Minutes of the Peotone PTO Meeting – May 1, 2017
Meeting called to order at 6:38 pm in the PIC – Media Room. Those in attendance: Mrs. Obszanski, Jill Ostby, Amy Deutsche, Jaime McCleverty, Kim Gayeski, Cassandra Miller, Meghan Schmidt, Julie Widinski, and Jeanette Kamper.
May Meeting Minutes were submitted by Jeanette Kamper- then posted online by Jeanette Kamper. March Meeting Minutes approved online by Rhonda Cusack and Kathy Sullivan on March 7, 2017. Treasury report was submitted by Cassandra Miller approved by Megan Schmidt and Amy Deutsche . * News from Mrs. Obszanski (PIC):
- Mrs. Obszanski wanted to say a huge Thank You for the Teacher appreciation week. It was very nice and they had some fantastic food. They also got a massage therapist to come to the school which was great and she offered to volunteer her time for the school, which was so nice. Mrs. Obszanski also wanted to thank the PTO especially Kim Gayeski for the 4th grade service projects, which were great, and the party seemed like a huge success. Also the Battle of the Books was great and a huge success. The staff and students had so much fun with event, it was really great to see the students get excited about reading. Also Tuesday May 2, 2017 is the Skywriter Assembly at PIC and the kids can’t wait to see who’s stories got picked to be acted out by the Skywriters, they are all excited about this. Upcoming at PIC is Field Day which will be held May 26th, 2017. * News from Mrs. Davis (PES):
-Mrs. Davis was not in attendance had nothing new to share in her school right now. *Agenda Business:
- PIC T-shirt/party- Kim Gayeski said the 4th grade party went well, the kids had fun doing their service projects and they turned out awesome. The bird houses seemed to be a big hit with the kids. Kim mentioned majority of the items for the service projects were donated by parents. Thanks a million cause you rock!! The children also had a candy bar at the end of the night where they got a small bag and were able to choose candy before they left, they loved that. We were hoping to have the 4th grade T-Shirts by the party but we seemed to get some late orders sent in so they did not make it by the event. They should be coming home soon though. We had a ton more parent volunteers that stayed and helped out and we would like to personally thank them all! Also she found the party may have been a half hour to long so the 5th grade party will be cut by a half hour. The 5th grade party is scheduled for Friday May 5th, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 p.m
-SchoolStore- Jaime McCleverty said we would like to hear feedback from the teachers on how they used the gift certificates and if they were able to purchase items that could be used in their classrooms.
- Sunrise Greenhouse Fundraiser- Jaime Mc Cleverty put out an order form which was due May 2, 2017 for a delivery date of May 9th, 2017 at around 8a.m.-8:30a.m. at PES right in front on the grass. Pickup times are still to be determined.
- Yearbook- Julie Widinski said yearbooks are good to go and they are ordered. - Spring Book Fair- This spring the Book Fair will host a Buy one Get one free. The book fair seemed to go well and Cassandra reminded us that at this BOGO book fair we don’t typically make a profit.
*PTO Open Positions 2017-2018 - The PTO board is still in need of a Co-President. Meghan Schmidt who attended the meeting nominated herself to be Co-Treasurer for the 2017-2018 year, with a past background in banking she said she would probably be a better fit for this position. A vote was taken and approved by all. Welcome Meghan it’s great to have you on board!!! * Approved/Finalized Purchases: -The teacher start up fund for next year in both buildings $100.00 per teacher who has a classroom and $50.00 per specialist was voted on and approved by all. * Folders for classes next year given out at the open house/ice cream social not to exceed $700.00 was voted on and approved by all. * Ice cream was approved for all schools next year for the open house/ice cream social not to exceed $500.00 and was approved by all. * Kindergarten T-Shirts for next years incoming children not to exceed $800.00 was voted on and approved by all.
* Teacher requests-
* Mrs. Caza- wants a magnetic rekenrek, deluxe drying rack, 2 all about me posters with magnetic letters and trays and math racks.
* Mrs. Clark wants 26 plastic book boxes. * Mrs. Weirich wants 2-4 instant cameras and fuji instant film.
* Mr. Cann wants pear deck subscription for a year.
* Mrs. Paeth wants Teacher pay Teacher bundle * Mrs. Ostby wants digital timers and a new incubator
* Mrs. Ernst requests were $75.00, $20.00, and $17.50 All requests totaled roughly $1150.00, they were voted on and approved by all.
