October 10, 2023

Oct 10, 2023

Dedham school PTF meeting 5:30 @ school

Attendees: Michelle Phillips, Jeff Paul, Jody Butilier, Jerry Troger, Tim Bush,  Madeline Wright, Jennifer Polakowski, Douglas Wright, Carl Witham.

Agenda:

• Approval of minutes from our September meeting - Approved

• Jody - balance $10659.32 checking, Savings 2194.00. 

• We had 16 volunteers for the concert. We made $1332 after having split the proceeds with Ellsworth High school who was also raising funds. 

• PTF thought it would be a good idea to create a volunteer challenge, maybe points for events? This is in an effort to gain more volunteer participation. The winning class would be the class with the most points earned for parent volunteers and could earn a pizza party or some kind of “class treat.” More discussion to come regarding this. Perhaps we could start in January to the end of year, or just wait till next year. 

• Voting of new officers, all of the following officers were voted on and approved:

  • Tim Bush - President

  • Jerry Troger - VP

  • Jody Butilier - Treasurer

  • Douglas Wright - Secretary -

 Upcoming events: 

• October 21 4:30-5:30 Trunk or treat event. Participants arrive to park by 4:15. 

• November - Need to start raffling off 12 days of Christmas raffle sheets. 

• December 4-8 Scholastic book fair. 

• December - 12 days of Christmas drawing to take place. We will take more items if we can get them so we can double up on prizes, but we do have enough items for 12 days as of right now.

• December - movie night to be announced, we are currently waiting on a date. We do need volunteers to decorate the hallways.

• Requests for funds:

  • Swimming lessons opportunity for the fourth grade:

    • The timeframe is 5 weeks. Holden already has this program and does this through the Bangor Y. This program would take place during the school day. The cost is under $1000. The PTF was asked if they could fund this program long term.

    • Motion to approve the swim program with PTF funds long term was Approved

  • A request was made for $150 to reimburse a volunteer for some equipment used for root removal along our XC trail and a gift card thank you for doing the work. This request was approved. 

• PTF discussion of retirement presentation at assembly, date to be determined. 

Adjourned 6:25

Next meeting November 14th, 2023