Fall Fundraiser: We grossed $16,828.34. We keep 40%, so it will be about $6700 after expenses. That's just a little more than last year, pretty good considering we lost our 6th graders! We will be handing out the products tomorrow morning.
Other expenses: We paid membership dues for 163 members, insurance and taxes this past month. Treasurers report passed around.
Red Ribbon week went well, we had lots of participation. The activities and assemblies were really great, we appreciated the military and police participation. Big thanks to Katie and Melodie. One suggestion for next year, the teachers needed another week to work on the door contest, they felt a little rushed.
Reflections: The entries were collected Friday and Monday. They will be judged soon and turned over to the district by the 10th. Dec. 17-18 is the 3rd grade program, we can give out the awards and participation prizes then.
Dec. 10, 7:00: There will be a meeting at the district offices for parents about advocacy and leadership.
Kindergarten Questions: Will we go to all day kindergarten next year? The district is considering it because the state reimburses bussing, but not kindergarten mid-day bussing. Some school are already doing this with extra title one help for struggling students. We may not be given a choice, but Jann will keep us posted on the results from the district committee.
Festival of Trees: We need volunteers (3) from 6-9 pm on Dec. 5th. Kris Mullen will be calling to confirm other dates and times if you signed up last meeting.
Grant Update: Kris sent off the grant, we will find out the results in a couple of weeks. This was a request for money for art supplies.
Class parties for December: We will look into getting cookies for the kids to decorate. Smith's might be able to get us a good price on the cookie decorating kits. Halloween treat cost $146, we have $1300 left for parties.
Candy grams: Dec. 14-18, we will need volunteers to help at lunch and before school.
Can we have recycling bins for each classroom so teachers don't have to make so many trips to the outside bin? PTA would pay for a bin for each class. Dana Georgeson moved that we buy the bins, Kristie Furhiman seconded. vote yes
We also passed around yearbook samples. Ours will be $9.75 each if we order 300, they will be full color.
Next meeting Dec. 11 1:00 media center.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Agenda for PTA Meeting Nov. 19, 2009
Fall Fundraiser Review -- Dana Georgeson
Red Ribbon Week Review -- Katie Marshall and Melodie Conley
Reflections -- Heidi Dickhaut and Katie Campbell
Regional PTA -- Festival of Trees
Grant update -- Kris Mullen
Looking ahead -- class parties for Christmas
PAC: M.L. Rutherford, district Behavioral Specialist... consequences and supportive control for children
Fall Fundraiser Review -- Dana Georgeson
Red Ribbon Week Review -- Katie Marshall and Melodie Conley
Reflections -- Heidi Dickhaut and Katie Campbell
Regional PTA -- Festival of Trees
Grant update -- Kris Mullen
Looking ahead -- class parties for Christmas
PAC: M.L. Rutherford, district Behavioral Specialist... consequences and supportive control for children
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Meeting Date Change
Just to let everyone know, our Novebember meeting has been moved up a day to THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 1:00 pm in the media center. This is to accomadate 2nd grade parents since their program is scheduled for Friday, the 20th. Thanks, and we hope to see you there!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
October Meeting Minutes
PTA Meeting Minutes Oct. 16, 2009
First, a big thank you to everyone for helping with all the recent events. Everyone is great!
Mrs. Zahm: We were asked to fill out a parent involvement analysis survey for her. Return as soon as possible for a treat! She introduced Renee Richman, Korby Vaughn, and Gwen Jones as her Title One team. They are trying to give kids a boost and then get them back into the classroom.
She also reviewed the Parent Survey results (this was from the beginning of the school year, we will do another one at the end of the school year): Did Chubbuck Elementary provide parents good information for the beginning of the year? 94% said yes. Does your student look forward to going to school? 99% said yes. What source is best for providing you with information? 80% said the teacher, 50% said the Chubbuck Chatter, 15% said the new outdoor sign, 19% said the information their children bring home, 8% said other. Would you be willing to attend a Title One workshop? 79% said yes. The best time for those workshops? 22% said right after school… about 50% said 6-7pm. What types of workshops? 35% reading, 32% math, 23% homework, 9% title one
We need to make sure that parents know to apply to free and reduced lunch if their circumstances change, those number help us keep our Title One status.
Upcoming parent activities: The 2nd grade workshop will be in December, the 3rd and 5th grade workshops will probably be held during the spring Parent Teacher Conferences to help prepare for the ISAT. The Pre-K workshop will be in April, the Kindergarten workshop in May, and the Breakfast Buddies reading will continue.
