PTO Meeting
September 17, 2014
· Welcome
· Principal’s Update
o Walk-to-School Initiative Oct. 8
§ Official International Walk To School Day
§ There will be police men helping children cross streets
§ Parents are encouraged to walk with their children. If you aren’t able to walk with your child, we will send in a note to fill out to give permission to your child to walk to school.
o Cori
§ October 15th is the very last day to send in your Cori form. If you plan on volunteering in your child’s class, field trip or School Events, please fill out a Cori with Mrs. Hulke.
o Technology
§ Children will be given a homework assignment once a week where they will have to complete it on a computer.
§ 4th and 5th Grade student, please don’t forget to bring in your Flash Drives.
· Treasurer’s Report
o Requests
§ Mrs. Soto Pins for Walkers (Sneakers)
§ Classroom Rug
o Appropriations:
-Book Fair: $200 APPROVED
-Teacher Special Requests: $2500 APPROVED
o Reports: SEE LAST PAGE
· Road-Race: Mrs. Michelle Kelly
o A Very Special Thank you to Michelle Kelly and all the volunteers who made this event such a success.
o An estimation of the Net profit from the road race is $8,096.44 J
· School Garden: Mrs. Angela Cavanaugh
o Volunteers are always welcomed. Our garden wouldn’t be a success without your help.
o Angela’s Email:
o Braintree Farmers Market, we brought the vegetables from our garden, customers could take our veggies for a donation. Mrs. Cavanaugh collected $100.00
· Haunted Hallways: Mrs. Stacy Larkin
o Date: TBD
· Bags-to-School: Mrs. Donna Knauber
o Fall and Spring Collection
o October 23rd 8am to 10am
· School Store: Mrs. Dion
o Once a month during School lunch.
o There will be a flyer with list of items that are being sold at the store with their prices so parents are aware of how much money to send in with their child.
· Flaherty Wear: Mrs. Layla Flaherty
o http://www.flahertyschool.com
o 2 Garden Park Suite 209, Braintree MA 02184
o Show your pride: Each Friday your child can wear anything from our Flaherty wear.
o Walk to School Day: Every student will wear a shirt from our Flaherty Wear.
· Cultural Arts Program: Mrs. Quinn Nguyen
· New Business/New Ideas
o On September newsletter, there was a section about purchasing Ice Cream during school. That is only available for Middle and High School.
o Thank you so much to Michelle Murray for Volunteering as a chairperson for the 5th Grade Events.
Current bank balance / $27,521Previous Appropriations / Date / Amount / Spent
Beautification / 5/22/14 / $ 180.00 / $ 23.28
Cultural Arts / 5/22/14 / $ 7,000.00 / $ -
Ed Helper / 5/22/14 / $ 1,300.00 / $ 1,159.42
Folders/Planners / 5/22/14 / $ 700.00 / $ 576.00
Halloween Event / 5/22/14 / $ 1,000.00 / $ -
Road Race (5K) / 5/22/14 / $ 4,000.00 / $ 3,470.40
School Store / 5/22/14 / $ 500.00 / $ 315.45
Stipends / 5/22/14 / $ 4,300.00 / $ 4,100.00
Current Appropriations / Date / Amount
Book Fair / 9/17/14 / $ 200.00
Teacher Special Requests / 9/17/14 / $ 2,500.00
ROAD RACE 2013 FINANCIAL SUMMARY AS OF 11/20/2013
DESCRIPTION / AMOUNT IN / AMOUNT OUT
Pre Race Day Paper Registrations / $ 66.00
Pre Race Day Online Registrations / $ 3,200.00
Pre Race Day Sports Authority Registrations / $ 360.00
Race Day Registrations / $ 1,125.00
Total Registrations / $ 4,751.00
Race Day Raffle Sales / $ 710.00
Total Raffle Sales / $ 710.00
Sponsor Money Collected / $ 5,920.00
Sponsor Money To Be Collected / $ 200.00
Bob Muldoon Timing Company / $ 600.00
Race t-shirts / $ 1,815.00
DJ / $ 300.00
USATF (pd) / $ 105.00
Custodian / $ 300.00
Misc Supplies / $ 249.95
Ribbons/Awards (pd) / $ 100.45
TOTAL EXPENSES: / $ 3,470.40
TOTALS: / $ 11,581.00 / $ 3,470.40
FINAL EST. NET PROFIT (AS OF 9/16/2014): / $ 8,110.60
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED: / $4,000.00
AMOUNT SPENT: / $3,470.40
AMOUNT SPENT OVER APPROPRIATION: / -$529.60
PTO EVENT CATEGORY WITH ESTIMATED FINANCIAL OUTLOOK by EVENT
EXPENSES WITH NO REVENUE GENERATING EVENT / EVENTS GENERATING REVENUE
(Est. Net Revenue Below) / EVENTS w/EARMARKED EXPENSES
Buses / $2,500 / Bags to School / $500 / Book Fair (revenue spent on library books)
Cultural Arts / $6,500 / Coffee Pond (Pictures) / $1,100 / Read a Thon (revenue spent on technology)
Ed Helper / $1,159 / Free Money (Dine-outs, Box Tops, etc) / $2,000
Field Day / $500 / Flaherty at Fenway event / $1,000
Fifth Grade / $1,000 / Flaherty Gear / $250
Flaherty Scholarship / $500 / Halloween Event / $500
Miscellaneous / $1,000 / Moveathon / $1,500
Planners / $576 / Parent Event / $10,000
Stipends / $4,100 / Road Race / $8,100
Teacher Appreciation / $750 / School Store / $100
Teacher Special Requests / $2,500 / Snowflake / $750
$21,085 / $25,300
Bold = complete / DIFFERENCE: / $4,215
THE ABOVE AMOUNTS REPRESENT TYPICAL SPENDING/REVENUE FIGURES