Hello Highland View Families!
It was great to see so many excited faces at Meet Your Teacher night yesterday. Thanks to School Board members Mel Kuzmanovic, John Comiskey, and Vicky McCormick and our superintendent Dr. Strobel for helping scoop and serve all that ice cream. I heard their scooping arms are all sore today!
Also super thanks to the parents who braved the chill August night and stuck it out to the end of our Meet Your Teacher Movie Night! It looked like everyone enjoyed themselves!
On to new business:
Coming back to school means it's time for our traditional Welcome Back Breakfast!
Breakfast will be served outside this year (where the ice cream social was) between 8:45-10:00 AM on September 1st.
If you'd like to bring something to share, we have a sign up page here:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-welcome1
Be the first to hear about new ideas for this year, or take the chance to have your ideas heard, or just come and share some time with other parents.
See you Tuesday! Welcome Back!
Aleks
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Highland View PTO: Meet Your Teacher Day news!
Hello Highland View Families!
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This is just a quick reminder that there's more to do at Meet Your Teacher Day than just meet your teacher! And there's more this year than ever!
First: As has become a tradition, the PTO will have a a free Ice Cream table set up by the playground for everyone to enjoy. Greendale School Board members have volunteered to do the scooping, so make sure to say hi and meet the folks that set school policy in Greendale.
Second: Just like last year, we'll also have an assortment of veggies from our school garden to enjoy. I checked earlier and we are FULL of cucumbers, and tomatoes!
Third: We'll have soccer balls and kickball balls out on the fields--stick around and play for a while!
Finally: If you stick around until it starts getting dark we'll be playing an outdoor movie for anyone that wants to watch. Sunset's supposed to be 7:38, so we'll start right around then. Suggestions for a movie so far have been Home and The Lego Movie. Email to let me know which I should choose! Popcorn is on the PTO!
See you next week!
Aleks Skibicki
P.S. Keep your eyes on your inbox--there's a lot more coming up in the next few days including a sign up to help with the Welcome Back Breakfast, and (with luck) an online membership form for the PTO too.
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This is just a quick reminder that there's more to do at Meet Your Teacher Day than just meet your teacher! And there's more this year than ever!
First: As has become a tradition, the PTO will have a a free Ice Cream table set up by the playground for everyone to enjoy. Greendale School Board members have volunteered to do the scooping, so make sure to say hi and meet the folks that set school policy in Greendale.
Second: Just like last year, we'll also have an assortment of veggies from our school garden to enjoy. I checked earlier and we are FULL of cucumbers, and tomatoes!
Third: We'll have soccer balls and kickball balls out on the fields--stick around and play for a while!
Finally: If you stick around until it starts getting dark we'll be playing an outdoor movie for anyone that wants to watch. Sunset's supposed to be 7:38, so we'll start right around then. Suggestions for a movie so far have been Home and The Lego Movie. Email to let me know which I should choose! Popcorn is on the PTO!
See you next week!
Aleks Skibicki
P.S. Keep your eyes on your inbox--there's a lot more coming up in the next few days including a sign up to help with the Welcome Back Breakfast, and (with luck) an online membership form for the PTO too.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Highland View PTO: Correction and Major Highland View Parking Upgrade!
Hello Highland View Families!
Just a real quick correction and an announcement:
1) I gave the wrong date for Meet Your Teacher Night in the last PTO email! That was actually the date for the Meet Your Nobody Night. Sorry! The correct Meet Your Teacher Night date is August 26th.
We still need help scooping ice cream, and maybe arranging games for the kids? Who knows! Please let me know if you're interested in hanging out that evening and helping!
2) And now the big announcement: there's been a major parking upgrade at Highland View........for bikes! I just finished putting together a brand new 18-bike rack for the front side of our school. That doubles our bike parking space, and will make it a lot easier for students biking in from the east to follow the school's bike safety rules. That was an idea that came in to the PTO from parents, and now it's a reality. It's just one more example of how great it is to be involved!
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Highland View PTO Important Summer Updates (Yes, it's still summer!)
Hello Highland View Families!
I hope summer is going great. I was at the beach last week and would you believe there was a pig sunbathing there? I walked by, and he sure was bacon! (That joke doesn't work so well with our weather recently, sorry!)
