PTO Meeting Minutes– 3-10-15
Treasurers Report
• Still
finalizing bowl-a-thon #'s, but raised over $3,000!
• Many
fundraisers coming up--dynamic dates, red wagon, hannafords $ (did not receive
1k bonus this year)
•
Fundraising/spending very close, and we have a good amount in the bank.
Fundraising Update
• Dynamic
Dates - will take place March 9-16 and winners announced on March 17
• Red
Wagon - packets distributed March 30, orders due back April 10, pick up May 15
(1 week earlier than last year)
• Good
Comida Mother’s Day Treat Sale –
flyer distributed April 17th, orders due back May 1st,
orders picked up May 8th
• Shelburne
Community Night at the Lake Monsters -- last year (our 1st yr participating) we
sold 100 tickets. This year, we will
stick with an end of school/beginning of summer date. Monday, June 22 is available. In addition to earning $2.50 for each ticket
sold, we can run a 50/50 raffle at the game and keep the profits! Courtney will try to reserve the 6/22 date.
Mark Your Calendars
March 12th Shelburne Community
Days – SCS Dine Out Day at La Villa
Bistro—take-out
orders included!
March 17th Dynamic
Dates Drawing
March 25th Fundraising
Committee meeting--please let Courtney or Randy know if you'd like to join us!
March 30 – April 10th Red Wagon Plant Sale
April 8th Spring
Grants meeting @ 3:15pm. Please join us
to help distribute our money to our teachers!
April 14th PTO Meeting
Help Wanted
• Help
unloading Red Wagon order – Thursday,
May 14th (contact – ctharpe25@gmail.com)
• Help
distributing Red Wagon order –
Friday, May 15th between 1 – 6 pm
(contact – ctharpe25@gmail.com)
Other
Business/Discussion Items
• Playground
Update--Lisa Williams & Valerie Richardson are happy to talk to anyone
about this project if you'd like an update, and also if you'd like to
help! The overall goals are to create a
new play structure that is accessible and inclusive with natural elements. The committee is currently applying for a
state grant, and has already raised a substantial amount of money through other
various grants and in-kind donations.
Thank you to those on the committee for your continued hard work!
• End
of the Year Fundraisers--Spring fundraisers include dynamic
dates, red barn, good comida, jogathon, community days--it's a lot! Is this a bad thing to have so many
fundraisers in a short time? We'd love
feedback in advance of the fundraising committee meeting. Thoughts from the group: Very diverse, local things, things we do
anyway (plants etc), kid centered (dates, jogathon). Teacher feedback? Any objection? Not in spring, but gift wrap/catalog
fundraiser may be too much in fall--a time when teachers are just getting to know
the kids. Don't object to catalog stuff,
but don't get really excited about it...Really like the spring things--getting
everyone involved. Bowling went very
well. How about a fall community
event? Courtney is trying to work on
something at Bread and Butter Farm (for the past 2 years). Craft fair teacher discussion--could we go
back to having a 'winter carnival'? 2
separate events--winter carnival and craft fair. Please email Randy or Courtney your
thoughts!!
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Principals Report
• 'Zero
the Hero' (aka Chris Danforth) helped k-3 classes celebrate 100th day of school
with classroom visits, books, and real world math examples.
• Congratulations
to Tim Buckingham and his music students for a fun night of great music on Monday! 5th grade concert band, 7th/8th grade small
ensembles, and Jazz stage band performed.
• Congratulations
to spelling bee marathon winner Lena Kerest.
She and runner up Neva Williams spelled for 70 rounds!
• Each
year, students create valentines to send to our veterans overseas. This year, SCS received a lovely thank you
note from one of the veterans! Great for
the students to hear how much their effort was appreciated!
• Thank
you all for helping make this our most successful book fair ever! (over 3,400
books sold!!)
• Read
Across America--K-5 gathered in the gym on March 4 (wearing costumes, 'cat in
the hat' bows, hats and whiskers) to celebrate RAA day and listen to teachers
read "Oh the Places You'll Go".
• SBAC
testing begins next week, and will continue through May. Please ask if you have any questions about
this new test!
A quick peek at what's happening around SCS...
Winton House (6-8)--Capped off a great February with an awesome day of
ice skating at Cairns Arena!
5th grade SLC's 2nd social of the year will raise $ to construct
picnic tables for playground and buy blankets for COTS
Kelsh (music)--shared video of Alpha 6th grade using Orff instruments
(funded by PTO grant!)
Buckingham (music)--SCS Band Winter Concert was a great success! Cabaret night is April 10--performances,
food, silent auction
Treehouse (K)--Preparing for a trip to the Flynn to hear the VSO! Studying science of musical instruments, math
patterns of music.
Davenport (5)--Studying Abraham Lincoln's leadership and life. Writing short responses and long projects
citing multiple sources.
Kaleidoscope (1)--Reading the new Red Clover books and doing projects
to go along with them!
Southworth (6-8)--8th graders researching topics of the 20's &
30's, 7th--researching famous explorers, 6th--biomes
Garvey/Niles (2)-- 3 Flynn wkshps:
day/night, Red Clover books, book character opinions. Next topic--place
value in math!
Team Dreams (2)--Prepping for upcoming author share. Opinion writing unit. Loved our sugaring field trip to Shelburne
Farms!
Kindergarten--All 5 classes completed their sea creature unit. Visited all classrooms, sharing reports and
artwork.
Art--Select K-8 artwork is displayed at the Umall through the end of
March--check it out!
Wonder (5)--Flynn workshops include: short play involving the planets;
Scenes of causes of the American Revolution
West (3)--Participating in 'Trout in the Classroom'--raising eggs to
the parr stage, then releasing them locally in May.
Believe (3)--Month of inquiry and investigation. Forces and Motion experiments; theories about
connections between mult & div
Student council & LEAD (6-8)--while at VAMLE conference, students
worked on leadership skills and school action plan for change
Rachel Petraska--(5-8 guidance) 8th grade just finished 4-session
suicide prevention curriculum.
Burritt (music)--k/1 creating 'good food groove'; 2nd creating
melodies using frets on guitar; 3rd learning the recorder; 4th collaborative
unit on Vermont history; 5th creating rhythm patterns to perform in groups of 4
Endeavor (4)--Learning history of town meeting day! Even held their own town meeting, debating
issues and using a voice vote.
Thank you to:
• Everyone
who helped with the Get out the Vote Calls
