GFB PTO Meeting Minutes

April 8, 2015 

• Principal’s Report (Mrs. Pearson) 

Thank you from staff and students for the enrichment programs.  Some programs

were better suited than others.  We are almost completely done with MCAS and

will be calling FedEx tomorrow.  Thank you for the breakfast - the students

enjoyed it!  Mrs. Pearson met with Christa and Kristen about summer reading.

The 2015/2016 school calendar has been finalized.  Staff will return on 9/1.  The

Kindergarten social is tentatively set for 8/16 from 2-4.  We will confirm in a

week.  Kindergarten parent night is June 4 and the tour is Friday, June 12.  Camp

Fort will be open to K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students with a 4-station rotation.

Space will be limited and it will run T/W/TH from 8:30-12:30 ($350 per student,

no sibling discounts available).  It will most likely begin on 7/7.  In past years,

PTO funded a scholarship for a summer program, but this was never used.

Kristen and Mrs. Pearson have already discussed math MCAS – creative ideas

welcome.

• Treasurer’s Report (Gillian Teixeira) 

The March calendar raffle brought in $11,610.  We started off with $11,226.76

and made $20,770.53 in deposits and wrote $10,845.70 in checks.  $7,000 was for

the book fair and we also deposited $7,000 for the book fair.  Some checks were

returned to be categorized as donations. The skate party deposited $357 and we

paid $170 for the ice rental.  We budgeted $500 for Math Night and spent

approximately $350.  It was a great night!  We had a $21,101.59 balance at the

end of March.  We made $1,354 in payments so far.  We have $19,755 as of now

(INCLUDES NEXT YEAR’s GRANT FUND).

• Volunteer Update 

Loop (Reena Cash): The loop is going fine. We will be losing about 5 helpers

next year.

• Recent Events (Kristen Buonopane)

Math Night – 140 registered students, 115 checked in. We got a lot of positive

feedback on the night.

Spring Dance – This is our next event.  We got an overwhelming response and

have over 200 students registered.  Doreen got Nick’s to donate 4 trays of pizza to

be ready at 5pm (32 slices in each pizza).  We may change this to 24 since they

are $1 per slice. Items at Costco will be purchased on Friday morning.  The glow

sticks are in and we have 19 volunteers so far.  Spread the word for more!

Family Movie Night – June was too close to the ice cream social.  We moved it

to Friday, May 1 and will show Big Hero 6.  The license has been purchased and

we are using the same company. We need to work on popcorn.  Doors will open

at 6pm and the movie starts at 6:30.  We will rope off the movie screen and create

an aisle.

• Upcoming Events

Teacher Appreciation (week of 5/4-5/8) – Luncheon to be held on 5/8.  Staff

members like Letteries.

Ice Cream Social  – To be held on 6/12.  Kristen reached out to Twist & Shake

but we can scoop ourselves again if needed.

Third Grade Field Day – We will provide slush and possibly water bottles (we

will get enough for Pre-K through 3rd).  What about future years? $500 for slush

budget was approved. $1000 for water bottles was approved.  As it stands so far,

all grades will receive one since it is a transition year.  We will possibly attach a

thank you to highlight the idea of a transition gift.  The room parents will assign

class colors and coordinate.  Should we earmark $2000 for T-shirts next year and

$500 for slush for 2016 field day?  Approved.

• Additional End of Year Expenses (Kristen Buonopane) 

Pre-K/K butterflies:  Ms. Murphy will let us know what is needed.  She requested

that they come after April vacation.

First grade tadpoles: awaiting email from Mrs. O'Leary

High school scholarship donation : (2) $200 scholarships.  Mrs. Pearson asked

about a Sabrina Feudo scholarship – maybe the Cummings and the Fort Banks

PTO can come together and work on this?

• Open Board Positions (Kristen Buonopane) 

If you’re interested in running, email us before the May meeting!

Co-President 2015-2017

Co-Treasurer 2015-2017

Vote in June!

• Affiliate Programs (Kristen Buonopane) 

We submitted $460.70 in box tops.  There will be another submission in October

but we can send them in sooner.  We will send a notice toward the end of the year

for more submissions.