Sacandaga PTA Meeting

June 14, 2005

Minutes of Meeting

Attendees

Cathie Sweeney                                         MaryPat Burke

Karen Normington                                        Michele Calderon

Claire Houlihan                                             Melissa Peterson

Michelle Budka                                             Anne Cardany

Clara Bisaillon                                             Linda Plemenik

Brenda Rice                                                Cathy Conroy

Jeanne Derwin-Butler                                 Beth Fritzeen

Kim Lavery                                                  Suzanne Tonsberg

Jen King

Call to Order

* The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m.

Approval of Minutes

* The minutes were approved as posted.

President's Report-Cattie Sweeney and MaryPat Burke

* Cathie read a thank you note from the state PTA association.

* Cathie also extended a thank you to Brenda Rice, Melinda Prickett, Lisa Dangerfield and Maureen Ciotoli for all of their time and effort during Teacher Appreciation week. Thank you notes from staff and faculty were passed around for all in attendance to read.

* Cathie suggested that the PTA purchase oscillating fans for all of the classrooms (@25) as a classroom gift for the fall. Cathy Conroy made a motion to purchase the fans and Anne Cardany made a second motion. A vote was taken and all were in favor of purchasing the fans.

* There is an Academic Enrichment Task Force that is trying to develop a K-12 Enrichment program. Representatives are needed from each school (2 parents and 2 teachers). The time frame for this commitment would be from September through December. More information is on the district website. Anyone interested in filling one of these positions should put a letter of intent in the PTA mailbox.

* Adam Laura and Mallory Liberty were the Kay Sturdy Scholarship winners.

Principal's Report-John Tobiassen No Report

Treasurer's Report-Christine Polsinelli

* There is currently $4135 in the checking account

* There is currently $7880 in the savings account

* The General Fund has a current balance of $12015

* This months expenditures were as follows: $128 for the bullying posters, $31 for the Spring Fling and $250 for the 5th grade luncheon t-shirts

* T-shirt sales for this month totaled $96

* The PTA will still carry over about $5000 for next year.

* The order for the Ellison machine is ready to be placed and that will use up some of the money.

Teacher's Report-Kim Lavery

* There is no longer a pre-1st grade program because of a lack of numbers. There will be a new program in its place for next year. The program will be a transitional 1st grade program (with a maximum of 12 students) that will prepare students for 2nd grade. This program will be held at Glen-Worden to start with.

* $1900 has been collected for the Bob Korthas Scholarship Fund form different events like the bake sale, dress down day and ticket town.

* The Adopt-a-Soldier program is over and we will be purchasing about $200 worth of phone cards to send over in the last package.

* The Teachers thanked the PTA for a wonderful luncheon, they agreed that it gets better every year.

Nominating Committee Report-Suzanne Tonsberg

The PTA positions for next year are as follows:

Co-Presidents: Cathie Sweeney and MaryPat Burke

Treasurer: Christine Polsinelli

Secretary: Michele Calderon

Co-Vice Presidents-Membership: Melissa Peterson and Janet Smith

Co-Vice Presidents-Programs: Cathy Conroy and Linda Plemenik

Vice President-Ways and Means: Karen Normington

Homeroom Parent Rep.: Lisa Dangerfield and Anne Cardany

Hospitality Rep.: Beth Fritzeen

PTA Council Rep.: Maureen Ciotoli and Michelle Budka

Box Tops: Lori Temple

Soup Labels: Clara Bisaillon

Cathy Conroy made a motion to accept the positions as listed and Linda Plemenik made a second motion. A vote was taken and all in attendance agreed to accept the positions as listed.

Standing Committee Reports

* Membership (Suzanne Tonsberg) Done for the year.

* Box Tops (Suzanne Tonsberg) The second check is in and it is ready to be used to purchase the Ellison Machine. The office will decide where the rest of the money will be spent. Soup labels has about 18,000 points that are ready to be sent in.

* Back to School BBQ (Michelle Budka) Giffy's BBQ has been booked for Friday September 23rd from 4:30-6:30. Take out will be available. The meal prices will be $6 for a pre-order and $7 at the door. Stewarts will give a firm answer about doing the sundaes later in the summer. Entertainment for this event is still up in the air, maybe a bouncy bounce or an inflatable slide. The details will have to be worked out on that.

* Council Representative (Maureeen Ciotoli) No Report

* Homeroom Parents (Brenda Rice) The year went very well. Teacher appreciation week also went very smoothly.

* Ways and Means (Lisa Dangerfield) No Report

* Programs (Cathy Conroy) The circus has been booked for the first full week in March. Bubblemania is a possibility for next year. There has been interest in the Fabulous Friday program for the winter. More crafty volunteers will be needed (i.e.: scrapbooking, models, science etc). The program will probably have 2 classes per afternoon or maybe 1 to start out with. Adults will be needed just to help run the program.

* Banking (Anne Cardany) Volunteers are needed for next year. One suggestion was to ask a local senior center for volunteers.

* Cub Scouts (Jen King) Done for the year. The Cub Mobile Derby is 10a.m. on Saturday.

* 5th Grade Luncheon (MaryPat Burke) Everything is moving along and the t-shirts are in.

Open Floor

* Brenda Rice suggested that we try to do nicer quality items for the Christmas Bazaar next year. She suggested maybe trying another company instead of Oriental Trading which may end up raising the cost of the items for the children to purchase. It was stated that the higher cost could make it difficult for some children to purchase items at the Bazaar.

* It was also suggested that we use digital pictures for the Dinner with Santa pictures instead of the Polaroid in order to give a better quality picture.

* There is a possibility to do a school yearbook if there is enough interest and someone is willing to chair the program.

* Some calendar dates for next year are as follows:

Ziti Dinner: January

Fabulous Fridays: first three Fridays in February

Family Fun Night: Last Friday in April ? Bubblemania and ice cream social?

September 13: next PTA meeting

Adjournment

* The meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Fritzeen

PTA Secretary

Attachments: for file copy only

Agenda

Treasurer's Report