* Visitors & Board Opportunity to Speak: - Jeanette Kamper had a request from Mrs. Pilbeam from the preschool. Mrs. Pilbeam would like to have preschool be included in PES and PIC’s open house/ice cream social with the event taking place on August 17th from 3 p.m.- 5p.m., the request was that the PTO setup and pass out ice cream to new/current parents and encourage PTO participation/sign-ups. A vote was taken and approved by all. PES & PIC open house will be taking place the same day August 17th, 2017 from 5p.m.- 7p.m.
The next PTO Meeting will be next year dates to be determined – subject to change At 8:00 p.m. a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Amy Deutsche and Megan Schmidt.
Recorded & submitted by, Jeanette Kamper PTO Media Secretary
Minutes of the Peotone PTO Meeting – March 6, 2017
Minutes of the Peotone PTO Meeting – March 6, 2017
Meeting called to order at 6:38pm in the PES – Media Room. Those in attendance: Carmen Connelly, Shari Camp, Natalie Clay, Jeanette Kamper, Cassandra Miller, Jaime McCleverty, Julie Widinski, Kim Gayeski, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs Obszanski. January Meeting Minutes were submitted by Jeanette Kamper- then posted online by Jeanette Kamper. January Meeting Minutes approved online by Leslie Pape Nicholson and seconded by Willie Schmidt on Jan.11, 2017.
Treasury report was submitted by Cassandra Miller approved by Carmen Connolly and Natalie Clay.
* News from Mrs. Obszanski (PIC):
- Mrs. Obszanski said there was not a lot of news going on right now. She did say that literacy day turned out great!! The students really enjoyed having readers come especially the High School kids! The only thing she reported was that they were going to have a meeting in the next week or two to discuss what could be done differently/better for the next year.
* News from Mrs. Davis (PES):
-Mrs. Davis said there was not a lot of news going on in her school right now either. She did make a point in thanking the PTO for contributing to the purchase of wifi, which is supposed to be done over the summer.
*Agenda Business:
- PIC T-shirt/party- submissions have been entered and on Wednesday March 8th, 2017 they will have a vote on the final drawing that will have their design on the T-Shirt. We may have to charge a small fee for the T-Shirts but that will be determined later. We are in the process of trying to get more donations. As of right now the service project is still being decided, one that kim really likes is the possibility of doing bird houses with the park district.
- Spring Fling –As of right now the Spring Fling looks like it will not be on the calendar this year. No one has stepped forward to chair or even volunteer for the event.
- Box Tops – Kim Gayeski made the submission for PES the total it was around 8500 box tops which brings the in PTO around $850.00. Way to go parents and students you rock!!! For the Labels for Education it turns out we had accrued with this past submission a total of around 19,000 points, with that being said kim said we are able to purchase maybe a couple Visa gift cards for the PTO and possibly some misc. school supplies. Unfortunately the Labels for Education program is ending this year.
- Scrip – Cassandra Miller noted that there will be no Scrip order in the Spring before school lets out. For now we will do Scrip right before Christmas as it seems to do best around this time.
- Little Caesars - Went great and Nicole Johnson would like to do this again next year but hopefully we will get fliers out little bit more in advance, she would like to keep it around Super Bowl. -SchoolStore- Jaime McCleverty said this is another way for the school to earn some cash by just going online and entering our school in and there are over 300 stores you can shop at to earn us credit. Jaime has finalized all the schoolstore.com donations and student prizes and they have been handed out. The teachers were given there gift certificates to use towards purchases on schoolstore.com and the PTO has made $200.00 that can they can use towards purchases also. We would like to hear feedback from the teachers on how they used the gift certificates and if they were able to purchase items that could be used in their classrooms.
- Holiday Extravaganza- The holiday extravaganza was a great event this year. Cassandra Miller was asked if she wanted to add anything regarding the event and she said no the total profit still remained around $9000.00
- Sunrise Greenhouse Fundraiser- Jaime Mc Cleverty has gotten the information from Sunrise in the hopes to have this as a possible fundraiser around Mothers Day. The PTO would order flats, pots, baskets or even specialty baskets, depending on what they pick to sell to the families of Peotone for Spring/Mothers Day gifts. Mrs. Davis had one concern she had mentioned that the FFA does a Spring sell also and she would prefer us not to interfere with that. We all agreed that we would find out from the FFA when they host their spring sell as not step on their toes. Until we speak to the FFA the date for the Sunrise Fundraiser is still to be determined.
