Warren Hills Elementary PTA

Warren Hills Elementary PTA Minutes

General Meeting – September 17, 2019

Call To Order:

• Meeting called to order at 6:36 p.m. Members were welcomed and thanked for coming.
• Old Business-Prior Minutes Approval: none since first meeting of the year

Officer Reports

• V.P. Membership (Aluanu Moore): 210 members. $1350 in donations. Ms. Riffle won membership contest.
• V.P. Ways and Means (Erin Shonkwiler):
  1. Boosterthon pep rally was today. Race is Sept 27. Goal is $20,000 this year.
  2. Liberty Gym 10/11
• Secretary’s Report (Marianne Horstman): No update.
• Treasurer (Tara Stugill): Budget approval for 2019/2020. Steam budget now included in Family fun. Budget motion approved by Melissa Hines and seconded by Cara Walls.
• President (Shannon Tritsch): Scholastic dollars from last year spent on STEAM supplies. It was about $4000. Mrs. Swierski has picked out playground equipment that’s $55,000 to replace old equipment. PTA fundraisers will go to help pay for it. Her goal is to have it installed next summer. So far $10,000 was left over from last year that PTA is giving to the school so that could possibly be used for specials so all students can benefit from it. Cara suggested indoor playground equipment. 5th grade teachers present (Ms. Dietrich and Ms. Gragg) suggested Legos or board games and indoor carts to store them in.
• Principal (Mrs. Swierski): None

Committee Reports

• Scholastic Book Fair (Samantha Bosley, Pam Lewis, Erika Kozlowski and Veronica Goodman)- October 21st and 23rd – Samantha met with Scholastic yesterday.
• Supply Packs (Emily Bleier): No update
• Spirit Wear (Kristen Goeke): She will do a PTA shirt if requested. Shirt orders were delivered this week. Doesn’t have final money total made. Next round will be in winter, kept simple though. Will set up at conferences.
• Conference Meals (Liza Edwards and Laci): October 21st and 23rd – $1000 budget total for both conferences.
• Restaurant Nights (Erin Shonkwiler): a. Yogurtini in August made $238. b. Chipotle made less this year than last year. Made $339 c. October 9th Culver’s 5-8pm (10% of all customers)
• Family Fun (Tiffany Schrader, Erica Kozlowski and Pam Lewis)- Trunk or Treat October 27th from 2- 4pm. Prizes for 1st and 2nd place trunks. Trying to get local restaurant gift cards for prizes and possibly getting food trucks to come. Working on possibly having a concession stand too. Candy can be donated so PTA can provide it if we run out or for future events. Sign up genius will go out in beginning of October.
• Reflections (TBD): No Update
• Cultural Arts (Mrs. Herl): No Update
• 5 th Grade Recognition (TBD): no update
• Box Tops/Labels (Liza Edwards): No Update
• Yearbook (Amie Veach): No update
• Staff Appreciation (): No update
• Testing Treats (TBD): No update
• All Pro Dad’s (Justin Engelhardt): No Update
• Activities/Family Fun Nights (TBD): No Update
• Nominating (Niki Fosberg): No Update
• Communications (Liza Edwards): No Update

New Business

• United Way (Erinn Gragg and Breana Dietrich)- United Way week is same week as Halloween so no tailgate this year. Want to have the basket auction at Trunk or Treat event instead.
• Suggested to get 5th grade recognition shirts before the end of the year so kids can wear them more than just the last month of school. Will go ahead and order shirts now.

Announcements

• Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned 7:22 p.m.
• Submitted by: Marianne Horstman, Warren Hills PTA Secretary

Warren Hills Elementary PTA Minutes

General Meeting – Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Call To Order

• Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Members were welcomed and thanked for coming.
• Old Business-Prior Minutes Approval: Wendy Smith made a motion to approve the minutes Mrs. Swierski seconded that motion.

Officer Reports

• V.P. Membership (Jill Hellevang): 182 members with one new member added.
• V.P. Ways and Means (Wendy Smith): Trash bags will be delivered at 3:00 p.m. Help will be needed to unpack. There are a few extra to sell at the book fair.
• Secretary’s Report (Melissa Hines): No Update
• Treasurer (Ingrid Bracken): CiCi’s nights earned $123. Mrs. Saffell won for March. April class for Mrs. Herndon. The expense of $136 for envelopes for trash bag sales will be eliminated the following year. $60 was raised for Best Choice labels. $610 field trip expense incurred for 5th grade along with $200 for Chik-fil-a for parent-teacher conference night.
• President (Emily Bleier): No Update
• Principal (Mrs. Swierski): No Update

Committee Reports

• Scholastic Book Fair (Ingrid Bracken): BOGO night on May 1st. Sending out a sign-up for volunteers via Sign-up Genius.
• Supply Packs (Meva Williams): May 4 is last day to submit.
• Spirit Wear (Dawn Schwalm): No Update
• Conference Meals (Jennifer Troxler): No Update
• CiCi’s (Meva Williams):
• Reflections (Kari Lund): No Update
• Cultural Arts (Mrs. Herl): 5/16 Cultural arts day in the am. Bringing in different speakers.
• 5th Grade Recognition (Dawn Schwalm): Kona Ice will be there. Combining with a picnic on the last day of school.
• Box Tops/Labels/Coke Points (Tawni Bross/Miranda Miles):
• Yearbook (Amie Veach): 477 yearbooks sold with 48 yearbooks donated. 30 were needed with 18 carried over to the following year.
• Staff Appreciation (Kristen Goeke/Jennifer Smith): Week of May 7-11.
  • Various things include: Potato Bar, Pasta Bar, Barista, Salad Bar, Massage Therapist, and Taco day. Several donations were provided by various companies. Parents requested to donate non-perishables.
• Testing Treats (Mindy Heutinck): MAP testing treats for each day of testing. Grilling event held. All were able to get their food prior to weather becoming unstable.
• Watch Dogs/All Pro Dad’s (Justin Englehart): No Update
• Activities Nights ([Name]): No Update
• Nominating (Niki Fosberg): No Update
• Communications (Liza Edwards): No Update

New Business

• Field Day 05/18. Ice cream afterwards.
• Car wash fundraiser has been submitted

Announcements

Adjournment

• Meeting was adjourned 7:50 p.m.
• Submitted by: Melissa Hines, Warren Hills PTA Secretary

Warren Hills Elementary PTA Minutes
General Meeting – Thursday, March 22, 2018

Call To Order

Meeting called to order at 7:03 p.m. Members were welcomed and thanked for coming.
Old Business:

List of nominations for 2018-2019 provided.

1. President: Shannon Tritsch
2. Vice President of Membership: Aluanu Moore
3. Vice President of Ways and Means: Erin Shonkwiler
4. Secretary: Melissa Hines
5. Treasurer: Ingrid Bracken

Amber R. made a motion to nominate the slate of nominees. Dawn Schwalm seconded that motion. All 15 members present voted in favor.

Prior Minutes Approval: Jennifer Troxler made a motion to approve the minutes Amber R. seconded
that motion.

Officer Reports

• V.P. Membership (Jill Hellevang): No Update
• V.P. Ways and Means (Wendy Smith): No Update
• Secretary’s Report (Melissa Hines): No Update
• Treasurer (Ingrid Bracken):
  • Box Tops money came in Jan.
  • All Pro Dad’s had their monthly meeting.
  • 3 field trips were paid for.
  • Reimbursed the school for the first round of Wilson Reading materials.
  • Renewed the PTA insurance.
• President (Emily Bleier): Dallas Ackerman will be coming to speak about the April Bond issue.
  • Amber made a motion Shannon seconded. All voted in favor.
• Principal (Mrs. Swierski):
  • Received $10,000 from capital expenditure budget for furniture for the pods to make more collaborative with mobile white boards to help bring the learning out into the pods to kick off the fall school year.
  • 5th grader now does morning announcements.
  • 3rd Grade MAP testing begins 04/02 with 5th grade 4/16-27 and 4th grade 5/1-11.

