Attended by LaChon Richardson, Cindy Philapil, Peggy Daley, Richard Conway, Elizabeth Ristaino, Monique Perez-Jones, Carmen Lopez, Lisa Twaronite, Lynda Tashek
First topic: BUDGET.
Peggy goes over copies of the financial statement -- she still hasn't received budget from school.
Summary: PARENTS' CLUB HAS MET ITS GOAL for the 2008-2009 school year.
LaChon: Is there money for NEW CHAIRS, for the upper grades, since the old ones are cracking? Elizabeth says she'll send a Web site with a good selection of reasonably-priced chairs.
Lynda: SCRIP is still going well, but we need to get more parents enrolled in eScrip.
-- When you enroll your Safeway card in scrip, the actual card number is needed,
not just your phone number.
-- EScrip enrollment requires an email address.
-- It's important to register credit cards and debit cards, so that the school can get
money every time you use them.
LaChon: The TUITION RAFFLE is the only fundraising event left this year. The winner will receive either free tuition for one student (if the winner has a child enrolling) OR $4,500 cash (if the winner has no children enrolling). The prize for the student who sells the most tickets will be a Nintendo DS-i.
PARENT HOURS -- If parents don't meet their requirement, they will be charged full tuition as "non-participating" families.
BOARD NOMINATIONS for next year -- Rich, Monique and Carmen agree to stay on.
CENTER PLATE brought in enough money, despite glitches, to make it worth continuing in 2009-2010. Next year's schedule will include a few night games.
2009-2010 (tentative) CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Welcome Back Dinner/Family BBQ ---- Sept. 18
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- Sept. 24
Movie Night (fall) ----------------------- Oct. 2
Winetasting (fall) ----------------------- Nov. 6
Christmas Faire ------------------------ first weekend in December, as usual
Zydeco Dance (parish) ------------------ last weekend in January, as usual
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- Feb 11
Movie Night (spring) ------------------- Feb. 12 or 19
Crab Feed (with parish) ---------------- March
Winetasting (spring) -------------------- sometime before Easter break
Parents' Meeting ----------------------- April 22
Cindy says Movie Night is a bit difficult to set up because of a lack of equipment. Elizabeth notes that BOX TOPS made about $300, and proposes Box Tops proceeds be used to by a NEW PROJECTOR.
FUNDRAISING IDEAS for next year:
PANCAKE BREAKFAST/LUNCH after family mass --- Board agrees to ask Tom to schedule family masses farther in advance, to make planning such events possible.
Elizabeth says that St. John's used to have a CASINO NIGHT at which the parents did training and got certified to be dealers -- which would greatly reduce costs of using professional dealers, and could make such an event feasible.
CHAMPAGNE BINGO!
Lisa is returning to Tokyo in a few weeks and will greatly miss St. Finn Barr -- she is sorry she won't be around for Champagne Bingo, which sounds like a winning idea. [Thanks, everyone!]
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
FEBRUARY 11 MEETING
Attended by LaChon Richardson, Cindy Philapil, Elizabeth Ristaino, Carmen Lopez, Lisa Twaronite, Karen O'Reilly and Annette Caneda
Main topic of the meeting: PARENT HOURS.
Elizabeth: Room parents need to get in touch with families in their classes who still need to fulfill the hours requirement. An email on this was sent in January.
Karen O'Reilly suggested WAYS TO HELP:
The school library can always use a hand – or parents can pull pages from workbooks for teachers. And Tom would like to organize a group to paint the Little House.
Tom also had an idea for a MENS CLUB, for school dads to volunteer,and feel more involved in the school community.
The CRAB FEED flier went home in student envelopes. The event needs volunteer SERVERS. The banner is ready and will be hung tomorrow.
There is also a need for SILENT AUCTION ITEMS and RAFFLE ITEMS.
All donated food items MUST HAVE RECEIPT, or no donation credit can be given
The next all-school PARENT'S MEETING will be held on February 24 at 6:30. Dinner (salad and lasagna?) will be served. [NOTE: Meeting was later POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH.]
Karen volunteers to open the kindergarten room for CHILDCARE, but only for parents who really have no other options and nowhere else to leave their kids.
Cindy: BOWLING made a profit of $474.
MOVIE NIGHT rescheduled for April 3.
Karen: Progress is being made on the ALUMNAE DATA BASE.
Main topic of the meeting: PARENT HOURS.
Elizabeth: Room parents need to get in touch with families in their classes who still need to fulfill the hours requirement. An email on this was sent in January.
Karen O'Reilly suggested WAYS TO HELP:
The school library can always use a hand – or parents can pull pages from workbooks for teachers. And Tom would like to organize a group to paint the Little House.
Tom also had an idea for a MENS CLUB, for school dads to volunteer,and feel more involved in the school community.
The CRAB FEED flier went home in student envelopes. The event needs volunteer SERVERS. The banner is ready and will be hung tomorrow.
There is also a need for SILENT AUCTION ITEMS and RAFFLE ITEMS.
All donated food items MUST HAVE RECEIPT, or no donation credit can be given
The next all-school PARENT'S MEETING will be held on February 24 at 6:30. Dinner (salad and lasagna?) will be served. [NOTE: Meeting was later POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH.]
Karen volunteers to open the kindergarten room for CHILDCARE, but only for parents who really have no other options and nowhere else to leave their kids.
Cindy: BOWLING made a profit of $474.
MOVIE NIGHT rescheduled for April 3.
Karen: Progress is being made on the ALUMNAE DATA BASE.
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