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Newman Parent Association January 5, 2010
Call to Order: Kristin Andrews
Members Present: Rachel McGuire, Julie Udelhofen, Mrs. Avery,
Mrs. Smith, Kristin Andrews, Lori Howard, Bradi Theilen, Maureen Leighty, Valarie Wollner
Secretary Report- Valarie
Wollner
Treasurer Report- Lori Howard- none
Committee Reports:
Publicity-
none
Activity- none
Fundraiser- Julie had handout with new
info. from their meeting in December. Discussion on whether or not to stay with Chip Shoppe and it was decided
that we would since the company was willing to help us in any way that they could. Some new things we will be doing
as part of the fundraiser will be: Newman designing t- shirts that will be rewarded to each person that sells at least
10 items and those kids will be allowed to wear those shirts on top of their uniform shirts on scrip jean days, highest sellers
from each class would be duct taped to the wall as part of a fun extra, and new inflatable’s are available to use for
God’s Portion Day and the last day of school. Julie will contact the company to let them know that we have committed
to them and to schedule a meeting sometime before April to go over details and to decide on inflatable’s.
Old
Business:
• Discussion on middle school fundraiser with magazines, thoughts were that they should
stick with that another year.
• Lori has been working on setting up a date for a “Family
Skate” @ the ice skating rink. The cost would be $75- 100 with skate rental $3/ea. A date of February
14, 2- 4 p.m. was decided. She would make some calls and let us know if that is final.
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There will be no pizza @ half time basketball, but consider doing something else on Feb. 5. Possibly doing a dance or
face painting, free throw event, promote specific game(s). Lori will contact people about these items and will email
us to let us know what she finds out.
New Business:
• Original Works- nothing has been
discussed yet with the development office. Will maybe be the 31st or the 6th. We are planning on the 31st, Time:
12- 2. Julie will have a table set up for ordering
• There was some discussion on
having an extra fundraiser @ conferences in March that would include vendors like Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Silpada,
etc. to come and set up during conferences, possibly in front hallway or gym. This would need to be approved by the
Development Office, once we have an answer we will then publish in newsletter to see if anyone who is a consultant would like
to be a part of this.
? Discussion was had on what to do with money earned; items such as smart boards
were brought to our attention. Jen Smith will show how smart boards work/how they’re utilized at our next meeting.
Meeting was adjourned
Next meeting will be February 2, 2010, 6 pm in Elementary Commons
November 2, 2009
Call to Order: Rachel McGuire
Members Present: Rachel McGuire, Jan Avery, Julie Udelhofen, Vonda Sullivan, Bradi Theilen, Lori Howard,
Valarie Wollner
Secretary Report: Valarie Wollner
Treasurer Report: Lori Howard- none
Committee Reports:
· Publicity- Vonda- parent ambassador
calls have been made, everyone contacted
· Activity- Bradi-
none
· Fundraiser- Julie- need to talk with Lisa and Mark
about resigning with the company/going over what is offered to us. Julie, Mrs. Avery, and possibly Kristin try and meet
with them in December so that a decision is made by January.
New Business:
·
Lori is looking into the ice skating rink as a family activity possibly in the Spring, end of February. She will let
us know what prices she comes up with.
· Original Works-
no longer providing paper, we have to buy it from them. We will purchase from them as their price is a good.
· Catholic Schools Week is the first week in February
·
Possibly do a small fundraiser with pizza/pop @ the last home basketball game on February 5, to get our group out in the public
a little more.
· Work on next year’s Fun Run a little
earlier to have it be a part of the actual run.
· During
next conferences having some vendors such as Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware, etc. to come and set up in the
gym at the spring conferences.
· Need to find an area that
this money should go towards so that people are excited to earn for that reason. (Equipment, school supplies, etc.)
° There will be NO meeting for Parent Association in December.
Next meeting will be January 5.
Old Business:
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Conferences went well
° State accreditation well
Meeting
Adjourned: Rachel McGuire
Next Meeting: January 5, 2010 in the Elementary Commons @ 6:00 p.m.