In any event, there are a couple summer updates I needed to share with everyone, though if you were a fifth grade parent last year, they may not all apply to you (I'll make a new email list after we get our new membership list put together in September!):
First, we just got an email from Market Day which said that after being bought out by a different company, they're retiring the school-based Market Day program. During the months of July and August, some Market Day products will still be sold at GFS stores, and they'll send 10% of the price to Highland View if you ask them to. So, if you have Market Day favorites, move quickly, because this is the end of them.
Second, since we're losing Market Day, don't forget to save your box tops, Campbell's labels, and use your Target RedCard to support Highland View! For the next couple days you can even enter to win the school 7500 Box Tops ($750!) at the site And if you haven't linked your Target Card up to Highland View, click here to do it before you buy school supplies!
Third, Meet Your Teacher Day is coming up August 25th, and for the third year now the PTO is running a free Ice Cream Sundae bar for the evening. If you can help scoop or serve, let me know! Also, make sure to bring a dinner picnic and join other Highland View families for a fun time outdoors after you meet your teacher. See you there!
Aleks Skibicki
I hope summer is going great. I was at the beach last week and would you believe there was a pig sunbathing there? I walked by, and he sure was bacon! (That joke doesn't work so well with our weather recently, sorry!)
In any event, there are a couple summer updates I needed to share with everyone, though if you were a fifth grade parent last year, they may not all apply to you (I'll make a new email list after we get our new membership list put together in September!):
First, we just got an email from Market Day which said that after being bought out by a different company, they're retiring the school-based Market Day program. During the months of July and August, some Market Day products will still be sold at GFS stores, and they'll send 10% of the price to Highland View if you ask them to. So, if you have Market Day favorites, move quickly, because this is the end of them.
Second, since we're losing Market Day, don't forget to save your box tops, Campbell's labels, and use your Target RedCard to support Highland View! For the next couple days you can even enter to win the school 7500 Box Tops ($750!) at the site And if you haven't linked your Target Card up to Highland View, click here to do it before you buy school supplies!
Third, Meet Your Teacher Day is coming up August 25th, and for the third year now the PTO is running a free Ice Cream Sundae bar for the evening. If you can help scoop or serve, let me know! Also, make sure to bring a dinner picnic and join other Highland View families for a fun time outdoors after you meet your teacher. See you there!
Aleks Skibicki
Monday, June 8, 2015
Highland View PTO: Saving the best for last!
Hello Highland View Families!
Since it's the last email of the school year, let's make it a good one! We'll start with highlights from the meeting:
1) The good news: Thanks everyone! A lot of folks did volunteer to coordinate or manage events and programs for next year. (Hooray!) HOWEVER, we're really looking for a Yearbook coordinator and Fun Fair coordinator! Both will have a lot of help since previous coordinators are still around to provide guidance and assistance. AND, if you just want to help, but don't want to coordinate/manage an event, please please please email and let me know. Even if the "coordinator" blank is filled, there's always room for you! You'll be getting a 2015-16 PTO membership form sent home with report cards, you can use that to let us know about any interests you have too.
2) A major priority next year will be to make volunteering with the school and PTO as accessible and welcoming to families as possible. If you have ideas please let me know. If you have feelings about why less people do volunteer, please let me know! If you feel like you're shut out, and don't feel welcome to help, then super-please let me know, because that absolutely breaks my heart to hear!
3) We approved a budget for next year, and there was a conscious effort to maintain what we've done this year. We have a lot of great things going on at Highland View, and will work to keep them going! Because we're continuing traditions we have a great opportunity: instead of building programs from the ground up, we can focus in on how to do those things BETTER. So, if you're interested in any of the many things the PTO does, now is the best time in the world to get involved!
4) Not from the meeting, specifically, but don't forget: discounted registration for Kickball teams at the Education Foundation's Kickball Tournament during Village Days ends June 15th! Find registration packets and information here: http://www.greendale.k12.wi.us/files/_CZKV7_/ea28e47a3ab9aa073745a49013852ec4/FINAL_Adult_Kickball_Registration_Packet.pdf
5) Also, make sure to cheer for our Greendale Girls Varsity Soccer Team! After winning their regional championship Saturday against Pius XI 2-0, they'll be playing in the sectional semi-final game at 6:30 at Greendale High School this Thursday (6/11). If you can go, you should! They are playing some great soccer, and can totally 100% use your support!
