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2009/2010 PTA
Officers:
Sam Sims President
Help our school earn money:
Onate Elementary PTA Calendar of Events 2009-2010
PTA Meeting Thursday, August 20 6:00pm Curriculum Night Wednesday, August 26 6:00pm and 7:000pm Sweet Tomatoes Night Wednesday, September 2 5:00pm Jog-A-Thon Thursday, September 17 9:00am to Noon Fall Carnival Friday, October 2 6:00pm PTA Meeting Wednesday, October 14 6:00pm Family Game Night Wednesday, November 4 6:00pm Restaurant Night Tuesday, November 10 TBD Winter Staff Lunch Friday, December 4 Noon PTA Meeting Wednesday, December 15 6:00pm Restaurant Night Tuesday, January 12 TBD PTA Meeting Wednesday, February 2 6:00pm Science Expo Thursday, February 25 5:30pm Restaurant Night Wednesday, March 31 TBD PTA Meeting Wednesday, April 13 6:00pm Art and Literacy Night Thursday, April 29 6:00pm Staff Appreciation Week May 3 to May 7 Spring Staff Lunch Friday, May 7 Noon Box Tops Rewards Party Friday, May 14 TBD Play Day Tuesday, May 18 TBD
Dates are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances
Minutes for PTA Meeting August 20,2009
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M. In attendance were President Sam Sims, Vice President Kelly Steingreaber, Treasurer Esther Jones, Secretary Cynthia King, Principal Theresa Fullerton, Instructional Coach Anissa Chavez, Shawna Brenden, Robyn Lawton, Beth Bontly, Cathy Zoladz, David Dallas, Tammi Fitzgerald, Arnie Tise, Jaime Baca, Jaye Talbott, and Shari Friedman
A reading of the minutes was followed by a motion by Jaye Talbott to accept the minutes and seconded by Jaime Baca with a unanimous vote to accept the minutes from April 21,2009 and May 29,2009
President’s Report Sam Sims reported that several volunteers assisted with photo day, that efforts to finalize a budget for the 2009-10 PTA year would be reported on tonight, and that plans for the Jog-a-thon would also be discussed.
Principal’s Report Theresa Fullerton thanked the PTA and teachers for a smooth transition into the new school year. She wanted to celebrate the A.Y.P. results but also be cognizant of continued need to remain diligent in teaching efforts and strategies. She was pleased that Onate was one of few schools who had met A.Y.P. standards two tears in a row. She emphasized Onate’s goal of reaching 100 % in participation in reading and math portions of A.Y.P. testing in 2014.
Instructional Coach’s Report Anissa Chavez gave a power point presentation on A.Y.P. results. She stated that Onate had improvement in scores for both reading and math by all student grades. She had comparison scores for participation and achievement for different grades for the past years. She passed on teachers’ and her questions of 1) How to encourage parents to use reading and math strategies 2) How to bring volunteers into the Book Room 3) How to encourage understanding of importance of attendance during A.Y.P. testing. She described that the Book Room has books and other materials that have been found to help with improving reading skills. Sam Sims asked if it would be helpful to send out a note encouraging volunteers for the Book Room and Anissa Chavez agreed to be the contact person for volunteers for the Book Room. Anissa stated that there are several testing windows coming up including A2L for 1-5 grades in Math and grades 3-5 in Reading and DRA testing for grades 1-2 and also Kindergarten assessments. Anissa talked about a new school goal of incorporating non-fiction writing into the curriculum 3-4 X a week
Treasurer Report The budget for 2009-2010 was reviewed and amended. A motion to approve and mail out to the Onate community the amended PTA budget was made by Arnie Tise, seconded and passed unanimously by a vote. A motion to change from using the Bank of the West to NM Educator’s Credit Union was made by Jaye Talbott and seconded by Tammi Fitzgerald and passed by a unanimous vote. A motion to approve a teacher request for classroom funds was made by Jaye Talbott and seconded by Jaime Baca and passed unanimously. The idea of a Family Sponsor was presented by Tammi Fitzgerald. (A family could choose to donate funds to desired for specific PTA sponsored projects- i.e. clothing bank or school Mediators support)
Reports of Committees/Announcements The Onate Elementary Calendar of Events for 2009-2010 was reviewed The Jog-a-thon will be Sept. 17 and a sign up was available for volunteers (day of and for counting money) Mr. Dallas is still willing to volunteer to have his head shaved and further decorated if a goal amount of money for the Jog-a thon is raised. This would be at an assembly following the Jog-a-thon. The Art Fundraiser has been changed to Original Works, thanks to Jaye Talbott for spearheading this. Arnie Tise announced that she would like the PTA to encourage a volunteer to be the Chairman for the Science Fair Sam Sims and Shari Freedman announced they would like to promote increased donations to the Clothing Bank and would be contacts for this. Curriculum Night will be August 26; PTA will have membership forms available Fall Carnival is planned for Oct. 2
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