PTO Meeting Minutes

11/4/09

Mr. Dahrouj opened the meeting thanking those who attended for coming. 

Mrs. Brouillard led the group in prayer and reminded all that it is important to have parent involvement.

Treasurer’s Report – Currently $2,490.20 in the account

OLD BUSINESS AND RECAPS:

• Fundraising Fridays are going well.  Averaging $80 per week.  Have sold freeze pops, cookies and candy apples.  Raised approximately $208 for those three weeks.    Need volunteers to work on Friday at 11:45am during the grade 4-8 lunches.  Mrs. B and Mrs. L are working the 10am shift for grades K-3.  You can sign up at the PTO meeting or contact Roy Dahrouj at royd@naylorskitchenandbath.com to volunteer.  The money raised through Fundraising Fridays is helping classes subsidize field trip costs.  Recently the fund has been used to pay for buses to OSV and to the Pequot Museum.
• Harvest Dinner was a success.  Raised $1322 for the NCEA Convention in April.  Ms. Casey, Mrs. Quigley, Mrs. Primavera and Mr. Vennek will be attending the conference.
• Magazine Drive – Final tally was over $49,000 with 40% going to the school.  Still accepting online orders for magazines. 

·         Christmas Calendars – Will be available the week before Thanksgiving.  The first raffle draw is on Christmas Day and runs for 30 days.

·         Winter Carnival – Jocelyn Rodriguez has stepped up to chair this event.  Please sign up if you are interested in helping with any part of the day’s events; set-up, games, face painting, prizes, ticket sales, food sales, chili contest, etc.

·         Santa Workshop – Need volunteers to work the day before and the two days of sales.  Dec 1-3. This is a fun event for the kids and gives them opportunity to buy presents for their parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.  It is not a fundraiser.

NEW BUSINESS:

Calendar of planned events and schedules for November and December:

11/2 – No school

11/5 – Basketball farm team meeting at 3:30 – This is for 3^rd and 4^th grade.  The team will meet on Thursdays 3-4:30pm.  Students can go to the afterschool program from 4:30-5:30pm is sign up in the morning.

11/10 – ½ day, no pm buses, no kindergarten classes, parent/teacher conference in the afternoon and evening

11/11 - No school – Veteran’s day

11/16 – Girl Power program – Nutrition and body image (grades 5-8) 3-4pm

11/20 - First basketball home game vs. St. Anne’s of Webster at 5:45

11/23 – Grade K and 8^th grade – Thanksgiving Dinner

11/24 – Full day of school with 1pm Thanksgiving prayer service (canned/boxed good drive)

11/25-27 – Thanksgiving break

12/1-3 - Santa Workshop

12/6 – Santa Breakfast – Mrs. Jovan announced that Village Photo will be available during the breakfast to take pictures of the children with the “real” Santa Clause.   Tickets will be sold in advance.  Any suggestions of places to put signs for the breakfast would be appreciated.

12/6 - Vendors Fair – Mrs. Ayotte announced that vendors are needed.  Currently have 3 vendors.  Need more.  If you know of anyone that has a home sales business or small business that would be interested in participating please contact Mrs. Ayotte.  Also looking for volunteers to help during the fair selling raffle tickets 8am-1pm.

12/7 – St. Nicholas Day – in school program with Fr. Peter

12/8 – All school Mass – Immaculate Conception – 5^th grade leads

12/9 – Pizza Day – no pm buses

12/10 – Fr. Donate Lamothe – Speaker at 1pm for grades 5-8 – subject: Icons

12/14 – No School (professional day)

12/15 – PTO Meeting at 7pm

12/23 – Christmas Concert at 10am with dismissal following concert

12/24-1/3 – Christmas break

1/4/10 – Back to school

Reminders

·         Cell phone and ink jet cartridges collected for recycle program.

·         Box tops are still being collected.  Have already raised nearly $1000 this year alone.  There will be a raffle each month for those that bring in box tops. Watch for forms going home with students.  Also, Avery Labels are eligible for the box top program as well.

·         Hood milk caps are NOT being collected anymore.

·         Coke Rewards caps and box ends still be collected.

·         Terracycle Program going well.  Still collecting Capri Sun pouches.

·         Plastic bottle recycle program.  The school is collecting the water bottles form lunches, etc.  Need someone to volunteer to take to recycle center.

OTHER BUSINESS:

·         School newspaper project is starting.

·         8^th grade is making zipper pulls and cell phone charms to sell during basketball games.  It is a fundraiser for the 8^th grade trip.