Art City Elementary PTA Meeting
Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 10:00 amAttending: Sarah Ferrin, Katherine OʼDonnell, Arryn Patten, Kellie Chatfield, Lori Nielsen, Jeni Neel, Amber Park, Erica Madon, Annette Sorensen, Susanna Brunson, Kristine Walton
The minutes of the June board meeting were reviewed and accepted.
Emergency Kits: Susanna Brunson
•note home 9/7; kits due 9/21
•school can purchase water
•blankets and flashlights are in each classroom
•possibility of purchasing LED lanterns for each class?
Reflections: Annette Sorenson
•Entries due Wed., October 3; forms in office
•Decision was made not to do after-school workshop
•help needed Oct. 3 at 8:30 am to process entries (Sarah, maybe Arryn)
Health and Safety: Erica Madon
•Erica will go to Summit on Sept. 13, hoping for ideas
•Green Ribbon Week Sept. 24-28
•Discussion of ideas for Green Ribbon Week: walk to school day; pajama day; Green day
•Flyers for “Walk More in Four 2012” went home Friday
Walk-a-Thon: Amber Park
•Sept. 28 kick-off assembly; envelopes home with students
•Oct. 5 Walk-a-thon; grades 1-3 in morning, grades 4-6 in afternoon
•Donations will be due Tuesday, Oct. 16
•Awards assembly Oct. 19
•Ideas for improving event include meeting with teachers prior to walk-a-thon
•Discussion on rewards. Kids loved limo ride the most. Maybe one grand prize instead of two. Grand prize-bounce house rental? Prize for winning class? Sumo wrestling last year was a hit. What activities are teachers comfortable participating in? (Kissing/chasing a pig; pie-eating contest)
•Discussion on how to spend money from fundraiser. Ipads for teachers? School set of ipads? A new bike rack? LED lanterns? Electronic message board? No decisions were made, but lots of good ideas discussed.
Carnival: Jeni Neel
•Discussion about possible dates for carnival in May. Decided to try for May 10th; use May 17th as a backup
•Art City gets 10% of proceeds + dunk tank for field day
•Trying to keep cost and options same as last year Art City Elementary
•Arryn suggested selling pizza by the slice; Dominos didnʼt want to last year;
maybe find a new vendor?
RadKIDS
•Looking for parent to train and help with radKIDS; hoping for a commitment of several years (good luck!)
•Sarah suggested sending an email soliciting parental help and then seeing if anyone is willing to be trained
Membership: Kellie Chatfield
•Membership numbers are on track; enrollment at Art City is slightly down
•Discussion about restructuring Back to School night. Lori suggested adding “Back to School Night” activities (general meeting and parent visits to classroom) to the Open House the day before school starts. Many more parents are at the open house than the scheduled Back to School Night.
•Discussion on encouraging parents to attend the general meeting--sandwich it between other activities? Offer incentives for attending?
Publicity: Kristine Walton
•Blog and Facebook will be used to promote our theme, “Catch the Spirit”
•Ideas for publicity: highlight teachers each month? Book recommendations? Everyone agreed with both suggestions.
•Lori reminded us that if we post pictures of students, only use first name
Presidentʼs Items: Sarah Ferrin
•Council PTA Meeting at Art City on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 9:30 am
•We need a reverence (Katherine was nominated in her absence)
•Sarahʼs ward Webelos pack will do flag ceremony
•Service presentation on Transitional Kindergarten team. Lori will gather information for the presentation. Ronda will contact husbands and family of recipients. Lori suggested having TK students sing a song at the meeting.
•Refreshments for about 30--juice and muffins and fruit. Kellie will help
Sarah with this. •We still need a treasurer.
•T-shirt orders are going in this week. Kellie will check with teachers and get back to Sarah.
•Spirit Day awards for Spirit Fridays (for wearing school shirts or school colors). The class with the most spirit wins an award the following Monday. No decision on what to use for the award. Kellie suggested inviting students to submit a paragraph on “How I Catch the Spirit of Art City.” Could be combined with a school writing assignment.
Meeting adjourned at 11:20 am.
Next meeting will be Tuesday, October 2, at 10:00 am.
RadKIDS
•Looking for parent to train and help with radKIDS; hoping for a commitment of several years (good luck!)
•Sarah suggested sending an email soliciting parental help and then seeing if anyone is willing to be trained
Membership: Kellie Chatfield
•Membership numbers are on track; enrollment at Art City is slightly down
•Discussion about restructuring Back to School night. Lori suggested adding “Back to School Night” activities (general meeting and parent visits to classroom) to the Open House the day before school starts. Many more parents are at the open house than the scheduled Back to School Night.
•Discussion on encouraging parents to attend the general meeting--sandwich it between other activities? Offer incentives for attending?
Publicity: Kristine Walton
•Blog and Facebook will be used to promote our theme, “Catch the Spirit”
•Ideas for publicity: highlight teachers each month? Book recommendations? Everyone agreed with both suggestions.
•Lori reminded us that if we post pictures of students, only use first name
Presidentʼs Items: Sarah Ferrin
•Council PTA Meeting at Art City on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 9:30 am
•We need a reverence (Katherine was nominated in her absence)
•Sarahʼs ward Webelos pack will do flag ceremony
•Service presentation on Transitional Kindergarten team. Lori will gather information for the presentation. Ronda will contact husbands and family of recipients. Lori suggested having TK students sing a song at the meeting.
•Refreshments for about 30--juice and muffins and fruit. Kellie will help
Sarah with this. •We still need a treasurer.
•T-shirt orders are going in this week. Kellie will check with teachers and get back to Sarah.
•Spirit Day awards for Spirit Fridays (for wearing school shirts or school colors). The class with the most spirit wins an award the following Monday. No decision on what to use for the award. Kellie suggested inviting students to submit a paragraph on “How I Catch the Spirit of Art City.” Could be combined with a school writing assignment.
Meeting adjourned at 11:20 am.
Next meeting will be Tuesday, October 2, at 10:00 am.
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