Fall Book Fair: Our preliminary number is that we sold about $4136.88 We will either give the library a check worth about 25% of our sales, or credit toward a catalog order worth about 50% of our sales. Linda Burrup will look at it Monday. We sold about $350-$400 less than last year, but we still did well.
The treasurer passed around the monthly report.
Yearbook proposal : Emilee Corpus has been working on this. Bell does yearbooks, and is willing to work with us. For a full color 23 page yearbook, at 300 orders, they are $9.86. This would include individual pictures and class pictures. We will put it in the chatter again. We will need a yes or no by the next meeting. The order needs to go in 2 months in advance.
Recycling: We have to have the Capri Sun packages in by Oct. 31. City does not have commercial bins yet. They only have residential ones, and those don’t lock, so it’s not feasible for us to do yet.
Fall Fundraiser: Assembly went well, packets were sent home. Another note was sent home to answer questions. Tuesday is the last day to turn it in. We will count money Tuesday after school, we will need 5 or 6 people to help with that.
Red Ribbon Week: We have an assembly Wednesday with the Army. Costco is donating some candy, the army may donate a pencil. Children can participate in the daily activities to get a prize. Monday is backwards day, Tuesday is a hat day, Wednesday is camoflage, Thursday is red white and blue. Teachers will participate in a door decorating contest, except the Kindergarten, they will do a handprint flag. We will need some helpers each day to help hand out prizes.
Class Parties: These are scheduled for Friday the 30th. Treats are taken care of. We got 10 cent cookies from Smiths, total of $60 for the school. We will also do drinks, should cost around $100 total.
Reflections: Flyers going home today. Entries due the 16th of November.
Kris Mullen/ Regional PTA: School District 25 is taking over the Festival of Trees this year. Regional PTA will run the Gift Shop. Vendors will sell items and share profit with the PTA to help fund the Reflections awards. One of the vendor tables will be a scholastic book sale. Brandi needs volunteers to come in and work that booth, 2 people at a time. We need to staff Tuesday, Dec. 1st, let Kris know if you might be interested in helping. The festival will be at the Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Kris is working on the grant to help fund the “take your family to school” week activities… in lower income areas extended families play an important role in our kids lives… so we are asking for funding for the Idaho Children’s Theater to perform for children and families. The Grant application is due Nov. 6th, we will know after that (maybe by next meeting). Right now the Theater performance is scheduled for Feb. 5th.Other Business: Bell Photographers gave $1646.74 to the library as a result of our fall pictures.
First, a big thank you to everyone for helping with all the recent events. Everyone is great!
Mrs. Zahm: We were asked to fill out a parent involvement analysis survey for her. Return as soon as possible for a treat! She introduced Renee Richman, Korby Vaughn, and Gwen Jones as her Title One team. They are trying to give kids a boost and then get them back into the classroom.
She also reviewed the Parent Survey results (this was from the beginning of the school year, we will do another one at the end of the school year): Did Chubbuck Elementary provide parents good information for the beginning of the year? 94% said yes. Does your student look forward to going to school? 99% said yes. What source is best for providing you with information? 80% said the teacher, 50% said the Chubbuck Chatter, 15% said the new outdoor sign, 19% said the information their children bring home, 8% said other. Would you be willing to attend a Title One workshop? 79% said yes. The best time for those workshops? 22% said right after school… about 50% said 6-7pm. What types of workshops? 35% reading, 32% math, 23% homework, 9% title one
We need to make sure that parents know to apply to free and reduced lunch if their circumstances change, those number help us keep our Title One status.
Upcoming parent activities: The 2nd grade workshop will be in December, the 3rd and 5th grade workshops will probably be held during the spring Parent Teacher Conferences to help prepare for the ISAT. The Pre-K workshop will be in April, the Kindergarten workshop in May, and the Breakfast Buddies reading will continue.
Fall Book Fair: Our preliminary number is that we sold about $4136.88 We will either give the library a check worth about 25% of our sales, or credit toward a catalog order worth about 50% of our sales. Linda Burrup will look at it Monday. We sold about $350-$400 less than last year, but we still did well.
The treasurer passed around the monthly report.
Yearbook proposal : Emilee Corpus has been working on this. Bell does yearbooks, and is willing to work with us. For a full color 23 page yearbook, at 300 orders, they are $9.86. This would include individual pictures and class pictures. We will put it in the chatter again. We will need a yes or no by the next meeting. The order needs to go in 2 months in advance.
