April PTA Meeting Minutes

Called to Order at 7:12 by Sarah Eftefield, PTA President.

Declaration of Quorum Present. We do have a quorum.

Voting. We voted in the new members of the 2012-2013 PTA Executive Board by voice.

-President: Sarah Eftefield

-Vice President: Denise Wayda

-Treasurer: Renee Ingoldsby

-Secretary: Liz Spandiary

PBIS. – Mrs. Joyce Hyndman. 4th year at Dooley. Respectful, responsible, safe. Has been supported by district until now. District is cutting funding, so the PBIS committee would like support. PBIS all-school meeting this Wednesday, April 11, at 9:25 am. More discussion of PBIS needs and plans will occur at future meetings, so the PTA can work with PBIS. Possibly to budget $300 of PTA money to PBIS.

 Minutes Approval. The minutes from March’s meeting were approved with
no additions or corrections.

Treasurer’s Report. Anne Maurer not present.

Correspondence. Tracy Sunvold. Card from Miss Wessling, thanking the PTA for the grant money.

Asst. Principal’s Remarks.

- Dr. Flaman was not present at the last PTA meeting as she was at a Japanese earthquake remembrance event, where they recognized the relief efforts of the US, especially the schools.

-  PBIS all-school meeting Wednesday at 9:25.

-  Mary Jo is thankful to PTA for the lunch games, purchased with excess funds.

-  MAP testing final week of April and first two weeks of May.

-  Celebrate Reading & Writing. Wondering if we have a chair for that. Sarah will check on it.

-  April 26 – Bring your parent to school day.

President’s Report.

- PTA Recognition Dinner, May 9 at 5:30 pm.

 Committee Reports.

-  Liz Spandiary: Daddy/Daughter dance planning going well.

-  Hiromi Satoh – final gift card order just went out today.

-  New Market Day chair wanted.

-  Reading Road Trip, Nancy Wells, pizza party on Thursday.

New Business.

-  End of year celebration day: May 18, a work in progress.

-  Field Day shirts – Mr. Mennella is working on getting the order forms done. Field Day is Monday, June 4.

Announcement. Next meeting is Monday, May 7 at 7:00 pm.

Adjournment. 8:20 pm.

Tick Information

It’s predicted to be a bumper crop year for ticks due to the warm winter.  School nurses are already seeing kids with ticks. 

See the following to learn more about ticks and how to protect yourself and your kids.

http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htm

March PTA Minutes

Called to Order at 7:13 by Julie LaFrenere, PTA Vice President.

Declaration of Quorum Present. We do have a quorum.

Minutes Approval. The minutes from February’s meeting were approved with no additions or corrections.

Treasurer’s Report. Anne Maurer. Ending balance as of Feb. 29 was $27,896.33.

Correspondence. Tracy Sunvold. A thank you card for the science assembly from room 109.

Asst. Principal’s Remarks.

-  Final day of ISAT testing is tomorrow.

Vice President’s Report.

-  Membership for next year. Hiromi Satoh and Julie LaFrenere would like to chair it next year. Possibly include a master PTA calendar that people would get as they purchase a membership.

-  STC Auction this Friday, March 16.

-  Mother/Son went very well. Thank you, Anne Maurer, for putting it together!

Committee Reports.

-  Daddy Daughter Dance: will be April 13. Volunteers needed. Contact Liz Spandiary lspandiary@hotmail.com.

-  Excess Funds: Renee Ingoldsby. Peaceful Playground – Committee will apply for a grant to possibly cover 80-90%. Discussed the breakdown of excess funds. Indoor Games: $550, Music: $750, Phy Ed: $400, Library: $400, Art: $400.

-  Newsletters may be done bi-weekly next year. If you know of anybody of if you, yourself, would like to help out next year, contact Julie at julielaf@mac.om.

-  Cultural Arts: Renee Ingoldsby. Possible science assembly next week for 3/4 grades. She will discuss with Dr. Flaman.

-  Elementary STC Scholarships due March 23.

 Unfinished Business.

-  Hiromi Satoh from the Nomination Committee. Nominees for the 2012-2013 PTA exec. board are: Sarah Eftefield – President, Denise Wayda – VP, Liz Spandiary – Secretary, Renee Ingoldsby – Treasurer.

 New Business.

-  End of Year Celebration Friday, May 18. Also BOGO book fair that evening. We will need volunteers.

-  Field Day: Mr. Mennella. T-Shirt orders. He knows someone who can get t-shirts at a cost of $4.20. Also, would be nice to do a multi-age color, not a per-grade color.

-  Assignment notebooks will be planned for next year.

-  Thursday, April 26 is the 5/6 Art Fair.

 Announcement. Next meeting is Monday, April 9 at 7:00 pm.

 Adjournment. 8:25 pm.

February PTA Minutes

 Called to Order at 7:12 pm by Sarah Eftefield, PTA President.

 Declaration of Quorum Present. We have not have a quorum.

Minutes Approval. The minutes from January’s meeting were approved with no additions or corrections. 

