3-15-2021 Klatt PTA Meeting Minutes
Date: 3-15-2021
Day / Time: Wednesday, 6:00pm
Purpose: PTA Board Meeting
Location: Zoom
Attendees:
Mary Wood, Vice Principal
Jo Michaels, Klatt Teacher
Jessica Louwerse, President, Klatt PTA
Abi Haring-Brito, Vice President, Klatt PTA/
Alicia Busick, Secretary, Klatt PTA
PTA Board / Members:
Jessica Louwerse, President, Klatt PTA
Lindsey Jolly,Treasurer, Klatt PTA
Abrianna Haring-Brito, Vice President, Klatt PTA
Alicia Busick, Secretary, Klatt PTA
Amber Dean, Volunteer Coordinator, Klatt PTA
Paula Kangis, Social Media, Klatt PTA
Purpose: PTA Board Meeting
Principal/ Vice Principal Update: Mary Wood, Vice Principal, Klatt Elementary
6-7 weeks back in building - 2 Covid cases; appropriate responses have been made (both cases were contracted outside Klatt)
Safety & Quarantine Procedure are in place
Teachers are encouraging safe practices, handwashing, distancing
Approaching Peaks assessment - March 25th approx for test administration training
PEAKS - 1 Day - Math, 1 Day - Reading
Looking for assistance in individually snacks for 3-6 grades during Peaks testing
Granola bars, cheese sticks, goldfish, gogurts - easy to eat and simple
150 snacks - two sittings
Jo Michaels - will look into Duane Anderson’s connection
Will get dates asap
Snack Requirements: Can be eaten w/in 5-10 min breaktime
150 quantity - check w/ Alison
PTA Family Night - Skate Night
Barriers: having enough skates so potentially staggering schedule?
Hot chocolate
Jo - not enough skates isn’t necessarily an issue, previous years - On Person (adult on ice) 2 people inside w/ skates, attendance was build up, 1 ½ hours - 2 hours before - Bonfire and Hot Cocoa, started 5:30pm - 7pm on Wed & Sat
Mary will get dates/ times
Grades K-6
Ice Rink will be maintained up to first week of April
Movie Night - Fridays - Return? Virtual option? PTA has a license for screenings.
PTA Organizational Update
Approve Minutes
PTA Insurance - Update & ASD, sent to Klatt Elementary w/ updated insurance
PTA Membership Enlistment
Enlistment in Process
Processing Membership - tools in Member Hub/ check and see if PTA leadership is already in MemberHub and just payment required?
Goal to have everything set up for when school returns for membership
Member feedback, Paula Kangis sent in a completed membership form (thank you!)
Old Business
Yearbook Update (Abi)
Legally no barriers to us creating a yearbook apart from lifetouch
Memory Book possibility - blank book that the kids could receive and fill out, especially for 6th graders
Asking teachers to take pictures of classrooms or using proofs of Lifetouch for classrooms
6th grade - Rising up, dedicated book/version
PPE Request - large gloves (& look for clorox wipes)
Klatt Spirit Gear - option on MemberHub
Klatt PTA Design Competition
Whole school - turn in to PTA office - we choose top 5 and then school votes
Can have a flyer that they can fill out and give cash and we can just purchase it online for them with our PTA card
Look into BelieveKids - interim store
Send everyone the the info for local options
BelieveKids Fundraising - Pre-Registration
New Business
PTA Family Night - Ice Skating
Memory Book planning
I. Photos submitted to PTA can be used in the Memory Book. Using Jotform for submission (permission request documented) or images emailed directly to PTA from staff adhering to media release practices.
Ii. 6th Grade Photos - Rising Up
Iii. Pages - Signature, Scrapbook, etc.
Iv. KCC can print copies of memory book for low cost / free
6th Grade Rising Up Ceremony
PPE Request: Large Gloves needed, Mask supply is good, masks were donated, School paid for additional desk shields, plastic shields in January $800
Spirit Gear - Ongoing planning - chose vendor, online purchase option, create flyer, zip hoodie, design, kids artwork, staff logo ideas, etc. sweat band, online shopping
Options for cash purchase, Alaska Serigraphics? Need new or existing logo,
Plans to have design contest, can submit in color or black and whiteArt - Not even in classes, school day is shorter
Pencil Full of Star? Inside Class/Submission, 5th & 6th Grade -
I. Art/Writing Program: Poetry, Short Story, Rap Battle? Poetry Reading
Upcoming Events/ New Community Interactions
Virtual Family Night, April 30th 5pm
Teacher Appreciation Week - May 2nd - 8th
Set Next Meeting
April 19, 2021 at 6 pm
PREVIOUS MEETING NOTES -
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Meeting Concluded
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