Woodward Elementary

PTO Meeting – School Library

9/10/2013

Officers: Lisa Dudley (President), Michelle King (Vice President), Jan Hasting (Treasurer) and Abby Berlin (Secretary)

Attendees: PTO Officers, Jill Elliott, Ellen Thomas, Lori Kiefer, Judy Carpenter, Brindi Hellinger, Sarah Hojnacki, T.K. Lewis, Lisa Strahm, Jen Richardson, Marisol Olvera, Denise Kilton, Amy Callendine

Called to order by Lisa Dudley

Time: 7:15 - 8:15 pm

Welcome and introductions -

  • First meeting of the 2013-2014 school-year!
  • Introductions around the room

Approval of past Meeting Minutes –

  • Approved by Jan and Michelle

Approval of Treasurer’s report –

  • Approved by Lisa and Jill

Principal and Staff Report -

  • Thanks to all the teachers and staff from Mrs. Elliott.
  • 410 students are enrolled this year at Woodward.
  • Added third section to 4th grade classes.
  • Mrs. Elliott introduced several new staff members here at Woodward – welcome!
  • Reiterated new safety procedures and the staff completed safety training.
  • Added the 7 Habits on the playground. Also had some of the kids leave handprints on playground – thanks to all who volunteered and helped with this effort!
  • This is the second year of leader in me; also new this year 1st – 4th graders will be able to participate in leadership groups.
  • Please take notice of the bulletin board outside the main office; each time a Woodward friend exhibits one of the 7 habits, they get a star to put on the bulletin board!
  • Curriculum night is this Thursday; K-2 first half of the night, followed by pizza in the gym and then 3-4 grades.
  • Parent-teacher conferences will be held Oct 10th and 15th.
  • Woodward scoring for district is a C overall – need addtl notes on this

Presentation from Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Hellinger -

  • Mrs. Carpenter provided overview of Summer Reading program. We had an increase in attendance and a successful turnout this summer – about 80-82 kids participated.
  • Extending the Oct book fair to 2 full weeks: 10/7 – 10/17
  • The attendees decided to do only 2 book fairs this year, instead of typically doing 3. One book fair will be in Oct and the second one will either be in Feb (to coincide with teach conference) or BOGO in May; group will need to eventually decide.

Committee report –

  • Market Day – next pickup is October8th at 6:30pm. We are looking for a new market day chairperson.
  • Box Tops for Education – current contest running until September 27th.
  • Coke Rewards – keep sending in, we have collected a lot and will be searching for rewards soon.
  • Tyson Rewards – we are still collecting these.
  • Parent suggestion was to separate the box top pointers on separate pieces of paper, instead of printing front-to-back.

President’s report

  • Handprints on playground – thanks to volunteers who helped out…looks great.
  • Marco’s Day – (winner – Mrs. Kelly), next fundraiser day is Oct 16th.
  • Spirit Day winner – Mrs. Brockett’s class, thanks to Jayna Browning for making spirit stick!!
  • Give with Target – until 9/21/13. Encourage friends and family to vote for Laura Woodward elementary.

Upcoming Events –

  • Read a thon starts this Friday! Runs through 9/27 and celebration day is 10/4.
  • This Friday will kick off the read-a-thon. Will continue with this again this year. Will need additional volunteers to help with this effort.
  • Breakfast with a buddy is on 9/18 @ 8:00 am for students with last name beginning with A through L.
  • Donatos Night is on 9/26.
  • Jen Richardson will coordinate dinners for Parent-Teacher conferences; she will have a sign-up sheet for volunteers.

Concerns & Questions –

  • Preschool field trip – group voted and approved that the PTO will help cover the trip to the pumpkin patch.
  • Cookbook recipes – idea to put together a Woodward recipe book. Lisa is asking for feedback from the group.

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