October Meeting Minutes

Winans PTO Meeting Minutes
October 4, 2011 / 6:30pm / Winans Library

Attendance: Principal Jim Huntzicker, Lora Brown, Lessie Sites, Jessica Tyner, Muffy Norquist, Jamie Melin,

1. More communications sent to families
• Welcome letter explaining PTO, our blog and mailing address, meeting times, plans/purposes, etc. Jamie will fwd the one from last year and Lora &/or Jessi will edit & distribute

• We will collect email addresses from parents by attaching a form to the Welcome Letter; forms can be returned to the PTO inbox and Jamie can add them to the email list.

2. Fundraisers
• Send a more detailed letter out about Innisbrook and its purposes, especially for families new to Winans

3. Popcorn Early Release Days
[A huge chunk of our meeting time was spent trying to find ways to make Popcorn Fridays work—should we take a count? How should we distribute popcorn, etc. Our final decision was this:]

• Popcorn will be popped and served to everyone who wants it on Early Release Wednesdays right after lunch. We will send a flyer home announcing that EVERYONE gets popcorn on Early Release Wednesdays and parents can make a $2 donation to the PTO popcorn fund to cover their child (each child) for the year.

• Muffy Norquist is our popcorn coordinator.

4. Committees
We still need parent volunteers for the following committees this year

• Read Week- publicize read week activities (usually through newspaper and take-home flyers) to inspire community involvement; recruit volunteers from the community to come read to the students during the week (March 5-9, 2012); coordinate with Marcia and teachers to organize volunteers; Coincides with the Green Eggs and Ham Dinner/ Dr. Seuss Birthday Party being coordinated by The Melin Family.

• Carnival- in April or May, committee active from February through carnival, will work closely with Eastside PTO committee

• Teacher Appreciation- week of May 7-11, 2012. Think of ways to recognize and thank our teachers and staff throughout the week, traditionally culminating in a potluck luncheon on Friday the 11th.

• Muffy Norquist is our Popcorn coordinator
• Lessie Sites is our Box Tops for Education coordinator

5. Officers and Future Meetings
• Lora Brown has been elected PRESIDENT
• Jessica Tyner has been elected TREASURER
• Jamie Melin will serve as SECRETARY (again)

• Meetings will be held the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm in the Winans Library starting NOVEMBER 1st unless you get an email stating otherwise.

• We are in desperate need of more involvement with our PTO; please let us know if you can serve on a committee or what you are willing to do; get signed up for PTO emails and tell your friends to do it, too. Parental involvement, even to a smallest degree, improves your child’s experience at the school and keeps you informed.

6. November 10th Soup & Bread Dinner for Teachers during Parent-Teacher Conferences; Lora Brown is donating meat & vegetables for Jamie Melin to make and serve 2 soups; volunteers needed for rolls and desserts. Please email Jamie Melin if you want to donate sweets or bread or drinks for this event (drop off anytime on Nov. 10th)—jamiemelin@msn.com

• Treasurer report: Same status as last month; Jessica Tyner was elected Treasurer at this meeting and will present a report at our next meeting—November 1st at 5:30pm in the Library.