Peebles Elementary PTA
Meeting Minutes
Friday 9:15am
January 5, 2007
The meeting was called to order at 9:20am with the following members present:
Mrs. Bjalobok
Lesa Chang
Susan Dougherty
Barb Golden
Theresa Hollywood
Naomi Jarvis
Anita King
Edie Krom
Anne Martin
Heather Marusic
Judy Price
Lynn Tonti
Lisa Weisman
Ruth Wu
Secretary’s report:
The minutes were reviewed from November 2, 2006 meeting. Motion to pass made by Lisa Weismann and 2nd by Lynn Tonti.
Thank you notes from Mrs. Pistella, Mrs. Cernicky, Mrs. Antoon, Mrs. Haley, Mrs.Jagus, Mrs. McGinnis, Mrs. Spohn, Ms. Kuhn and Mrs. Cech for the wonderful Holiday luncheon and holiday ornaments.
Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Comport and Mrs. Hambrick thanks PTA for the purchase of the die cuts.
Nancy Frye thanks PTA for the flowers given to her for her help with the holiday store.
Treasure’s report:
Susan Dougherty reviewed the budget. Payments were made to Sarris candies and winter Fundraiser.
Sarris profit was $1975.24
Sales of Coupon books so far $350.00 profit
Mrs. Karki asked PTA for the purchase of a portable Statometer-which measures height, cost $120.00, she has $50.00 in her budget. PTA approved movement of excess money from KOK and Yearbook to make $70.00 for purchase. Motioned by Lynn Tonti and 2nd by Lisa Weismann.
Administration Report:
Mrs. McGinnis will be retiring on January 19, 2007(her last day) and will be replaced by Candy Cravin from McKnight Elementary school. She has 25-26 years experiencing in the NASD.
Mrs. Cernicky will be on maternity leave for 9-12 weeks sometime in Feb and Mrs. Laurie Dower will be her replacement during that time.
Mrs. Channnel is due in Feb. Still in the process of finding her replacement. She will be out the rest of the year.
IOWA exams will be held Jan 29-Feb 2, 2007. All teachers’ schedules have been approved. Testing will be in the mornings with the 5th graders having one day in the afternoon. These are timed test which are different from the PSSA which are not.
There will be no homework during this time. Questions about due date of the 4th grade oral report Mrs. Bjalobk stressed the importance of not scheduling vacations and doctors appointments during this time.
There will be new locks installed in all the classrooms. These will be locks that can be locked on the inside as well as the outside. This is in compliance of making the building Crisis safe.
Mrs. Bjalobok thanked all the parents that helped in all the events of December.
Slide on the playground is broken. Do not know how it happened but that the District will take it down and cover up the area so that it is safe for $500.00. Discussed with PTA maybe the need to look into replacing it or adding something else (more swings) or even looking into a new playground set. If PTA chooses to do a new playground set, Mrs. Bjalobok can see if she can get a discount through the District and if they help install, it may help bring the cost down. Two picnic tables will be placed out by the playground for kids to sit and talk with friends.
Mrs. Bjalobok is planning on doing an after school program dealing with games and would like to do a craft class which would be a family event. She will look for time and schedule it in the future.
Replacement of the wood on the Picnic tables will be done in the spring hopefully, in time for the art show.
Old Business:
See secretary’s report for profits made from Fall fundraiser, Sarris Candy and Book Fair.
Thank you to a job well done to Diane Peiton for fundraising, Sharon Smith for coupon books, Connie Eyre for Book Fair, and Jill Mason and Diane Cebulski for Holiday store/Vendor Fair. The staff luncheon was beautifully organized by Kim Struk, Kathy Rapp, Rita Mensch and Anita Como.
Yearbook: 1st deadline is Feb for quotes, pictures, interviews. 1st payment due Feb.
Recycling Paper, cell phones– Naomi Jarvis: hopefully will be starting up in February. Funding Factory will take working cell phones. We ship them for free and we get money or points to purchase items. We hope to start collection in Feb. as well.
New Business:
There is an immediate need for a Chairperson for food and one for games for International Night. If not, we may have to cancel. This is a big money making event for PTA but most of all a very fun, entertaining and educational evening for all. If interested please call Lesa Chang ASAP: 412-630-8377
After school programs will start up Mon Feb 5, 2007 and end March 30, 2007
Notices will be going out Jan 11th or 18th with a 2 week sign up period.
EAC: tracking of past performance of the IOWA test for school district is on the website.
Meeting adjourned at 10:45am
Respectfully submitted by
Ruth Wu