Monday, December 5, 2011

Agenda for December 7 Meeting


Gorman Fort Banks PTO
Meeting Agenda for December 7, 2011
  • Intro 2 minutes
    • Agenda items must be submitted in writing to marcie.molinegmail.com at least 5 days prior
  • Principal’s Report (Mrs. Pearson) 5 minutes,
  • Treasurer Report (Carolyn Gagnon)  2 minutes
    • Summary Report of Disbursements and Balance
  • Jeffrey Turco, Town Council President
  • Volunteer Update (Kelly Parker) 5 minutes
    • Library and Book Fair, Dawn Hurley
  • Cookie Dough Fundraiser (Shannon Girard)
  • In-school Enrichment Activities
    • Report on activities in November
    • Report on activities scheduled for the future
  • Vote: Allocation of 1/10 of fundraiser to playground fund?
  • Vote: Allocation of funds for room gifts from PTO
    • Teacher/room umbrellas
  • Vote: Allocation for safety vests
  • O2 monitor for nurse for $100 - $160
    • Was it purchased?
  • 2 indoor basketball stations requested by Mrs. Finn, $200/each
    • Were they purchased?
  • Cross-cultural council (Marcie Moline)
    • Need volunteers who speak Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Russian
  • Holiday Lighting Report of our table (Alicyn Thompson)
  • Affiliate program reminder
    • Box Tops
    • Labels for Education
    • Recycle Rewards rrewards.com
    • Labels4kids.com
    • Stop & Shop A+ Rewards
  • Open Forum

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Now that's a lot of cookie dough!

Once again, the Gorman Fort Banks families have shown their love for cookie dough (or their exemplary salesmanship) in our Cookie Dough Fundraiser. Thanks to you, the PTO will soon have over $11,000 to allocate towards enrichment programs, scholarships and activities for students.

Delivery will take place the week of December 12th. Room parents, please be ready to pitch in that week to help unload the truck and sort when it arrives. A firm date and details will be sent to us by the company soon. Stay tuned.

For those of you who are curious about what was the most popular flavor, it was chocolate chunk. All the others are distributed rather evenly: