February 5, 2015 La Crescent-Hokah PTO Meeting

Attendee sign in and introductions

  • Kelly Fabian – president
  • Jessica Vessey – VP
  • Melinda Klug – director
  • KarnSchwartzhoff – secretary
  • Bonnie Martin – co-director
  • Nate Byom – School Board
  • Jay Woller – Principal
  • Heather Hammell – Treasurer
  • Brent Tice– My Local Deals (fundraising)

Fundraisers: coupon books

  • All books $20
  • PTO makes $14 on each
  • No minimums/ no risk
  • Takes about a week total
  • Opportunity to save money
  • Discussion
  • Maybe table for another year

Reading of secretary’s minutes of previous meeting

  • Jessica Vessey has a copy and will send it

Treasurer’s report

  • Balance of 31477.29

Bringing Books to Life – March 24

  • Maybe provide tickets for the meals for the readers
  • Leah can send a note to invite them to come eat and find out if they want it or not
  • Heather moves to provide meals
  • Jessica seconds
  • Motion passes
  • Invite students to dress up as their favorite book character to school the day of the event
  • Agreed that might help hype the event
  • Jay agrees we can do this
  • PTO Role
  • Lancer Leos will serve the meal
  • PTO will need to man book basket raffle table
  • Balloon Art
  • Thinking that might detract from an event that is meant to be quiet and attending
  • Fun idea to keep in mind for another time
  • Kelly will contact him to say we’re setting this aside for now
  • Plenty of readers
  • T-Shirts are possibly in the works

Grandparent’s Night Out in April

  • Consider Hans Meyer
  • Possibly invite grandparents and seniors in the community in particular
  • April 10th Hans Meyer is available
  • Softball has gym until 6:00 or 6:30
  • Thinking this date might be a little early

Yearbook

  • 12th is supposed to be the final count
  • Normally ordered 40 more beyond what gets ordered
  • Also order one for any 4th grader who can’t afford (around 20)
  • Other years it was between 320-360
  • Have around 200

Book Fair Wrap Up

  • $1286.96 is the cash-out option
  • Thinking we’ll take that option instead of book reimbursement
  • It was effective and efficient
  • Not sure if Darcey wants to do it again in the fall
  • Melinda will get Heather the receipt for the fair that will tell her how much to pay to Scholastic
  • Put out a thank-you for parents who volunteered for the book fair
  • Karn will ask Alison to have some kids make a thank-you sign for those who volunteered at the Book Fair

School Garden

  • Request for some funding from PTO
  • Melinda moves to donate $500 to the effort
  • Kelly seconds
  • Passes
  • Kelly will check with Susan and Maggie to see how they need to have us pay that money

2nd& 3rdgrade Field Trip

  • 2nd grade is going fishing
  • Also going to some kind of play
  • Replacement for the trip they missed
  • 3rd grade also wants to go to Charlotte’s Web at Viterbo on April 28 (with 2nd grade)
  • $721.00 total for the request
  • Bonnie moves to approve
  • Heather seconds
  • Passes
  • Kelly will have Robyne forward the request on to Jay so they can process it
  • 3rd grade is also going to Quarry Hill Nature Center in April
  • 1st grade still hasn’t taken up the offer to do another trip

Other

  • New ideas for re-branding
  • Kindergarten Survival Night Out
  • Specific volunteer requests
  • PTO provides appetizers
  • Introduce some of our activities
  • Possibly childcare provided here in the gym
  • Pick a date at next meeting
  • Also look at an article on PTO Today article to bring an idea to the next meeting
  • Maybe consider new names
  • Could start a Google Thread to do some brainstorming
  • PTO T-shirts