Minutes from the May Meeting

Highland View PTO

May12,2014

Minutes

Thirteen individuals were in attendance.

Aleks Skibicki welcomed members and asked everyone to introduce themselves.

The minutes of April 8, 2014 were approved.

The treasurer’s report was approved.

Labels for education: Ms. Schleicher’s class won.  Over 30,000 pts collected.  Will be able to purchase PE Bases, Batting Tees, Carts etc…

Fitness Project Prizes:  Classroom prizes will be extra recess.  Once the sheet is handed in A Park N Rec Certificate will be given to the student valued at $5.00.  This certificate will cost the PTO $4.00 and the PTO will only be billed for the ones that were used.  Max estimated cost $2000.00.  The coupons will Expire January 31, 2015 and cannot be used for child care. The all school prize will be a frozen healthy treat.

Nominations for PTO Officiers:  Moved to June 09, 2014 meeting.

Current Projects

Fifth Grade Celebration:  The PTO approved an extra $200.00 for the Fifth Grade Graduation Committee.  Alison Julien and Mary Braun will be heading the committee for the 2014/2015 Fifth Grade Celebration.

Garden Clean-Up:  Planting will begin in about two weeks.

Olympic Day: There will be a volunteer form sent home in Friday folders.

High Interest Day:  Went great, received many Thank You cards from the kids.

Elections In Schools:  Contact Aleks with questions.

Teacher Wish List: Technology needs replacing.  Mrs. Flater will look into if the PTO purchases will the district replace or repair when needed.  Mrs. Flater will also work on getting a number to the PTO of what the technology would cost.  Decision was made to hold off approving the teachers wish list at this time.  We will look into possibly learning shop gift cards or using money received from Target for the teachers.

PTO Survey: Fun Fair not as popular as we thought.  Comments revealed that they would prefer less raffle items and more quality items. RIF and Read me a story night very popular. 

Principal Time            

PBIS (Positive Behavior Information System)  A streamlined way of teaching behavorial expectations.  We have 10 staff on the PBIS team.  The goal is to eventually to add parents and students to the team. 

The spring concert( rock ‘n ‘roll themed) is May 14^th,2014 and the open house( focus on literacy) is May 22^nd, 2014. The Volunteer Breakfast will be held on June 11, 2014 at 8:45 am.

Announcements

Next PTO Meeting June 9, 2014

Meeting Conclusion

Kristen Settle won tickets to the GEF Fundraiser

Thank You to Mrs.  Flater for a wonderful first year with us!

The meeting was adjourned.

Agenda for Monday June 9th

Hello again!

Today's meeting is the same bat-time, same bat-channel (6:00, Highland View Library).  Here's what's on the agenda:

1) Welcome

2) Review Minutes, May 12, 2014  2 Minutes

3) Treasurer’s Report                                                                                                  3 Minutes

4) New Business                                                                                                         15 Minutes  

•Grant Funding

•2014/2015 Budget

•Fundraiser Chairperson

•Family Ambassadors 

•Welcome Back Ice Cream Social

5) Upcoming Events                                                                                                    20 Minutes

•Nominations for next years PTO Officers

•Fifth Grade Graduation

   

6)Updates                                                                                                                 10 Minutes

•Spring Concert

•Open House

•Spirit Wear

•Olympic Day

•Fitness Challenge

What's the PTO Done for me lately?

What's the PTO done for me lately?  A whole lot!  Here's an (incomplete!) list of just some of the things the PTO provided funding for or coordinated entirely just this year alone:

Sock Hop
Publishing Center
Fun Fair
Around the World Festival
Ice Cream Socials
Welcome Back Breakfast
Yearbooks
Musical Lunches
Read Me a Story Night
RIF
Olympic Day
Highlighter Medals
Child Care During Conferences
HV Alumni Scholarships
Classroom Supplies
Games for the Game Club
The Florentine Opera Visit
Irish Dancers
Spanish Dance Classes
Lost and Found Reorganization
Teacher Appreciation Week
School Beautification Projects
5th Grade Field Trip
5th Grade Celebration
Your Highland View Folders
A New Bike Rack
Conference Meals for Teachers
Battle of the Books
Visual Learning Aids for Students and Classrooms
Document Cameras for Classrooms
Seat Back Pockets for Spanish Classes

Next Meeting: Monday May 12th

Don't forget the PTO meeting on Monday!