Treasurer’s Report. Anne Maurer is not present. 

Correspondence. None. 

Principal’s Remarks.

-  Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day party 1:15-2:30.

-  Japan Culture night coming up on Friday, February 24 from 7-9 pm.

 President’s Report.

-  Flexibility waiver meeting for No Child Left Behind 7:00 at Addams on Wednesday.

-  Tomorrow is the blood drive at Schaumburg School District Office.

-  STC Auction is March 16. Volunteers needed to help. If you would like to attend, you can register online at the District PTA Web Site. Questions: contact Sarah Eftefield by Wednesday, February 15.

-  Mother/Son Event March 11.

-  Daddy/Daughter Dance planned for Friday, April 13. Liz Spandiary is heading the committee.

-  Excess funds results: Top three are for 1. Extra funding for specials. 2. Peaceful playground. 3. Indoor lunch games. Next committee meeting is the 23rd.

Committee Reports.

-  Yearbook sales are going very well, nearing 300 books sold.

-  Market Day was today. Made about $70.

-  Gift card sales made about $70 as well.

-  Donuts with Dads… any volunteers to chair?

-  STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Program update by Renee Ingoldsby. There will be interactive assemblies (4 different ones for the different ages of the students) at school with the students on March 2. Possible science night if we like what he does.

 Unfinished Business.

- None.

 New Business.

-  Nominations for next year’s board. Hiromi will lead the nominating committee. Sarah would be willing to accept a nomination to be president for a 2nd term. Denise Wayda nominated herself for Secretary.

-  May 18 – End of Year Celebration and Book Fair. Possibly the 5/6 Art Show as well.

 Announcement. Next meeting is Monday, March 12 at 7:00 pm.

 Adjournment. 8:13 pm.

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January PTA Meeting Minutes

General Meeting Minutes – Dooley PTA – January 9, 2012

Called to Order at 7:03 pm by Sarah Eftefield, PTA President.

Declaration of Quorum Present. We have a quorum.

Minutes Approval. The minutes from December’s meeting were approved with no additions or corrections.

Treasurer’s Report. Anne Maurer. Scrip cards made just under $300. Previous was $200. Holiday Shoppe made about $600. Market Day is very successful. Ending balance as of $24,393.10.

Correspondence. None.

Principal’s Remarks.
-Getting ready for conferences on Thursday and Friday, as well as the book fair.

President’s Report.
-Future PTA meetings will be held in the evening, because of low morning attendance.
-More volunteers needed for book fair.
-Working on STC auction baskets for high school scholarships. Executive committee will take care of creating the themed baskets, since nobody signed up to chair the committee. Letters will go out to the grades to collect donations towards the
purchase of items for the baskets. It’s still a work in progress. Email Sarah Eftefield with any questions.
-Need a nominating committee. Email Sarah if you are interested in chairing or helping out.

Committee Reports.
-Hiromi Satoh will send out another SCRIP gift card order form soon.
-Mother/Son event – tentatively scheduled for late February.

Unfinished Business.
-Excess Funds. Julie LaFrenere contacted the STC to find the best way to handle it. According to STC, items bought for the school become Dist 54 property and could be moved to another school per Dist orders if needed somewhere else,
so encourage $ be used for activities vs stuff. We need a committee to work nailing down ideas. Need 2-3 members, principal or asst principal and a couple teachers. Denise Wayda & Tracy Sorge volunteered.
-Tracy Sorge asked about getting a line-item added to the budget mid-year in lieu of spending the total excess funds. For example, field day lunch, bereavement fund.

New Business.
-Renee Ingoldsby is planning for a science assembly. More information to come.
-STEM program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Interactive lab with 75+ displays. Over $2000 and goes for 4 hours. This may be a possibility for next year instead of the Fun Fair.

Announcement. Next meeting is Monday, February 13 at 7:00 pm.

Adjournment. 7:45.

Future PTA Meetings

Please note:

Due to low attendance with work schedules, all future PTA meetings will be held in the evening at 7:00 PM.

December PTA Meeting Minutes

Called to Order at 8:47 AM by Sarah Eftefield, PTA President.

Declaration of Quorum Present. We do not have a quorum, only 9 members present.

Treasurer’s Report.
Anne Maurer. Ending balance as of today is $23,939.23. Fun Fair made about $900, which is $400 more than we budgeted for. Over $675 profit on holiday shop.

Secretary’s Report.
Minutes approved without any additions or corrections.

Correspondence. None.

Principal’s Remarks and Discussions.

-  Last Thursday, musical and art show went smoothly.

-  Finishing up MAP testing today and most students are making gains. Company had to rescore K and 1 MAP scores from last fall, as the norm scores were not calculated correctly. K and 1 parents will receive a letter from the company regarding this.

-  Winter parties start at 1:15 on Friday.

-  Girls on the Run has started up.

-  GEMS program has not started up here at Dooley. Denise Wayda questions if Dooley could possibly start up. Dr. Flaman says it would be tricky because there’s not a teacher to sponsor it and there are many activities at lunch time now.

