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St. Aloysius PTO
PTO Meeting Minutes 11-9-11
Officers: Neely Hasch- President
Michelle Low-Vice President-Absent
Sonia Hibbard-Secretary
Thomas Wright-Treasurer
Lori Kerr- Teacher Representative
Parents: Christa Weidner
Old Business:
The Santa Shop held on December 8th was successful. Some suggestions for next year’s event include: Getting more gifts for pets and children in the 2-5 year range. Having a preview day on Monday or Tuesday of that week with a catalog list sent home with the children for parents to review for purchase day. Ms. Kerr also suggested having the students go to the event during her class time so she could control how many children went in at a time. Thomas made $660.53 in deposits; which met our overall goal to cover purchases for the event & also expenditures from the teacher wish list.
Gifts were purchased for each teacher from the wish list for Christmas. Our goal was $50.00 per teacher list and the office list was included as well. The gifts were delivered by Thomas & Michelle on Dec. 8th after the Santa Shop. Ms. Olges list included student books/teacher’s guides for her class that was not purchased. Sonia will look online & try to purchase wish items and deliver to her class.
The Christmas Program held on December 8th was also successful. We received gift card donations from Sams Club and Meijer, which were used to purchase refreshments for the event. Sonia sent out thank you notes to each company for their continued support of our school.
New Business:
Catholic Schools week is Jan 30th thru Feb 3rd-The student council and staff will address activities for the students at the school that week. Open House will be held on Sunday February 5th from 12pm-3pm. The PTO will have a booth to help promote the school. Possible ideas include: having a poster board with pictures of recent events, ask parents to send in quotes about “What they love about St. Aloysius…” Sonia and Neely will also look at the possibility of having wristbands or some item with the schools logo on it to hand out.
Family Feud Night will be held on Friday March 9th from 6:30-8:30pm in the gym. The goal would not only be a spring fundraiser but to also promote community involvement. A family “team” will consist of five members and may include children. Neely will talk to the person that organized the event in the past to see how the bracket system and game were set up. We will try to co-ordinate the event with the fish fry that night as well. Neely will look at possibly getting a team trophy or plaque made for the event.
The school will host a Talent Show on Wednesday April 25th at 6:30pm. We will have an audition process for any student wanting to participate to make sure their material is appropriate or if acts need to be condensed due to time. March 19th and 21st after school will be the tentative dates for auditions. Sonia and Neely will be on hand to help with the audition process. A silent auction will also take place the night of the talent show, showcasing class art projects. We will also look at having other donations for the auction at this event as well.
Thomas also suggested a Monte Carlo Night as a fundraiser; he will look at tentative dates and get back with the officers. This item will be tabled until next month’s meeting.
Ms. Kerr will discuss all new business with teachers/staff at their next monthly meeting. Christa also suggested asking for teacher interest/input on an outdoor classroom for students.
The next open meeting will be held on Tuesday February 21st @ 7pm in the Library.