September 2022 Meeting Minutes

Global Arts PTA Meeting Minutes

9/12/22 at 6 pm

Attendance: PTA President Melissa Floyd, PTA Secretary Dawn Puroway, Assistant Principal Danielle Beck, Assistant Principal Lynn Bourgoyne, Michelle Klemmer, Jason Everett Miller, Jennifer Mulligan-Locket, Kim Kroetsch, Danielle Brua, Ericka Dennis, Stephanie Stegeman, Principal Chreese Jones, Jim Crawford, Dawn Goebel, Willa Smith, Michelle O’Conner, Sara Nelson, Tony Wittmann, Hanan Zavala, Emily Harer, Annie Becker Peterson, Maureen Nystrom, Carl Olsen, Kristin Fisher Rosel, Melanie Ronneberg, Michael Toohey, Maureen Vu, Andrew LaBarre, Asia Anderson, Tom W, Sarah Norby, Zeleke, Alyssa, Kimchi Nguyen, Kaylan Pundsack, Zainab

Call the meeting to order at 6:07 pm by Melissa Floyd

Gatherings

• Kim Kroetsch, lower campus music teacher shared that in person gatherings are on Fridays at 3:25 pm

Treasurer’s Report

• Will be posted on Memberhub

• Melissa gave the report.  

• Teacher reimbursement from 2021-2022 ($100) will be in the form of a check sent the teacher’s home address

• Teacher reimbursement for 2022-2023 will end on June 30, 2023

• Direct ask fundraising letter - goal is to have that sent out in October

Family involvement

• Fundraising (Square One Art, Plant Sale)

• Planning fundraisers

• Volunteering during fundraisers

• Events

• Planning events (Coffee and Donuts to learn more about PTA, Carnival)

• Volunteering at events

• Volunteering during the school day

• Engaging with other families

• Google form to be able to let the PTA know how families would like to be involved.  https://forms.gle/LjQLySMU4Kmnd1XJ6

Information from Principal Jones

• Middle School Clubs

• Looking at restructuring clubs so that more students can be involved

• Currently there is:

• Black Student Union (advisor Ms Asia)

• Gender Sexuality Alliance (advisors Hustad and Ms Rasheed)

• Unified Club (special education students with general education students, advisors Michelle O'Connor, Jim Funk, Emily Madland) - funded by Special Olympics

• Possibly - Eco Club (Ms Harer), Latino group

• Principal Cafes will be held this year with Principal Jones

• conversations with families

• different times during the school day

• Various topics

• 3M provided cleaning supplies to the classrooms

• Ms Dennis - family liaison

• She is the bridge between the school and families

• She will be putting together the family newsletter

• Check in with her about deadline for getting information into the newsletter

Ideas for areas for the PTA to provide monetary support

• Spirit wear

• Ideally T-shirts for all students

• buy one, give one?

• Hijabs?

• End of the year 8th grade tshirts have been PTA funded each year

• Artists to join Friday gatherings

• 4th grade SEALS team

• Need for composition notebooks

• Snacks

• Lower campus

• particularly when they don’t have the fruit/veggie snacks provided which is in September, May/June

• Checking in with the nurses office for allergies

• Maybe 5th grade too

• Reach out to each grade level for snack needs

• Upper campus does not need snacks

PTA volunteer needs

• Family engagement event - Sept 29 or Oct 4

• Leadership is in need of a Vice President

• Coat Closet

• Jason Miller will take the lead at the Lower Campus

• Need a lead for the Upper Campus

• Jim Crawford (who has lead this effort in the past) will be available to help

Meeting adjourned at 7:10 pm

Next meeting date and time to be determined

Respectfully submitted by Dawn Puroway