-  Renee Ingoldsby – What to do with excess funds? Maybe mini grants for teachers for classroom materials. Dr. Flaman thought it would be good to divide it between teams of teachers and clubs. Request for ideas on how to use the funds will be put in the newsletter in January, 2012, with specific guidelines. Members, the board and Dr. Flaman will finalize the guidelines before the letter goes out. A tallying rubric for approving the requests will have to be created as well.

President’s Report.

- Fuddruckers, B&N and gift-wrappers. All went great

- 3/4 concert and art fair were successful, as well as the bake sale. Around $240 made at bake sale.

- Holiday shop was a really fun time. Thank you to Linda Weiszmann and Kelly Miller. Linda liked the company they worked with for the supplies.

Committee Reports.

-  Renee Ingoldsby is researching for another assembly. Possibly one with actors portraying people from history or a music one with Elgin Symphony.

-  Mother/Son. Anne Maurer. On a Sunday at the end of January or beginning of February. Looking at several places for bowling again. Looking for a dad to take pictures at the event. If you know of anyone, contact Anne.

Unfinished Business.
No unfinished business.

New Business.

- Auction. Sarah Eftefield. Dooley is responsible for 5 baskets to be donated for the high school scholarships program. Needs help filling out forms on-line to get donations from businesses. STC will give us a list of businesses to ask for donations. This can be done at home. If you’re interested, contact Sarah Eftefield.

Announcement. Next PTA meeting will be Monday, January 9 at 7:00 pm.

Adjournment. Adjourned at 9:55 AM.

November 14 PTA Meeting Minutes

Declaration of Quorum Present. We have a quorum.

Minutes Approval. The minutes from October’s meeting were approved with no additions or corrections.

Treasurer’s Report. Anne Maurer. Ending balance as of $23,032.85.

Correspondence. Thank you letters from students and teachers for the Fun Fair and the Shark Assembly. Also from the librarians for the books they could pick out from the sales at the book fair.

Principal’s Remarks.
-90/90 goal recognition was today.
-November 28 is the first day of the winter MAP testing window.
-Teachers have been helping students with goals.
-Report cards come home next Tuesday.

President’s Report.
-Rhonda Conrad & Kristin Thomas think the night of Dec. 8 would be a good time for the PTA to have a fund-raiser coffee area or snack area in the Teachers’ Lounge if we want to. This would be while the 3/4 concert is going on.
-Fun Fair – Thank you to all the volunteers for helping out! The PTA made about $1000 profit. Suggestion: we may need a new pizza vendor for next year. This year’s vendor left their oven and freezer in the school for a couple days before picking it up.

Committee Reports.
-Holiday Gift Shop. Dec. 14 is preview day and the 15th is sales day. PTA will need volunteers to work that.
-Barnes & Noble fund raiser event. Saturday, Dec. 4. Nancy Wells. We have a couple groups performing at various times between 12:00 and 2:30. Gift-wrapping will be done from 12:30 to 3:30. Does PTA or another group want to take charge of that and earn the profits? Meghan Parker said that the Drama Club would like to take it. B&N will collect gift ideas from teachers to have on display at the event.
-Mother/Son even tentatively planned for February.
-We still need a volunteer to head the Muffins with Mom committee. Email Sarah Eftefield saraheftefield@comcast.net.
-Market Day earned $350.
-Gift card fundraiser made $200.
-Book Fair earned around $900.
-Soup Days, Carol Peterson. She will schedule in soup days and volunteers will be needed. The price will still be 50 cents per bowl. Watch the PTA newsletter for details.
-Treat Day – Discussion on whether or not to sell treat cards next year. No decision was made. However, it is planned to stop selling new treat cards after Thanksgiving.

Unfinished Business.
-Hiromi Satoh would like the PTA to help with starter money for Girls on the Run. Starter money is $500. PTA is not sure if we can donate $ for a select group of students and not have something for other students. Maybe Hiromi could put a group together to volunteer during concert on Dec. 8.
-Budget Approval. Motion made by: Meghan Parker. Motion carried, budget approved.
-Bylaws Approval. Motion made by: Meghan Parker. Motion carried, bylaws approved.

New Business.
-Food served in gym for PTA and other events has to pass standards – peanut-free. One parent suggested last year to have a less-sugary food served. Since each event is only once a year, the PTA plans to keep it the same.

Announcement. Next PTA meeting will be Monday, December 12 at 8:45 am.

Adjournment. 7:55.

Soup Day and Holiday Shoppe Volunteers Needed

 Please help make Soup Day happen by volunteering to help serve during lunch. I’m looking for 4 to 5 people to help. Dates in “Upcoming Events” at right. If you can help please contact Carol P. Contact information in Dragon Tales newsletter.

 We really need your help with the Penguin Patch Holiday Shoppe. We need volunteers to assist the students as they holiday shop for family and friends. The excitement of the students will warm your heart.
Please contact Linda W or complete the form in the Dragon Tales Newsletter and return the form to school. She will call you to discuss details and confirm your scheduled time.