Minutes from October 20 Meeting

Welcome
Sindy B., Cheri B., and Mrs. DeRuyter and our teacher guests Miss Eulberg and Mrs. Vander Lugt.

Treasurer’s Report
We have $2531.61, which includes the payment for Scholastic Books.

Parent Volunteers
We will implement new requests as they come up thru Sindy B. Popcorn poppers needed Friday morning – Pam will talk to Julie to get an email out.

10-27-08 Red Day
10-28-08 activities happening – need volunteers to serve red juice
10-29-08 STORM at Elementary
10-30-08 AR
10-31-08 Fall Festival Party

Scholastic Book Fair
We donated 91 books to the library and 58 books to the teachers from their wish lists.

Library is looking at subscribing to a subscription of AR Book Test online and the students will have a broader list of books for them to use for AR goals. Cost is $1000 per year.

We will be having another book fair at the Jr/Sr High School during the February Conferences. This has been approved from PTO and Peggi O. will contact Miss Wagner for a location. Peggi O. will contact Scholastic Books to secure the dates.

T-Shirts
T-shirt orders were given to Crystal R. for placing this order. We will order extras for the office again.

Future Fund Raisers
Reach for the Stars will be in February.
Mrs. Francis will handle Elementary Yearbook with Student Council and TAG students.
The students will be receiving more information to bring home regarding Christmas Gift Tags. Peggi O. will separate these requests when they come in for distribution before Thanksgiving Break.

Newsletter
Pam W. will take care of the newsletter items to recap the activities PTO has been involved with and what we are looking at in the future.

AR reading goal meet will have activities on Friday October 24. 2nd and 3rd will go to the Boyden Library for library time and the 4th – 6th grade will have movies and popcorn at the elementary school.

Mr. Kerr’s Report
4 Staff members out on Maternity leave. Hope to have 1 back next week
State Reports – Demographic info on kids and better way of tracking kids' progress.

Parent-Teacher Conferences were down this year – 91% perhaps the 2-week gap was the reason.

Staff in-service was held with Rock Valley and Sioux Center schools – this helped “all” the staff get ideas from other teaching staff. Looking at doing this again in the future. Core Curriculum for statewide grade levels so all schools on the same level.

PBS – Mr. Kerr has been reading the book “Fill the Bucket” to all students still has one class left. October subject was Courtesy and November is Ownership. Mr. Kerr will be looking at a new book for Ownership.

Mr. Kerr and Miss Fitzgerald will be attending Iowa Core Curriculum meeting Friday October 24.

Our next meeting is November 17 at 7 PM.