PTO Officers:

President:  Laurel May                       

Vice President:  Fran Mlynarek*                          

Treasurer:  Jodie Groves                                               

Secretary:  Lisa Akers                                                                         

Co- Historians:  Sandi Prantera, Julie Raymond

                                                                       

Principal:  Diane Hickens                      

                                                                             

Teacher Representative:  Katie Flaherty

                                                            

Also Attending: Kelly Bean, Nanette Jackson, Jeanine Marsack-Malaga, Rehne' Myers,

Laura Miskelly, Cindy Venditti, Susan Willard, David Lucas

 

*Unable to Attend

 

Meeting called to order at 7:04p.m. by President Laurel May

 

Treasurer's Report-approved. (14 approved, 1 abstained)

 

Secretary's Report-approved with revisions as follows: Marilyn Leonardi is not the chair

of the Sock Hop, Julie Raymond will help with talent show not co-chair, Money raised from

the Tin Can Raffle will not be used to buy ELMO's, Cord Strips should be Cork Strips.

(14 approved, 1 abstained)

 

Principal's Report-Thank you to Nanette Jackson for chairing Dinner with Santa. Also,

thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Lucas for helping. Greenwood's families in need would also

like to give a big thank you! Greenwood's staff made a giving tree and delivered those

items to the families as well. Pennies for Pies was a great success raising $467.40.

The pies were donated to the Salvation Army to help feed the homeless. The tire swing

has been repaired and is ready to go back up. Greenwood had a spelling bee on Jan 23rd

for our 4th and 5th graders. Cameron Fick won first place with Jordan Eckman being the runner
up. The county event will be Feb.17th. Kindergarten round up for the district

will take place on March 5th at JMS at 6:30p.m. Greenwood's Kindergarten round up will be

March 12th @ 1 p.m. Preschool open house will be March 13th at 5 p.m. Greenwood has been

NCA accredited. The district is working on all district accreditation. JMS will be here to

talk to our 5th grade about scheduling Feb. 5th in the afternoon. Next 5th grade

graduation meeting will be February 6th at 6:30p.m. 

 

Teachers Report - Teachers  made a form to help with study hall and detention. Mrs.

Dzubak will need funds for Science Olympiad: t-shirts, medals and lanyards. $350.00

(12 approved, 2 opposed, 1 abstained) Fifth grade teachers would like to have a second

field trip. $425 (14 approved, 1 abstained). The $425 will be paid back. March is reading

month theme will be "Dive into Reading". $1200 (14 approved,1 abstained). Next year

teachers will have an equal amount for Weekly Readers. The Special Education Dept.

is in the process of an audit.                                                

                                       

PTO to Date - We have a new secretary, Lisa Akers. We need more volunteers. Spirit Wear

has done well. Our bake sale profits for Dec. 18/19th were $138.75, Jan. 15th $135.81

 

Bottle Drive for Field Trip Shirts - We will discontinue the bottle drive and approve $100

(14 approved, 1abstained) to purchase shirts. Pop can deposits from Ice Cream Social can

help replenish this amount back into the PTO fund.

 

Movie Night - Sandi Prantera and Cindy Venditti will chair. More information coming.

 

Travis Country Kitchen Night - Will be January 21st from 12pm to 8pm.

 

Market Day - December profit was at it's lowest: $76.72

 

Dinner w/Santa - Total deposit was $1384. The $400 that was approved was not enough

to fund this event. 330 people attended. We would like to apologize to the families for

any inconvenience the menu change may have caused. Next month we'll discuss past

budgets and spending practices for Dinner with Santa.

 

Morley Candy Easter Fundraiser - Marilyn Leonardi to chair. Jan 25th will be the kick-off

assembly. Greenwood will get approx. 40% of the profits from this fundraiser.

 

Sock Hop - Brooke Goodnough and Kim Ludwig to chair. Will be held Feb. 14th from 4-6.

A lot of food leftover last year; may send home a flyer to get accurate number coming.

 

Tin Can Raffle - Table for next year.

 

New Business -

    1. Cookie Dough Sale-  Rehne' Myers to chair. Sale will be in Spring.

    2. Bake Sale and Candy Gram for February - Fifth grade teachers will be having a bake

        sale to pay back PTO for extra field trip. Student Council will sponsor candy grams.

    3. Campbell Soup Labels/Box Tops - Susan Willard reported the amount of $253.40 from

        Box Tops. A letter will be coming home.

    4. McDonald's/Subway Night-Will be chaired by Jeanine Marsack-Malaga. Will have one

        every other week. Subway will give 20% of the profits (before taxes), McDonald's

        will give 15% (before taxes). Dates to be announced. (14 approved, 1 abstained).

    5. PTO Event Files- Will be put together for future chairpersons by Laura Miskelly and

        Katie Flaherty will help.

    6. Discussion of letter submitted by David Lucas

    7. Julie Raymond reported Lakeview is one of the districts participating in the IAM.

        International Academy of Macomb starting in the 9th grade. Visit:www.IAMacomb.org

    8. Tie for PTO attendance award - Mrs.Rustoni's and Mrs.Heiss/Sullivan won!

Meeting closed at 9:34 p.m. by President Laurel May/ Next Meeting, Feb. 13th@7p.m

   

                                    *A NOTE TO ALL GREENWOOD FAMILIES*

If at any time there is a hardship in any family, please contact Mrs.Hickens. The PTO is here                                  to help whenever possible. All names will be kept confidential.
 

*Submitted By:     Lisa Akers, Greenwood PTO Secretary, 1-22-08