ALGONQUIN PTO Meeting - Tue, 3/12/24 at 7:00pm Meeting plus other updates! 

Please join us for our March APTO meeting via Zoom at 7pm on Tuesday, March 12. Agenda coming soon!

Also, be sure to mark your calendar for our annual Ice Cream Social on April 11! We will need parent/guardian volunteers for this school event, so stay tuned for the sign-up.

Just a reminder that the school district has no school on Friday, March 29, and a Wellness Day on Wednesday, April 10.

We look forward to seeing you at our next APTO meeting!

SENIORS!  Apply for a $1,000 APTO Scholarship!

Attention seniors! Apply for the APTO Scholarship!

We are awarding $1,000 scholarships this year to three deserving ARHS seniors. Award recipients are chosen based on the positive contributions they have made to the ARHS school community.

Apply through Naviance - just search for APTO in the Scholarship Search and you’ll find it!

Juniors, tell us what you want for a prost-prom party!

For years, the APTO (with donations from families and the community) has supported a post-prom party for our junior class. Traditionally, this event has been held from midnight to 5:00 a.m. at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough.

However, for the past several years, attendance by the junior class has declined significantly, and we would like your input about how it can be improved.

Please fill out a very brief survey at surveymonkey.com/r/YWCRVCY and give us your thoughts! Thanks!

NEEDED: Scholarship Committee members

We are looking for a few volunteers to serve on this year's senior scholarship committee. 

Please reach out to us at aptoboard@gmail.com if you can volunteer. Your time would be greatly appreciated. 

Committee members cannot be parents to seniors. 

ALGONQUIN PTO MEETING - TUES, 1/9/24 at 7:00pm

• 1/09/24 Meeting Agenda 

Principal update:

• Updates

Chair Updates:

• Special Thank you to SUG volunteers who contributed desserts, etc. to the Staff Holiday Luncheon.  

• Junior Prom Survey to be sent within next week 

• New Ideas for after the Prom

1. Apex / with Breakfast

2. After Prom Breakfast at School

3. Discussion with School Resource Office 

• APTO scholarship committee to begin (need to confirm number of scholarship(s) and amount(s))

• Ice Cream Social in Spring 4/11 (back up 5/3)

• Search for Hospitality Chairs for upcoming Teacher Appreciation Week in Spring

1. Request by the Office / Amazon Wish List

2. Bundt Cakes

• Meetings with Student Steering Committee Chairs

• Parent Social Night (March - 1 Week with no Sports)

• Senior 50 Days to Graduation Celebration (Randi to follow up and copy Bekki with the senior advisor) April 12 - 50 Day Event Kick-Off ½ Day BBQ 

• Yearbook Discussion: Confirm Amount and Implementation

Treasurer: 

• Bank Balance Review

• Teacher Appreciation Luncheon Expenditures

• Custodian Retirement 

Administrative:

• No new members added to APTO mailing list since last meeting 

• No new donations after 10/31

• Total 607 APTO members

• Paypal donations update 

  • 8 paypal donations as per Sponsorship form from start of school year

  • Need to know if any other paypal donations without form being filled

  • Need this data for APTO scholarship committee

Communications:

• Social Media Follower update

  • Facebook: 576 followers - gained a few followers

  • Instagram: 325 followers - up a couple

  • X (formerly Twitter): 70 followers - gained a follower

  • Follow us! @ARHSPTO on Facebook, Instagram & X

• January Newsletter - Include the Staff and Teacher Notes Sean Sent… 

Action/Discussion Items:

• Submit Scholarship Information to Guidance

• Junior Prom Survey to be circulated

• Follow-up on Parents Night Out/Fundraiser

Next Meeting Date: March 12, 2024

ALGONQUIN PTO MEETING - WED, 11/8/23 at 7:00pm

11/08/23 Meeting Agenda of K

Register in advance for this meeting: We will hold our next APTO meeting, which is open to everyone, via Zoom from 7-8 p.m. on November 8th. If you are interested in attending, please join us here: APTO Open Meeting. 

Principal update:

• Updates

Chair Updates:

• College fair 10/19 - special thank you to (Denise Edy for all her work coordinating with the Guidance Office and our parent volunteers, Linda Ledoux, Kristen Mansour, Mats Tolander, Roxane Mody, & Kim Ho )

• APTO/Class Liaisons-. We are in need of Parent Liaisons to collaborate with the student-led Steering Committee leaders to gain insights into their planned events for the year and then relay this information to the APTO so that we can support them. If you're eager to get involved, please click on the following link: APTO Parent Liaison

• Holiday Luncheon-To be held December 18, There will be three different ways of volunteering: by volunteering at the event, by donating luncheon/dessert items, or by making a monetary contribution towards the purchase of luncheon items. Please be on the lookout for the Sign-Up Genius form next week.

