Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - May 2012
Introductions:
Approval of April Minutes
1st-Chris Ault 2nd, Carnalee Lykken
Officers Reports
-President's Report-would really like to increase PTO participants by next year (used a visual)
-Treasurer's Report (Current balance-$5222.07). We still need to pay Climb Theater. Paul will call and see where the bill is Wednesday.
Committee Business
-Fundraiser 2012
1. Club’s Choice-We’ve done this for the last 4 years 2. Integrity Fundraisers-50% go to school. Do we have to pay up front?
3. Marcus Theaters-15% to school, so the kids would have to sell a lot.
4. Little Caesars-They offer cookie, pizza, & pie kits
5. Midland fundraising -They sell wrapping paper, etc.
6. Believe kids-They sell wrapping papers, gift bags, clothing, wall stickers, magazines, Tupperware, jewelry. 5% signing bonus, 50% profit. They do prizes. Madison Elementary, Lewis and Clark Elementary have done it.
7. Godfather’s-value cards $5 each and you keep all profits
After extended discussion, the choices are narrowed down to Integrity Fundraising and Believe Kids. Carnalee makes a motion to vote for a fundraiser. Integrity Fundraiser wins. Paul will contact them this week.
-Talent Show
Betsy Dodds said she'd help with the talent show.
- Last Day of School Activities Thursday, May 24th.
We need volunteers for the Games Galore for the last day of school for 1.5 hour time slots
-School Supplies
Should be able to keep it at $35 like last year. Credit cards online only. Papers will be distributed next week and Osgood & Dr. Johnson will get electronic forms to be distributed in the newsletter
-Teacher Appreciation
New Business
-Elections for 2012 Officers
Lori Bateman-Elected for President Elect
Announcements
-"All Star" Awards for April-Deb Boyer and May-Jessica Kliem YAY!!
-NEXT MEETING : June 5th, 6:30 PM - PTO Wrap Up Social will be at Spitfire.
Approval of April Minutes
1st-Chris Ault 2nd, Carnalee Lykken
Officers Reports
-President's Report-would really like to increase PTO participants by next year (used a visual)
-Treasurer's Report (Current balance-$5222.07). We still need to pay Climb Theater. Paul will call and see where the bill is Wednesday.
Committee Business
-Fundraiser 2012
1. Club’s Choice-We’ve done this for the last 4 years 2. Integrity Fundraisers-50% go to school. Do we have to pay up front?
3. Marcus Theaters-15% to school, so the kids would have to sell a lot.
4. Little Caesars-They offer cookie, pizza, & pie kits
5. Midland fundraising -They sell wrapping paper, etc.
6. Believe kids-They sell wrapping papers, gift bags, clothing, wall stickers, magazines, Tupperware, jewelry. 5% signing bonus, 50% profit. They do prizes. Madison Elementary, Lewis and Clark Elementary have done it.
7. Godfather’s-value cards $5 each and you keep all profits
After extended discussion, the choices are narrowed down to Integrity Fundraising and Believe Kids. Carnalee makes a motion to vote for a fundraiser. Integrity Fundraiser wins. Paul will contact them this week.
-Talent Show
Betsy Dodds said she'd help with the talent show.
- Last Day of School Activities Thursday, May 24th.
We need volunteers for the Games Galore for the last day of school for 1.5 hour time slots
-School Supplies
Should be able to keep it at $35 like last year. Credit cards online only. Papers will be distributed next week and Osgood & Dr. Johnson will get electronic forms to be distributed in the newsletter
-Teacher Appreciation
New Business
-Elections for 2012 Officers
Lori Bateman-Elected for President Elect
Announcements
-"All Star" Awards for April-Deb Boyer and May-Jessica Kliem YAY!!
-NEXT MEETING : June 5th, 6:30 PM - PTO Wrap Up Social will be at Spitfire.
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - April 2012
Dr Johnson - Freedom Elementary Principal
Shared which grades are in which pods and how many classrooms of each grade. The school is very similar to Aurora. The park will be owned by the Fargo Park District and shared with the school. There will be key fobs instead of regular keys. You can choose Freedom now on the school district website. Community tab shows photos of the progress on construction. Looking for parents to meet in June & July to establish the new PTO/PTA and help get the school up and running smoothly. Kids will get to see the mascot choice in the gym when it’s uncovered during an assembly after the year begins. August 21st from 5-6 p.m. is back to school night. The YMCA after-school program will also be operating at Freedom school.