Recycling: We have to have the Capri Sun packages in by Oct. 31. City does not have commercial bins yet. They only have residential ones, and those don’t lock, so it’s not feasible for us to do yet.
Fall Fundraiser: Assembly went well, packets were sent home. Another note was sent home to answer questions. Tuesday is the last day to turn it in. We will count money Tuesday after school, we will need 5 or 6 people to help with that.
Red Ribbon Week: We have an assembly Wednesday with the Army. Costco is donating some candy, the army may donate a pencil. Children can participate in the daily activities to get a prize. Monday is backwards day, Tuesday is a hat day, Wednesday is camoflage, Thursday is red white and blue. Teachers will participate in a door decorating contest, except the Kindergarten, they will do a handprint flag. We will need some helpers each day to help hand out prizes.
Class Parties: These are scheduled for Friday the 30th. Treats are taken care of. We got 10 cent cookies from Smiths, total of $60 for the school. We will also do drinks, should cost around $100 total.
Reflections: Flyers going home today. Entries due the 16th of November.
Kris Mullen/ Regional PTA: School District 25 is taking over the Festival of Trees this year. Regional PTA will run the Gift Shop. Vendors will sell items and share profit with the PTA to help fund the Reflections awards. One of the vendor tables will be a scholastic book sale. Brandi needs volunteers to come in and work that booth, 2 people at a time. We need to staff Tuesday, Dec. 1st, let Kris know if you might be interested in helping. The festival will be at the Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Kris is working on the grant to help fund the “take your family to school” week activities… in lower income areas extended families play an important role in our kids lives… so we are asking for funding for the Idaho Children’s Theater to perform for children and families. The Grant application is due Nov. 6th, we will know after that (maybe by next meeting). Right now the Theater performance is scheduled for Feb. 5th.Other Business: Bell Photographers gave $1646.74 to the library as a result of our fall pictures.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
October Meeting Agenda
Items to be reviewed:
Fall Book Fair
Yearbook proposal
Recycling
Upcoming Events:
Fall Fundraiser
Red Ribbon Week
Class Parties
Reflections
Mrs. Herdt: PAC
Fall Book Fair
Yearbook proposal
Recycling
Upcoming Events:
Fall Fundraiser
Red Ribbon Week
Class Parties
Reflections
Mrs. Herdt: PAC
Monday, September 21, 2009
We're off to a great start!
Welcome back to school everyone! This is one of our favorite times of year. Cool mornings and evenings remind us that summer is ending and fall is right around the corner, all the chaos of summer seems to reorganize itself and lend life to something resembling a routine. Yes we said it, that wonderful word, routine. Us PTA officers hope that you and your child's transition back to school has been a smooth one and your child is getting settled in and enjoying the start to their 2009/2010 school year.
PTA hosted a Back to School day on August 21st. We had a great turnout and hope you and your child benefited from this opportunity to meet teachers, drop off school supplies and pick up pertinent information pertaining to the new school year. All of the hard work you parents put into PTA translated into some wonderful contributions we were able to make to the school right off the bat. We donated $2000.00 to the schools reading aid program. This $2,000.00 makes it possible for our 2nd graders to have reading aids. Mrs. Herdt has communicated what a difference this makes for each 2nd grader and their reading skills. We also were able to provide each teacher with a $50.00 teacher grant they can put towards their class instruction needs. We are so proud of these contributions and look forward to working hard this year so these contributions can continue on in the future.
September has brought a wonderful new program we are so excited to bring into the school - Start the Arts. Start the Arts is a national PTA program we are implementing at our local school level. It provides a great opportunity to bring art back into our schools. A big thank you goes to Kris Mullen and Denise Bell who are working hard to make this a very enjoyable and informative experience with the arts for your child. Once a semester Kris and Denise will be giving each class the opportunity to learn about the arts and apply this knowledge to an art project. We have already had positive feedback from parents and teachers on this great program and once again thank Kris Mullen and Denise Bell for their time and creativity they are donating to this great program. We would also like to give a big thank you to you parents that are volunteering and helping with these programs. All that Chubbuck PTA does would not be possible without you great parents and all that you put into this organization.
