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Friday, March 26, 2010
Attending
Sheri Sands, Meghan Jones, Dawn McCloskey,
Kathy Sexton, Andrea Brown
Current Parent Group Checking Account Balance
$145.11.
(This does not include the extra money left over from the Teacher Appreciation
luncheon budget- see below)
Teacher Appreciation
Teacher Appreciation
Week was full of activities for the staff. The parents were very generous – parents
donated $2,075. The breakdown of expenses was:
| |
Income |
Expenses |
Refunded to
Parent Group |
| Sand boxes |
|
$ 207.54 |
|
| Kani House |
|
$ 166.06 |
|
| Gift certificates |
|
$ 650.00 |
|
Confinuing Eduction for
11 teachers x $89 each |
|
$ 979.00 |
|
| Sand |
|
$ 30.00 |
|
| |
$2,075.00 |
$2,032.60 |
$42.40 |
Parent Group Coordinators
Sheri Sands and Meghan Jones will
be stepping down as Parent Group Coordinators at the end of this school
year. Dawn McCloskey and Jacki Munhall have volunteered to be the co-coordinators
for next school year. Thanks for stepping up Dawn and Jacki!! We are
excited to see what you have to offer the Parent Group!
Current Year Successes
We’ve been successful in some
areas:
- Book fair
- Winter charity drive
- Teacher appreciation week- it was great having
the lower elementary kids make chocolate bars; the children love
being directly involved.
- Room moms – they have worked with
the teachers to get parents involved in the classrooms, specifically:
reading, sharing about different cultures, cooking, etc.
Things that can be improved upon:
- Fall event – because of inclement
weather, it was poorly attended. Next year, we need to have a rain
date and have advance ticket sales to ensure people attend.
- Teacher
appreciation week – In past years, children brought supplies/flowers
to teachers, i.e. one flower each for their teachers and they were
combined with their classmates’ flowers to make a complete
bouquet. This allowed all the children to be directly involved in
giving things to their teachers. Next year, try to include things
for kids to give to teachers directly.
- Early release social activities – there
were a couple of get-togethers (i.e.: families met at a park with
kids) on early release days, but nothing consistent throughout the
year.
- Room moms – in the past, some of the room moms coordinated
social events that were held outside the class room. This enabled
classmates and parents to get to know one another better. Suggestion:
have a picnic at a neighborhood park or someone’s house/yard
several times a year.
Playground Equipment
The Parent Group
purchased two sand/water tables for the playground. A family donated
some outdoor toys: hula hoops, jump ropes, Frisbees, and a Hydro
Catch (Velcro pad and tennis ball) and observed that there weren’t
any other toys in the shed. It was discussed that families might
have old yoga balls, footballs, etc. that can be donated to the school.
If you have any outside toys that the kids might enjoy, please contact
Becky.
2010-2011 School Year:
New Parent Group Co-Coordinators
Dawn McCloskey
and Jacki Munhall (dawn@ultraorganized.com and jackimunhall@me.com)
will take over as co-coordinators beginning in August.
Parent Group Meetings
In place of monthly
meetings (that have not been well attended the past two years); we
will concentrate on having three socials – probably
breakfasts in someone’s home – in August, January and
May.
Communicating with Parents
Kathy Sexton will
look into other options of communicating with parents, for example:
Yahoo or Facebook. This will enable parents to be involved with the
Parent Group from the comfort of their own homes.
Events
We will probably continue
having a limited amount of events:
- Book Fairs
- Fall event – maybe attempt Kinsley Farms again,
but have a rain date?
- Winter charity drive
- Teacher appreciation week
- Spring event
Next Parent Group Meeting
The meetings are held at the Starbucks, across
from The Avenues. The last meeting for this school year will be on
April 30, 2010.
Minutes taken by: Dawn McCloskey
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