Approval of March Minutes
Chris-1st, Kriste Briest-2nd
Officers Reports
President's Report
Discussed attendance and nominations for next years officers and committees. Quickly ran through what the officers do during the year.
President - runs the meetings, is a contact for any questions. Filled in where needed
President elect - stands in for the president when needed, fills in for other things where needed. Handled the Aurora attire this year as well as forms for the club choice orders
Treasurer - Pays bills, Finds the president to sign checks, handles book fair & club choice money, fills out a simple tax form.
Secretary - Takes notes during meetings, then prepares minutes and sends them to the president
Treasurer's Report
$10,194.60 is our ending monthly balance. We spent $263 on conference meals & Aurora clothing samples. We deposited $44.60 from interest, a donation and book fair income.
Principal's Report
Mr. Cresap stood in for Mrs. Zent, No report this month
Committee Business
Events Committee
Climb Theatre - Booster Bitscame to the school. Danelle said they were very good with the kids and was very impressed. Was even better than anticipated. There was great control over the children and it kept their attention. Paul felt that maybe it would be beneficial to focus more on the 3rd-5th grade age group play rather than the kindergarten-2nd grade play. Parents expressed that their children did talk about it and enjoyed it.
School Supplies 2012
Forms will be sent out to all Aurora, Osgood and future Freedom students and we’ll probably be filling bags in July. Leslie will be coordinating school supplies for both Aurora and Freedom.
Fundraiser 2012
We will hear our choices and vote on them at the May meeting
Talent Show
There is a conflict for one of the committee members, so Jessica said she will step in and help. We’ll try for a Wednesday or Thursday.
New Business
Elections for 2012 Officers will be held at the May meeting. Looking for nominations/volunteers!
The Aurora clothing is in and will hopefully be going out to teachers by Thursday. The total of all Blue 84 sales was $2762.00 and we get 10% of that minus the cost of samples. Thanks for all your hard work Jessica!
The new school could also use Blue 84 to order school attire, so Jessica will pass the contact info onto a future Freedom PTO’er.
Teacher appreciation - May 7th-A doodle poll will be sent out asking for volunteers based on what is decided for the occasion. Considering doing a breakfast or a dessert day
Yearbook Is being worked on and seems to be going well.
Announcements
April's "All Star" Award will be awarded next month
NEXT MEETING : Tuesday, May 1st, 7:30 PM - LAST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR! *** Please note the meeting time change. It has been moved back to allow Osgood parents to attend Reading Night before the meeting.
Shared which grades are in which pods and how many classrooms of each grade. The school is very similar to Aurora. The park will be owned by the Fargo Park District and shared with the school. There will be key fobs instead of regular keys. You can choose Freedom now on the school district website. Community tab shows photos of the progress on construction. Looking for parents to meet in June & July to establish the new PTO/PTA and help get the school up and running smoothly. Kids will get to see the mascot choice in the gym when it’s uncovered during an assembly after the year begins. August 21st from 5-6 p.m. is back to school night. The YMCA after-school program will also be operating at Freedom school.
Approval of March Minutes
Chris-1st, Kriste Briest-2nd
Officers Reports
President's Report
Discussed attendance and nominations for next years officers and committees. Quickly ran through what the officers do during the year.
President - runs the meetings, is a contact for any questions. Filled in where needed
President elect - stands in for the president when needed, fills in for other things where needed. Handled the Aurora attire this year as well as forms for the club choice orders
Treasurer - Pays bills, Finds the president to sign checks, handles book fair & club choice money, fills out a simple tax form.
Secretary - Takes notes during meetings, then prepares minutes and sends them to the president
Treasurer's Report
$10,194.60 is our ending monthly balance. We spent $263 on conference meals & Aurora clothing samples. We deposited $44.60 from interest, a donation and book fair income.
Principal's Report
Mr. Cresap stood in for Mrs. Zent, No report this month
Committee Business
Events Committee
Climb Theatre - Booster Bitscame to the school. Danelle said they were very good with the kids and was very impressed. Was even better than anticipated. There was great control over the children and it kept their attention. Paul felt that maybe it would be beneficial to focus more on the 3rd-5th grade age group play rather than the kindergarten-2nd grade play. Parents expressed that their children did talk about it and enjoyed it.
School Supplies 2012
Forms will be sent out to all Aurora, Osgood and future Freedom students and we’ll probably be filling bags in July. Leslie will be coordinating school supplies for both Aurora and Freedom.
Fundraiser 2012
We will hear our choices and vote on them at the May meeting
Talent Show
There is a conflict for one of the committee members, so Jessica said she will step in and help. We’ll try for a Wednesday or Thursday.