October will be a busy month for the PTA and we are looking forward to all that it holds. If you are interested in volunteering to help with any of the following upcoming events, please email us at chubbuckpta@gmail.com and we will get you signed up to help:
October 5th Fall Fundraiser Kick off
October 7-8 Fall Book Fair 8:30am - 8pm each day
(Sneak Preview of books provided on Monday
October 5th from 2:30-3:30pm)
October 26-30 Red Ribbon Week
October 30 Class Halloween Parties
We hope to see you at these great events. Please look for our PTA meeting notes on the blog posted by our secretary Leslie Schei and feel free to blog about any and all subjects pertaining to our students. Any concerns, ideas, or questions will be addressed at our next PTA meeting that is held the 3rd Friday of each month at 1:00pm in the library. Thank you!
Your Chubbuck PTA Officers
PTA hosted a Back to School day on August 21st. We had a great turnout and hope you and your child benefited from this opportunity to meet teachers, drop off school supplies and pick up pertinent information pertaining to the new school year. All of the hard work you parents put into PTA translated into some wonderful contributions we were able to make to the school right off the bat. We donated $2000.00 to the schools reading aid program. This $2,000.00 makes it possible for our 2nd graders to have reading aids. Mrs. Herdt has communicated what a difference this makes for each 2nd grader and their reading skills. We also were able to provide each teacher with a $50.00 teacher grant they can put towards their class instruction needs. We are so proud of these contributions and look forward to working hard this year so these contributions can continue on in the future.
September has brought a wonderful new program we are so excited to bring into the school - Start the Arts. Start the Arts is a national PTA program we are implementing at our local school level. It provides a great opportunity to bring art back into our schools. A big thank you goes to Kris Mullen and Denise Bell who are working hard to make this a very enjoyable and informative experience with the arts for your child. Once a semester Kris and Denise will be giving each class the opportunity to learn about the arts and apply this knowledge to an art project. We have already had positive feedback from parents and teachers on this great program and once again thank Kris Mullen and Denise Bell for their time and creativity they are donating to this great program. We would also like to give a big thank you to you parents that are volunteering and helping with these programs. All that Chubbuck PTA does would not be possible without you great parents and all that you put into this organization.
October will be a busy month for the PTA and we are looking forward to all that it holds. If you are interested in volunteering to help with any of the following upcoming events, please email us at chubbuckpta@gmail.com and we will get you signed up to help:
October 5th Fall Fundraiser Kick off
October 7-8 Fall Book Fair 8:30am - 8pm each day
(Sneak Preview of books provided on Monday
October 5th from 2:30-3:30pm)
October 26-30 Red Ribbon Week
October 30 Class Halloween Parties
We hope to see you at these great events. Please look for our PTA meeting notes on the blog posted by our secretary Leslie Schei and feel free to blog about any and all subjects pertaining to our students. Any concerns, ideas, or questions will be addressed at our next PTA meeting that is held the 3rd Friday of each month at 1:00pm in the library. Thank you!
Your Chubbuck PTA Officers
All You Ever Want to Know about Box Tops and Soup Labels
BOX TOPS
Multiple drawings will be held once a month for those kids that bring box tops.
Our school gets .10 cents for each box top submitted.
Pay attention to those expiration dates!!!
Box tops submitted on the alphabet sheets are great and make for easy submitting, but we'll take them any way you want to give them.
You can also earn money for the school by doing your online shopping through the Box Tops Marketplace website. A percentage of each sale goes to our school. Just go to www.btfe.com. You will be surprised to find how many of the retailers you do your online shopping with are on this marketplace.
SOUP LABELS
Our school accumulates points for each soup label submitted. These points are used towards purchasing playground equipment for Chubbuck Elementary.
Do your best to make sure you tear off the bar code with each soup label. They are good at working with us if we only have partial bar codes.
Thank you for all of your collecting and contributing of box tops and soup labels. Every little bit adds up and really does help!
Multiple drawings will be held once a month for those kids that bring box tops.
Our school gets .10 cents for each box top submitted.
Pay attention to those expiration dates!!!
Box tops submitted on the alphabet sheets are great and make for easy submitting, but we'll take them any way you want to give them.
You can also earn money for the school by doing your online shopping through the Box Tops Marketplace website. A percentage of each sale goes to our school. Just go to www.btfe.com. You will be surprised to find how many of the retailers you do your online shopping with are on this marketplace.
SOUP LABELS
Our school accumulates points for each soup label submitted. These points are used towards purchasing playground equipment for Chubbuck Elementary.
Do your best to make sure you tear off the bar code with each soup label. They are good at working with us if we only have partial bar codes.
Thank you for all of your collecting and contributing of box tops and soup labels. Every little bit adds up and really does help!
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