Springman/Attea
PTA Agenda
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Attea 3A Commons, 9:15am
Reporting: Mandy Chiarieri
1. Welcome & Call to Order – Shonne Ehrhardt and Missy Amrol
a. PTA Coffee @ Corner Bakery
i. 25 people showed up
ii. $338.05 from Corner Bakery Dining for Dollars, Menchies
number still TBA but
b. Fundraising Survey
i. Everyone understands why we fundraise and where the money
goes
ii. Majority wanted to just donate and not have a “product”
associated with it
iii. Next year combination of check writing campaign or buy
Innisbrook online. Only get 40% from Innisbrook, but will
hopefully make up the difference in check writing
c. 2015-16 Slate Availability
i. Vice President
ii. Membership
iii. Conference & Holiday Luncheon
iv. Debra Gelfand Fund
v. Directory
vi. Environmental @ Attea
vii. Graduation
viii. School Supplies
ix. Staff Appreciation Luncheon @ Attea
x. Parent Ed
xi. Fall Fundraiser
xii. New position – Hospitality – filled
d. National Junior Honor Society – June 3 – Patty Patt to run hospitality
table
2. Financial Update – Jon Everson
a. Checking Account – just over $20,000 with corner bakery money
b. Graduation expense $7500 still outstanding
c. Teacher Appreciation Week expenses still outstanding
d. $50,000 in money market – may talk about moving $10,000 over the
summer into checking to cover expenses
e. Assistant Treasurer – Tina Russell
3. Principals’ Update
a. Mark Richtman
i. New Pathways for Math starting next year
ii. Final day of PARCC testing today
iii. Football for Heart after PARCC testing
1. Bad weather hindered success
iv. Talent Show coming up
v. Concerts – Choir
vi. NWEA starting May 26
1. Don’t anticipate any changes in assessments for next
year but will analyze
2. Discussion Re: PARCC
vii. Assistant Principal for Attea to replace Hal Schmeisser
1. Daniel Polonsky – Special Education and Assistant
Principal experience
viii. Gelfand Car Wash on June 2nd sponsored by Student Council
ix. Awards Assemblies
b. Heather Hopkins
i. Graduation tickets going
ii. Gown Donations to CPS – collected at GBS after the ceremony
iii. Gelfand Days fundraising – donations collected in the car line
instead of Car Wash
iv. Awards assemblies
v. Great America
vi. Concerts
vii. Visual Arts Show
viii. Dodgeball for Diabetes
4. Committee Reports
a. NSSED presented Glenview with two awards – Ana Stockler for
Outstanding Educator and RED DAY and winning essays were
presented
b. Staff Appreciation – Theme was Golf, spirit week, gift everyday
c. Football for heart: Colleen MacKimm $2300 has been raised so
far, possible to win a raffle for a bears player to come to the
school
d. Wish list - Attea only
i. Five grants
1. Bella Voce choir uniforms plus dry cleaning fee
offset by fee charged to kids for rental
2. ELL presentation materials, three easels markers
etc
3. books for 7th grade Identity theme
4. incentive bookmarks for Rebecca Caudill award
5. bilingual Spanish books for native speakers to work
on Spanish
ii. $7348 for this round
iii. $17,240 total for the year
iv. VOTE: Motion Karen Friedman, Second Mary Patronik
e. Mascot-next fall
f. Graduation-Kim Shampine (Springman)
i. Seas the day theme
ii. Decorations committee
iii. Great America trip shirts have been delivered
iv. Chaperone slots filled
v. More volunteers needed to decorate and at GBS for
reception and cap and gown collection
g. School supplies: Finalizing pricing for attea and ordering will go
out may 22 and be open for 4 weeks
h. School board - Nothing to report
i. Focus - Looking to revamp format and will work with eblast and
web
5. Social emotional learning curriculum presentation by heather Hopkins