New Business
Elections for 2012 Officers will be held at the May meeting. Looking for nominations/volunteers!
The Aurora clothing is in and will hopefully be going out to teachers by Thursday. The total of all Blue 84 sales was $2762.00 and we get 10% of that minus the cost of samples. Thanks for all your hard work Jessica!
The new school could also use Blue 84 to order school attire, so Jessica will pass the contact info onto a future Freedom PTO’er.
Teacher appreciation - May 7th-A doodle poll will be sent out asking for volunteers based on what is decided for the occasion. Considering doing a breakfast or a dessert day
Yearbook Is being worked on and seems to be going well.
Announcements
April's "All Star" Award will be awarded next month
NEXT MEETING : Tuesday, May 1st, 7:30 PM - LAST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR! *** Please note the meeting time change. It has been moved back to allow Osgood parents to attend Reading Night before the meeting.
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - March 2012
Introductions
Share your name and your favorite tv show
Approval of February Minutes
1st Chris Ault, 2nd-Betsey Dodds
President's Report - Paul Bourdeaux
Dr. Johnson, the current Eastside principal, will be the Freedom principal next year. He will be at our next meeting to discuss some things, including getting the new PTO started before the next school year begins.
Principal's Report - Mrs Zent
Waiting for the final number to see whether Mr. Cresap will be working on the roof.
Approximately $1200 was raised by the students for Stars for Minot.
Field trips are starting.
Parent-teacher conferences were at 98% participation.
Book fair was a huge success and the teachers are very appreciative of the books they received.
Fifth grade photo-we may not order the entire class photo and just do the individual class photos since we already have those and it would save us over $600.
Committee Reports
Book Fair
Thanks to all the volunteers. All prepaid orders were given to Mrs. Bjornson this week and will go out to the teachers ASAP.
T-Shirts - Jessica Kleim
Order date was extended through Monday, March 12th for online ordering
So far total was $2405 for orders, but we do still have to pay for $188 in samples and those can also be sold.
New Business
CLIMB Theater coming on March 26th
Mrs. Zent is putting a schedule together. Climb will be going all day. Let Mrs. Zent know if anyone wants to help out that day.
Budget Overview - Chris and Paul
See attached budget
Fundraiser 2012 options
We need to decide what we will do for next year’s fundraiser.
Patrick with Positive Motion was one option. Our standard fundraiser is Club’s Choice (food or wrapping paper option). Considering wrapping paper this year.
School Supplies 2012 - Leslie Wegner
Talking about doing supplies for both Aurora and Freedom. Leslie-you are a rockstar!!
Announcements
December All Star Award-Award goes to…Jen Guler!!! January All Star Award-Award goes to…Joan Windus!!! Thanks for all your hard work ladies!!!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 3rd, 7:00 pm
Share your name and your favorite tv show
Approval of February Minutes
1st Chris Ault, 2nd-Betsey Dodds
President's Report - Paul Bourdeaux
Dr. Johnson, the current Eastside principal, will be the Freedom principal next year. He will be at our next meeting to discuss some things, including getting the new PTO started before the next school year begins.
Principal's Report - Mrs Zent
Waiting for the final number to see whether Mr. Cresap will be working on the roof.
Approximately $1200 was raised by the students for Stars for Minot.
Field trips are starting.
Parent-teacher conferences were at 98% participation.
Book fair was a huge success and the teachers are very appreciative of the books they received.
Fifth grade photo-we may not order the entire class photo and just do the individual class photos since we already have those and it would save us over $600.
Committee Reports
Book Fair
Thanks to all the volunteers. All prepaid orders were given to Mrs. Bjornson this week and will go out to the teachers ASAP.
T-Shirts - Jessica Kleim
Order date was extended through Monday, March 12th for online ordering
So far total was $2405 for orders, but we do still have to pay for $188 in samples and those can also be sold.
New Business
CLIMB Theater coming on March 26th
Mrs. Zent is putting a schedule together. Climb will be going all day. Let Mrs. Zent know if anyone wants to help out that day.
Budget Overview - Chris and Paul
See attached budget
Fundraiser 2012 options
We need to decide what we will do for next year’s fundraiser.
Patrick with Positive Motion was one option. Our standard fundraiser is Club’s Choice (food or wrapping paper option). Considering wrapping paper this year.
School Supplies 2012 - Leslie Wegner
Talking about doing supplies for both Aurora and Freedom. Leslie-you are a rockstar!!
