Meeting Minutes 10/11/11
RIS PTO Meeting
October 11, 2011
I.
Welcome & Introductions: Theresa Gegen
Those
in attendance: Theresa Gegen, Laurie Lundin, Heather Archey, Angi Resch, Sally
Cray, Heidi Ramsey, Mr. Lezon, Julie
Tinder, Mr. Koniak, Melissa Bandixen, Wendy Pier
The
minutes from the last meeting were approved.
II.
Principal’s
Report: Laurie Lundin
The
6th grade snow flurry was a great success. The new playground is going great. Mrs. Lundin reported on and gave out copies
of the School Improvement Plan, also the common core standard to replace the IL
learning skills over the next 2-3 years.
It is to be a national test in place of state standardized tests,
beginning with K/1 through 12th grade by the end. Mrs. Lundin also reported on 2 new RIS
programs Auto Skill and WIN(“What I Need”). Both programs are expected to be beneficial
to the students.
Mr.
Lezon reported on Red Ribbon Week, our upcoming drug prevention and
awareness program. This year is expected
to be a lot of fun. “FredBird”, the St.
Louis Cardinals mascot will be visiting.
Lots of great activities, “dress-up” days and prizes are scheduled.
III.
Treasurer’s
Report: Sally Cray
Mrs.
Cray reported our fundraiser was a great success. We has a $28,000.00 profit. We need to decide what kind of payment to
make to the board to pay back the loan for the playground. We have really trimmed back our budget to
accommodate the new school and playground.
The PTO board has decided to require a new form to be filled out by
staff when requesting aid from the PTO.
When asked about the balance of the loan for the playground, Mrs. Cray
answered the value of the playground was about $135,000. Our bill was about $90,000, and the balance of
that is about $50,000. We are looking
good but we still owe a substantial amount to the board (of education).
II. President’s Remarks: Theresa Gegen
Mrs.
Gegen reported that the Fall Fun Party was a huge success. We had a great year. Mrs. Lundin added there was NO discipline
problems. All involved agreed it was lots of fun and possibly our best year,
even though the time was shortened to accommodate the early dismissal and bus
schedule. Mrs. Gegen remarked on the
upcoming Limo Lunch, Friday October 21, over the lunch hours. This is a reward for the kids that sold 30+
items (40+ for families) for the fundraiser.
We are looking for volunteers to chaperone the lunch at Godfathers
Pizza, and to chaperone on the limo ride as well.
V.
Boxtops: Heather
Archey
Mrs.
Archey reported that we met our usual target of $1,500 (15,000 boxtops). Mrs. Humphrey and CDE were a great help with
cutting and sorting. Mrs. Kriss’ class
brought in the most boxtops and won the pizza party. We will be “blitzing” again in February. We are looking good for our goal of $2,000.
II.
Book Fair: Heidi Ramsey
The
book fair was again a HUGE success. Many
thanks to the great volunteers. We sold
$7,755.33 in books and merchandise.
Between the fair and our incentives we have almost 6,000 “scholastic
dollars”. We will take the number of
teachers and divide the scholastic dollars accordingly. The teachers will have the option to spend it
as a team or in a classroom. Winter Book
Fair is coming up Jan 30-Feb 3. Details
to follow.
II.
Friday Night Prime
Time: Theresa Gegen
This
is coming up Dec. 2. Melissa Bandixen,
Angi Resch, and Heather Archey have volunteered to co-chair. Kids may come in their PJ’s, we will have 20
minutes of silent reading, PTO will provide a snack and a drink. It was recommended by Mrs. Tinder to maybe
try to get some of the elementary teachers to come and read some of the
student’s old favorites. All present
agreed.
Mrs. Lundin reported we had more students than
ever. We currently have 26
students. Things
are going great.
We will continue to offer support.
IX: Winter
Carnival: Theresa Gegen
Mrs.
Gegen reported that Winter Carnival is coming up February 2. This is a great event, it went really well
last year. The carnival is for 4th-6th
only, and NO drop offs. This is NOT a
fundraiser, just a fun event for the kids.
We are looking for volunteers.
Starting in November we will begin having carnival meetings. Mr. Koniak expressed an interest. It was
recommended that we have a poster contest to really publicize it to all new students. All in attendance were in agreement.
X.
Parent
Teacher Conferences:
PTO
will again provide a meal and snacks for the staff during the upcoming all day
parent teacher conferences. Angi Resch
volunteered her services. Mrs. Lundin
will provide dinner.
Meeting adjourned 7:40.
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