- Yearbook- Forms went home to purchase the year books a couple weeks ago and the kids at PES will be voting on the yearbook theme then to be approved by the principle. PIC has Mrs. Feenstra and Mr. Snowden who work with the kids on the yearbook and photos.
- Spring Book Fair- This spring the Book Fair will host a Buy one Get one free. The dates for PES to host the Book Fair is April 24- 28th and PIC will host their book fair April 4-5th.
*PTO Open Positions 2017-2018
- The PTO board has recognized that the Co-President has stepped down for the remainder of this term and Julie Widinski has accepted the nomination for the interim year and the 2017-2018 school year. With that being said since Julie Widinski was the current secretary this position became vacant. The position was opened to the floor and Jeanette Kamper has accepted the nomination for the interim Secretary position and for the 2017-2018 year. We are still in need of a Co-President and a Co-Treasurer.
* Potential Purchases:
- Natalie Clay had mentioned a request for a garbage can that would sit outside the PES school. She and Mrs. Davis talked about that as it would come out of Mrs. Davis’s budget. Natalie offered to possibly help towards the cost of the can which has to be sturdy due to the winds. She had a suggestion that maybe the Girl Scouts could help do this as a project for them. Maybe a wooden one that could be painted by the troop? We all thought this was a great idea that will be further discussed.
*PTO Open Positions 2017-2018
- The PTO board has recognized that the Co-President has stepped down for the remainder of this term and Julie Widinski has accepted the nomination for the interim year and the 2017-2018 school year. With that being said since Julie Widinski was the current secretary this position became vacant. The position was opened to the floor and Jeanette Kamper has accepted the nomination for the interim Secretary position and for the 2017-2018 year. We are still in need of a Co-President and a Co-Treasurer.
* Potential Purchases:
- Natalie Clay had mentioned a request for a garbage can that would sit outside the PES school. She and Mrs. Davis talked about that as it would come out of Mrs. Davis’s budget. Natalie offered to possibly help towards the cost of the can which has to be sturdy due to the winds. She had a suggestion that maybe the Girl Scouts could help do this as a project for them. Maybe a wooden one that could be painted by the troop? We all thought this was a great idea that will be further discussed.
* Approved/Finalized Purchases: - Staff Appreciation Week- PES will have it May 1-5 with a budget of $1100. PIC will have it April 24-28th with a budget of $750. Connor Shaws date is still to be determined with a budget of $250. Approved by all.
* Teacher requests- Mrs Hartsfield wants a 30 slot mailbox and a gift card for $25.00 to purchase common core materials.
* Mrs. Graniczy wants magnetic dry erase boards.
* Mrs. Norvilas wants white boards with erasers and carts
* Mrs. Murray wants dry erase pockets
* Mrs. Hamning wants gift cards to Lakeshore learning center and to Teacher pay Teacher
All requests were approved by all.
Any requests coming in after Monday March 6th will be discussed at the next PTO meeting on May 1st, 2017
All requests were approved by all.
Any requests coming in after Monday March 6th will be discussed at the next PTO meeting on May 1st, 2017
* Visitors & Board Opportunity to Speak: - Kim Gayeski has expressed interest in PIC / PES possibly having a movie night as a possible fundraiser. As we cannot charge for the movie we could sell concessions which could be a way to raise some monies. These events are to be discussed further as she looks into it in alittle more detail.
The next PTO Meeting will be May 1, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at PIC – subject to change
At 7:45 pm a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Carmen Connolley and seconded by Natalie Clay.
Recorded & submitted by, Jeanette Kamper PTO Media Secretary
The next PTO Meeting will be May 1, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at PIC – subject to change
At 7:45 pm a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Carmen Connolley and seconded by Natalie Clay.
Recorded & submitted by, Jeanette Kamper PTO Media Secretary
Minutes of the Peotone PTO Meeting – January 9, 2017
Meeting called to order at 6:35pm in the PIC – Lunch Room.