Announcements
December All Star Award-Award goes to…Jen Guler!!! January All Star Award-Award goes to…Joan Windus!!! Thanks for all your hard work ladies!!!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 3rd, 7:00 pm
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - January 2012
Introductions
Attendees shared their name and their New Year's Resolutions
Approval of November Minutes
1st - Jessica Kliem, 2nd - Chris Ault
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Boundaries committee - Sounds like everyone south of I-94 and East of the Sheyenne River will be going to the new school. It will be named Freedom Elementary School. Talked about the new school's PTO and ways they'll obtain starting funds such as starting their year off with a fundraiser. Sometimes another school will give them some starting money, but not sure whether we'll be able to do that next year.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
Balance as of Oct 8-just over $25,000
Expenses were just over $15,195 (Paid Club’s choice-$14350, $500 box tops money to Minot schools)
Balance as of today: $10952
Committee Reports
Book Fair
Shannon Jantzi: Book fair is coming up Feb 16th and 21st. Delivery will be the 9th or 10th. Setup will be after school on Friday or Monday. Discussed getting the conference times early so people can sign up to help with the fair.
Conference Meals
Joan Windus: Also coming up in February. Old Chicago is doing one day and then Joan’s thinking potluck for the other day
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
Carol wasn’t able to be here due to an accident. You were missed and we hope you heal quickly Carol!
Old business
CLIMB Theater
We need to decide how we want to split kids if we are going this way. Another program is Feats of strength (around $1,000) We’ll aim for late March or early April. Everyone agreed that Booster Bits instead of the full program would probably be better because of the amount of money that will be spent on this bully prevention program. Danelle will talk to other PTO members in other schools about participating so that other schools along with us can get reduced pricing.
T-Shirts
Jessica spoke about t-shirts to a Detroit Lakes company called Blue 84 spirit (http://blue84spirit.com/). They are big into the website sales, but can possibly send samples and then you order online after seeing the physical item. Jessica will contact them about samples in time for conferences.
School Play
We've decided to cut it this year as there was no interest for volunteering to do this project.
Nurtured Hearts
8 parents participated. The last class is this Thursday. Then there are refreshers in February and March. Some of the PTO members are attending and said it really is a wonderful program.
New Business
Website is up! http://aurorapto.weebly.com/
Social Media-Paul would love to have the blog updated weekly. Anyone interested in social media or taking this on is urged to contact Paul.
Announcements
December All Star Award-Award goes to…Danelle Johnson!!! January All Star Award-Award goes to…Chris Ault!!! Thanks for all your hard work ladies!!!
YMCA family night is February 17th 7-9pm (Schlossman's YMCA)
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 7th, 7:00 pm
Attendees shared their name and their New Year's Resolutions
Approval of November Minutes
1st - Jessica Kliem, 2nd - Chris Ault
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Boundaries committee - Sounds like everyone south of I-94 and East of the Sheyenne River will be going to the new school. It will be named Freedom Elementary School. Talked about the new school's PTO and ways they'll obtain starting funds such as starting their year off with a fundraiser. Sometimes another school will give them some starting money, but not sure whether we'll be able to do that next year.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
Balance as of Oct 8-just over $25,000
Expenses were just over $15,195 (Paid Club’s choice-$14350, $500 box tops money to Minot schools)
Balance as of today: $10952
Committee Reports
Book Fair
Shannon Jantzi: Book fair is coming up Feb 16th and 21st. Delivery will be the 9th or 10th. Setup will be after school on Friday or Monday. Discussed getting the conference times early so people can sign up to help with the fair.
Conference Meals
Joan Windus: Also coming up in February. Old Chicago is doing one day and then Joan’s thinking potluck for the other day
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
Carol wasn’t able to be here due to an accident. You were missed and we hope you heal quickly Carol!
Old business
CLIMB Theater
We need to decide how we want to split kids if we are going this way. Another program is Feats of strength (around $1,000) We’ll aim for late March or early April. Everyone agreed that Booster Bits instead of the full program would probably be better because of the amount of money that will be spent on this bully prevention program. Danelle will talk to other PTO members in other schools about participating so that other schools along with us can get reduced pricing.
T-Shirts
Jessica spoke about t-shirts to a Detroit Lakes company called Blue 84 spirit (http://blue84spirit.com/). They are big into the website sales, but can possibly send samples and then you order online after seeing the physical item. Jessica will contact them about samples in time for conferences.
School Play
We've decided to cut it this year as there was no interest for volunteering to do this project.
Nurtured Hearts
8 parents participated. The last class is this Thursday. Then there are refreshers in February and March. Some of the PTO members are attending and said it really is a wonderful program.
