Thursday, April 15, 2010

Agenda for 4/15/2010 Meeting




·       Fundraising for 2010-2011 Academic Year (Shannon Girard)
o   Fall and Spring, Set Dates
o   Presentation by Genevieve’s
o   Presentation by Meadow Farms
o   Vote: Meadow Farms or Genevieve’s?
o   Does a phonebook for fall sound good?
·       Disbursement request by from Mrs. Pearson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade: From Mrs. Pearson, “…the kindergarten teachers like to hatch butterflies and the first grade teachers tadpoles.  We are wondering if the PTO would be willing to support these aspects of our science curriculum. The cost is as follows: 9 units of butterflies = $134.91 + $16.00 for shipping and handling for a total of $151.90. The tadpoles including food pellets cost $63.80 + second day air shipping cost of $30 for a total cost of $93.80. If these requests are approved, Mrs. Gavin will take care of ordering.”
o   Vote: Approve expenditure or disapprove expenditure?
·       Walkathon/Fun run
o   Vote: Yes or No to Cummings table (Winthropoly sales) at event?
o   Vote: Yes or No to quilt raffle for scholarship?
o   We need a person to be in charge of refreshments
·       Enrichment Activities Report
o   Ooochworld (Cindy Silva, Jackie Drevos)
o   Jeremy Reiner Visit in March (Jill Dorr)
o   Zorro the Bomb Dog visit in March (Jill Dorr)
o   Upcoming: Mike the Bubbleman
·       Incoming Kindergarten Parent Orientation on April 28 from 6:30 pm – 8 pm
o   Hospitality volunteers
·       Future planning for 2010-11 Academic Year
o   Fundraisers
o   Enrichment Activities
o   PTO Meetings
§  Is our current alternating schedule good?
·       Open committee positions. Any volunteers?
o   BoxTops Rewards
o   Recycle Rewards
·       General Reports
o   Treasury (Jodee Harris)
o   Recycling
§  Recycling idea in support of Mrs. Merola (Dawn Manning)
o   Ongoing fundraising
§  BoxTops Stop & Shop
§  Labels4Kids.com
§  Target
·       New Business

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Important Dates and Open Committee Positions

April 11, 2010 at 8 pm: Walkathon Planning Committee 
We will be discussing final assignments, last minute marketing and pledge collections. E-mail marcie(dot)moline(at)gmail.com for details.


April 14, 15 and 16: Incoming Kindergarten Registration 
Please contact the school directly for details 617-846-5509..


April 15, 2010 at 6:30 pm: PTO General Meeting 
Meet us in the Gorman Fort Banks Elementary School cafeteria. Come discuss and choose next year's fundraising events and upcoming enrichment programs. If you have an agenda item, please e-mail your request to marcie(dot)moline(at)gmail.com.


April 28, 2010 at 6:30 pm to 8 pm: Incoming Kindergarten Orientation for Parents
Please contact the school directly for details 617-846-5509.

May 1, 2010 from 9 am to noon: Gorman Fort Banks PTO Walkathon and Recycling Day
Bring your MA-redeemable bottles and cans and cheer on the kids as they do three laps around Miller Field.

Put me in charge. I'll do it! 
We have two open committee chair positions we need to fill: BoxTop Rewards Collections and Recycle Rewards (inkjet and toner collection). We need volunteers immediately so they can be trained now and serve the next academic year of 2010 - 2011. The committee chairs serve as liaisons between the PTO and the corporate reward company. The BoxTop Rewards chair is responsible for coordinating regular pick ups from the BoxTop collection boxes located in the school and at business locations and submit them for redemption. The Recycle Rewards chair is responsible for coordinating with the school computer room regular collection and shipping of used inkjet and toner cartridges. If you are interested in serving, please contact Dawn Manning at kmanningfamily(at)comcast.net .