Waukee Elementary/Vince Meyer Learning Center
PTO
Meeting – Monday, November 24th, 2014
Agenda:
·
Welcome and Introductions
·
Treasurer’s Report
·
Committee and Program Updates
·
Dates to Remember
·
Questions/Comments
In attendance: 10 in attendance
Welcome and Introductions
Treasurer’s Report
We have spent $2,595 of the $8,400 budget thus far this year.
Activities:
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Movie Night was a success. Attendance was down a bit, but we still had
an estimated 100 attending.
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Family Fun Night planning is underway
with the date set at Saturday, February 7th. We will have a basket
raffle with themes by grade level as in prior years. We are also planning some activities for the
families. More information will be
coming as additional details are finalized.
The event will be held at Waukee Elementary.
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The group is looking for additional
volunteers to help with Family Fun Night.
Any help will be appreciated.
Please let Alysha Mash or LuCinda Beltman know if you are interested.
Book Fair: The book fair will take place during the second conference session
running Feb 25-March 5. The book fair will
be held in the Waukee Elementary media center.
Conference Meals: Gusto Pizza Co. gave us a discount on pizzas for teacher conference
meals. We also received generous parent
donations of salads, snacks, and drinks.
Fine Arts: No update this meeting.
Fundraising: This year’s fundraiser is complete.
The total net proceeds were just over $16,000. The fundraising committee would like to thank
all the parents for their assistance and for the successful fundraising
delivery process that ran very smoothly this year.
Gardening: The reading garden is complete and looks great. Mrs. Tjaden also recruited help from the
groundskeeper to put up new pavers at the front entrance.
Membership: No update this meeting.
Party planning: Planning is underway for the winter
parties which will be held on December 19th. A portion of each of the parties (approx. 20
minutes) will be dedicated to a student service project. The Kindergarten and 1st grader
students will be making well wishes cards for after the holidays.
The Kindergarten cards will be sent to
a local nursing home, and the 1st grader cards will be sent to a
troop in the armed forces out of St. Joseph, Missouri. The 2nd graders will be making tie
scarves, the 3rd graders child-sized tie blankets, and the 4th
graders larger blankets. These items
will be donated to the YESS (Youth Emergency Shelter Services) and the local
police department. The 5th
graders will be wrapping donated books (approximately 300). We will be asking parents to donate wrapping
paper. These books will also be donated
to a local charity.
To prepare the materials for these
service projects, we will be looking for volunteers to cut the flannel for the
tie scarves and blankets. Please watch
for a message to come out about this shortly and the meeting to be held the
first week of December.
The remainder of the party will
include a game and a snack. Please share
any ideas you have for games or snacks.
Teacher
Appreciation: No update this meeting.
Yearbook: No update this meeting.
Program Updates:
·
Box tops – Please send in your box tops, or
you can save them for an upcoming competition between classes to be held in
February. More info to come on
this.
·
Sunny D – Please send in all your Sunny D
labels soon. The book spree ends the end
of this month.
·
Pizza Ranch, Tyson, Labels for Education – no update
Upcoming Dates:
·
Winter Party: December 19th
·
Family Fun Night: February 7th
Next PTO Meeting: Monday, January 26th at 7pm in the Media Center
