Esther Jackson Elementary PTA Board
Meeting Minutes
December 16, 2014
Present:
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Daniel MacLagan, Shannol Grant, Jennifer Cassidy, Becky
Anderson, Lisa Newara, Paige Janco, Cheryl Maloch, Lisa Stamey
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Location:
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EJ Media Center
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Next meeting:
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January 20, 2015, EJ Media Center
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Call to Order – Dan MacLagan, 6:30pm
Old Business
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Grandparent’s Day – Lisa Stamey
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Lisa stated that Grandparent’s Day went fine,
other than a miscommunication around lunch times.
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Multicultural Night - Dan
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Multicultural Night was well attended (estimated
200 people)
o
The food lines were very long, up to 45 minutes
to get food
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The staff eventually ended up just letting
people in without paying due to long lines
o
Less donations than in previous years
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Ideas were brainstormed on how to prevent this
next year.
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Go back to a larger space
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Invite business partners to attend, provide
food. (Dan made a note to talk to whoever is VP of Fundraising next year about
this.)
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More advertising around the fact that if you
bring food, you get free meals.
Principal’s
Address – Jennifer Cassidy
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Ms. Cassidy
wanted to let everyone know that there was no hard feelings around the Holiday
Shop pocket knife incident.
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The
communication that went out was written/planned with help from the district.
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They have received
3 out of 4.
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Parents
were supportive and responsible.
New Business
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Holiday Shop – Lisa
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Brought in about $3000, of that about $200 was
profit.
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Successful, but not as a fund raiser, as a
service to the students
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Had some donations of gift wrap
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Have made notes about the pocket knife incident
to avoid a situation like this in the future.
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Budget was approved
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Have deposited between $200 and $300 since the
secondary Annual Fund push began. (Need
more of an update from Tia.)
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Back to School from Winter Break Teacher
Breakfast will be on 1/5. This will be a
grab and go style – bagels, yogurts, etc…
Paige will be out of town, so need someone to head up.
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SkyZone Spirit Night is 12/18.
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Bingo Night is 2/6. Ms. Cassidy reminded us that we need to get
permit ASAP. Co-Chair is Rosalva
Hernandez.
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Monterrey’s Spirit Night had low turn out.
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Spirit Wear
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Shannol printed posters and they are up now.
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Shannol mentioned that we should get students
involved in the designs next year.
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Fun Time Live
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Ready to go in January
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Flyers will be coming soon and will go to other
schools as well.
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Will occur every Friday night during school
year. (Unless there is a conflicting school event.)
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Activities are geared to different age levels
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% of profits go to the PTA
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There is a Bingo Night conflict
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Class Winter Parties are all scheduled and
happening this week.
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Reading for Education Fundraiser
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School will get packets on 1/7
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Fundraiser active on 1/12
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Classrooms will have DVD’s to watch
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Program has students fill out postcards with
family member’s addresses to send them brochures for catalog sales. Every postcard filled out is $ for the PTA.
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Yearbook – we still don’t have a yearbook
chair. Need one ASAP. Tara needs to put out a blurb with an eblast
for a volunteer.
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Directory – Shannol to talk with Dora about data
asap.
Committee Reports
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Membership – Lisa Newara will work on envelope
drive in Jan/Feb.
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STEM Day
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Teacher’s consensus was that the Science
demonstration (Dr. Watt – Big Thinkers) was a bit harsh, so not to use again.
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Class projects worked out well and students had
a great day.
o
Parents would have liked more info about how
they could participate.
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Next year let’s try to get teachers a budget
from the PTA well in advance so they can better plan lessons.
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Book Fair
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Went well
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Question was asked if the Teacher Wish List for
Books was done this year because no one noticed it. If it was, should be better advertised.
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EJ Foundation
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Needs a leader
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Science Expo
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Kick-Off is 1/16
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Co-Chairs are Becky Anderson and Monica
Hernandez
Meeting
Adjourned by Dan MacLagan at 8:30pm
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