Hallsville PTO Leadership Team Minutes

October 4, 2006

 

 

     

 

Jennifer Blumer, Chair of the Leadership Team, called the meeting to order at 7pm. 

 

Present were:  Laura Kabrick, Penny Fadler, Suzanne Stillwell, Chris Sutter, Kami Wimer, Shawn Ricketts, Deana Rowland, Judy Roberts, Betsy O’Day, Anna Kleinsorge, Amy Bartlett, Jay Pearman and Pang Zu.

 

I.       Old Business

 

Committee Reports:

 

A.  Gravy for Grandparents:  Suzanne Stillwell reported for Joni Crossgrove, chair.  She said the event was a huge success, with 192 grandparents attending.  Suzanne had not seen all the numbers yet, but thought PTO’s cost would be about $1.25-$1.40 per person amounting to $240-267 for the event.  Since the event was so well received we should plan for next year.  Someone mentioned that several grandparents would have liked to see the classrooms.

 

B.  Open House:  Jennifer Blumer reported that she thought the Open House was well received.  She, as did others on the leadership team, heard positive comments about the presentation on Positive Learning Communities.

 

C.  By-Laws Committee:  Jennifer Blumer reported that this committee has not met since the last Leadership Team meeting.  Penny Fadler suggested the committee members go to the national PTO website (PTO.com) for ideas.

 

D.  Spirit Merchandise Committee:  Jennifer Blumer, Suzanne Stillwell and Deanna Rowland reported on the sales of the new spirit merchandise.  The merchandise has been well accepted.  About 100 orders have been placed thus far and PTO is making an average of $2.00-$4.00 per item sold.  Orders will be accepted until October 31st.

 

 

II.  New Business

 

  1. Movie Night:  Chris Sutter and Laura Kabrick, co-chairs, reported on the plans for October 16, 2006 Movie Night.  Two movies will be shown, “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” and Franklin’s Halloween”.  Chris passed around a flyer for approval.  Popcorn and water will be served.  The PTO meeting will begin at 6:30pm and the movies at 7pm.

 

  1. Carnival:  Amy Bartlett, chair reported on the progress of plans for the carnival, which the committee has named, “A-Mazing Fall Festival.  The carnival will be held at the elementary school on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 4-7.  Included are a straw maze outside of the entrance to the school, carnival booths, square dancing/hoedown and a chili supper.  The booths include a bouncy house, mini-golf, obstacle course, cake walk, and a basketball shoot to name a few.  Each booth would require 1 to 5 tickets, 10 tickets can be purchased for a $1.00.  Amy also talked about plans for a Raffle/ silent auction, vendor booths, advertisements of the event and a welcome card/ passport card to be entered in a drawing for a bike when all booths have been visited.  More volunteers are needed; gaps in help will be filled at PTO meeting on October 16th.

 

  1. Create an Ornament Night:  Penny Fadler, chair reported that this year the Mud Room and PTO will sponsor create an ornament night on Nov 7th, from 6:30-8:00pm.     The ornaments will have an open center in them to insert a picture.  They will be purchased sets of two, and sold as follows, 1 set (2 ornaments)-$8.00, 2 sets (4 ornaments)-$15.00, 3 sets (6 ornaments)- $20.00.    PTO will be charged $7.00 per person by the Mud Room.  She passed around a flyer for approval.

 

  1. Fundraiser Distribution:  Penny reported that she will need help distributing the Fundraiser materials.  Distribution will begin on Thursday, 19th.

 

  1. Request of Presentation of Missouri MOST Program:  Susan Daly of the Missouri Bank send an email communication to Jennifer Blumer regarding offer to do a program about Missouri MOST a 529 College Savings Plan at a PTO meeting.    The team recommended that she be offered a table at the carnival since it would be likely to a large number of parents in attendance.  The team expressed reservations about having this as a program for fear of low attendance.  Jennifer Blumer will notify her of the team’s decision. 

 

The next Leadership Team Meeting was scheduled for Thursday, November 2nd in the Elementary Commons.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Laura Kabrick,