NOMS PTSA Meeting Notes September 9, 2009
The meeting was called to order at 8:49 with 13 people in attendance including: Kim Finnicum, Jean Lewis, Nikki Feuquay, Lyne Church, Betsy Lowe, Terri Stinebruner, Holly Ansman, Beth Scherer, Nancy Stevens, Allison Parker, Pauline Moore, Cynthia Paris and Robb Smith.
President Report: All membership and dues have been turned in for this year, we are in District 13. Decided to have a meet and greet at Java on a Friday at 9 a.m. with date TBD.
· We are a tax exempt organization so if you need to purchase something please make sure you get the tax exempt number from Betsy or Cynthia before you go as you will need to have it to check out so we don’t pay tax.
· A new current PTSA roster will be emailed out with updates
Secretary’s Report: The minutes from August 19th stand approved as emailed.
Corresponding Secretary: Our thoughts are with Loretta Shake who had a death in her family. Sending something special from PTSA.
Principal’s Report: NOMS now have 60 mini notebook laptops in 4 different colors!
· We have gone to a 12 week grading period, you will see two grades now – one at mid term with an explanation and then one at the end of the grading period.
· Athletic eligibility has changed now and will be determined based on achievement and process, the teacher will develop goals and measure whether there was improvement to decide eligibility.
· The bathrooms are 95% complete, there is just some painting that needs to be finished.
· Viewing President Obama’s speech was left up to each individual teacher’s discretion. It was suggested that a link to this speech be put on the PTSA blog.
· New light bulbs are coming for the scoreboard in the gym and will be installed this month.
· The gym floor is being refinished and repainted so it will look brand new.
Treasurer’s Report: The check book balance is $7,779.11 as of 9-8-09. We have paid insurance and dues to the state and district.
Kentucky Kid’s Day: This is scheduled for September 28th. We will be kicking off our recycling campaign, there will be 15 garbage cans for teachers and a large recycling bins placed in the gym, cafeteria and hallway.
· There will be 2 photo booths in the cafeteria with pledge cards they can sign before they go in the photo booth, should we let them post these pledge cards somewhere?
Legislative Report: Let Maureen know of any ideas/issues you have, the session starts in January.
Membership Report: We have 877 members, 546 parents, 312 students and 19 staff members. There is a staff drive going on to try and reach 100% again. According to Betsy we have about 805 students at NOMS with this number constantly fluctuating.
Reflections Report: The deadline for all entries is September 25th.
Red Ribbon Week: This will be the week before Fall break, Oct. 12 – 16th.
Volunteer Coordinator: Each committee chairs volunteer sheet is done. We had a large number sign up to help so please use these volunteers so they know we need them.
· If there is an asterisk by a name on your sheet it means they only signed up to help with this specific event so please call them to help.
Fundraising: During the assembly on September 25th the Paragon Sale will hold its kick off. All orders are due by 10-8-09.
Directory: We are just waiting for a couple of advertising checks and then the directory will be going to print this week so it’s out by the end of the month. There is $900.00 worth of donated advertising.
Snappy Tomato Night: The forms are still not making it home with many of the students, we are trying to get the form linked to the PTSA Blog and the announcements. This will be held on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s this year.
Newsletter: All articles are due to Leah at lsuleah@aol.com by 9-11-09. The newsletter will be coming out next week and then will come out every other month after that.
Old Business: None
New Business: Betsy will email out the standing rules, if you have any suggestions please send them to Betsy Lowe.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:48 a.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment