2007-08 Moye PTO
General Meeting

November 13, 2007 – 7:00pm Library

Minutes

1. Minutes from the October 9 meeting were presented and reviewed.  Mary Mahan motioned to approve the minutes, the motion was seconded and the minutes were approved by the membership.

2. The Treasurer’s report was presented and reviewed.  Julie Weiss motioned to approve the report; the motion was seconded and passed by the membership.  Tammy Shirtz reminded us that all receipts are due in this Friday.

3.  Fall Activities Update:

• Spirit Sales – This Thursday is the deadline for orders.  Items available include lounge pants, a backpack, and a fleece jacket/
• Auction – Tickets are sold out and raffle tickets have exceeded last year’s sales.  Activities for this year’s auction will include amusement gaming, a raffle, silent auction, mini-events, a deal or no deal game, and the live auction. 342 tickets have been sold.
• Retail Fundraisers – Papa Vito’s will offer Moye Mondays beginning in December and running through the end of the school year.   10% of  all delivery purchases will be donate to our school.  If they open for dine-in service on Mondays, 15% will be given on those purchases.  Chevy’s and Smokey Bones will have Moye nights coming up as well, dates will be announced when they are confirmed.
• Staff Wish Tree – A tree will be placed in the library with paper “ornaments” for teachers to place their wish list items.  Those interested in giving to the teachers may take the ornament and return it with the item(s) they are giving.  The tree will go up on December 1.
• DVD Sales – The 2nd grade play will be on December 19.  Lauren Duffy will make the DVD copies from the 4 cameras used to tape the play.  They expect to have them ready for delivery after Christmas break. We will be starting a test run on using labeled envelopes with this sale, in order to help our teachers more easily deal with PTO related orders.
• Santa’s Cottage – Set up will be on December 7 beginning at 10:00am. Students will be able to shop during their library times the week of December 10-14.
• Cold Hands- Warm Hearts – Will begin on November 20 with a tree in the lobby to collect hats and gloves for the needy.

4.  Review Old Business

• Book Fair – Has left about $2100.00 on account with scholastic for our next fair.  The membership voted to take the left over money from the book fair and divide it amongst the Moye teachers.
• Barnes and Noble – A Moye fundraising event will be held at Barnes and Noble on November 29 – December 1.  Mrs. Burns will be at the store on Friday night at 7pm to read stories for the children.  The store will offer us a free gift wrapping station where tips will be donated to the school as well.  We discussed trying to schedule this event again for next year as well.
• Entertainment Book Sales – The decision was made to leave this on the calendar for next year.  Next year’s PTO can decide whether they want to continue this event further.
• Committee Chair Info. – Kelly Cooper asked all chairpersons to be sure to submit their invoices and receipts by Friday November 16.  She also reiterated that any changes to existing programs need to be discussed with a board member before they are implemented.
• Fire Dept. Thank You – This date had to be re-scheduled for November 27, Kelly will send out updated reminders to those who volunteered to help out with this event.

5.  New Business

• Evening at Santa’s – This will be a new social event this year.  We will have Santa, Mrs. Claus telling children’s stories, elves, cookie decorating, a station for writing letters to Santa, madrigal singers and other surprises.  This event will be free and will take place on December 12 at Moye from 6-8pm.
• Peace Flags – These new flags will fly on each classroom’s door that has had a peaceful day.  This means that no one has been sent to the office that day.  If a grade goes through the day with all their flags up, they are given a point.  After 10 peaceful days, their grade will receive a reward.  The rewards are given in 10 day increments and include extra recess, snacks, hat days, a gym jam, and pizza party.  All of this is part of a major reinforcement effort for good behavior that Kelly West is initiating this year.
• Do the Right Thing – Anyone can nominate a child that is seen doing “the right thing”.  This character education program is running in conjunction with Channel 4 news.  All children submitted will receive a special recognition package and may win an opportunity to be presented on Channel 4 news. The more information included on nomination form, the better the child’s chance for being chosen for this.
• Parent Survey for District 90 – Please submit any concerns, ideas, suggestions or input for the upcoming survey to Kathy Smitherman via e-mail.
• Budget Meeting – Our meeting on December 11 will be a very important one.  Please e-mail any ideas you may have for spending our money to Kathy before this meeting.
• Food Collection – The Moye staff are taking food and cash donations to assist 3 needy Moye families with their Thanksgivings this year.  There is a collection box in the workroom, and all items will be picked up on Monday.
• Mrs. Burns proudly reported that Moye came in 5th in the county on our ISAT scores.  She thanked all the Moye parents and PTO for their part in helping reach this great achievement.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm – there were 17 members in attendance.

The next PTO meeting will be held on December 11
at 7:00pm in the Library at Moye.