December PTA Meeting Minutes

PTA Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 6:30 PM in Fisher Mitchell Library

Board Members in attendance: Geniene Marco, Claire Berkowitz, Kate Foye, Laurie Burhoe, & Lisha Wentworth

Other attendees: Perin, Anne, Nancy Rogers, Joan Newkirk, Candy Hernandez, Heidi Tucker, Barbara Reinersten, Terri Normand

Welcome: Geniene welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for coming.

Secretary’s Report
Claire posted November minutes on the PTA blog for review. There were no comments or changes. Candy made motion to accept November 14th meeting minute; Heidi 2nd. Passed with unanimous vote.

Treasurer’s Report
Lisha presented the December 14 Treasurer’s Report. Current balance of $8,068.31.

With the Book Fair, every child walked away with a free book. Connie at Bath Book Shop gave us 10% of sales, so we did really well in terms of cost/expense.

Innisbrook Fundraiser brought in $2,000-$3,000 less this year than last year.

5th grade did a penny war for field trips and raised $542.54, which we are holding for them.

Harvest Dance made about $600, expenses were @ $30. Very profitable.

For teacher financial requests, it will be based on a first come, first serve process. There was some discussion about getting teachers to come to a meeting to make formal request for $. No decision was made about that process.

Perin made a motion to accept Treasurer’s Report and Candy 2nd. Vote to accept passed unanimously.

Other Business
Charlotte’s Web

Joan Newkirk presented a project at FM called “Reading and Writing Together.” Bath Savings Bank is providing a copy of Charlotte’s Web for every child in FM.

Jan 25/Snow Date Jan. 26: Fisher Mitchell will host a “kick off evening” for families when the books and journals are to be distributed.

Feb. 8, 9, 10, Snow Date Feb. 11: Maine author Lynn Plourde will conduct workshops on writing, emphasizing character development. Spend 45 minutes in each classroom and a meeting with each grade level. Working on character writing.

Feb. 16/Snow Date Feb. 17: Students celebrate their accomplishments with families at an evening event at FM.

Stressing the process rather than the product.

We are tying this into Title I Program; Monica Blatt’s group will perform Reader’s Theater and then parents can look at child’s work.

Needs from PTA:

Snacks for kickoff event, February 16/17 event.

Helping to put together packets of journals, bookmarks, and kits for kickoff event on Jan. 25. Wednesday s might be best. Geniene, Laurie, Kate and Lisha will help with this.

SAG Committee will provide folks after school to read to the kids who don’t have that opportunity at home.

Claire will send out email to get snacks donated.

Heidi made motion to spend $100 to augment materials, snacks. 2nd by Candy, passed unanimously.

Movie night – could we get the Winter St. Church?

Biggest Job Workshop

Kate Foye updated the group regarding the plans to sponsor a parenting workshop provided through the Hyde School community.

Laura Gauld will do the workshop for no cost to the school department; they are giving back to the community. Settled on a date of Wednesday, March 16th. It will be from 6-7:30 PM, hopefully at BMS.

Open it up to all of RSU#1 schools and work in conjunction with other PTAs. Offer free childcare.
We will use PR materials from Hyde to publicize the workshop. K

Kate will try to meet with Mr. Shuttleworth to explain it to him, get his support, not permission.

New Business
Request for more dances: February 11 tentative date for Valentine’s Dance. Music on iPods, wouldn’t charge as much. Will have raffles.

Coin Drive-good way to raise money.

Spring Fling for 5th graders – get the kids together before leap to BMS. All 5th graders in RSU#1.

Any other ideas? Please email bathelementarypta@gmail.com with ideas.

Heidi Tucker updated us on the skateboard fundraiser. All money raised will go to the skateboard program. Money raised beyond the cost of the board will stay in a fund to support the skateboard program. Ideas to sell tickets at Shaw’s/Bracketts, area dances, etc. Sell them at parent conferences, other events. Raffle tickets are $5/piece, only selling 200 tickets with goal of making $1,000.

Summer camps – someone else has offered to step forward (Michelle Tibedault). Wait until after Christmas and have a meeting. Deadline for grants are March 4th for Davenport, Feb. 4th for Common Good. Leaning towards Davenport. The group will meet on Jan. 4th @ Genoese’s at 6:30 PM.

Principal’s Comment
No principals were in attendance.

Public Comment
None

Meeting adjourned at 7:40.

Next meeting on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM in Dike Newell’s Library.