Meeting Minutes Clayton Avenue Elementary PTO Date: September 10, 2013 Location: CAE Cafeteria Meeting Called To Order By: Christi Smith Time: 3:45pm Attendance: 15 ________________________________________ Officers’ Reports President: Christi Smith welcomed everyone. The new CAPTO board was introduced to those in attendance. Treasurer: Budget is in good shape. The goal for this year is to keep events to low cost or no cost. The budget carry over is the highest it’s ever been because field trips and other items that were budgeted for did not take place. Principal’s Report Mr. Bruce indicated that he’s working on ways to support parents and teachers with the new math process. The language is confusing to parents. The process is supposed to teach better number sense (i.e. base 10 model). Discussion of Past Events Kindergarten Orientation – CAPTO gave each incoming Kindergarten student a CAE back sack with dog tag, subway coupon and CAPTO info to welcome them. Upcoming Events/Programs Curriculum Night - Thursday September 26, 2013, 6-8pm. Parents Only. FUND Run – Thursday October 10, 2013 during school. The intent is to have this be one of the only fundraisers this year. It can be overwhelming to parents and teachers to have multiple fundraisers. The plan for the Fund Run is to have grades K-2 on the track at one time and grades 3-5 at another time. The kids will collect pledges. Every student will get a water bottle, but there will not be large prize incentives. In addition to providing a fundraising opportunity, the event promotes health and wellness. Each grade will be assigned a color; students and staff should try to wear those colors. A panoramic photo will be taken for the yearbook. The goal is to raise $4,000.00. We may need a building use form at the High School for use of the track. Christi will look into this. Mr. Bruce already mentioned it. Need a chair person to run this event. Between the time of the meeting and issuance of these meeting minutes, Ms. Fellows let Christi know she would chair this event. Monster Mash – The Monster Mash will be held from 6-7:30pm on October 24, 2013. The event will cost $2/child, with a maximum cost of $6.00 per family. We are looking for creative people to help with this event. Mr. Daglio will be doing the haunted house again this year. High School helpers will be present to assist. Louis G. will be the DJ this year – cost is less expensive than past years. Box Tops for Education – Ms. Fendick reported that box tops earned $537 in May 2013 and an additional $203.00 in August 2013. Box tops pays twice per year (typically in late Nov/early Dec and late Mar/early Apr). Last year box tops earned approximately $2,200.00. This year’s goal is $2,500.00. There is also an online program. We need someone who is willing to look into it, and provide parents with information. For example, if you shop online and go through box tops you can earn money. Book Fair – The book fair will be held in November around Veteran’s Day. Ann Rose is chairing this event. Heather Tallon has agreed to help. Additional support is always needed for this event. Holiday Night – This event is planned for Thursday December 12, 2013. The intent of this event is for parents to leave their kids with high school and parent volunteers for a craft and movie. Author Visit – Three potential authors were discussed: Diane Degrow, James Bruchac and Ralph Masiello. Summary of each provided below: Diane Degrow – already coming to the District Oct 25th. Gilbert and Friends series. Grades K-1 would read a book, view a power point presentation about books and then students help write a book. Grades 2-5, the topic is everything you want to know about children’s books – illustration, research, technology influences on writing. James Bruchac – Native American story writer. Animal lessons. Use of Native American instruments to participate in songs and changes. Could coordinate this with the November book fair because date is flexible. Ralph Masiello – already coming to the District in May. Event would include a sneak peak preview of new books, and five, one –hour age appropriate programs. He provides drawings to give back to the school to hang or sell. A special bookmark for the students. His goal is to inspire and energize his audience. No decision was made with regard to author visits. Mr. Bruce is going to work with the teachers to look into additional options. New Business Apparel & Spirit Items Sample spirit wear products on display at the meeting. In the near future, we will have a color order sheets. The spirit wear is not a fundraiser, just an opportunity to provide Vestal attire. PJ bottoms will be available this year. Other new items include Women’s V-neck and tie-dye. T-shirts-$10.00; sweatshirts - $25/$35; The order sheet will be coming home within the next week or so. Also have an opportunity to order spirit wear merchandise on a secure website. There is a start-up fee, but then the company handles the website. We can change prices and make updates as needed. A $5.00 shipping fee would apply for any order, when ordering online. We need to find out if we can pick-up merchandise at no charge. The online option will allow for more options and be available all year. Christi is currently handling spirit wear, but this will be turned over to Tammy Drake. Announcements Thank you to all those that attended the first CAPTO meeting for the 2013-2014 school year! We want our events to be successful and your input and support is appreciated!! The next CAPTO meeting will be held Tuesday October 1 at 3:45pm. Upcoming events include Curriculum Night (9/26), the FUND Run (10/10) and Monster Mash (10/24). ________________________________________ Meeting Adjourned At: 4:30 pm Minutes Compiled By: Kelly Saladis, Secretary
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:29:31 +0000
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