Oh, and did I mention: The Yearbook and The Fun Fair are looking for coordinators, co-coordinators, un-coordinators, and re-coordinators?
See you at school!
Aleks Skibicki
P.S. Have a great summer! And speaking of summer, do you know why bananas always use sunscreen? So they don't peel!
Since it's the last email of the school year, let's make it a good one! We'll start with highlights from the meeting:
1) The good news: Thanks everyone! A lot of folks did volunteer to coordinate or manage events and programs for next year. (Hooray!) HOWEVER, we're really looking for a Yearbook coordinator and Fun Fair coordinator! Both will have a lot of help since previous coordinators are still around to provide guidance and assistance. AND, if you just want to help, but don't want to coordinate/manage an event, please please please email and let me know. Even if the "coordinator" blank is filled, there's always room for you! You'll be getting a 2015-16 PTO membership form sent home with report cards, you can use that to let us know about any interests you have too.
2) A major priority next year will be to make volunteering with the school and PTO as accessible and welcoming to families as possible. If you have ideas please let me know. If you have feelings about why less people do volunteer, please let me know! If you feel like you're shut out, and don't feel welcome to help, then super-please let me know, because that absolutely breaks my heart to hear!
3) We approved a budget for next year, and there was a conscious effort to maintain what we've done this year. We have a lot of great things going on at Highland View, and will work to keep them going! Because we're continuing traditions we have a great opportunity: instead of building programs from the ground up, we can focus in on how to do those things BETTER. So, if you're interested in any of the many things the PTO does, now is the best time in the world to get involved!
4) Not from the meeting, specifically, but don't forget: discounted registration for Kickball teams at the Education Foundation's Kickball Tournament during Village Days ends June 15th! Find registration packets and information here: http://www.greendale.k12.wi.us/files/_CZKV7_/ea28e47a3ab9aa073745a49013852ec4/FINAL_Adult_Kickball_Registration_Packet.pdf
5) Also, make sure to cheer for our Greendale Girls Varsity Soccer Team! After winning their regional championship Saturday against Pius XI 2-0, they'll be playing in the sectional semi-final game at 6:30 at Greendale High School this Thursday (6/11). If you can go, you should! They are playing some great soccer, and can totally 100% use your support!
Oh, and did I mention: The Yearbook and The Fun Fair are looking for coordinators, co-coordinators, un-coordinators, and re-coordinators?
See you at school!
Aleks Skibicki
P.S. Have a great summer! And speaking of summer, do you know why bananas always use sunscreen? So they don't peel!
Sunday, June 7, 2015
2015-2016 Proposed Budget
If anyone wants to preview the budget proposal for next year before the meeting tomorrow, here it is!
After all outstanding expenses are paid for 2014-2015, we should have about $14,600 in the bank. Assuming the Fun Fair can be brought back up to even, the PTO anticipates having about $30,000 available next year. If we spend our entire budget, we'd be left with $5,000 in the bank. Maintaining below-budget spending levels would allow us to also maintain a larger balance.