Those in attendance: Chuck Vitton, Carmen Connelly, Amy Deutsche, June Paeth, Ashley Stachniak, Michelle Weirich, Bethany DeMoss, Shari Carp(sp?), Jeanette Kamper, Amanda Bostjancic, Kathy Derkacy , Cassandra Miller, Jaime McCleverty, Rhonda Cusack, Julie Widinski, and Kim Gayeski.
November Meeting Minutes were submitted by Julie Widinski- then posted online by Julie Widinski. November Meeting Minutes approved online by Carrie Vickery Sommerfeld and seconded by Ashley Stachniak.
Those in attendance: Chuck Vitton, Carmen Connelly, Amy Deutsche, June Paeth, Ashley Stachniak, Michelle Weirich, Bethany DeMoss, Shari Carp(sp?), Jeanette Kamper, Amanda Bostjancic, Kathy Derkacy , Cassandra Miller, Jaime McCleverty, Rhonda Cusack, Julie Widinski, and Kim Gayeski.
November Meeting Minutes were submitted by Julie Widinski- then posted online by Julie Widinski. November Meeting Minutes approved online by Carrie Vickery Sommerfeld and seconded by Ashley Stachniak.
Treasury report was submitted by Cassandra Miller approved by Rhonda Cusack and seconded by Carmen Connelly.
* News from Mrs. Obszanski (PIC):
- Mrs. Obszanski was not present but Jaime McCleverty spoke to hear earlier in the day and she told Jaime that she loves the Battle of the Books and thanked everyone for the help.
- Mrs. Obszanski was not present but Jaime McCleverty spoke to hear earlier in the day and she told Jaime that she loves the Battle of the Books and thanked everyone for the help.
* News from Mrs. Davis (PES):
-Mrs. Davis not present but per Julie Widinski’s conversation with Mrs. Davis she said Mrs. Davis’s original intent to purchase the Grip A Strip was not her priority for PES she said she would prefer those funds be used to get wifi. The board needs to vote on reallocating the funds towards the purchase of wifi. A vote was taken to reallocate the $5,500 to purchasing the wifi and was approved by Amanda Bostjancic and Rhonda Cusack.
*Agenda Business:
- Wifi- Dr. Vitton was present and spoke first on the status of the Peotone 207-U Wireless Project. He began by saying that technology focus for the past 3 years has been 1.) Getting new computers in the classrooms and labs 2.) Infrastructure replacement of servers, switches, routers and firewalls. The infrastructure improvements include/are not limited to hardware & software installation and new cabling to support the wireless system necessary to bring more devices in the schools. Peotone CUSD 207U currently qualifies to receive a 60% “E-Rate” discount on infrastructure work through the FCC ( Federal Communications Commission ). This process requires paperwork submissions and engaging in an RFP ( Request for Proposal ) process. It’s customary for the process to begin in January and last thru February, before final decisions can be made and obtaining an approval from the Board of Education. A single RFP will be completed for hardware/software installation and a separate RFP will outline the cabling project. As of right now Dr. Vitton said we are in a holding pattern there are 4 bids currently out for this. All bids must be in by February 6, 2017 then the recommendations will be presented to the Board. After presented to the board they will then decide if they accept the bid in it’s entirety or in a phase process but the decision must be made in February to get the E-Rate discount. Kathy Derkacy asked Dr. Vitton if he got to choose the vendor he was getting bids from? His response was ‘Yes, but since we are a school district the bids are open to the public and it has to be posted for 28 days to the general public to bid on’ he also stated that the board has nothing to do with private vendors it has to be public. The total projected cost of the hardware/software installation would cost approximately $100,000 after the E-Rate discount and the projected amount of the entire cabling project could cost $75,000-$100,000 the cabling amount will not qualify for the E-Rate since we will have consumed the E-Rate funds through the hardware/software installation as previously mentioned. Kim Gayeski asked if the bids coming in are for wifi access to all classes in every school? Dr. Vittons response was : Yes. Dr. Vitton then touched on only PES getting work done which would be done on all access points and recabling and his estimated cost for this with labor being majority cost would approximately cost $26,000 but a more accurate figure will be available after they receive the RFP’s back in early February. He stated the best projected time to do the install would be summer when school is out. Cassandra Miller asked Dr. Vitton about PIC since it currently does have wifi does it need to be updated? Dr. Vitton replied he would have to see what the wireless survey shows now and see if changes need to be made or maybe just the need for small enhancements but it will be discussed with the bids. Dr. Vittons concerns were not only with technology, computers, and the wifi but how they are going to work with the childrens curriculum since they go hand in hand. Dr. Vitton