Periwinkle Elementary
PTT (Parents &
Teachers Together) Meeting Minutes
September 11th 2012 @ 6:30pm
Attendees: Erin Cordle, Donna Young, Karyn Costello, Rachel
Nye, Kim Haitt, Greg Haitt, Dawn Young, April Nulman, Donna Luden, Vicki Care,
Ron Care, Chari Engbery, Chris Hunt, Kelsey Hunt, Juliebeth Wilson, Jennifer
Sanders, Mike Uridil, Debbie Jensen – Mr.
Daugherty was unable to attend due to a family emergency
1. President, Erin Cordle - After introductions and a reminder of meeting
guidelines the meeting was called to order
2. Secretary, Donna Luden - Presented
meeting minutes from our last meeting on August 21st. They were voted on and approved by the
President
3. Treasurer, Dawn Young - She gave a brief outlook on what the PTT
spends raised money on and one of last year’s highlights was a Smartboard for
one of our classrooms.
4. Kim Haitt, Committee Chair for Entertainment
Book Sales –
a. This year’s cost $30 per book. Kick Off assembly 9/27 explaining program to
students (9/19 2:30-4p bag stuffing in Community room) 10/4 &10/11 are
turn-in days for monies collected and the 11th is the final day to
have all monies turned in and final orders to be sent home that day. Prizes will be awarded as well as classroom
parties for top-producers.
5. Jennifer Sanders will be taking over
the “Labels for Education” program Kim reported we currently have 35,000 points
to date. Jennifer will also be gathering
additional information on “Pop Top” collections for the Ronald McDonald House
Charities. This is a great program that
can teach our children about giving back to their community. For more info: http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/pop-tab-collections/
6. Donna Luden & Kim Haitt will
oversee our first Movie Night on Friday, October 26th. Admission will be 1 can per person and all
donations will be added to our Holiday Food Drive.
7. Donna Young, 2nd grade
teacher requested $100 for her class to participate as a scene sponsor in this
year’s Christmas Storybook land event at the Linn County Fairgrounds. Check out their website if you are interested
in helping out this year. Great
opportunity to see how it all goes together. http://christmasstorybookland.org
8. Volunteer Coordinator, April Nulman -
Chairpersons are still needed for the following events:
a. Movie Nights for January 11th
& March 8th
b. BBQ Leaders are still needed in the
following areas: Silent Auction (Ideally, two volunteers are needed for this
position. This is an urgent need as it was an on-going process throughout the school
year to contact, follow-up and collect donated items for the event in May) and Ticket
Sales & 50/50 Tickets.
9. Dawn Young reviewed the eScrip
fundraising program for Safeway and various online retailers.
www.escrip.com Every person that signs up by October 31st will
be entered in a drawing for a $30 gift card.
Last year we made $500 our goal this year is to double it. You must re-register every year for this
program.
10. Karen Mitchell won a $25 Fred Meyer
gift card from our Volunteer Sign-up raffle at Open House.
11. Karyn Costello, Periwinkle Staff
Volunteer Coordinator –
a. Reminded everyone that the Physical
Fitness Fundraiser is on Friday, September 21st @ 1:30. Volunteers
are needed to help make this a successful event.
b. Book Fair responsibilities will be
shared with the PTT. April Nulman will
follow up with Donalda our school librarian.
c. Health Check coming up Tuesday,
October 16th. 2nd
grade parent needed to assist in this all day event. Donna Luden will work with Karyn on this
event.
d. Picture day is coming up September 28th
e. New Parent Volunteer Orientation will
be held Tuesday, October 2nd @ 5:30pm in the community room. If you are unable to attend, please call the
school to schedule a time.
12. Volunteer Coordinator, April Nulman –
After review of Calendar of events Chairpersons are still needed for the
following events:
a. Movie Nights for January 11th
& March 8th
b. BBQ Leaders are still needed in the
following areas: Silent Auction (Ideally, two volunteers are needed for this
position. This is an urgent need as it was an on-going process throughout the school
year to contact, follow-up and collect donated items for the event in May) and Ticket
Sales & 50/50 Tickets.
13. Debbie Jensen, Box Top Coordinator - Goal
this year is to earn $2300. Each Box Top
earns .10 cents. Please verify
expiration dates. New monthly incentive
prizes to be award to Top Producer in each class; Traveling Trophy to be
awarded monthly to the class who collects the most & each student who turns
in Box Tops will have their name entered in a monthly drawing. Please check out these sites to earn more Box
Tops at these local grocery stores:
Wrap up – It
was great to see so many faces at this meeting.
We look forward to working together with all of you throughout the
school year!
Next Meeting
Tuesday October 2nd @ 6:30pm
Meeting
adjourned
Periwinkle PTT is on the web, come
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