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!

2015-2016 Proposed Budget

If anyone wants to preview the budget proposal for next year before the meeting tomorrow, here it is!

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!

Volunteers Needed

Thanks!  And happy summer!

Aleks Skibicki

Highland View PTO: Five Announcements! (Awesome!)

Hello Highland View Families!

I'll keep this short, so in chronological order:

1)  Don't forget, today (Friday May 29th) is Highland View Day at Chik-fil-A. Between 5:30 and 8:00, if you tell the person at the register you're with Highland View, Chik-fil-A will donate 10% of your total to the Highland View PTO!

2)  The Panther Track fitness sheets are due on Monday.  So make sure your student fills in those tracks and brings the sheet to school for their prize.  If the whole school turns in 300 or more sheets the whole school will get a treat, and if your student's classroom turns in the highest percentage of sheets, they'll get a prize too!  (300 sheets is almost 5000 hours of exercise!)

3)  Olympic Day is coming up June 8th!  Blue sheets should have come home with most students already.  Please return them and let Mrs. Muschinski know if you can help out, and if your student will be doing the Olympic Day fun run (emphasis on the FUN!)

4)  The Highland View Garden is fully planted (woohoo!) so please sign up to help keep it alive during summer.  If you can spare just a few minutes over one week this summer to make sure the garden stays watered, we can make sure the kids come back in September to a living growing green garden!  You can sign up here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-highland3 .  You can also see the criteria that'll be used to determine which school wins this year's garden contest!

5)  Highland View PTO is now a tax exempt organization!  That means that if you want to donate, or if you are making purchases for the PTO, no more taxes on it!  Contact us if you need more information.

That's all for now--thanks for reading this far!

Aleks Skibicki

Highland View PTO: High Interest Day Supplies (Please!)

Hello Highland View Families!

First:  Thanks to all the families that have signed up to bring High Interest Day supplies for our 3rd-5th graders this Friday!

Second:  There are still a few open spots, so if you haven't yet, please check out the list here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-high1

VERY Appreciatively Yours,

The Highland View PTO

Highland View PTO: May meeting agenda (This Monday!)

Hello Highland View Families!
Here's some May trivia:  When there's a life-threatening emergency and you hear someone call "Mayday!" they're not referring to the month of May at all--the word they're using is actually derived from the french "M'aidez!" which means "Help me!"

And speaking of "M'aidez" we'll be talking about lots of ways to help at our meeting on Monday.  Here's the agenda!

Highland View PTO
Agenda 5-11-2015

1)  Call to order
2)  Approve/Amend Agenda
3)  Approve Minutes 4-20-15 (Attached)
4)  Treasurer’s Report
5)  Grant Committee Report
·    Nothing new to report
6)  Election of Officers for 2015-2016
·    Nominations from the floor (Article V Sec. A)
·    Vote (Ballot if contested, voice if uncontested)  
8)  Old Business
·    High Interest Day
·    Staff Appreciation Week
·    May Fitness Activity
·    Bruce Paprocki Distinguished Volunteer Award
·    Theresa West Scholarship
9)  New Business
·    Sample Day May 15
·    Read and Roll May 18
·    Olympic Day June 8
·    Known empty event coordinator positions
9)  Principal Time
10)  Announcements
·    GEF Celebration of Education
·    GEF Kickball Tournament
·    Chik-fil-A Highland View Day

Thanks!  Hope to see you there!  (Same bat-time, same bat-channel.  In the library at 6:00!)

Aleks Skibicki

Highland View PTO: May Need-To-Know's

Hello Highland View Families!

This Monday always makes me feel like a Jedi...I can tell people:  "May the 4th be with you!"

Moving along, there's a lot to know for May from Highland View.  The top three, in no particular order are:

1)  High Interest Day is almost here!  If you have a talent, hobby, activity, or career that you think the kids might like to learn about, and if you're free during the day on May 15th (Friday) there's still time to contact Christine with questions and to find out how you can share it with the kids.  (Please!)

If you just want to help out with some of the materials we need for High Interest Day, a sign up genius page is here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fa5ad22a13-high1

The cooking, and scrapbooking sessions are material-intensive and could use whatever you can help with!

2)  May is Fitness Month at Highland View!  I bet there have already been some panther tracks filled in for Highland View's May fitness activity!  On Thursday you should have received a "Get Your Panther Home" worksheet.  For every 30 minutes of activity, or 3 servings of fruits and vegetables your student gets in a day, fill in one track.  When all the tracks are filled in, return the sheet to school for a prize!  (We'll send the prizes home at the end of May.) Hopefully we can get 300 panthers home again for a nice treat on Olympic Day!

3)  Officer nominations for the PTO.  It was reported in the minutes sent out and posted back in April, but here's one more note that this month's PTO meeting will include election of officers for 2015-2016.  Nominated candidates are:  Aleks Skibicki (President), Chandra Comiskey (Vice President), Cheryl Kelly (Treasurer), and Shawn Schlieve (Secretary)

The meeting this month is May 11th, same Bat-time (6:00), same Bat-station (in the Highland View Library) see you there!

Aleks Skibicki

P.S.  Don't forget to get your tickets to the prestigious Celebration of Education event put on by the Greendale Education Foundation May 22nd.  Everyone who's anyone will be there!  (And you're someone, right?  Yup!  You sure are!)  Reply to this email and I'll get tickets to you.  Tickets are $35 apiece and the proceeds go to grants for our schools, teachers, and students.