New Business
Website is up! http://aurorapto.weebly.com/
Social Media-Paul would love to have the blog updated weekly. Anyone interested in social media or taking this on is urged to contact Paul.
Announcements
December All Star Award-Award goes to…Danelle Johnson!!! January All Star Award-Award goes to…Chris Ault!!! Thanks for all your hard work ladies!!!
YMCA family night is February 17th 7-9pm (Schlossman's YMCA)
Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 7th, 7:00 pm
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - November 2011
Introductions
Attendees shared their name and their favorite Thanksgiving food
Thank You
Jessica Kliem thanked her PTO family for the support received when her son was burned.
Approval of September's Minutes and Amendment
1st - Chris Ault, 2nd - Jessica Kliem
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Flash drives arrived and are ready to be given out to teachers for yearbook photos.
Danelle Johnson was recognized for being the first PTO member to bring a friend!!
Attendance Initiative will start with the first meeting of 2012. Each parent that is present can enter his or her children into a drawing for a small local gift card. Information will go out soon in the newsletter.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
Current PTO account balance is $24,944. This does not include the payment to Club's Choice
Committee Reports
Book Fair went great. Sold $6,725.00 in books. Thanks to everyone that helped!Conference Meals Went well, again thanks to everyone who helped with that.
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
United Way - amount will be in newsletter soon.
NDSA Testing is finishing up.
Old business
Bullying Prevention - Deb Boyer researched several options:Rachel's Challenge would cost $4000.CLIMB Theatre would cost approximately $875Beads on One String would cost $550.Group decided that the CLIMB program sounded best for our budget and school. Paul will get in contact with them again and forward contact information to Danelle.Committees
Both the School Supplies committee and the Events committee could use an additional volunteerSchool Play
We would need a PTO member to volunteer to organize and run it if we would like to do it again. Paul will send out a separate email to the PTO members to see if anyone would like to take over. There will be a Dec 1st deadline to let PTO know if you are. If there is nobody to take over we will not do a play this year.
New Business
Culture Expo - French and Spanish lessons
Carol said we would have room for 1 classneed to find if there is any interest in this program
Announcements
October All Star Award-Award goes to…Shannon Jantzi!!! Thanks for stepping up and taking on the Book Fair committee, you have done a great job so far!
Web site is under construction. We hope to have it ready in Jan.
THERE WILL NOT BE A DECEMBER MEETING. We know everyone is busy with the holiday preparations then. We will see you all in the NEW YEAR!!!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 10th, 7:00 pm
Attendees shared their name and their favorite Thanksgiving food
Thank You
Jessica Kliem thanked her PTO family for the support received when her son was burned.
Approval of September's Minutes and Amendment
1st - Chris Ault, 2nd - Jessica Kliem
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Flash drives arrived and are ready to be given out to teachers for yearbook photos.
Danelle Johnson was recognized for being the first PTO member to bring a friend!!
Attendance Initiative will start with the first meeting of 2012. Each parent that is present can enter his or her children into a drawing for a small local gift card. Information will go out soon in the newsletter.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
Current PTO account balance is $24,944. This does not include the payment to Club's Choice
Committee Reports
Book Fair went great. Sold $6,725.00 in books. Thanks to everyone that helped!Conference Meals Went well, again thanks to everyone who helped with that.
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
United Way - amount will be in newsletter soon.
NDSA Testing is finishing up.
Old business
Bullying Prevention - Deb Boyer researched several options:Rachel's Challenge would cost $4000.CLIMB Theatre would cost approximately $875Beads on One String would cost $550.Group decided that the CLIMB program sounded best for our budget and school. Paul will get in contact with them again and forward contact information to Danelle.Committees
Both the School Supplies committee and the Events committee could use an additional volunteerSchool Play
We would need a PTO member to volunteer to organize and run it if we would like to do it again. Paul will send out a separate email to the PTO members to see if anyone would like to take over. There will be a Dec 1st deadline to let PTO know if you are. If there is nobody to take over we will not do a play this year.
New Business
Culture Expo - French and Spanish lessons
Carol said we would have room for 1 classneed to find if there is any interest in this program
Announcements
October All Star Award-Award goes to…Shannon Jantzi!!! Thanks for stepping up and taking on the Book Fair committee, you have done a great job so far!
Web site is under construction. We hope to have it ready in Jan.
