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McKnight Elementary PFA
Meeting Minutes
October 7, 2009
(DRAFT FOR APPROVAL)
In
attendance
Heather
Schwartzbauer, Mary Mann, Marilyn Adams, Lynn Winger, Valerie Cook,
Heather Earle, Jenna Noker, Sandy Barancyk, Missy Glass, Julie
Tarle, Bridget Rouser, Sara Hammel, Dena Solman, Erin Toomey, Lisa
Mertz, Gwen Vogt, Lori Root, Jane Wright, Joanne Kisow, Mrs. JoAnn
Vandergrfit, Mr. Steve Parks.
The meeting was
called to order by PFA President Heather Schwartzbauer at 9:23 am in
the lower gym. Valerie Cook, secretary, was present.
Welcome –
Heather Schwartzbauer
Heather welcomed
everyone to the meeting.
Approval
of September Minutes – Heather Schwartzbauer
Minutes of the
September 2, 2009 meeting were distributed before today’s meeting
and were approved as written.
Treasurer’s
Report – Marilyn Adams
There was a
discussion regarding the removal of the classroom supplies line item
of $1,500 from the budget. A motion was made to remove this item
from the budget, and was unanimously passed.
Check request
forms must be signed by the committee chair before turning in to the
treasurer. If you have an invoice, you can sign off on the invoice
rather than filling out a check request form.
If you have
copies that are made up at Central, please hand in the pink slip
that comes back with your copies to the treasurer. Some invoices
are not very descriptive and it can be difficult to determine to
which account the charges belong.
Party request
forms envelopes will be available for the Winter and Valentine’s Day
parties.
Principal’s Report – Mr. Steve Parks
Thank you to the
PFA for a great start to the school year. The Ice Cream Social was
great and everyone had a lot of fun.
Construction
update: Workers will be on our property to complete part of their
work, but this will be done after school hours. Our hillside will
be altered, but we will not be able to see Lowe’s.
A survey will be
going home for fifth grade parents regarding an after school foreign
language program. The program will be district wide, and taught by
North Allegheny language teachers. This will be a 6-week pilot
program and will run in February.
The Homework
Club is a need-based group for those children who are having trouble
with organization skills, forgetting their homework, etc. The high
school honor society students and LaRoche student teachers help run
the club. Talk to your child’s teacher if you think your child
might benefit.
The Friendship
groups are run by Mrs. Biro during lunch time. Please get a
referral from your teacher.
Important dates
coming up:
Oct 12 – TAG
week
CogAT testing
for first grade
Oct. 30 –
Halloween parade/ parties – 1:30. If the weather is not
cooperative, the parade will be in the gym and cafeteria.
Nov. 2 and 3 -
Conferences
Faculty
Liaison Report – Mrs. JoAnn Vandergrift
Thank you for
your Camp Kon-O-Kwee support. Mr. Litz will be sending home a note
through next month’s Megaphone asking for coffee cans for the camp
cooking activity.
Meet the Teacher
nights went well; thank you for signing up for conferences.
Teachers will be contacting those who did not sign up that night.
Please contact your child’s teacher if you need to schedule a
conference.
The students
loved the pep assembly.
The teachers are
looking forward to the Halloween parties. Please do not have extra
parents come to the parties; only those that are assigned to the
party should be in attendance. Please do not bring younger
siblings.
The teachers
understand that the classroom supplies monies that have been given
in previous years were not a guarantee each year. The indoor recess
books and games drive may help with items for the classroom.
Standing
Committee Reports
Book Fair
– Julie Tarle
The theme is
“Passport to Reading”. This is not a fundraiser for the general PFA
fund – all of the proceeds go directly to the library. Browse week
is October 26-30; Buying week is November 2-6. We will be open
during parent/teacher conferences. Family Night is November 4.
Teachers get a sneak preview and will be entered for a gift card
drawing.
