Rehoboth PTSA Minutes
February 8, 2017
The meeting was called to order at
6:35PM by Karen DeRoche.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes were read from the January 11, 2017,
meeting and approved.
Principal’s Report-Mrs.Miguel
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Brett Bataclan is scheduled on March 27th for 4th
grade.
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Support is appreciated for children’s enrichment
programs including the ballet, symphony, Museum of Science and author visits.
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The teachers are adopting a new reading program
which hopefully budget will support. Reading programs should be switched every 5
years and the current one is 8 to 10 years old. Teachers are enriching program
with trade books to use with Common Core.
Mr.Pirraglia
·
On January 14th, the robotics team
competed, and out of 40 teams, team Furocious was invited to the University of
Arkansas Competition, which is international.
If able, students will visit and stay on the campus to participate in
competition.
·
On January 27th there was a math team
meet.
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On January 7th there was Geography
Bee where 7th graders Ryan Gallagher and Julian Souza participated.
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Miss Fuletra the art teacher has students
participating in the Smarts Art Show where work will be displayed at the Fuller
Craft Museum.
·
The fifth graders received a letter with
pictures back from Barack Obama in reply to one they had sent.
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3 performances of Peter Pan will take place on
March 24th and25th..
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Kevin Robinson, a champion BMX biker will make
presentations on Wednesday, 2/15/17, at 8:15 and 9:15am.
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Susan Bogosian questioned if there were any
decisions made on future presentations suggesting to look at links on National
PTSA website.
Treasurer’s Report-
Erin Baer
·
Money for Good Welfare was used for Police and
Fire Department gifts.
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Money from Enrichment was used to pay for
Storyteller Cabral and down payment to Brent Bataclan.
Money from
dance and boy’s choice will be transferred to Family Fun Nights.
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Money was used to purchase ribbons for
Reflections.
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Money which was overpaid to Spirit Wear was
received back.
Committee Reports-
Auction- Susan
Bogosian
·
Solicitation letters will be sent out in 2 weeks
looking for donations.
·
A flyer went out today to both Palmer River and
Beckwith.
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Help is needed with calls and follow up in
addition to contributing to class room baskets.
Book Fair- Traci Cady
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Book fair will be held the week after vacation,
including a preview day and a night open to parents.
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.There is an online sign up for volunteers.
·
Jennifer Moitoso noted that Beckwith Book fair
will be held on the 1st week of May.
USA Skates Night-
Nancy Breault
·
150 skaters attended with many more not
skating. $158.00 was made at this event.
Reflections
·
Mrs. Dubois could not be present but passed on
information that ribbons of excellence were awarded. The next step will be to proceed to State level. Entries are on display outside of library for
viewing. She wished to send thanks for
assistance and participation.
Talent Show – Erin
Baer
·
The talent show is scheduled for May 5th
which is Friday.
·
There are hopes that Doug Kelley will MC but we
might need to proceed without him.
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It will be held at Beckwith this year.
·
We are trying to reach Evan Dwyer to provide
audio.
Dance Proposal- Valerie
Carey
·
Karen DeRoche noted several groups were working
on a solution. The Board has looked over
this one and is supportive.
· Dates
are set on Saturday nights so they don’t interfere. Mrs. Miguel commended those
who put this proposal together. She
noted this was affordable, fun, grade appropriate. Thank you.
· Jennifer
Moitoso was looking into how 50/50 split would work with $12.00 admission and
$2.00 attributed to food. Karen DeRoche
noted that raising money is not priority with event, but helpful because it
will offset money taken away from auction because of scheduled dates.
· Valerie
said dates were chosen because of availability but will look into April15th
which is close to Easter. A deposit will not be required. Flyers will address financial hardship
concerns can be addressed to Mrs. Miguel and will be deducted from event
proceeds. Tickets are paid for at the door. They do need volunteers on March 25th.
A logo is needed to be used in the photo booth.
·
Susan asked if there is dress code for flyer with
final approval. While it could be
casual, party wear was suggested.
Other Business-Mr.Pirraglia
· He
would like to discuss with executive board and Mr. Kenney about raising money
for Robotics trip travel costs. A raffle
for the Stem Symposium was an example. Suggestions
mentioned were Lolli pop sales or creating Go Fund Me page. Jennifer Moitoso
noted that success with this was less likely because of so many people using
it.
Elizabeth McCann-Auction Baskets
·
Elizabeth asked about when the requests for
classroom auction baskets would be going out which was determined to be this
week.
A motion to Adjourn at 7:05was made and approved.