OPENING
In attendance were the PA Parents, the PA Exec. Board (Val Weintraub, Liz Gordon, and Lisa Goldenberg), Ms. Migliano (Principal), and Ellen Maurer (Parent Coordinator).
Val Weintraub opened the meeting. The minutes from the Sept.’09 were reviewed and accepted by Nancy Bilyeau and seconded by Jane Lin.
MS. MIGLIANO
Ms. Migliano is happy to see another great turn out and thrilled to see so many parents attending the Just Right For Me Books workshop, prior to the PA meeting. The next workshop coming up will be an Assessment Workshop for older students.
A unit of study board is on display in the main lobby. This will provide information for parents. There is also a data board that shows grade levels using bar graphs. Emily Ades advised that this information can also be put on the website.
The Kindergarten Center is coming along nicely. We are still looking for donations to spruce it up. It needs tables and folding chairs.
Oct. 30th: Character Dress Up Day Coffee & Conversation with Ms. Migliano
PARENT COORDINATOR-Ellen Maurer
Oct. 26th there will be an information workshop on H1N1. The city plan will be discussed, as well as the schools plan. The meeting starts at 7:30am. If the school receives the swine flu vaccine, letters of consent will be sent home. There will be 8 people at the school to administer the vaccines. The nurse will identify which children may not be eligible.
Ellen is always available if any parents have any questions.
TREASURER- Liz Gordon
The down payment for Project Arts will be coming up. The PA will gift $30,000. This will ensure that our school will get the programs back. This has not yet been deducted as indicated in the monthly financial report. The programs for each grade are:
The monthly financial report indicates the total income (PA acct. and BCAS acct.) as $124,357.77. The total expenses are $25,317.11. The ending balance of both accounts $99,040.66.
VP Nominations
Chris Rupp was nominated by Laura Potenza and seconded by Robin Hassan. Pepa Tanousis was nominated by Stephanie Fowler and seconded by Amy Weber. The election ended in a tie. A run off election will be held at the next PA meeting in November.
CARING KIDS -Jodi Freed
The SLT board will be giving a character building award. Each month there will be a different theme. Each teacher will choose two students from each class to win the award. The winners will be posted, as well as sent home.
Programming- Brenda Zuckerman
Halloween party is this Saturday night. Still looking for Saturday a.m. volunteers and 4-6pm set-up volunteers. There will be raffles such as baskets and gift cards (Cheeburger and TD Bank).
FUNDRAISING- Jackie Astacio and Pamela Montes
The fundraising committee has a lot of upcoming events.
Nov 2nd (Mon) - Ms. Chocolate brochures are sent home for selling.
Nov 18th (Wed) - Re-take day for staff, children un-happy with their photos, and absentees on original picture day. The fifth grade year book photos will also be taken at this time.
Nov 30th (Mon) - All candy orders due back at this time.
Dec 14th (week of) -Candy orders will arrive and be distributed to all children.
Not confirmed as of yet but, Nov 24th (Tues) potential pie day delivery and order forms as well as due dates still not set.
Also, not confirmed but eyeglasses, phones, and cartridge collections to start before the end of year and food event subway, and or five guys to be determined as well.
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Spotlight- Vicki Heit
Spotlight needs volunteers to edit, sell ads, bill ads, and type. Usually there is one meeting per issue. Vicki has been doing this for 5 years. Please contact her if you are interested in joining.
Sunshine Fund- Emily Ades
The fund would provide teachers, administrators, PA Executive Board members, and full-time school staff (secretarial, custodial, and school aides) with acknowledgements for milestones in their lives.
These milestones would include: Birth/adoption of a child, or 1st grandchild, wedding, death of a spouse/partner, parent or child, retirement, hospitalization or extended illness
The gift for a baby, 1st grandchild, retirement, wedding, or illness would be a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Nobles.
In the event of a sympathy expression – a card would be sent acknowledging a donation to the school library for $25 worth of books with a placard “In Memory of…” The placards can be printed in advance as well as acknowledgement cards which should be designed by a student.
The Sunshine Fund has already honored the life of teacher Ms. Singh with a bench. The bench has not been placed at our school yet but there is a plaque for Ms. Singh hanging outside Ms. Migliano’s office until a permanent home is found after construction completion.
Miscellaneous
Author Visit
has requested an author visit. The visit was approved by Chris Rupp and seconded by Stacey Neeman. 23 people voted for author visit.
Open Schools/ Staff development
It was discussed that food (lunch & breakfast) would be provided for staff and teachers. It was decided that the PA would provide one luncheon with the cost being approx. $600. The motion was made by Jodi Freed and seconded by Amy Weber. Majority voted in favor of the luncheon.
Be Cool At After School
Questions arose regarding PS 303 and there after school program difficulties. Emily Ades assured us that due to start-up issues and the PS 303 PTA Association not functioning according to the Chancellors Regulations, the program has been cancelled. This will not affect our after school program at all.
Membership Committee Raffle- 2 Cell phones were won.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:44pm.
Meeting minutes respectfully submitted by Lisa Goldenberg
