Terminal Park Elementary

General Meeting Minutes

October 18, 2005

Unapproved Draft

 

The meeting was called to order at 3:25. 

 

The minutes from the September 27 meeting were approved. 

 

Principal report: 

  • Enrollment up to 415, still rising.
  • ASB VG2 merchant card fundraiser starting Friday. 

                  Prizes:  Thunderbash, limo ride to McDonald's!

·        Dinners Done Right - Wednesday night appointments will benefit Terminal Park Elementary PTA. 

·        Citizens for School fundraiser dinner/auction October 14 successful.  Thank you to Terminal Park Elementary PTA for providing a nice basket to auction. 

·        Heart of Auburn fundraiser to provide defibrillators for Auburn Schools VERY successful.  Funds raised purchased that night purchased over 40 defibrillators, enough for one for every school. 

 

Treasurer's report: 

  • Reported deposits of fundraiser.  Income this month was $323 membership dues of which about $259 goes to Auburn Council, $370 from the sale of pizza at open house. 
  • Expenses this month were $311 for pizza and pop for open house (lots of pop and drinks left over for Bingo night), $191 for office supplies (mostly paper), $58 in the teacher classroom fund, $125 Interurban Art Program for yearly program fees, and $69.68 for 200 tulip and daffodil bulbs and other beautification items. 

 

Secretary report: 

  • Thank you to all the new volunteers who have stepped up to chair a committee.  We have a full board!!
  • Results of first of year surveys given to staff at the beginning of the year.  Art program and family nights top priority, followed by book fair, assemblies and field trips. 

 

Unfinished Business:                                                                                  

  • Kathy Soule memorial plaque.  Need input for wording on plaque to finish project.  Kathy was very active in PTA and reading instruction at Terminal Park Elementary before her death from cancer.  The memorial is located in front of the school and consists of a tree, flowers and granite pavers. 
  • Field trip budget:  As the $2000 field trip budget is insufficient for each classroom to go on a field trip.  The PTA approved a motion to allocate more money for that purpose and has renamed the field trip budget an educational support fund.  Motion #1:  It was moved and seconded that we allocate an amount equivalent to $12.00 per student as of October 1 to the field trip budget to be renamed the educational support fund.  The fund will be managed by grade level.  We are hoping this will allow the students to participate in field trips and some supplemental curriculum materials as the need arises.  This generous increase in funding (the previous amount per student was $4.82 per student) will require using $2980 of checking account reserve and will result in additional fundraisers throughout the year.

 

New Business: 

  • Volunteer form prize drawing:  Tracey Skorniakoff winner of $20 in merchandise from fall catalog. 
  • Mr. Carstens will soon be dying his hair blonde as a result of a promise he made to the students if they reached $10,000 in sales for our fall fundraiser. 
  • The winning class of Sydney the Snake from the fall fundraiser is Mrs. Andersen's class.  They had over 50% participation in our fall fundraiser.  Ms. McIntyre's class was also in the drawing which was for classes with more than 50% participation in the fall fundraiser. 
  • Tuesday night volunteer night, starting in November, 2nd and 4th Tuesday. 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Membership:  Ruslund had membership cards and coupons for new members ready to go home.  Printing cards was a challenge, but she did it!!

Family Involvement:  Pizza and Bingo night October 21 @ 6:00 p.m. 

Newsletter:  First issue out, deadline for November is October 21. 

Reflections:  Promoting to classrooms, forms requesting entry rules are beginning to return. 

Interurban Arts Program:  Still need one more volunteer. 

Fundraising:  Orders total $16,268.50.  Need volunteers to help pass out product when it arrives, after school and evening. 

School Banking:  Will hopefully start in November. 

Book Fair:  During teacher conference week in November.  Carol Young and Amy Secrest co-chairs.

Soup Labels/Box Tops:  Keep 'em coming!  Soup label profits will be for art supplies.  Box tops profits will go into "Other" Budget. 

Legislative:  Legislative Assembly results discussed.

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:05. 

 

 

 

Lisa Wilkinson

 

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