believes that once the projects are finished and all work is done we will be right with every other district as far as technology. Amanda Bostjancic asked what else we as parents can do to push this out as a priority? Dr. Vitton stated that he understood that the PTO really wants this and as do the parents and that he personally has made the Board aware of our intentions. He also stated that maybe we should attend the board meeting on January 18, 2017 and the February 22, 2017 at Peotone High School at 7 p.m. He also stated that this project has never been denied just postponed due to other district wide funding issues that took priority. Rhonda Cusack asked if they are still using smart boards at PIC? Dr. Vittons response was yes but he may revisit that with the technology bid because he thinks it’s expensive, the cost to change the bulbs alone is very expensive and he said there will be a bigger discussion on the boards in the future but as of now they are not planning to purchase any new ones for the future. Cassandra Miller made a motion to vote on allocating $23,000 that the PTO has now to help purchase part of the wifi. A vote was approved by Kathy Derkacy and Carmen Connelly to reallocate the money. The vote was approved by Carmen Connelly and Rhonda Cusack to move the money to purchase the wifi as a definitive purchase. Dr. Vitton greatly appreciated the funds from the PTO and said the $23,000 will be a definitive part of the agenda for the January 18th meeting. Dr. Vitton left the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
- Secret Santa Shop- Kim Gayeski said the Secret Santa Shop went well it could of gone little smoother. But now that there is an excel spreadsheet of the products purchased along with what was sold and how much was spent, next year should run a lot better. A portion of what didn’t sell was able to be returned and went back to the PTO. There is not a lot of stuff left over from what could not be returned. There was nothing but positive feedback from parents on the quality of the products this year, everyone liked it better this year then the company we had last year. Kim also stated that this year the Secret Santa Shop made around $3000.00 profit . Kathy Derkacy spoke and noted that Secret Santa was never for a profit, though it did bring in around $1000.00 last year, those funds were used to purchase supplementary items for the following year. It was acknowledged by Kim that she understood that but this year we did make it a profitable fundraiser.
- Spring Fling –As of right now the Spring Fling looks like it will not be on the calendar this year. The PTO has put out on Facebook and the Blog that if we don’t have someone to Chair and Co-Chair the event along with 50 volunteers by February 10, 2017 this will be taken off the calendar. The spring fling was scheduled to take place on March 10, 2017 at 6 p.m., Amanda Bostjancic did suggest that if someone did step up to chair the event she suggested contacting Peotone high school for volunteers as this is a good way for the high school students to get there community hours and in years past the elementary kids really enjoyed the high school kids. Julie Widinski also suggested maybe coming up with a different fundraiser in the spring to make up for not having the Spring Fling.
- Box Tops – It was noted that the Chair for Box Tops at PES has stepped down. Kim Gayeski will be handling the next submission which will be in April and hopes to come up with something fun to get kids motivated to bring them in.
- Scrip – Cassandra Miller noted that the Scrip before Christmas was not as advantageous as she would of hoped. She continued to say that she felt it wasn’t publicized as well as it could of been and she took responsibility for that. It did profit around $451.00 but it could of been much better. She stated that they usually do one in March and she is going to cut that one out due to past years it just didn’t make enough profit. She said she will do the end of the year one cause that one seemed to be more profitable.
-SchoolStore- Jaime McCleverty said this is another way for the school to earn some cash by just going online and entering our school in and there are over 300 stores you can shop at to earn us credit. Every time you shop online just go to schoolstore and find the store you want to shop at order, and we get credit. She stated it works like AmazonSmile. She also noted that she doesn’t have profit numbers yet from the program but whenever we want the credit all she needs to do is ask and we can get it. - Holiday Extravaganza- The holiday extravaganza was a great event this year. The use of the gym made viewing the vendors and craft fair far easier and we had a lot of positive feedback from the vendors. We tried some new avenues for generating revenue that were successful. Both the placemat advertising and the Lake Geneva Raffle profited about $1000 each. The final bills are coming in and being processed and we should have final profit numbers at the March meeting.