October 6, 2009
6 pm
Elementary Commons
Call to Order: Kristin Andrews
Reflection: Kristin Andrews
Members
Present: Mrs. Avery, Anne Mason, Kristin Andrews, Julie Udelhofen, Bradi Theilen, Valarie Wollner
Secretary
Report: Valarie Wollner
Treasurer Report: Lori Howard- none
Committee Reports:
· Publicity- none
·
Activity- none (Kristin will get Bradi info.)
· Fundraiser-
Julie- Pick up went well, but there was poor communication with the company
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All money is in
- Do we want to contract again for next yr.?
2% back if we contract again
- Possibly do something like
a bulb fundraiser, Julie had info. from different companies to look at
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Development committee discussing a plan to replace the money that fundraiser brings in
New Business:
· Mrs. Avery is looking for some parents to be a part of an
interview for the State Accretitation group on Wednesday, October 14 from 3:30- 4:45. Please contact Jan if you are
able to participate
· Please bring some bars, cookies, etc.
for Conferences. Please bring to office.
· Julie looked
into some other ideas similar to the Box Tops that Newman could do, there was some concern on mess, storage, and mailing.
Will talk to Jodi to see what she thinks
Old Business:
·
Kristin will talk with Lori about increasing our presence at events, possibly fun alley at God’s Portion Day
· Julie could use some old t- shirts for craft for God’s Portion
Day. If you have some you would like to donate, please hand them off to her.
·
Kristin will follow up on Parent Ambassador- see if there has been any calls
·
Possibly going back to the homecoming event- will talk with Booster Club to see how their numbers went. If not going
back to homecoming then possibly try doing something during Catholic Schools Week, basketball game, or something in the winter.
· Mrs. Avery is going to check on whether or not the Good Search
is still in effect for internet searching.
Meeting Adjourned: Kristin Andrews
Next Meeting:
November 3, 2009- Elementary Commons 6:00p.m.
September
8, 2009 – 6:00 pm.
Call to Order and reflection led by Jen Smith.
Members present:
Jen Smith, Bradi Theilen, Julie Udelhofen, Anne Mason, Vonda Sullivan, Lori Howard, Rachel McGuire
New Business:
PA meetings will change to the first Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. due to schedules conflicting. Next meeting will be October
6th.
Volunteers are needed for the delivery of the fundraiser items on Saturday, September 26th. Please contact
Julie Udelhofen to sign up for a time.
Julie brought in information about a program for collecting used juice bags.
Discussion was tabled to next meeting so Mrs. Avery can weigh in. This would be similar to the box top collections.
Vonda Sullivan agreed to be the publicity chair to replace Rachel McGuire who will become the Vice President.
Bradi Theilen agreed to be the activity chair.
Old Business: Our tailgate will be held during a basketball
game this winter instead of during football season. We need to look at a schedule to figure out a date in January.
The group decided it was important to bring back the Parent Ambassador program. Vonda Sullivan will get
the list of new families and determine if she needs help calling these families. Discussion took place about what else
we can do to help the families feel welcome and that they have someone to call if they have questions. For the start
of next year it was recommended that some type of meeting take place to get all the families together.
Discussion
took place about other types of activities for families that the PA could hold. Lori Howard will call both the ice arena
and the rolling skating rink to see how much it is to rent these for an afternoon or evening. Also was discussed about
bringing back some type of carnival event and a possible movie night in the gym. Discussion will continue at upcoming
meetings.
Julie will continue the information in the newsletters from the PA. She wants to start a Teacher
Feature every couple of weeks or once a month that will feature one of the teachers. The group felt that was a great
idea.
Recess went well with the volunteers and teachers. Lori Howard is still looking for some more volunteer
so please contact her if you can help out.
Lori Howard will be leading the running program for boys and girls after
school. Grades 3-6 can participate and the goal is get them excited about running and possibly run in God Portion Day
Fun Run for kids. The Fun Run will be new this year at God’s Portion Day. Possible entry fees were discussed
and will be determined at a later date.
The meeting was adjourned and the group worked on the counting and collecting
the Fundraiser materials.
Respectfully submitted,
Rachel McGuire
Parent Association
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