Seth Paine PTO Meeting – Draft Minutes
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
7:00 pm in the LMC
1. Meeting called to order at 7:08 pm – Beth Slaughter
2. Roll Call taken from sign in sheet - Debbie Theys-Dice
Present: Bertrand, Choi, Elder, Kopp, Malin, Miller, Mirock, Richards, Shapiro, Slaughter, Smith, TheysDice, Washburn
3. Approval of Past Minutes – Debbie Theys-Dice
Motion to Approve March 7, 2012 minutes was made by: Sue Richards
Seconded by: Pam Smith
4. President's Report – Beth Slaughter
There hasn't been a PTO Presidents meeting yet, so there is nothing new to report.
5. Principal's Report – Cameron Shapiro
MAP’s – Spring MAP testing will begin on April 30th and go through May 14th. All children in grades 2-5
will be given achievement tests in reading and math to measure their progress in these areas since the
winter and fall. More information is available on MAP testing by going to: www.nwea.org
CogAT—2nd grade scores are going home tomorrow, Thursday, April 5th. CogAT scores and MAP scores in
addition to teacher recommendations will help us recognize students for replacement math as well as provide
the teachers information about specific student areas of strength and growth. Please feel free to contact me in
the office for more information or visit the suggested websites in the letter attached with the report.
Upcoming Dates to note—
Registration packets go home in backpacks on 4/10—due back May 1st –residency again this year…all at HS
8/6-8/8
4th grade Music program is 4/10 during the school day and at 7PM.
4th grade Science night-- 4/19 @ 6 PM
4/24—Early Release
Important recognition days approaching—
Administrative Assistant Day—April 25th
Teacher Appreciation Week --May 7nd
Nurse’s Day --May 11th.
Funding Requests
•Framing, Cameron showed us the artwork that was chosen to be displayed in the hallway. Some art
from each grade level was chosen. Emily Kopp is going to take them and get a quote on how
much it will cost to frame them. They will replace the art that is currently in the hallway that is
over 10-15 years old.
Donation to foundation—technology (nooks, etc)
6. Treasurer's Report – Rita Washburn
Fun fair still has outstanding expenses from Fun Services to be paid.
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School play still has some expenses to be paid, but currently at $9,000 profit. When looking thru the
account transactions it was noticed that MaryBeth was never paid anything for the play last year. It was an
oversight since we had a change in treasurers around the same time. She will still need to be paid for this
year as well. Also, next year the play budget will pay for Mrs. Kern's stipend instead of the district. Part of
the $25 registration fee per child will go to pay for her stipend.
Taft Fundraising 2012 has $3150 to help 63 5th graders reduce the amount of Taft by $50 each. Any
leftover money will be given to the current 4th grade class for next years Taft.
Teddy Bear Tea numbers have been finalized, it was mentioned that they may change the tea from a
daytime event to an evening event with a music show.
There is currently $450 in the helping hands budget it was proposed to donate this to Joanie's Closet since
they handle the school supplies for the needy students. First check with Peggy to make sure that she doesn't
need anything or if the new incoming nurse will need anything since she is retiring.
It was mentioned that there is a surplus of about $50,000 in our account that we need to spend. We are
looking for suggestions. Such as a new playground, teacher grants.
7. Teachers' Report – MaryBeth Mirock
Thank you for the Scholastic Dollars to spend on books it is great to get new reading materials for the
classrooms. A question was asked about the Olympic Flags and who is responsible to make them. It was
discussed in years past that the room parents made the flags. We talked about different options on how to
make the flags.
8. Olympic Field Days – Tara Elder
There are currently about 50 volunteers that have signed up and most can work all day, so it looks like we
are in a good place for volunteers. Tara was able to get the cost of the shirts to $3.39 each, and we need to
pick out the 6 colors, one for each grade. Since Sandie wasn't as the meeting Cameron will take the color
brochure and meet with her on Thursday and let Tara know what they have chosen. Tara and some
volunteers will go into each class to size the students for the t-shirts when the samples have been made.
Two meeting have been scheduled for the volunteers and they must attend one of the meetings. One is
Thursday 4/12 at 7pm and one is Thursday 4/19 at 1:30pm.
9. Cultural Arts – Colleen Bertrand
Learning Adventures will be presenting the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow, Thursday April 5th at 12:45pm
and 1:45 pm. Morning Kindergarteners are welcome to attend with their parents.
Wednesday May 2nd Julia Durango, a young author will be coming to Seth Paine. She will meet with K-1st
at 9am, 2nd - 3rd at 10am, and 4th - 5th at 11am.
10. Family Events – Colleen Bertrand
A Lou Malnati's restaurant night has been scheduled for Wednesday 4/11, 4-10pm and we will get 20%. A
flier is on the website and you need to bring it with when you pick up your order.
11. Mixed Bags – Emily Kopp/Sue Richards
The fundraiser had sales of $4,000 which gave us a $2,000 profit. The orders will be delivered by 4/27 and
will be packed with the students name and teacher on it. We can still receive 40% of all internet sales if
anyone still has items they want to purchase.
12. Book Fair – Beth Slaughter
The book fair is 4/25- 4/27 and is a luau theme. Open House will be Wednesday night 4/25 and the book
fair will be open. The grand event will take place on Thursday 4/26 during the lunch and recess periods.
There is a limited number of seating available so you must RSVP to Nicole Babcock. A flier was sent
home with all the details. There will be online ordering available this year at the book fair. One for Books
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is going to be emphasized more this year. If the school can raise $200 they will receive a luau dress-up
day. One for Books is a program that Scholastic has that the money raised is used to buy books for our
library from our Book Fair, so we get books and the profit. In addition Scholastic will donate books in the
same amount that we raise to three national non-profit organizations dedicated to helping kids and families
in need. As a kick-off volunteers will be going to all the classrooms informing the students about the One
for Books event and the Book Fair.
13. Your Trash/Our Treasure – Sue Richards
The cereal parties for the winners was completed. End of the year prizes for the classrooms that have the
most will get frozen treats and an extra recess.
14. Old Business:
Nothing to report
15. New Business:
In an effort to bring new Enrichment to the school Cindy Malin completed some research about Girls on the
Run a National Program for 3rd - 5th grade girls. For 24 sessions, in 10 weeks, the girls train for a 5k and
learn about self esteem and positive reinforcement. The goal of the programs are to encourage positive
emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. There is a $500 fee to be a recognized Girls
on the Run site, which provides training for 2 volunteers. It is required to have 2 volunteers for each 15
girls. Training is completed in Jan/Feb, if we were interested we would have to sign up for next year and
run the program in Spring 2013.
16. Adjournment
Motion to Adjourn: Sue Richards
Seconded: Laura Choi
Motion Carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:23pm.
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