you would like to volunteer for any of the open carnival chair positions, or if you would like to donate food for parent/teacher conferences please contact any of the PTO board members and we would be happy to help!
A special thank you to Kim Walford for stepping in and helping with the child care for the evening!
Thanks to those who could make it last night! Please mark your calendars now for the March 13th meeting! See you then!
PTO Meeting
Jan. 10, 2012
Attendance-Barb Sims, Mark Hauffle, Joe Erickson, Missy Stickland, Melanie Sifford, Linda Guerra, Kim Walford, Jen Bruce, SueAnn Crouse
1. Carnival
· Date- Friday, May 11th
· Chairpersons:
· Baskets – Kelly Maynes / Need 1 preferable an IPS teacher
· PR – Need 1
· Donations – Dawn LeRette & Jackie DeVries
· Food – Linda Guerra & Missy Stickland
· Games – Angie Britten & Sara Johnson
· Activities – Melanie Sifford & Abby Couse
· Likes/Dislikes from past
o Plan inside and if it is too beautiful to pass up, then we can move it out.
o More room-use more hallway space, other areas in the building that we could use?
o Food chairs would like for the food to stay in the cafeteria
o AnimalLand-didn’t make much last year, large extra expense for parents
§ Decision was made to not have Animal Land this year-Melanie and Abby will look into possibilities of activities in place of Animal Land
o Bounce house was awesome!
o Designating space more specifically so we don’t have kids walking through games—orange cones, etc.
o Having specific set up and clean up time slots separate from working the games
§ Maybe the first shift and last shift could be teachers to ensure there are enough hands for set-up and clean-up
o Having a committee that can just find volunteers for all things
§ In the past parents have been called multiple times by different chairs, don’t want parents to feel pressured and don’t want to overbook parents/volunteers
2. Conferences
· Date~ Mon. Feb. 13th
· Sign up sheet
o Those in attendance volunteered to bring food and supplies for conferences, if interested please contact Christy Bennett
3. BOX TOPS update
· IPS- fall collection $1741 (saving for rock wall)
· WIS- fall collection $836 (saving for swing set)
· Collection boxes also at HyVee (Inman) & Fareway (Washington)
· Next collection-March 1st
4. Winter Activity?
· During conferences a survey will be made available to parents, and all members of the community, to gather data about beliefs and opinions of the ROCSD. Could PTO volunteers be at the schools to encourage parents to take a few minutes and complete the survey?
o Computers could be set up ready to go
o Possibly offer a cookie, or a coupon for a free ice cream cone from a local business?
· Capri Sun and Lunchable trays-both of these can be collected and the companies will pay schools, much like box tops.
o Is this something we might want to begin?
· Start looking for next Oct/Nov for an activity-start planning 6mo ahead (i.e. doing a game night/reading night/etc. next Oct./Nov. but start planning now?)
· Fun run-much like jump rope for heart, but would be running instead of jump roping
o Fall vs Spring
o Ask Karen Subbert and Roxanne Lamb what their thoughts are
o YMCA-use track and expose children to the YMCA rules and expectations
o This February??? send packets home at conferences and that could be the kick off
5. Other
· Box top store-kids can purchase supplies or etc for so many box tops
NEXT MEETING- Tuesday, March 13th 5:30 @ IPS Media Center
**NO FEBRUARY Meeting due to Valentines & Conferences*
No comments:
Post a Comment