As usual, it'll be at 6:00 in the Library.  

We'll be electing next year's officers, discussing the early results of the PTO survey (If you haven't done it yet, you can find it here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F5DNDB2 ), discussing Olympic Day, Teacher Wish Lists, and approving prizes for the May fitness challenge your students have been working on this month.

We had previously discussed having members of the Village Board present to discuss elections in schools.  That ultimately was removed from the agenda because of the joint Village and School Board meeting to discuss the issue that occurred last week.

Questions?  As always, let us know!

Volunteers Needed!

The school year is rapidly coming to a close, and that means it's time to look for helpers for PTO events and projects for next year.  If you were a committee chair this year, I kept you on the list for next--please let me know if I need to take you off!  If you see an event with an open space, that means we need someone to organize that. If the space is in yellow, that means we don't need a new chairperson, but one would be appreciated!  If you don't want to run an event, but would like to help out, let us know too--we need everyone!

Email: hv.ptorg@yahoo.com

PTO Chair List 2014-2015
Event/Project	Chairperson
All the World Festival	____________________ and Seniorita Bradley
Art to Remember	Cheryl Kelly
Birthday Board	Aleks Skibicki
Book Fair	Cheryl DeWalt
Box Tops	____________________
Campbell's Soup Labels	Caroline Roberts and Michelle Persike
Conference Dinners (Nov.)	Kristin Settle
Conference Dinners (Feb.)	Kristin Settle
Family Dinner Night	Mary Braun
5th Grade Celebration	____________________
Fall Fundraiser	Aleks Skibicki
Fun Fair	Paula Sibila and Angel Barylski
Fun Run/Walk (Oct.)	Colleen Thiel
Health/Nurse's Station	Karen Hickey
High Interest Day	Christine Michalski
Highlighter Board	Jessica Anaya
Ice Cream Social	Paula Sibila and Aleks Skibicki
Market Day	Angie Latus
Olympic Day	HV Staff
Phone Book	Aleks Skibicki
Publishing Center	Lori Hanlon
Read Me a Story Night	Alison Julien
RIF	Alison Julien
Sock Hop	Tammy Pogorzelski
Spirit Days	____________________
Spirit Wear	Kerry Kapocius
Staff Appreciation Week	Amanda Kachikis
Village Days Games	Jason Patzfahl
Yearbook	____________________
Website	Aleks Skibicki
Welcome Back Breakfast	Aleks Skibicki
Musical Lunches	Kathleen Skibicki
Handy Helpers	____________________

Safe Elections Update: How to Contact the Board of Trustees

For those of you wishing to contact the Board of Trustees directly, and make your voice heard about moving voting to alternate locations, here is contact information for the Greendale Village Board of Trustees:

You can mail letters to any of the trustees at Village Hall:

Greendale Village Hall
6500 Northway
Greendale, WI 53129

The Trustees themselves are listed below along with their email addresses and village phone numbers:

James M. Birmingham
jbirmingham@greendale.org
(414) 421-4661

Ronald A. Barbian
rbarbian@greendale.org
(414) 525-1999

Sally A. Chadwick
schadwick@greendale.org
(414) 421-8163

Allan D. Sikorski
asikorski@greendale.org
(414) 421-3854

Donna Ouellette
douellette@greendale.org

Please contact them and let them know this is an issue that is important, and due serious consideration!

Next Meeting: TUESDAY April 8th

Highland View Library 6:00 PM

There’s still a lot left to do this year!

We'll be working on:

• Proposal for an additional bike rack
• High Interest Day
• School garden update
• Teacher appreciation week
• Nominations for next years PTO officers
• Selection of Highland View's volunteer award committee members
• Spirit wear update
• Soup label book discussion
• Discussion on a walking/biking incentive program for students

It’s also time to take nominations for PTO officers for next year, find event coordinators for next year, and choose PTO representatives for the Bruce Paprocki Highland View Distinguished Volunteer Award committee.

Child care will be available. The classroom with the most parents in attendance will receive a gift card to the Learning Shop.  Every attendee has a chance to win attendance prizes too!