THERE WILL NOT BE A DECEMBER MEETING. We know everyone is busy with the holiday preparations then. We will see you all in the NEW YEAR!!!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 10th, 7:00 pm
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - October 2011
Introductions
Attendees shared their name and the last thing they dressed up as for Halloween
Approval of September's Minutes and Amendment
1st - Shannon Jantzi, 2nd - Betsy Dodds
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Reminder that we need to increase attendance so both Aurora and the new elementary school have a healthy Parent/Teacher group in the fall.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
$24,078 in income in September all from the Club's Choice Fundraiser. After we pay Club's Choice, we will have a net gain of approximately $10,100
We had a total of $10 in expenditures in September.
Current PTO account balance is $25,254.99
Committee Reports
Fundraiser - Jessica Kliem
Club Choice pickup is October 13th. Volunteers are needed for 1 hour time slots for unloading and distribution.
Some discussion considering changing the fundraiser we do next year. Fundraiser commitment is actually due in the spring, but a reminder comes in the fall. The fundraiser committee will be tasked to explore other options.
Conference Meals - Joan Windus
Chris Ault will touch base with Joan to finish preparing for Conference Meals. Olive Garden is catering the first night, the second night will be some kind of parent provided meal. Conferences are the 17th and 18th.
Book Fair - Shannon Jantzi
Volunteers needed to work the book fair. Shannon will send out a doodle poll after conference times are assigned to parents.
Guest Speaker
Jill Leier, District Math Coach, gave a very good presentation on Everyday Math. Some of the questions asked during the presentation and their answers wil be sent out to the PTO email lists in a separate email.
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
NDSA Testing is coming up for grades 3rd-5th
School pictures will be Oct 12th, and picture orders are due by Oct 7th.
Flu Shot Clinic will be Oct 26th.
Staff Baby Announcements - Andersen (baby girl), Berger (baby girl), Ramburg (baby boy), Cresap (baby boy)
Old business
Attendance Program - Program proposed to award gift cards to children who's parents attend PTO meetings. Starting in Nov, parents will get one drawing entry per child every time they come to a meeting. At the end of each semester, names will be drawn for each grade level, and the winner will get a $5 gift card to Walmart. Motion to spend a total of $40 for the attendance program. 1st - Shannon Jantzi, 2nd Jen Guler. Motion passed.
Nurtured Hearts Parent Class - Deb Boyer. Class will cost $475, with a maximum of 30 people. Class will be 6:30-8:00pm Thursday nights from Nov 17 - Jan 12, with 2 refresher classes in Feb and Mar. PTO would pay the presenter's fee of $475. Parents would pay $20 registration to PTO ($30 for couples) and buy their own book. Motion to spend $475 for the presenter's fee. 1st - Danelle Johnson, 2nd Shannon Jantzi. Motion passed.
T-Shirts - There are 3 sweatshirts left still. Jessica will put them in the staff room for any staff members who might be interested.
Committees - Both the School Supplies committee and the Events committee could use an additional volunteer
School Play - We would need a PTO member to volunteer to organize and run it if we would like to do it again. Tabled for the November meeting.
New Business
Box Tops for Minot - We discussed sending some or all of the money we receive from box tops to one of the elementary schools in Minot that was destroyed by the flood. Tabled for the November meeting so we would have a better idea of how much money we would be getting from box tops.
Flu Shot Clinic - Will be on Wed, Oct 26th from 3-6pm. Need a few volunteers. Paul will send out a doodle poll later this month.
Student Council - Deb Boyer requested funding for the Student Council, and talked about upcoming programs such as Red Ribbon week and Penny Wars. Motion to set aside $200 for the student council. 1st - Danelle Johnson, 2nd Chris Ault. Motion passed.
Announcements
Fill the Dome will be coming in November.
October All Star Award-Award goes to…Jennifer Kraft!!! Thanks for all your hard work with the Daytime Helpers committee, and for always being quick to sign up when we asked for volunteers!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 1st, 7:00 pm - Paul PROMISED it would only last until 8pm ;-)
Attendees shared their name and the last thing they dressed up as for Halloween
Approval of September's Minutes and Amendment
1st - Shannon Jantzi, 2nd - Betsy Dodds
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Reminder that we need to increase attendance so both Aurora and the new elementary school have a healthy Parent/Teacher group in the fall.
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
$24,078 in income in September all from the Club's Choice Fundraiser. After we pay Club's Choice, we will have a net gain of approximately $10,100
We had a total of $10 in expenditures in September.
Current PTO account balance is $25,254.99
Committee Reports
Fundraiser - Jessica Kliem
Club Choice pickup is October 13th. Volunteers are needed for 1 hour time slots for unloading and distribution.