Committee Reports

• Scholastic Book Fair (Ingrid Bracken): Very busy night. BOGO fair will be the night of the art fair.
• Supply Packs (Meva Williams): Can order online and orders will go home tomorrow.
• Spirit Wear (Dawn Schwalm): No Update
• Conference Meals (Jennifer Troxler): No Update
• CiCi’s (Meva Williams): $123 earned from CiCi’s night.
• Reflections (Kari Lund): No Update
• Cultural Arts (Mrs. Herl): No Update
• 5th Grade Recognition (Dawn Schwalm): Will be in April now. Music will be its own event. Last ½ day will be the recognition with the photo mats as well as a parade with parents invited for a 20 minutes’ celebration. Kona ice will be at the picnic along with t-shirts. Looking for 5th grade parent volunteers.
• Box Tops/Labels/Coke Points (Tawni Bross/Miranda Miles): Mrs. Collin’s class won the last game pack. Last one for school year.
• Yearbook (Amie Veach): 416 yearbook orders have been submitted with 37 yearbooks donated.
• Staff Appreciation (Kristen Goeke/Jennifer Smith): Working actively on the plan. Looking for business donations or sponsorship for the day.
• Testing Treats (Mindy Heutinck): MAP testing treats for each day of testing. In place of Chris’ Cakes will be doing donuts in the pod along with a playground picnic with hot dogs and treats.
• Watch Dogs/All Pro Dad’s (Justin Englehart):
• Activities Nights ([Name]): No Update
• Nominating (Niki Fosberg): Update posted in old business
• Communications (Liza Edwards): No Update

New Business

• Would like to change CiCi’s nights to Restaurant night to allow for a variety of food options. Discussed a service project with the students.

Announcements

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned 8:36 p.m.
Submitted by: Melissa Hines, Warren Hills PTA Secretary

Warren Hills Elementary PTA Minutes
General Meeting – Thursday, January 18, 2018

Call To Order

Meeting called to order at 7:08 p.m. Members were welcomed and thanked for coming.
Old Business: Discussed having another fun event. Possibly in the fall for back-to-school. Looking into hosting a Mad Science night.
Prior Minutes Approval: Niki Fosberg made a motion to approve, Jennifer Smith seconded

Officer Reports

• V.P. Membership (Jill Hellevang): No Update
• V.P. Ways and Means (Wendy Smith): Starting to work on trash bag fundraiser. Look at adding a line for donation over purchasing trash bags.
• Secretary’s Report (Melissa Hines): No Update
• Treasurer (Ingrid Bracken): $1000 earned from membership with 181 members. Spirit wear has bows still available to purchase. Purchased game packs for Box Tops.
• President (Emily Bleier): No Update
• Principal (Mrs. Swierski): Leader-n-me philosophy starting to be incorporated.

Committee Reports

• Scholastic Book Fair (Ingrid Bracken): Book fair is coming up during parent-teacher conferences. Will be looking for volunteers. Money earned will be taken as cash for upcoming book fair.
• Supply Packs (Meva Williams): No Update
• Spirit Wear (Dawn Schwalm): Last invoice paid.
• Conference Meals (Jennifer Troxler): Starting to plan.
• CiCi’s (Meva Williams): No further update.
• Reflections (Kari Lund): No update.
• Cultural Arts (Mrs. Herl): No update.
• 5th Grade Recognition ([Name]): No update
• Box Tops/Labels/Coke Points (Tawni Bross/Miranda Miles): Mrs. Hayes class won.
• Yearbook (Amie Veach): Finished up the award for the yearbook design. Mrs. Herl is working to gather pictures.
• Staff Appreciation (Kristen Goeke/Jennifer Smith): No Update
• Testing Treats (Mindy Heutinck): No Update
• Watch Dogs/All Pro Dad’s (Justin Englehart):
• Activities Nights ([Name]): Penguin Patch/Holiday Shop was a success in December. We sold $2,549 leaving us just over 1 box left with earnings of just over $300 after cookies.
• Nominating (Niki Fosberg): Niki Fosberg volunteered to lead the committee.
• Communications (Liza Edwards): No Update

New Business

• Kindergarten teachers have requested to attend the Younger Year’s conference that is targeted to pre-K and Kindergarten in March 8-10. Looking for travel and lodging expenses. PTA would reimburse the school district. $191 for car. $196 for lodging. District gives $46 per diem per day. Looking at $550 total cost.
• In addition, another request for Wilson Foundation starting skills supplies is needed in the amount of $791. Ingrid made motion to vote. Emily seconded the motion. All were in favor. Quorom was present.

Announcements

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned 8:06 p.m.
Submitted by: Melissa Hines, Warren Hills PTA Secretary