Volunteer forms
will be coming home shortly; we need lots of help, especially on
conference days. We also need help for setup on October 23, and for
tear down on November 6.
Fundraising – Jane Wright for Eileen Coran
Thank you to
everyone who helped process orders. We made around $13,000, but the
bill has not yet been paid, so this number is an estimate. The
winners of the Breakfast are 1C and KA. Fundraiser pick up is
October 29. Please make every effort to pick up your items that
day.
Square 1 artwork
will be sent home on October 29. Orders are due by November 13.
Pick up will be December 4 at the Holiday Shop.
Finance
Team – Mary Mann
There has been
some confusion in regard to what the finance team does. Because
this is a new committee we are learning as we go along as to what
works and what doesn’t. If you are collecting money, the committee
chairperson should contact the finance team to coordinate the
collection.
Also, based on
the confusion at the last meeting regarding reading the budget, we
created a more visual way of looking at the budget with a pie chart
of both income and expenses.
Giant
Eagle – Sara Hammel
The Apples for
Students program allows us to support our school by using our
Advantage Card every time we shop at Giant Eagle. Please register
your Advantage Card at gianteagle.com. Our school ID code is 0682.
This is an easy fundraiser in which to participate. Currently we
have 447 supporters.
Prepaid
Shopping Cards – Sara Hammel
Order forms for
the shopping cards will be in the November Megaphone. Again, this
is an easy fundraiser to participate in.
Holiday
Shop – Mary Mann
The Holiday Shop
will run on December 4 from 4:30-7:30 pm and December 5 from 9:00 am
– 1:00 pm. We will be having the Vendor Fair again this year, and
we are looking for additional vendors. A vendor sign up flyer will
be coming home shortly. Something new this year is Animaland, which
is like Build-a-Bear. More information will be going home closer to
the shop date.
Membership
– Mary Mann
The committee is
finishing up the corrections, and then the directory will be printed
and distributed.
Room
Parents – Heather Schwartzbauer for Carolyn Bergeron
Coordinator
packets will be in the Thursday envelope.
SPLC –
Jane Wright
The meeting is
tomorrow, October 8. We will be discussing safety, facilities and
development.
TAG –
Valerie Cook for Dena Solman
Sign ups for
classroom presentations went well. Thank you to all of the
volunteers. The first presentation week is October 12.
UBO – Lynn
Winger
The Unified
Boosters Organization (UBO) representative is the liaison between
the sports clubs and the school. The UBO hosts the annual North
Allegheny Kennywood Day, which will be Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Welcoming
Committee – Erin Toomey
We have 34 new
students to McKnight and the committee is getting packets of
information ready to welcome them.
If you are a
chairperson and have not yet picked up your name tag, they are in a
basket located in the mail room.
Tiger Shop
– Jane Wright
Gift cards are
available for sale. These are a great alternative to hand out as
birthday treats or for classroom parties.
Make A
Wish – Heather Schwartzbauer for Natalie Abel
This year we
will be holding the event at McKnight, and are trying to get the
focus back onto the parent-faculty game. We will also be doing
pre-sale tickets.
Market Day
– Lori Root
Our school gets
10% on all orders. The first three months we have done well.
Market Day always needs volunteers, please consider helping for any
amount of time. We can look into placing online orders for home
delivery and see if we can get additional participants in this
manner.
Parent
Networking Group – Lori Root
This is a group
for those with children who have IEPs or 504s. The group meets one
Friday a month at the Baierl Center from 9:30-11:30 am.
Announcements
Thank you to the
Ice Cream Social committee and the teachers for scooping; thank you
also to the Picture Day and Membership committees for your recent
efforts.
The UPS Store in
the McKnight-Seibert Shopping Center is offering 2 cent black and
white copies for the month of October.
As an
alternative to printing out flyers, please remember that you can
advertise your event on the blog, Megaphone and McKnight Messages.
The meeting
adjourned at 11:00 am.
Submitted by
Valerie Cook
10/21/09
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