Some discussion considering changing the fundraiser we do next year. Fundraiser commitment is actually due in the spring, but a reminder comes in the fall. The fundraiser committee will be tasked to explore other options.
Conference Meals - Joan Windus
Chris Ault will touch base with Joan to finish preparing for Conference Meals. Olive Garden is catering the first night, the second night will be some kind of parent provided meal. Conferences are the 17th and 18th.
Book Fair - Shannon Jantzi
Volunteers needed to work the book fair. Shannon will send out a doodle poll after conference times are assigned to parents.
Guest Speaker
Jill Leier, District Math Coach, gave a very good presentation on Everyday Math. Some of the questions asked during the presentation and their answers wil be sent out to the PTO email lists in a separate email.
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
NDSA Testing is coming up for grades 3rd-5th
School pictures will be Oct 12th, and picture orders are due by Oct 7th.
Flu Shot Clinic will be Oct 26th.
Staff Baby Announcements - Andersen (baby girl), Berger (baby girl), Ramburg (baby boy), Cresap (baby boy)
Old business
Attendance Program - Program proposed to award gift cards to children who's parents attend PTO meetings. Starting in Nov, parents will get one drawing entry per child every time they come to a meeting. At the end of each semester, names will be drawn for each grade level, and the winner will get a $5 gift card to Walmart. Motion to spend a total of $40 for the attendance program. 1st - Shannon Jantzi, 2nd Jen Guler. Motion passed.
Nurtured Hearts Parent Class - Deb Boyer. Class will cost $475, with a maximum of 30 people. Class will be 6:30-8:00pm Thursday nights from Nov 17 - Jan 12, with 2 refresher classes in Feb and Mar. PTO would pay the presenter's fee of $475. Parents would pay $20 registration to PTO ($30 for couples) and buy their own book. Motion to spend $475 for the presenter's fee. 1st - Danelle Johnson, 2nd Shannon Jantzi. Motion passed.
T-Shirts - There are 3 sweatshirts left still. Jessica will put them in the staff room for any staff members who might be interested.
Committees - Both the School Supplies committee and the Events committee could use an additional volunteer
School Play - We would need a PTO member to volunteer to organize and run it if we would like to do it again. Tabled for the November meeting.
New Business
Box Tops for Minot - We discussed sending some or all of the money we receive from box tops to one of the elementary schools in Minot that was destroyed by the flood. Tabled for the November meeting so we would have a better idea of how much money we would be getting from box tops.
Flu Shot Clinic - Will be on Wed, Oct 26th from 3-6pm. Need a few volunteers. Paul will send out a doodle poll later this month.
Student Council - Deb Boyer requested funding for the Student Council, and talked about upcoming programs such as Red Ribbon week and Penny Wars. Motion to set aside $200 for the student council. 1st - Danelle Johnson, 2nd Chris Ault. Motion passed.
Announcements
Fill the Dome will be coming in November.
October All Star Award-Award goes to…Jennifer Kraft!!! Thanks for all your hard work with the Daytime Helpers committee, and for always being quick to sign up when we asked for volunteers!
Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 1st, 7:00 pm - Paul PROMISED it would only last until 8pm ;-)
Aurora PTO Meeting Minutes - September 2011
Introductions
Attendees shared their name, kids grade(s), and how long they’ve been in PTO
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Increase attendance-everyone should try to bring a friend to a meeting
Increase activity-volunteering to help
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
$955 in income since August 1st
Part of that was Target Red Card (credit card) income
Current PTO account balance is $1256
Committee Reports
School supplies - Leslie Wegner. Actual cost per kit was $35.44. Actual costs were VERY close to estimated costs
T-Shirts - Jessica Kliem. Talked about the shirts and that there are a few still available.Youth short-sleeved medium was the most popular shirt. Will be looking into ordering new shirts this year
Fundraiser - Jessica Kliem. Club Choice pickup is going to be the 13 or 14 of October. Still waiting to hear on the exact date/timeWill schedule volunteers for club’s choice food distribution at next months meeting
Book Fair - Jen Guler. Talk about workshop available and will email the date to Paul. If anyone wants to attend, our school will get $25 in Scholastic dollars
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
New staff announcements
Boundaries have not been decided for the new school, but the school is supposed to open by fall 2012
Aurora is still looking for a playground supervisor
No school on September 26
School is looking for a literacy aid & homework aid via AmeriCorps
Old business
Vacant committee chairs were mostly filled
Discussed new organization to getting photos and putting the book together. Paul Bourdeaux asked for a motion to purchase a flash drive for each teacher -- Danelle Johnson motioned, Jessica Kliem seconded. Motion was voted on and passed.