*PTO Open Positions 2017-2018
- The PTO board has recognized that the Co-President has stepped down for the remainder of this term and Julie Widinski has accepted the nomination for the interim year and the 2017-2018 school year. With that being said since Julie Widinski was the current secretary this position became vacant. The position was opened to the floor and Jeanette Kamper has accepted the nomination for the interim Secretary position and for the 2017-2018 year.
- Potential Purchases:
- Teacher Requests should be finalized by the March 6th PTO meeting
- Approved/Finalized Purchases:- Walkie Talkie Radios for the schools: $9000 price may go down depending on how many we purchase.
-New student T-Shirts :$600
- Staff Appreciation Week: $2100
- Visitors & Board Opportunity to Speak:- Kim Gayeski has expressed interest in PIC having 4th and 5th grade class parties some time in the Spring. She also mentioned the students creating a buddy bench for the playground the costs for this to happen would be covered by the event. She also mentioned having an Anti Bullying speaker Jim Basketball Jones come to speak to the students. The cost would be roughly $700. for him to come. No vote was taken on this yet as she has proposed all this to Mrs. Obszanski and is awaiting her feedback. This idea has been tabled pending Mrs. Obszanski’s decision.
The next PTO Meeting will be March 6, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the PES library – subject to change
At 8:20pm a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Amanda Bostjancic and seconded by Kathy Derkacy.
Recorded & submitted by, Jeanette Kamper PTO Media Secretary
Minutes of the Peotone PTO Meeting – November 7, 2016
Meeting called to order at 6:40 pm
in PES Library.
Those in attendance: Julie Widinski, Kathy Davis, Amy Deutshce, Kim Gayeski, Cassandra Miller, Jaime McCleaverty, Rhonda Cusack, Tristin Vallos, Carmen Connolley, Bethany Demoss
Those in attendance: Julie Widinski, Kathy Davis, Amy Deutshce, Kim Gayeski, Cassandra Miller, Jaime McCleaverty, Rhonda Cusack, Tristin Vallos, Carmen Connolley, Bethany Demoss
May Meeting Minutes were
submitted by Kathy Derkacy - then posted online by Julie Widinski. Sept Meeting
Minutes approved online by Cassandra Miller and seconded by Maureen Beierman.
Treasury report was submitted by Cassandra
Miller and approved by Carmen Connolley and
seconded by Rhonda Cusack.
*News from Mrs. Davis
-Great success of reading night
-Brought concern of hole in playground wheel chair ramp for $909 and shipping. Approved $1000 for purchase.
-Grip-a-Strip bids come to $4000-5000, budgeted for $6500 last year.
* News from Mrs. Obszanski:
Not in attendance
*News from Mrs. Davis
-Great success of reading night
-Brought concern of hole in playground wheel chair ramp for $909 and shipping. Approved $1000 for purchase.
-Grip-a-Strip bids come to $4000-5000, budgeted for $6500 last year.
* News from Mrs. Obszanski:
Not in attendance
* New Business:
Chairs
Send form to chairs to put in event binders –
“tips for next year”
Santa Shoppe
Dates for this year are Nov 30 and Dec 1 @ PES and December TBA @ PIC
Santa Shoppe
Dates for this year are Nov 30 and Dec 1 @ PES and December TBA @ PIC
Book Fair
-Ideas for the future, cover books with table clothes at night.
-PES book fair profited $1,032.34
-Ideas for the future, cover books with table clothes at night.
-PES book fair profited $1,032.34
Holiday Extravaganza
-Volunteer form home to parents with times on them (put sponsorship and donation request on back)
-Put running note on bottom all forms without event volunteers, this event will not happen
-Does educational foundation have table? – booth has raffle and kids sign xmas cards for veterans
-Does NHS need a booth for toy drive?
-We have changed the hours from 8-noon for breakfast and vendors 9 am - 2 pm.
-Are we selling Presale Breakfast Tickets ? Has there been a room parent meeting?
- Lake Geneva Weekend Getaway Raffle will come out next week.
-Volunteer form home to parents with times on them (put sponsorship and donation request on back)
-Put running note on bottom all forms without event volunteers, this event will not happen
-Does educational foundation have table? – booth has raffle and kids sign xmas cards for veterans
-Does NHS need a booth for toy drive?
