Olson Elementary PTO
General Meeting Minutes
9/19/17 7pm
· Call to Order
- 1st Laurie Barnard
- 2nd Megan Mitby
· President’s Report – (No President so Laurie Barnard presented)
- Meet the Board
- Went around the room and did introductions.
- Upcoming Events
- 5K and School Picnic – 9/23/17
- Field Day
- In need of volunteers for these events!
- Christine Barone handed out a flyer of Field Day.
- President Seat is Currently Vacant
- We asked if there was anyone interested in the being PTO President.
- Nobody at the meeting volunteered to be PTO President.
· Treasurer’s Report – Laurie Barnard
- We reviewed the budget line by line.
- Laurie gave a brief description of the events we host:
- Assemblies
- Spelling Bee/Book Bowl/Geography Bowl
- Staff Appreciation Gifts and Meals
- 10 year Anniversary Celebration
- Deb Lyons gave an update on the 10-Year Celebration schedule
- Mural
- Celebration – including cake, etc.
- Paul Olson’s family wants to be involved.
- Green School will be emphasized.
- School Improvement Grant this year went to purchase mascot Swimmy.
- Promoted Amazon Smiles.
- Adding Grounds and Maintenance back in to the budget.
- We asked for volunteers to help with the shed maintenance.
- Voted to adopt the budget.
- Favor – 28 Votes
- Not in Favor – Votes
- The PTO Budget was adopted.
· VP Volunteer Report – VP of Volunteer was not present (Katie Spelsberg and Angie Palmer)
- Discussed Volunteer Opportunities:
- SPLASH
- Event is in March.
- Start working on in Jan/Feb.
- We are looking for someone to head up the event.
- Staff Appreciation
- Week in May.
- Work with the VP’s of Social.
- 5th Grade Graduation
- 4th grade parents run this event.
- Olson Staff (Kris Kolbert) assists with the event.
- Green Team
- Improve landscaping at Olson.
- Cub Scouts assist with many of the tasks.
- Book Fair
- Event was highly successful last year.
- One day sale.
- Picture Day
- Help prep kids before their pictures on Picture Day.
- Volunteers get free pictures for their kids.
- PTO Board
- We are looking for new members for the PTO Board.
- Sign-up sheet was passed around to get contact information if interested.
· Fundraising Report – Eric Steffen and Clare Thostenson
- We are in need of volunteers for 5K and School Picnic Saturday.
· District Liaison Report – Jennifer Conway
- Jennifer would like a co-chair for this. Please let us know if interested.
- Position involves attending Westside PTO and District Level meetings.
- No meetings to report on yet.
· Principal’s Report – Deb Lyons
- All School Assembly
- Thank you for the support.
- Anti-Bullying Theme.
- BMX biker presented.
- Went very well and everyone enjoyed it.
- New Math Program – Bridges was introduced this year.
- Seems to be going well so far.
- Keeps more consistency with grade level teachers.
- All aligned with common core methods.
- Not very different from the way we currently teach math – just more consistent.
- Field Day is coming up and volunteers are still needed.
- Assessments (District and State level) are in full swing.
- Deb will present SIP, Demographics, etc. at next PTO General Meeting.
Adjourned