| Budget Items: | 2014-15 Proposed | Spent (6/4/2015) | 2015-2016 Proposed | |
| 5th Grade Celebration | $500.00 | $0.00 | $500.00 | |
| 5th Grade Field Trip | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | |
| 5th Grade Shirts | $500.00 | $0.00 | $500.00 | |
| All the World | $500.00 | $294.10 | $500.00 | |
| Assemblies | $1,500.00 | $800.00 | $1,500.00 | |
| Birthday Gifts | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | |
| Black History Month | $250.00 | $0.00 | $250.00 | |
| Checks | $28.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Classroom Grants | $3,000.00 | $2,238.26 | $3,000.00 | |
| Conference Meals | $300.00 | $300.98 | $300.00 | |
| Copier | $150.00 | $134.54 | $150.00 | |
| Field Trip Buses | $1,750.00 | $779.12 | $0.00 | |
| Field Trip Expenses | $1,750.00 | |||
| Fitness P&R Certificates | $952.00 | $160.00 | $704.00 | |
| Folders | $500.00 | $0.00 | $586.78 | |
| GEF kickball registration | $200.00 | |||
| Handy Helpers | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | |
| High Interest Day | $500.00 | $91.87 | $500.00 | |
| Highlighter Medals | $350.00 | $0.00 | $350.00 | |
| Ice Cream Social | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | |
| Musical Lunches | $150.00 | $0.00 | $150.00 | |
| Olympic Day | $250.00 | $0.00 | $250.00 | |
| Panther Paw Postcards | $100.00 | $0.00 | $50.00 | |
| Polar Plunge Lunch | $246.77 | $250.00 | ||
| Postage | $4.90 | $0.00 | ||
| PTO Attendance Incentive | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | |
| Publishing Center | $50.00 | $46.72 | $50.00 | |
| RIF | $3,000.00 | $1,757.24 | $3,000.00 | |
| RIF (Battle of the Books) | $375.76 | |||
| Scholarships | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | |
| Scholastic Book Fair | $81.72 | $100.00 | ||
| School Shirts | $1,500.00 | $1,671.25 | $1,750.00 | |
| Tax Exempt Application | $850.00 | $400.00 | $0.00 | |
| Teacher Appreciation | $800.00 | $724.39 | $800.00 | |
| Teacher Gift | $2,050.00 | $2,100.00 | $2,100.00 | |
| Teacher Workroom Coffee | $27.99 | $50.00 | ||
| Volunteer Breakfast | $150.00 | $117.53 | $150.00 | |
| Welcome Back Breakfast | $100.00 | $0.00 | $100.00 | |
| Yearbooks | $3,000.00 | $1,185.74 | $3,000.00 | |
| TOTAL | $22,952.00 | $15,766.88 | $24,790.78 |
Income 2014-2015
| Expense | Total Receipts | 2014-2015 Net Income | |||||
| Main Fundraiser | $240.00 | $6,420.30 | $6,180.30 | ||||
| Art to Remember | $0.00 | $1,391.75 | $1,391.75 | ||||
| Step Up to Better Health Fun Run/Walk | $65.93 | $2,229.15 | $2,163.22 | ||||
| Fun Fair | $4,087.95 | $3,263.75 | -$824.20 | ||||
| Market Day | $1,116.42 | $1,116.42 | |||||
| Box Tops/Labels | $43.75 | $998.20 | $954.45 | ||||
| Family Dinner Night | $175.00 | $542.00 | $367.00 | ||||
| Restaurant Fundraisers | $76.00 | $76.00 | |||||
| Neon Dance Night | $648.22 | $1,104.19 | $455.97 | ||||
| Direct Donations | $20.00 | $20.00 | |||||
| Spirit Wear | $207.00 | $207.00 | |||||
| Interest on Account | $2.63 | $2.63 | |||||
| Phone Books | $193.05 | $846.00 | $652.95 | ||||
| Phone Book Ads | $30.00 | $30.00 | |||||
| Village Days | $120.49 | $261.30 | $140.81 | ||||
| Target | $1,832.58 | $1,832.58 | |||||
| Total PTO Net Income 2014-2015: | $14,766.88 | ||||||
After all outstanding expenses are paid for 2014-2015, we should have about $14,600 in the bank. Assuming the Fun Fair can be brought back up to even, the PTO anticipates having about $30,000 available next year. If we spend our entire budget, we'd be left with $5,000 in the bank. Maintaining below-budget spending levels would allow us to also maintain a larger balance.
Highland View PTO: June Meeting--Oh my!
Hello Highland View Families!
We're almost there. With the end of the year coming up there's only almost our most important meeting of the year left.
We'll be working on
1) The 2015-2016 budget
2) Choosing 2015-2016 events and projects
3) Finding 2015-2016 event and project coordinators
Speaking of finding event and project coordinators. PLEASE take a look at the list at this link to see what we still need people for. If you're interested, let me know!
Thanks! And happy summer!
Aleks Skibicki
We're almost there. With the end of the year coming up there's only almost our most important meeting of the year left.
We'll be working on
1) The 2015-2016 budget
2) Choosing 2015-2016 events and projects
3) Finding 2015-2016 event and project coordinators
Speaking of finding event and project coordinators. PLEASE take a look at the list at this link to see what we still need people for. If you're interested, let me know!
Thanks! And happy summer!
Aleks Skibicki
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