Took out the brown baggers book club since it doesn’t exist Secretary works with the school communication liaison to update the website Natasha Ditoro made a motion to approve the by-laws and Sarah Stevens seconded the motion to approve the by-laws By-laws have been approved Updated standing rules - Took out CD for method of storing files Took out assignment notebooks and IPPC rep switched Room Parents to Teacher Liaisons and added classroom parties Took out helping hand and brown baggers Took out skate nights, soup labels, and winter fundraiser Michele Ludwig made a motion to approve the standing rules and Natasha Ditoro seconded the motion to approve the standing rules Orange Ruler Vote – Motion to vote by Rita Malloy, and seconded by Colleen Garrison First vote was a tie between options 1, 2, & 3 A revote occurred with additional PTA members recruited to participate Second vote was Option 1 – 14, Option 1 – 2, Option 3 – 4 Option 1 will be implemented which includes all of the academic requests, a Gaga pit (with installation) for the playground, funding for the 25th Anniversary Party ($2500) and LMC tables and chairs Principal’s Report Open House this evening moved up due to the weather – 6-7pm, 5:30pm the book fair opens Getting ready for PARCC testing – kids are beginning to practice online Links can be shared if parents want to practice with their kids at home Testing will be M, W, & F – avoid morning appointments for the mornings between March 7th – April 11th No testing the Monday after spring break Really trying to prepare kids so that they feel confident and ready for the tests Battle of the Bluestem in March – over 20 teams at Patterson Students read the Bluestem books as a team and compete trivia style to show knowledge about the books One of the 20 teams will compete at the district level Days off coming up – February 19th (President’s Day), March 1st & 2nd PT Conferences March 1st, and institute day on the 2nd Conferences in spring are invite from teacher February 24th, Robotics Club Competition, sponsored by IPEF Wheel of Wisdom coming the morning of March 23rd District Kids Matter video contest – February 12th, top 15 videos shown and one winner is chosen from the different levels (elementary, middle, and high school), overall winner gets $500 for their school
Took out the brown baggers book club since it doesn’t exist Secretary works with the school communication liaison to update the website Natasha Ditoro made a motion to approve the by-laws and Sarah Stevens seconded the motion to approve the by-laws By-laws have been approved Updated standing rules - Took out CD for method of storing files Took out assignment notebooks and IPPC rep switched Room Parents to Teacher Liaisons and added classroom parties Took out helping hand and brown baggers Took out skate nights, soup labels, and winter fundraiser Michele Ludwig made a motion to approve the standing rules and Natasha Ditoro seconded the motion to approve the standing rules Orange Ruler Vote – Motion to vote by Rita Malloy, and seconded by Colleen Garrison First vote was a tie between options 1, 2, & 3 A revote occurred with additional PTA members recruited to participate Second vote was Option 1 – 14, Option 1 – 2, Option 3 – 4 Option 1 will be implemented which includes all of the academic requests, a Gaga pit (with installation) for the playground, funding for the 25th Anniversary Party ($2500) and LMC tables and chairs Principal’s Report Open House this evening moved up due to the weather – 6-7pm, 5:30pm the book fair opens Getting ready for PARCC testing – kids are beginning to practice online Links can be shared if parents want to practice with their kids at home Testing will be M, W, & F – avoid morning appointments for the mornings between March 7th – April 11th No testing the Monday after spring break Really trying to prepare kids so that they feel confident and ready for the tests Battle of the Bluestem in March – over 20 teams at Patterson Students read the Bluestem books as a team and compete trivia style to show knowledge about the books One of the 20 teams will compete at the district level Days off coming up – February 19th (President’s Day), March 1st & 2nd PT Conferences March 1st, and institute day on the 2nd Conferences in spring are invite from teacher February 24th, Robotics Club Competition, sponsored by IPEF Wheel of Wisdom coming the morning of March 23rd District Kids Matter video contest – February 12th, top 15 videos shown and one winner is chosen from the different levels (elementary, middle, and high school), overall winner gets $500 for their school