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Saturday, March 12, 2011

MARCH 2011 PTO MEETING MINUTES

Winans PTO Meeting Minutes

March 10, 2011, 6:30 pm/ Winans Library

Attendance:
Tammy Lewis, Jamie Melin, Zanya Betley, Carol Anne Romans, Christina Howell, Jim Huntzicker

1. Read Week & Green Eggs & Ham Dinner Feedback: approx 90 people attended; 14 dz eggs and 4-5lb hams and 6-7 gallons of drink were perfect amounts; positive feedback.
[This discussion led to about 20 minutes of discussion about the school board meeting…]

2. Braided Bread Fundraiser
Dates (revised): start Friday 3/25 (day before Spring Break begins), end Thursday 4/7, delivery Thursday 4/21 (before Easter weekend)
We need a couple of people to help assemble sales materials this week as soon as we get the rock wall postvards from Insty-Prints
Jane, Zanya Betley, and Melissa Evje will help with sorting on delivery day (Th 4/21) from about 1 or 2pm-5pm; other parents are welcome to help that day.
BE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD’S ORDER PROMPTLY & GET IT IN A FREEZER!

3. Yearbook
Zanya Betley is our Yearbook coordinator
Spring class photos will be taken March 14th
Proposed yearbook production schedule is as follows:
3/14: start layouts for collage pages
4/15: deliver all layed out pages to PFL, begin pre-selling
4/29: end pre-selling (at Carnival)
5/2: place order
5/20: expected delivery
TEACHERS! Please have (18-30) of your favorite candid shots for collage pages collected and in a folder labeled with your name and uploaded to the server by March 14th!

4. Teacher Appreciation
Coming up May 2-6, 2011
Theresa Grimsley signed up as Committee Chair in Sept—is this still happening? Who is in charge and what are the plans? Theresa, if you are unable to serve as chair, let us know and we NEED to have some other volunteers step up to plan the week’s activities.
Please contact the PTO is you are willing to help out with the luncheon on 5/6 or if you have other ideas for daily activities, etc.

5. Carnival
Scheduled for April 29, 2011 (Friday) from 6-8:00 pm-ish at the Fairgrounds
WE NEED A VOLUNTEER to coordinate volunteers (work as Carol’s right-hand person)
We need a new carnival chair for next year—Carol is willing to help train & organize next year. Please contact the PTO if you are willing to volunteer & learn how it’s done!!!

6. Treasury Report (see attached document)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Peter Pan!

Congratulations to the cast of Peter Pan!

Please come support our students and our PTO by attending a show this weekend!

PTO Meeting Minutes for February

Winans PTO Meeting Minutes

February 3, 2011

Attendance:
Lora Brown
Jane Welch
Tammy Lewis
Zanya Betley
Carol Romans
Andrea Danielson
Betsey Garten
Jamie Melin
Pat Thums
Jim Huntzicker

1. Read Week- Committee Betsey Garten & Christina Howell
· Scheduled for March 7-11
· Monday -- March 7 wild sock day
· Tuesday -- March 8 crazy hair day
· GREEN EGGS AND HAM DINNER 5:30
· Wednesday – March 9 special tie day
· Thursday – March 10 Pajama day
· Friday – crazy hat day
· The Business of reading with community members in each class at 8:30 am will also take place as was planned this week of March 7 thru 11.
· Christina will put announcement in Enterprise Brief

Green Eggs & Ham Dinner (Dr. Seuss Birthday party)
· Scheduled for March 8, 2011—5:30 dinner, readings 6:00-6:15 and 6:20-6:35pm
· Assignments for the dinner
o Jamie: 4 Hams c/o Albertson’s, plates, napkins, utensils, poster, set up
o Tammy: Juice & cups c/o McDonald’s
o Carole Sullivan: Scrambled Eggs (14 dozen)
o Jim: list of who is reading which books

2. Braided Bread Fundraiser
-Dates (revised): start Friday 3/25 (day before Spring Break begins), end Thursday 4/7, delivery Thursday 4/21 (before Easter weekend)
-Create small postcard-sized flyer of rock wall to show what we are fundraising for; include request for cash donation if people don’t want to buy bread—Jane check with Insty Prints, Jamie with PFL for printing of postcards (4 up on 8.5 x11” paper x 50 copies, cut down)
-We need volunteers to help with sorting on delivery day (Th 4/21) from about 1 or 2pm-5pm; so far Zanya Betley, Lora Brown, and Jane Welch have volunteered to help—need a couple more parents
-BE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD’S ORDER PROMPTLY & GET IT IN A FREEZER!

3. Peter Pan
-Shows this coming weekend at the Dulcie Theatre (old Eastside School) on Friday 2/11 @ 7pm and Saturday 2/12 @ 2 & 4pm
-We’re still gladly accepting baked goods donations (the less messy, easy-to serve the better) for concessions—drop off at school anytime next week.
-We will also sell bottled water at concessions—Jane will buy it; no candy bars this year.
Contact Jane Welch if you are willing to work concessions at the play

4. Yearbook
-Zanya Betley is our Yearbook coordinator
-Spring class photos will be taken March 14th
-Yearbook production schedule is as follows:
3/14: start layouts for collage pages
4/15: deliver all layed out pages to PFL, begin pre-selling
4/29: end pre-selling (at Carnival)
5/2: place order
5/20: expected delivery
TEACHERS! Please have (18-30) of your favorite candid shots for collage pages collected and in a folder labeled with your name on your computer by March 14th. Jim will collect them on a flash drive and give them to us to layout on March 14th

5. Carnival
Scheduled for April 29, 2011 (Friday) from 6-8:00 pm-ish at the Fairgrounds
Committee chair is Carol Romans—Carol is working to make the costs match last year as closely as possible.
We plan to use the room-parent volunteer model again this year
We may invite members of the community/businesses to sponsor booths as well
We need a new carnival chair for next year—Carol is willing to help train & organize next year. Please contact the PTO if you are willing to volunteer & learn how it’s done.

