Dec. 14th Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Courtney H, Donna H, Sam F, Erin L
Next meeting: Jan. 11th 6pm at the Kingston Library (small meeting room)
Recap of Recent Past events:
Book Fair:
· Communication was less than ideal
· Still did pretty well
· Some teachers liked this model better than previous ones
· Teachers did suggest further changes to Book Fair format
Popcorn Day
· Over all was a success
· Now know we need to order at least 48 hours in advance
· ? set up another popcorn day in Jan?- Ask Dr. Childs
New Business
Party in a bag for Valentines?
· Possibly to include an activity sheet/ craft, water and small snack
Someone Special Dance (March 10th)
· Under the Sea theme
· At Swasey Gym
· Price TBD- with family cap for people with multiple kids and free tickets for school to give out to those who need it
· Food- Much less than last year- Water, maybe juice boxes, gold fish, cookies, popcorn
· DJ- Matt McElroy- Sam has call out- move to back of room or stage
· Police Detail- Sam to call to arrange
· Decorations- mostly just the photobooth and what the art teacher comes up with and lighting (to buy some lights from amazon), water themes table cloths
· Gym to be more lit and music to be less loud for sensory kiddos
· Need to contact Key Club to see if they can come and help with the food table
· Will have book baskets available for raffle- will promote on facebook prior to event
· Will need to look at if people are all paying at the door or if some will be prepaying- would need student lists so not sure how that would work
Teacher Appreciation (2nd week in May)
Theme: Good Vibes
· ? Breakfast for teachers- (waffles)
· Ice cream social
· Decorate doors- ? Adopt a door- Families to adopt a door to decorate in the Good Vibes theme. Would need to know how many doors there are, which side the windows are on. Could possibly use large paper rolls to hand out to families to decorate and return.
· Possible schedule=
Mon- doors are decorated when teachers walk in (likely done Friday before)
Tues- breakfast
Wed- lunch
Thurs- ice cream
Friday- Raffles
· Would also like to do radio type call in contest each morning with announcements where staff call office extension with correct song name and artist and win a prize
Monthly Teacher Appreciation Ideas Jan- Hot coco and cookie cart
· Feb- Snack cart- ? in conjunction with School Board
· March- Get Lucky themed cart
Spirit Wear
· Spring sale?
· Would like to change to just include options with only the logo and not the school name
Other things
· Spring Meadow View Farms Fundraiser- Erin lead- will discuss later
· ? Picnic at end of year? Kona Ice?
· Kona Ice for Field Day?
· Any more field trips coming up?
· Scholarships: Discuss more at next meeting
· Sensory Paths- per Troy OT working on getting one per grade level – will follow up in a few months to see if Boosters need to help with that
· Playground painting- will need to wait until Spring, district may pay for that