Hatch PTO General Meeting

General Meeting Minutes

March 21, 2017

Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 18, 7:00PM

OPEF -Bringing science and arts to life through activities and classes

  • Base camp raises money for the program
  • 120 scholarships to base camp this summer will be afforded
  • Community members provide the most support and donations from D97 PTO’s
  • Gwendolyn Brooks mural will be displayed and done by OPEF base camp
  • Revamping summer programs which will bring new and exciting opportunities

Principal report

  • Intensive work around equity
  • Amazing work with kids accomplished by the teachers and staff
  • Winter data dive
  • 20% difference between White and African American group and the gap has been closed
  • Free and reduced students lunch are growing more than those that pay
  • Closing the gaps with subgroups and accelerate that closure- Hatch is outperforming the district
  • Seeing results since we are piloting a lot of the work through D97
  • Summer school is not required and recommend at Hatch or across the district for every child only the neediest students are first enrolled
  • Working towards publishing more data on the Hatch website and making it more accessible
  • Need to work on the heightening level of achievement not just growth within the disenfranchised student groups

Supporting gender expansion students- Presentation led by Ms. Susan Mura

  • Notecards for questions and they will be addressed and answered with a personal follow up
  • Youth is driving this
  • Berwyn is cutting edge on this topic and have resources and programs currently in place
  • This presentation is geared towards adults and the students are relayed the information in a different manner. The message to children is surrounding respect and the conversations are around being different
  • Kids language is very different and on the level of the child

Parents night out teachers are invited at Circle Lanes in Forest Park 4/8 6-9 drinks and food separately discounted and a raffle

  • $25/person $100/team

Online plant sales - monarch butterfly kits fundraiser add pollinator plants to our garden

Fun Fair event huge success

  • Slice factory donated one pizza for every pizza bought which cut our cost
  • Left over pizza was taken to a charity at the end of the night
  • Speaking with other elementary schools possibly change the dates and extend the time based on feedback
  • May have to incur additional costdue to extra help needed
  • Logistics can be revised based on feedback

Spring Book Fair went well-ice cream social drew attention as well ~$2700 was earned

Drinking fountainoutside to be installed over the break

Funding Request

Ms. Klemp art build magnetic chalkboard wall over the summer

  • Supplies and paint $250.00

Additional playground equipment a great deal of items have been lost.

  • $496.08

Raquel has a lead for donated balls and playground equipment

Both motioned and approved

Ms. Nikolakakis thank you for bins

FYI sign up information for board positions that are expiring

  • Two year term commitment
  • Co-president
  • Co treasure
  • VP of chairs
  • VP of communications
  • Chair of HAH
  • Open Chair positions
  • Hatch Orchard-head of the group
  • Green Team

26 Meeting Attendees