January 11, 2015 Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes

COLUMBUS GIFTED ACADEMY PTO

Meeting Date: January 11, 2015

Meeting Location: Columbus Gifted Academy

 

Call to Order 6:35 p.m.

 

Mrs. R Report

 

      1. Good News:
        1. WBNS story on Dr. Good & CGA feature story
        2. Mrs. R is speaking at State of the District address
        3. Our debate team beat Dominion in head-to-head competition
        4. Thank you for feeding the staff for parent/teacher conference
        5. Clothing Closet in need, thank you.
        6. Vocal and instrumental concert coming up, please check the calendar
        7. Reports coming
        8. Self directed parent/teacher conferences for middle school scholars
        9. Middle of the year MAPP testing is ongoing (keep up the conversations to alleviate stress during the testing)
        10. 5:30 – 7:30 state of the district address (1/12) Thursday 6th graders to COSI, Friday middle schoolers to COSI, 3rd graders going to Lincoln Theater to see an intro to Shakespeare, Mon & Tues no school;
        11. 5th grade roll-up challenge, they did a walk through still concerned, parents need to email and call to make sure the district [email protected] No yelling emails, let them know what you like, what’s important

 

Officers’ Reports

 

    1. President’s Report
      1. February Meeting Moved to the 8th
      2. Nominating Committee
        1. Have to pay dues by April meeting if you want to run or vote
    2. Treasurer’s Report
      1. Report presented
    3. Vice President’s Report
      1. Take a moment to fill out membership forms in person on online at ColumbusGiftedAcademy.com

 

Committee Reports

 

      1. Fundraising
        1. Shopper Rewards
          1. In the process, we had to wait for our Tax ID exemption information. Stay tuned!
        2. Box Tops for $119.00 check came in. Labels for Education – check the website for all of the labels accepted (columbusgiftedacademy.com)

 

Events

  • Game Day Update (February 20) 1 – 5 p.m. (Game Right Games sending samples & opportunities to order) 50% to CGA what we sell that evening.

 

        1. Aaron Brown is heading it up
        2. Volunteers Needed (Sign up Genius coming soon.)
        3. Fun event for families to come, their siblings, friends etc. bake sale included
        4. Experiences with the teachers as prizes

 

  • Spring Book Fair & Read-A-Thon (March 14 – 16)

 

        1. Volunteers Needed
        2. Read-A-Thon Cafe – March 16

 

  • Phoenix Phair May 20th 6 – 8 pm
  • Clothing Donation for CGA School Closet

 

      1. Need more winter weather clothing and adult sizes for the older kids

 

 

Unfinished (old) Business (NONE)

 

New Business

 

    1. Stephen Hardwick – CCS Facilities Task Force
    2. Latchkey – Last year the information wasn’t clearly communicated, this year we need parents to help us to work getting the information out. We need 30 kids interested.

 

Announcements

 

Adjournment

  • 7:43 pm