Northwest Elementary
School PTO Meeting
Date: October 4, 2016 Time:
6:30pm
I.
Meeting is called to order by the President or
Vice-President. Called to order by Jennifer Swartzbeck.
II.
Officer Roll
Call
a.
Jennifer Swartzbeck, President
b.
Karen McDonald, Vice-President
c.
Jennifer Rice, Secretary
d.
Steven White, Treasurer
III.
Approval of Minutes from previous meeting
a.
Motioned by:
Courtney Nichols
b.
Seconded by: Brittany Meehan
IV.
Approval of Treasurer’s Report
a.
Motioned by: Kim Platt
b.
Seconded by:
Jill Maier
V.
Mr Ratica News
Fall Festival
parties have been changed from Oct 31 to Oct 28th.
VI.
Committee reports
a.
Membership
210 people
b.
Book Fair/Literacy
Book Fair will be Nov 14-18th
We have $6139 Scholastic Dollars, but we have
$650 bonus SD that will expire. Suggested to give to Librarian. Also, asked if
we could earn the cash, not the SD this year. Motioned by Courtney Nichols,
seconded by Jill Maier. Vote was unanimous in favor of both.
c.
Family Fun Nights
Fall carnival on Fri, Oct 28th. 5
games have been approved by Mr Ratica. Will be open for K-4. Parking is
available at the church. Discussion about limiting the number of people at the
carnival, whether RSVPs need sent out, etc.
d.
Field Day
NA (too early)
e.
Fundraiser
Raffle of 3 sets of Penguins tickets. Dates of
games – Dec 14th, 28th and Jan 3rd. Giftcards
will be included in the raffle again. Giftcards for the top 3 sellers will be
given ($100, $75, $50) Voted on dates to sell. Nov 14-30th.
f.
Homeroom Party Coordinators
Room parents have been contacted
g.
Points for Education
Box Tops and Tyson labels are being collected
through Oct 21st
h.
School Spirit
126 pieces of apparel were sold. PTO will give
all students a “New shirt for a new year” in Jan. They will be blue, gold,
white and gray. K and 4 will get the same colors. It will have the golden
tornado.
i.
Yearbook
Taking pictures!
VII.
New Business
PTO blog is up
Next meeting, we
will have a guest speaker from the nutrition group
VIII.
Questions and Comments
Thank you card from
Miss Augustine.
Meeting adjourned: 7:20pm
Motion by: Courtney Nichols
Seconded by: Kim Platt
