Greenwood PTO Minutes
November 14, 2007
President: Laurel May
Co-Vice
Presidents: Fran Mlynarek
Treasurer: Jodie Groves
Secretary: Teri Lucas
Co-Historians: Sandi
Prantera and Julie Raymond
Principal: Diane Hickens
Teacher
Representative: Katie
Flaherty
Members in attendance:
Kelly Bean, Cindy Venditti,
Lisa Akers, Debbie Combs,
Fran Mlynarek, Jane Powell,
David Lucas, Pat Herman,
Katie Flaherty, Diane
Hickens, Nanette Jackson,
Susan Willard, Rehne’ Myers,
Julie Raymond, Laurel May,
Jodi Groves and Teri Lucas.
**************Next PTO
Meeting: December 11,
2007***8:45
am************************
Meeting
called to order at 7:00pm by
Laurel May.
Treasurers Report:
Jodie Groves submitted her
report with a balance of
$10,118.72 with committed
monies of $3000.00. Total
available $7,118.72. Report
Approved, 17 in favor, 0
opposed.
Secretary’s Report:
Teri Lucas submitted her
minutes from the October 17,
2007 meeting.
Correction: Vendor Fair is
November 29, 2007. Minutes
Approved, 17 in favor, 0
opposed
Principal’s Report:
Thank you for voting the
millage renewal. Thank you
Lana Backus and everyone who
helped make the Harvest
Dessert a success. The
students signed a Safe
Student Pledge this week.
The younger classes had the
experience of a Fire Truck,
close up, to help promote
fire safety. The 5th
grade is finished retaking
the MEAP writing section.
Game Night went well and
these games will be
available at the vendor
fair. The 2nd
graders visited the Detroit
Historical Society and
received compliments on how
well behaved and what very
smart questions they asked.
The end of the card marking
is Friday, November 16,
2007. Conferences are
November 28 & 29. The
popcorn has lots of flavor
and thank you to Susan
Willard, Rehne’ Myers,
Nanette Jackson and David
Lucas. The 4th
grade raised $297.00 from
their bake sale towards the
assembly, Sheep Shank Sam.
Gobble Grams are being sold
to help the 4th
grade class to raise funds.
I wish everyone a Happy
Thanksgiving.
Teacher’s Report:
Katie Flaherty reported that
Pennies for Pies is doing
very well. $160 plus change
has been raised, we can
purchase 20 pies before
Thanksgiving. Check out the
pie man outside the main
office door. In celebration
of Veteran’s Days the
children brought in photos
of veterans that they know.
Mrs. Clancy has asked if we
can have the black top
painted on the small play
ground, same as the large
playground black top will be
painted. A Candy Drive for
left over Halloween candy is
being collected, in our
office, for the soldiers
from Selfridge. Student
Council’s first meeting for
the year is November 19,
2007. These students will
help with cutting the
Campbell’s labels.
Harvest Dessert:
Lana Bakus raised $147.00
from our Harvest Dessert.
Everything worked out
great! Good job to
everyone!
Entertainment Books:
Jane Powell reported that
our school raised $1191.00
from selling these books.
We made a $9.00 profit for
each book sold. Last year
the school raised $650.
Thank you, Jane Powell and
Katherine Capaldi!
Field Trip Shirts:
Pat Herman reports that we
will start our bottle drive
next week and will continue
until November 30th.
Teachers will be responsible
for washing the shirts after
their field trip. Pat is
planning on purchasing 70
shirts.
Skating Party:
Diane Hinze, chair person,
stated that tickets will be
available at the door at the
roller rink. There is a
minimum of 125 people..
Box tops and Campbell’s
labels:
Sue Willard, sent in our Box
Tops for education for a
total of $82.00. We had a
credit balance of $92.00.
We will receive a check from
box tops for a total of
$180.00. You can shop on
line through the box top web
site and a percentage of
your purchase will go into
Greenwood’s account. For
your holiday shopping go to
boxtops4education.com.
Ms.
Flaherty added that the
Student Council will help
with cutting labels.
Santa Shop:
Nikki Cipponeri reported via
Jodie Groves that the
display case now has the
items that will be for
sale. Items will be under
$6.00 and they will be set
out in order from lowest to
highest. Nikki has
purchased very nice dollar
store items. The adult
helpers will be sure to help
the kids stay within their
budget according to written
instructions on their
envelopes. Everyone must
stick to envelope
directions! We will be
tax free again this year.