Flu shot clinic - October 26th from 3-6 pm. We’ll discuss volunteers at our next meeting
New Business
Suggestions for ways to encourage kids to get their parents to come to PTO
-extra recess-treats-pencils or equivalent
Members should come with ideas to the October meeting
Rachel's Challenge - kindness and compassion. Eastwood PTA funded it for $4000. Multiple school participation gets a discount-we can discuss this at next months meeting
Nurtured Heart training offered by Deb Boyer, Aurora School Counselor. Parents could come from our school and other schools, 1.5 hour class to help parents with intense children and having clarity with the rules and consequences. Parents would have to purchase the book, but the class would be free otherwise. $500 will cover five 1 hour classes.Possibly one in the fall and one in the springDeb will bring a more concrete request at the October meeting
Announcements
Voice-still needs people to help out. They are trying to find out what people would like to see happen next with the committee.
All Star Award-Award that is going to be given out every month to a PTO member that stands out with their hard work! Award for September goes to…Leslie Wegner!!! Thanks for all your hard work with the school supplies!
Attendees shared their name, kids grade(s), and how long they’ve been in PTO
Presidents report - Paul Bourdeaux
Increase attendance-everyone should try to bring a friend to a meeting
Increase activity-volunteering to help
Treasure’s report - Chris Ault
$955 in income since August 1st
Part of that was Target Red Card (credit card) income
Current PTO account balance is $1256
Committee Reports
School supplies - Leslie Wegner. Actual cost per kit was $35.44. Actual costs were VERY close to estimated costs
T-Shirts - Jessica Kliem. Talked about the shirts and that there are a few still available.Youth short-sleeved medium was the most popular shirt. Will be looking into ordering new shirts this year
Fundraiser - Jessica Kliem. Club Choice pickup is going to be the 13 or 14 of October. Still waiting to hear on the exact date/timeWill schedule volunteers for club’s choice food distribution at next months meeting
Book Fair - Jen Guler. Talk about workshop available and will email the date to Paul. If anyone wants to attend, our school will get $25 in Scholastic dollars
Principal's Report - Carol Zent
New staff announcements
Boundaries have not been decided for the new school, but the school is supposed to open by fall 2012
Aurora is still looking for a playground supervisor
No school on September 26
School is looking for a literacy aid & homework aid via AmeriCorps
Old business
Vacant committee chairs were mostly filled
- Event Committee - Danelle Johnson We could use one more person to help out with the Events Committee!
- Display Case - Kriste Briest
- Staff Appreciation - Chris Ault, Shannon Jantzi, Joan Windus
- Book Fair - Shannon Jantzi
- Box Tops and Labels - Jennifer Kraft
- Daytime Helpers - Jennifer Kraft
- Fundraiser - Laura Hjelseth
- School Supplies - Leslie Wegner (Need one more person to help out. Discussed school supplies and continuing it after the school splits.)
- 5th grade Graduation - Carnalee Lykken
- Talent show - Jen Guler, Jessica Kliem, Nicole Achter
- Year book committee - Valerie Fiske will be chairing the Yearbook committee along with Janet France
Discussed new organization to getting photos and putting the book together. Paul Bourdeaux asked for a motion to purchase a flash drive for each teacher -- Danelle Johnson motioned, Jessica Kliem seconded. Motion was voted on and passed.
Flu shot clinic - October 26th from 3-6 pm. We’ll discuss volunteers at our next meeting
New Business
Suggestions for ways to encourage kids to get their parents to come to PTO
-extra recess-treats-pencils or equivalent
Members should come with ideas to the October meeting
Rachel's Challenge - kindness and compassion. Eastwood PTA funded it for $4000. Multiple school participation gets a discount-we can discuss this at next months meeting
Nurtured Heart training offered by Deb Boyer, Aurora School Counselor. Parents could come from our school and other schools, 1.5 hour class to help parents with intense children and having clarity with the rules and consequences. Parents would have to purchase the book, but the class would be free otherwise. $500 will cover five 1 hour classes.Possibly one in the fall and one in the springDeb will bring a more concrete request at the October meeting
Announcements
Voice-still needs people to help out. They are trying to find out what people would like to see happen next with the committee.
All Star Award-Award that is going to be given out every month to a PTO member that stands out with their hard work! Award for September goes to…Leslie Wegner!!! Thanks for all your hard work with the school supplies!