5. T-shirt Sales
Start promoting T-shirt Fridays
Shirts can still be ordered in quantities of 10, so keep ordering

6. Treasury Report (see attached document)

Other Business/ Assignments:

Jim requested an additional $1370.17 to pay for field trips
Zanya motioned PTO write a check for $1370.17 to Winans School for field trips
Jamie seconded
Carol cut the check.

Monday, January 10, 2011

TONS of updates today! Scroll WAY down to see all the latest...

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January Newsletter

Here is the January Newsletter from Mr. Huntzicker:

WINANS SCHOOL NEWS

January 3, 2011

Jim Huntzicker --222-0192

Mon. Jan. 3- No School –Trade day for curriculum work
Wed. Jan.5- 8:30 Geography Bee Preliminary Round in Ms. Gillespies’ room
Thurs. Jan. 6- 6:30 pm PTO Jan. Meeting in the Library --Please join us in planning for the new year
Fri. Jan 7- 8:30 Geography Bee Preliminary Round in Ms. Welch’s room
1:20 Geography Bee Preliminary Round in Mrs. Raw’s room
2:00 Meet with Bill Franks plan for NAEP 4th grade tests
Tues. Jan. 11 AIMS WEB testing team. Delisa, Bobbie Jo and Ellie Raffety
8:30 Geo Bee Preliminary Round in Mrs. Schwarz’s room
Wed. Jan 12 AIMS WEB testing team
Thurs. Jan 13 AIMS WEB testing team
1:00 GEOGRAPHY BEE FINALS for grades 4&5 in the Library
Fri. Jan 14 8:30 Geo Bee finalist takes the written test
Mon. Jan 17 Martin Luther King Day No School
Wed. Jan 19 Eagle Mount Skiing first day
Thurs. Jan 20 End of 2nd Quarter
Fri. Jan 21 Professional Development Day No School for Students

SKI DATES
5th Grades
Thursday, Jan. 27th
Thursday, Feb. 17th
4th Grades
Thursday, Feb. 3rd
Tuesday, March 1st

The Mission of Winans School
We will empower all students by providing opportunities to succeed and access to challenges
that develop active minds.

PTO MEETING MINUTES for JANUARY

Winans PTO Meeting Minutes

January 6, 2011

Attendance:
Christina Howell
Betsey Garten
Tammy Lewis
Jamie Melin
Carol Romans
Jim Huntzicker

1. Read Week- Committee Betsey Garten & Christina Howell
· Scheduled for March 7-11
· Committee plans to recruit readers from the community with flyers and an announcement in the Briefs section of the newspaper
· Will work with Jim and teachers to figure out theme days for the week and send info home with students (and on the blog)

2. Green Eggs & Ham Dinner (Dr. Seuss Birthday party)
· Scheduled for March 2, 2011—5:30 dinner, readings 6:00-6:15 and 6;20-6:35pm
· Jim will contact teachers for reading volunteers
· Betsey would like to read
· Jamie will contact Albertson’s re: Ham donation
· Tammy will contact Carole at Mustang re: eggs and McDonald’s re: orange drink
· Jamie will take care of decorations and 150 plates/napkins (check into balloons and mini-cupcakes)

3. Teacher Appreciation
· Scheduled for May 2-6 culminating in Friday lunch
· Details need to be worked out in committee next month—Teresa Grimsley

4. Carnival
· Scheduled for April 29, 2011 (Friday) from 6-8:00 pm-ish at the Fairgrounds
· Committee chair is Carol Romans
· We plan to use the room-parent volunteer model again this year
· We may invite members of the community/businesses to sponsor a booth as well
· We want to avoid paying rent on an extra building this year, so we will relocate or nix the petting zoo—keep horse rides?

5. T-shirt Sales
· Shirts are in and sales have been good; we’ve made $80 so far
· There are already 3 more shirts on order—we need a minimum of 10 for a new order, so if you’ve been thinking about it, order some (they look GREAT!).
· Thanks to all involved in creating the shirts!

6. Braided Bread Fundraiser
· Scheduled for April 4-14, 2011, with deliver on April 21st for Easter weekend
· Benfitting rock wall for playground
· Committee chair Zanya Betley
· Detals will be worked out next meeting when Zanya is present

7. Innisbrook
· Final profit total is $3961.94

8. Treasury Report is postponed to February

Other Business:

· Yearbook committee needs to get a plan together for the next meeting. Teachers please start collecting your favorite candid digital pictures to submit!

· Mr. Huntzicker is proud to announce that Winans is participating in the Success Maker program. It’s an interactive computer-based academic program that focuses on reading and math skills; helps teachers to fully customize each child’s learning experience by tracking what their strenghths and weaknesses are in computerized games, quizzes, exercises, tests, etc. The program was a big investment for the district and we hope it enhances your child’s /children’s education.

OTHER NOTES: We are still interested in getting grants or donations toward the climbing wall (we have raised about 1/3 of the cost through fundraising). If anyone is aware of grants, awards, donations, etc., or if you have experience with writing grants or have other fundraising ideas, please contact the PTO President. Tammy Lewis.