-We have changed the hours from 8-noon for breakfast and vendors 9 am - 2 pm.
-Are we selling Presale Breakfast Tickets ? Has there been a room parent meeting?
- Lake Geneva Weekend Getaway Raffle will come out next week.
School Store
-Similar to Amazon Smile, if you sign into “school store” and shop online over 400 different stores, a check gets sent to the school
-Manhattan is currently doing this and students can earn toys and prizes
-Letter home this week to parents
-Similar to Amazon Smile, if you sign into “school store” and shop online over 400 different stores, a check gets sent to the school
-Manhattan is currently doing this and students can earn toys and prizes
-Letter home this week to parents
Amazon Smile
-each computer and phone you need to make sure you are in Amazon Smile (sometimes the computer doesn’t open it)
-each computer and phone you need to make sure you are in Amazon Smile (sometimes the computer doesn’t open it)
Script
- On script forms mention that they can use gift cards on School Store
-Pass out before Thanksgiving
- On script forms mention that they can use gift cards on School Store
-Pass out before Thanksgiving
Need a Chair for PES Box tops
-Box Top mom/parent for each class
-Box tops need to be pasted on a page or collected in zip lock bags and send in
-The chair counts and sends the box tops
Scholarship
-A $500 PTO scholarship is going to be presented at high school graduation.
-Make garbage can for each room, cricket – large one at connor shaw.
-Box Top mom/parent for each class
-Box tops need to be pasted on a page or collected in zip lock bags and send in
-The chair counts and sends the box tops
Scholarship
-A $500 PTO scholarship is going to be presented at high school graduation.
-Make garbage can for each room, cricket – large one at connor shaw.
KidStuff Books
-Thank you to Peggy Theofanopoulas and Jaime Barta for all your hardwork. We profited $2075.
-Thank you to Peggy Theofanopoulas and Jaime Barta for all your hardwork. We profited $2075.
Fannie May
-To date we profited $6,948.81.
-Thank you to our amazing chairs, Rhonda Cusack and Karen O’Brien.
-Put on PTO website that we have 250 bars left.
Dances
-Suggested to have a dance at a PIC
-Friendship dance, Back to School Bash (beginning of the year), Mother –son dance, father-daughter dance, New Year’s Dance
-No dates, just a fun time for fourth and fifth grade students.
-To date we profited $6,948.81.
-Thank you to our amazing chairs, Rhonda Cusack and Karen O’Brien.
-Put on PTO website that we have 250 bars left.
Dances
-Suggested to have a dance at a PIC
-Friendship dance, Back to School Bash (beginning of the year), Mother –son dance, father-daughter dance, New Year’s Dance
-No dates, just a fun time for fourth and fifth grade students.
Scholarship
$500 PTO scholarship was set up and will be announced at graduation.
$500 PTO scholarship was set up and will be announced at graduation.
Teacher Requests
-PTO will send out request form to teachers and asking teachers to give locations/websites of where to buy items and quotes for items.
* Approved/Finalized Purchases:
-$1000 for PES playground wheel chair access ramp replacement
-PTO will send out request form to teachers and asking teachers to give locations/websites of where to buy items and quotes for items.
* Approved/Finalized Purchases:
-$1000 for PES playground wheel chair access ramp replacement
At 8:10 pm a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Rhonda Cusack and seconded by Rhonda
Deutsche.
Submitted by,
Julie Widinski
PTO Secretary
PTO Secretary
Minutes of the Peotone PTO
Meeting – September 12, 2016
Meeting called to order at 6:45 pm
in PIC Multipurpose Room.
Those in attendance: Julie Widinski, Sheila Zdzinicki, Julie Wayman, Peggy Theofanopoulos, Dana Clover, Cassandra Miller, Kathy Derkacy, Joanne Obszanski, Jaime McCleverty, Laura Glavin, Amy Deutsche, Rhonda Cusack, Heather Boehl, Kim Gayeski, Ashley Cann, Terry Wiske, C. Connolley, Mary Klecka, Bethany Demoss, June Paeth and Jamie Barta.
Those in attendance: Julie Widinski, Sheila Zdzinicki, Julie Wayman, Peggy Theofanopoulos, Dana Clover, Cassandra Miller, Kathy Derkacy, Joanne Obszanski, Jaime McCleverty, Laura Glavin, Amy Deutsche, Rhonda Cusack, Heather Boehl, Kim Gayeski, Ashley Cann, Terry Wiske, C. Connolley, Mary Klecka, Bethany Demoss, June Paeth and Jamie Barta.
