Beaver Acres Elementary School
PTO Meeting Minutes
May 12, 2016
Board Attendees:
Christina Hall, President
Amy Kraft, Vice President
Mercedes Dillon, Treasurer – Absent
Beth Ellington, Volunteer Coordinator
Whitney Lyons-Brasier, Secretary
Additional Attendees:
Carrie Ferguson
Stacy Geale
Sarah Widmer
Valerie Rojas
- Welcome and Introductions
- Open Forum (10 minute limit)
- Carnival – Valerie Rojas
- Keep it or get rid of it?
- Need 15 Volunteers
- 8 cannot make it to meetings but were happy to do volunteer meeting
- Safe Splash – would like to have a booth and prizes
- SuperPlay – Booth and prizes
- Girl Scouts – Bean bag toss and prizes
- We have 15 volunteers from e-mail responses
- 5 others have volunteered verbally
- Some PTO volunteers
- 5th graders are interested in building booths/working booths
- Ideas for games:
- Spin art
- Clown basketball
- Bowling
- Ring toss
- Angry birds
- Pie in the face
- Dunk tank
- Bounce house
- Photo booth
- Fishing game
- Donut game
- Mini golf
- Fish bowl
- Dum dums
- Food:
- Cotton Candy
- Hot Dogs
- Sno Cones
- Donations:
- Park Lanes
- Safe Splash
- Papa’s Pizza
- Plan out timeline of next year at next meeting on June 9th.
- Carnival is cancelled for this year and moved to next school year
- Principals Report-Stacy Geale
- State testing is in progress
- Using technology for testing
- Excited about T-Shirts for Beaver Dash
- Thank you for treats
- Carrie will be principal at Templeton Elementary next year
- Teachers report – Sarah Widmer:
- Thank you for the treats
- Coffee bar was a hit
- Arts for Smarts raised $9,692 and already have corporate sponsors for next year
- Kindergarten submitted budget and $295 for camp learned a lot was approved
- Put together amount for each grade
- 3rd grade wants science day for $370 (Approved)
- Treasures Report/Budget – Mercedes Dillion- Absent
- Per e-mail, we are balanced through the end of March
New Business:
- Vote for Board Positions – Christina Hall:
- Held vote on the following:
- Alison Stone – Secretary
- Whitney Lyons-Brasier – Treasurer
- Amy Kraft – No longer on the board
- Christina Hall – President
- Beth Ellington – Volunteer Coordinator
- Unanimous Vote for all above
- Held vote on the following:
Old Business:
- Dining Night Out – Amy Kraft
- May 25th from 4-8 pm is Burgerville Dining Night Out – Amy will put a sign-up sheet in the teachers’ lounge
- Papa’s Pizza brought in $256
- Box Tops – Christina Hall:
- $412 from box tops
- Jog-A-Thon – Christina Hall:
- Christina bought paper to correspond with Kirk’s colors
- Christina will be here Tuesday dividing up shirts
- Christina will buy otter pops and put them in the freezer
- We have volunteers but not as many as Kirk would like
- Parents can hand out treats
- Need Safety pins
- Student Directory – Christina Hall:
- Forms went out last week
- We will get them out early in the school year
- Movie License – Christina Hall
- 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 years?
- $500, $1000, $1400, $1700 or $2,000
- Christina will buy the 3 year license
- Shine is having a movie night on June 7th or 8th
- Field Day – Christina Hall:
- Tents
- Snacks
- Be Here
Adjourned