ELC PTO AGENDA
Thursday, August 10
- Attendance & Call to Order
- Welcome to the 2017-2018 PTO
- Principal’s Report – Dr. Ekk
- President’s Report
- Cori 1st time and renewals
- PTO meeting dates- 3rd Thursday of the month except September (Thur 14th) and December (Thur 14th)
- Orientation: Thursday, Sept 7th
- Need Volunteers: greet parents, stand at front table, help with school store
- Forms & Flyers:
- Room Coordinators (name change?)
- Directory Form
- Who are we? What do we do?
- Save the Date flyers for the PTO playdate & Family Fun Day
- Others? - Small business owners? Family fun day vendors? September newsletters
- Family Fun Day, Sept 30th
- Time, Need volunteers for set-up and breakdown- 12pm-3pm
- Addition of a “fun walk”- “Super Stroll” super hero theme start @ 11:30 before Fun Day
- Maybe turn into a fundraiser?- $5 donation , open to siblings, decorate mask, prizes for winners and medals for all who participate
- Touch-A-Truck
- NAPD, Possibly DPW, State Police, Others?
- DJ
- Vendors – how much to charge?- $20
- Addition of a “special appearance from Super hero”
- Craft Table – need craft, need volunteers
- Bake Sale – Volunteers for table, volunteers to bake something
- Pizza/Water – same place as last year?- Plainville House / Stop and Shop
- Popcorn?
- Face Painting (Kate)
- YMCA – who is the contact?
- Treasurer’s Report
- Review of current funds
- Process for giving and getting money
- Fundraising:
- Pizza Night – stay with the same restaurant?
- Possible addition of a Chinese Night?
- Fall Photo Fundraiser
- Possibly Oct 14th & 15th
- Volunteer to organize?
- New Fundraisers
- Kim Avila
- Mabel’s Labels
- Five Below
- Dream Dinners? 10/10/17
- Monkey Joes?
- Others?
- Savers
- Start & End dates - 1st week of October
- Storage
- Donation Days? Volunteers- October 19 6pm
- Drop-Off day. Need volunteers
- Wacky Hair Day (December 14) , PJ Day, Dress Yourself Day (October 12) , Spirit Day September 28- Nurse Supplies, Spirit Day November 21- Christmas is for Kids
- Funny Flyer for people to just donate- October
- Enrichment:
- How many per month? Teacher preference?
- Fall enrichment:
- Rhythm Room (Oct, Dec)
- Tunes for Tots (Nov)
- Fire Safety (Sept)
- Science Enrichment (Sept/Oct)
- Animal Experience (Oct)
- Pumpernickel Puppets (Nov)
- Holiday Show (Dec)
- Winter/Spring:
- Rhythm Room
- Tunes for Tots
- Dance Party (maybe NYE or Valentine)
- Bubble Man
- MJ Book Presentation
- Farming
- Science?
- Zumba (Sara H.)
- Other ideas?
- Events:
- Welcome Back Teacher Pizza Party- September 6
- PTO Playdates – September 19/ rain date 21
- Movie Nights?
- Milestone Birthday Party?
- Other events?
- Social Media and Websites
- Facebook: Valerie
- Blog & School Store Website – Devin
- Newsletters & Flyers
- New format for Newsletters?
- Directory
- School Store
- Inventory- now takes credit cards
- Popup @ playdate – need volunteers
- “Limited Time Only” t-shirts for FFD
- Spirit Day
- Sept – School Nurse
- Oct
- Grants: NA Cultural Council
- Box Tops
- Classroom Coordinator
- To be absorbed by Vice President
- Playground/Yard Cleanup
- Possible dates? Before family fun day
- Bricks
- Date to move them?