May
Meeting Minutes were submitted by Kathy Derkacy - then posted online by Julie
Widinski. May Meeting Minutes approved online by Dana Sippel and seconded by Amanda Bostjancic.
Treasury report was submitted by Cassandra
Miller and approved by Laura Galvin and seconded by Kathy Derkacy.
*News from Mrs. Davis
Not in attendance
* News from Mrs. Obszanski:
-Battle of the Books: purchased a menu of books for each classroom and the competitions for the books are generated through a company. The books are leveled so both high ability and lower ability readers can compete and have opportunities to compete. Each classroom reads a collection of ten books. A set of ten books thru Amazon with delivery is about $65. $650 total. This is a celebration of reading with no grades attached.
*News from Mrs. Davis
Not in attendance
* News from Mrs. Obszanski:
-Battle of the Books: purchased a menu of books for each classroom and the competitions for the books are generated through a company. The books are leveled so both high ability and lower ability readers can compete and have opportunities to compete. Each classroom reads a collection of ten books. A set of ten books thru Amazon with delivery is about $65. $650 total. This is a celebration of reading with no grades attached.
-Excited about new chrome books purchased by PTO
and some teachers went to professional development to learn the chrome books. They saved so much time for NWEA assessment.
* New Business:
Holiday Extravaganza
-We are in need of a donation organizer chair and a volunteer organizer chair.
-We are looking to get donations again - edible arrangements donated the fruit and Casey’s of Peotone donated donuts and miscellaneous
-We should try the hot chocolate bar again but we are in need of volunteers to man it.
-We have changed the hours from 8-noon for breakfast and vendors 9 am - 2 pm.
-We are looking to Presale Breakfast Tickets and do a Lake Geneva Weekend Getaway Raffle
-We are in need of a donation organizer chair and a volunteer organizer chair.
-We are looking to get donations again - edible arrangements donated the fruit and Casey’s of Peotone donated donuts and miscellaneous
-We should try the hot chocolate bar again but we are in need of volunteers to man it.
-We have changed the hours from 8-noon for breakfast and vendors 9 am - 2 pm.
-We are looking to Presale Breakfast Tickets and do a Lake Geneva Weekend Getaway Raffle
Spring Fling
-There are no chairs for this event. It will have to be canceled if no one can chair the event.
Scholarship
-A $500 PTO scholarship is going to be presented at high school graduation.
-A $500 PTO scholarship is going to be presented at high school graduation.
KidStuff Books
-Thank you to Peggy Theofanopoulas and Jaime Barta for all your hardwork. The new return date is 9/15.
-Thank you to Peggy Theofanopoulas and Jaime Barta for all your hardwork. The new return date is 9/15.
* Potential Purchases:
Dr. Vitton is putting together a proposal for wireless in PES later in the year, dependent on getting federal funding to help supplement the purchase. This is a possible large purchase the PTO could contribute towards.
The fourth and fifth grades have 60 chrome books. The district is looking to have the second and third graders working on the chrome books. This is a potential purchase for PES. Also, the Kindergarten and first grade focus on “centers” and tablets (ipads). The ipads from PIC were spreadout throughout PES, with only one per classroom. Perhaps more ipads for teachers in K and 1st grade for their centers.
Dr. Vitton is putting together a proposal for wireless in PES later in the year, dependent on getting federal funding to help supplement the purchase. This is a possible large purchase the PTO could contribute towards.
The fourth and fifth grades have 60 chrome books. The district is looking to have the second and third graders working on the chrome books. This is a potential purchase for PES. Also, the Kindergarten and first grade focus on “centers” and tablets (ipads). The ipads from PIC were spreadout throughout PES, with only one per classroom. Perhaps more ipads for teachers in K and 1st grade for their centers.
* Approved/Finalized Purchases:
$650 maximum was approved for Battle of the Books but Dr. Vitton will give payment first and the PTO will cover the rest of the purchase.
At 7:55 pm a motion to adjourn was made. Approved by Jaime Barta and seconded by Karen
O’Brien.
Submitted by,
Julie Widinski
PTO Secretary
PTO Secretary