Help is needed and will be
appreciated for clean-up
every night. Nikki works
nights and needs to get home
quickly. Any items that are
left over will be donated
for our families that need
help this holiday season.
Dinner with Santa:
Nanette Jackson, chairperson
informed us that two flyers
will be going home, one
early and one for last
minute sign ups. There will
be two seatings that night
5:00-6:30 and 6:30-8:00. A
survey was sent out for a
choice of Chicken or Pizza
and…Pizza won. We can
purchase a 24 piece party
tray from Buscemis for
$17.00. Child and Adult
meals are $3.00 & $4.00.
Raffle tickets will be
available for some really
great gifts. Nanette is
waiting to hear from various
businesses in regards to
donations. The ‘guest of
honor’ will be visiting us.
Music will be provided.
Fran Mlynarek will possibly
do the photos with Santa.
5th Grade
Graduation:
Diane Hinze is scheduling
another meeting in January
2008. More information will
follow.
Vendor Fair:
Kelly Bean is chair. This
fair will take place the
night of evening
conferences, November 29th.
This will be Kelly’s last
time to chair this and we
need a new chairperson for
future fairs.
Movie Night:
Rick Eckenwiller has
volunteered to set up the
electronic part of this
evening.
We need
people to help with other
duties for this to be a
success. Popcorn and sno-cones
will have a $.25 charge.
Can you be the chairperson?
Birthday Books:
Debbie Combs has purchased
some new books from Browns
Book Store and the store
gave her a $.25 per book
discount. Also she has
ordered from Scholastic
Books.
Fund Raiser Committee:
Julie Raymond, Laurel May,
Lori Smith and Kim Gollehur
have been reviewing many
options for future fund
raisers. One idea is a
Jeopardy Style Game for
$2600.00, if booked for
March we can save $500.00.
Daytime games for the kids,
evening games for the
families. Possibly we could
combine with the entire
district at Lakeview to save
money. They will meet again
to go over more ideas.
Kroger’s, Village Market,
Gordon’s and Meijer’s have
fundraising programs for
schools.
Burger King Night:
If you know of someone who
would like to chair a food
fund raiser, let us know.
Possibly Culver’s, Subway,
Tubby,s.
Cash Management:
The accounting records have
been reviewed from 2001 thru
present to check for
discrepancies. If we were
to get audited we need
accurate records. We must
be consistent with all
transactions. We now have
our new tax ID number for
the Greenwood PTO. This is
a District wide policy, now
in effect. The person who
counts the money is not the
person who deposits it in
the bank. Sandra Feely
Myrand is setting up a
meeting district wide to
discuss more on this.
Checks up to $50 can be
written without a
receipt/invoice submitted,
but receipt/invoice must be
given to the PTO treasurer
as soon as possible, along
with any unspent money.
BY-Laws:
Any questions about our
By-Laws are available on the
Greenwood web site.
New Safety Belts:
Mrs. Balmas asked if the PTO
could purchase 10 safety
belts at a cost of $3.40
each. AAA will only give
her 6 belts and 10 more need
to be replaced. Motion
passed, 17 in favor, 0
opposed. Also fund’s were
requested for safety pizza
parties. The first pizza
party would be Wednesday,
December 5th at
lunch time. $300 was
approved for the entire
school year. Motion passed,
17 in favor, 0 opposed.
Tire Swing:
Our tire swing is broken due
to excessive weight being
placed on it. It needs to
be replaced. No warranty
since this is considered
abuse. The hardware is
still good only the tire
needs to be replaced. Maybe
this could be avoided if the
swing is taken down for the
summer months. We’ll check
into different options such
as: repair or replace.
Spirit Wear:
Laurel May will be the
chairperson. We are going
to use a new company this
year, Signature. We can
have a Christmas delivery,
if we have all orders in
before November 26th.
The company will pack our
order by teacher, which will
help with easier
distribution. There was a
discussion of the creation
of a mascot for our school.
Possibly, we could have the
kids design a new mascot.
PTO Vice President:
Lisa Akers was voted in as
our second vice-president.
Congratulations Lisa!
Meeting
closed at 8:45pm by
President Laurel May.
MRS.
BOGDAN’S CLASS WON THE
ATTENDANCE AWARD
FOR THE
THIRD MONTH
*** A
NOTE TO ALL GREENWOOD
FAMILIES***
At any
time there is hardship in
any family, please contact
Mrs. Hickens. The PTO is
here to help whenever
possible. All names will be
kept confidential.
Respectfully submitted
by: Teri Lucas, Greenwood
PTO Secretary
