PTU MEETING MINUTES MAY 15, 2017
WELCOME
OPENING PRAYER
REPORTS
COMMITTEE CHAIR UPDATES:
-MOTHER/SON EVENT- Over 200 moms and sons attended
-FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE- 178 Daughters and 129 dads attended
BOX TOPS- ROSALIE LEPORE- $1018 collected so far, still have $400 to be submitted
SPAGHETTI DINNER- Raffle baskets raised $3615 and the dinner raised $3974
DINNERS WITH A PURPOSE
-FIESTA JALEPENOS- $390.25
-FIVE GUYS- $250
-JERSEY MIKE’S- $250
-BARRY’S BAGELS- $340
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
-PAPA JOHNS LUNCH- for students
-“BE THE CHANGE”- T-shirts for students and staff
AUTHOR PAUL ORSHOSKI VISIT-K-5 assembly
T-SHIRT/ TROPHY PURCHASES
-Invention League
-Science Fair Participants
-Science Olympiad
-Poetry Contest
-Spelling Bee
-Geography Bee
-Rock the Challenge
-Refreshments for play after party
STUDENT OF THE MONTH- Lunch provided each month for 1 student per grade
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
-Thank you teachers for Coloring Our World
-Color themed gift each day
-Panera lunch on Tuesday
HOLY TRINITY SOARING EAGLE’S SCHOLARSHIPS- Essays have been written and are being reviewed
8th GRADE GRADUATION- PTU providing Chipotle lunch
BUDDY FAMILY REQUESTS- please consider being a buddy family for a new HTS family. The date is August 17th.
ROCK THE CHALLENGE/ ST. BALDRICK’S- June 1st rain date is June 5th
-79 shavees
-Mayor Jensen Active prayer for RTC
-Media and newspapers have been contacted for St. Baldricks
BASKETBALL HOOPS- PTU has purchased new hoops for outdoor recess. They should be installed in June
KIM KUCHTA AND MR. MO
BE THE CHANGE- expand on theme next year
BRIDGES MATH
-K-3 successful implementation
-need to work on computation
-student engagement has increased
-small group opportunities
ACHIEVE 3000
-GRADES 4-8
-HTS- has done extremely well, 7th and 8th grade tested well above grade level
-Exceeded growth in every grade
IOWA TEST
-This was our last year with the IOWA tests
-Best score in 5 years
MAP TEST
-3 testing sessions next year
2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
Spanish program
-8th grade with have Spanish 2 days per week
-6th and 7th grades will have Spanish 1 day per week
-Full time Spanish teacher on staff
BAND PROGRAM- 4-8 grades
NEW PHONICS PROGRAM- Foundations grade K-2
CONTINUING STEM- Robotics and Virtual Reality
CONTINUED SMART BOARD REPLACEMENT- this summer
GRADELINK- new grading platform
PLEASE COMPLETE PARENT SURVEY