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Canajoharie PTA Minutes—December 13, 2005

1. Greetings

   1. Co-President, Bronwyn McCaffrey, called the meeting to order at 7 pm with eleven members in attendance. The pledge was recited.

2. Secretary’s Report

   1. The secretary’s report was read and accepted.

3. Treasurer’s Report

   1. The updated Treasurer’s report was reviewed and accepted.

4. Old Business

   1. Enrichment Committee:  The next meeting for this committee is February 14, 2006. Ellen is waiting for information from Mrs. Wolgemuth to give her the $150 balance of enrichment funds approved for her.

   2. Membership:  Tara reported she now has 100% teacher participation and 173 members. Tara has membership information entered into the database at the school. Tracy will contact Melissa to get e-mail address of current members for PTA meeting reminders. A suggestion was given to develop PTA welcome packets for new students. The packets will include the school calendar, magnets, PTA forms and contact information. Tara will work on getting ten packets together to have on hand.

   3. Box Tops:  Mrs. Monk reported she is continuing to receive box tops. The first payment due in mid December has not yet been received. Reminder letters for this program were sent to families in October, November and December.

   4. Pictures: This topic was tabled until the January meeting.

   5. PTA Minutes: The PTA minutes are not yet able to be viewed on the school website. Tracy will e-mail Kyle to let him know of the problem.

5. New Business

   1. Movie Night: The next movie night is scheduled for December 16th with “Herbie Fully Loaded” as the scheduled movie to be shown. The movie will be raffled off that night. Jackie will contact Price Chopper for the cookies. There are still cups, napkins and juice available from the previous movie night. PTA cookbooks will be available for purchase on the movie night. The tentative dates for the next movie nights are January 27, 2006 and March 3, 2006. Mrs. Monk suggested taking out an ad in the local newspaper at the end of the year to thank local businesses for their donations and support throughout the year.

   2. Local Fundraiser: Bronwyn discussed the possibility of a fundraiser through the local business Kid Stuff. The tentative date is December 23, 2005, with 10% of all sales between 8 am and 7pm going to the PTA. Mrs. Nyahay will first need to obtain the Superintendent’s approval to go ahead with this fundraiser.

   3. PARP: This committee met at 6:30 pm on December 13th. The scheduled dates for this program are March 13th through March 24th using the train theme. Tara will talk with the teachers to determine the suggested reading time for the different age levels. There will be different activities for each day of the week including special projects for the weekends. There was a suggestion for a teacher survey at the end of this program. The PARP committee is scheduled to meet at 6:30 pm on January 10, 2006.

   4. Miscellaneous

      1. It was decided to order the teacher’s planners early through Amsterdam Print to save 10% on the cost. Ellen will send a check to Amsterdam Print.

      2. Brownwyn read the thank you letter from Mr. Morrissey for the enrichment funds approved for a student to attend a Youth Leadership Program.

      3. An update on the $1,000 books program through the Literary Society was given and the program should be up and running in mid January. The Literary Society is scheduled to meet on December 27, 2005 at the Canajoharie Library.

6. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm. The next meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2006 at 7 pm.