Treasurer Update: 

• General updates

Administrative Update:

• Total 612 APTO members

  • Added 29 new members since August 

    • There are APTO mailing list form responses

  • 8 Sponsorship form responses 

    • These people donated $50 or $100

  • Paypal donations without submitting Sponsorship form - Need to check with Denise

    • To find out way to get new names from paypal donations

  • Follow up on Parentsquare APTO group with Greg

• Last APTO board meeting was 10/25 where lot of new ideas were discussed:

  • Fun events for Seniors

  • More parent engagement

  • Grade level parent volunteers 

  • Better communication to reach as many parents as possible

  • Donations for events

Social Media Update

• Social Media Follower update

  • Facebook: 573 followers - gained a couple followers

  • Instagram: 324 followers - up from 316 (this is where we grow the most)

  • X (formerly Twitter): 69 followers - gained a follower

  • Follow us! @ARHSPTO on Facebook, Instagram & X

Website Update

• General site information and APTO team updated

• Calendar and schedule section updated

• Dead links restored

Action/Discussion Items:

• Communication-how to best reach most parents (Parent Square, email from APTO, combination plus social media

• Parent Social Events-would like to hold at least 2 parent events/nights out per year, at least one of which would include fundraising.  Looking for ideas and discussion (beer/wine tasting, raffling gift baskets, other ideas)

• Class Events/Whole School Events-gingerbread house contest, formal HOCO, senior car parade, 100 days ‘til graduation barbeque, family game night, movie nights, community service projects, fitness days, student art auction

• JPPP/Alternative Event Survey for Junior Class

Next meeting: January 9, 2024

ALGONQUIN PTO MEETING - TUES, 9/19/23 at 7:00pm

Principal update:

• Freshman Orientation

Chair Updates:

• New board members and change of position

  • Rebekka and Randi (Co-Chair) 

  • Denise (Treasurer)

  • Madhura (Administrative) 

  • Jessica (Social Media/Communications)

  • Allan (Website)

• Freshman Orientation

• Picture Day 9/7/23.  Retakes are scheduled for 10/17/23

• Open House/Curriculum Night was 9/12/23

• College fair 10/4/23

Treasurer: 

• None

Administrative Update:

• 581 members on mailing list currently

  • Will ask Treasurer every month who have donated and add them to mailing list

  • Sponsorship form responses to add 

  • APTO mailing list responses to add

• Ask to create APTO group on ParentSquare

  • There will be no need to maintain mailing list

• Ask Keri about how to send email to APTO list 

  • Email goes out about APTO meetings and other stuff/updates about APTO

• Updated Sponsorship Form for 2023-2024 School Year

  • Need to be updated on APTO web page.

  • Suggest change verbiage after Paypal donation letting people know to fill out Sponsorship form for our records

Communications:

• Social Media Follower update

  • Facebook: 573 followers

  • Instagram: 316 followers - most growth here over the summer

  • Twitter (aka “X” 🙄): 68 followers

  • Follow us! @ARHSPTO on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

Website Update: 

• None

Action/Discussion Items:

• Looking for Senior Scholarship Committee Chair(s)

• Looking for Teacher Appreciation Chair(s)

Next Meeting Date: November 8th, 2023 

Algonquin PTO is a non-profit, 501c3 organization. We welcome new parents/caregivers and look forward to strongly advocating for the Northborough-Southborough Parent Community. #arhspto

ALGONQUIN PTO MEETING - TUES, 5/16/23 at 6:30pm

Principal update:

• Graduation 

• Last day of school - June 22nd 

Chair Updates:

• Junior Post Prom Party, May 13th/14th, 2023

• APTO Scholarship

• Ice Cream Social 4/28

• Teacher Appreciation and Teacher Development Day - May 9th

• End of year teacher luncheon

Treasurer: 

• Tax filing

• Financial / Donation Update

• Post Prom Party contribution link

• Bekki and Kumu need to connect with Wasseem about budget

Administrative:

• 32 added to mailing list

• 586 members on mailing list

• 7 responses to sponsorship form

• Timeline for Bylaws-Next year!

• Updated Sponsorship Form

  • Maybe change verbage after Paypal donation letting people know that we need this for our records

Communications:

• Social Media Follower update

  • Facebook: 571 followers

  • Instagram: 310 followers

  • Twitter: 72 followers 

  • Follow us! @ARHSPTO on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

• Been busy on social media with ice cream social promotion/volunteer recruitment; JPPP promotion, volunteer recruitment, donor shoutouts, fundraising event

• Do we want to make an effort to increase followings next year? Organically we haven’t and will not grow much without a concentrated effort… ex. ParentSquare message at beginning of the year: current followers and anyone new who follows entered to win something

Action/Discussion Items:

• Budget for Health Office

• Transition (Wasseem/Denise, Keri/Madhura)

Next Meeting Date: September 2023 

Algonquin PTO is a non-profit, 501c3 organization. We welcome new parents/caregivers and look forward to strongly advocating for the Northborough-Southborough Parent Community. #arhspto