Columbus Gifted Academy PTO

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PTO Meeting Agenda, Sept. 9, 2019

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  1. Call to Order – Emmy Partin
  2. Welcome and Officer Introductions
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Melody Reed)
    1. 2018-2019 Budget Review
    2. 2019-2020 Budget and vote
  4. Mrs. R Report
  5. Officers’ Reports 
    1. President’s Report (Emmy Partin)
      1. 2018-2019 Year in Review
    2. Vice President’s Report (Angie Meeker)
      1. Parent Surveys due by Sept. 30
      2. Re-establishing working Committees as required by By-Laws:
        1. Fundraising, Hospitality, Membership, Communications, Events, Nominating, Finance/Compliance
    3. Communications Report  (Scott Vezdos)
  6. Upcoming Events
    1. 2019-2020 Calendar Review
    2. Open Houses:  We are planning on offering food for sale at each open house, staffed by the other grades’ parents (ie, elem on middle school night, vice versa).
      Volunteers will be needed to serve food, collect money and clean up.
      Grades 6-8, Sep. 17, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
      Grades 3-5, Sep. 26, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    3. Parking Fundraiser: Oct. 5 (4PM – 10PM), Nov. 9 and Dec. 7 (4 – 10PM)
      Volunteers are needed to collect cash, run the card reader, and hold signs at key intersections. We’d also like to correspond directly with local businesses so they know the lot is available for servers/staff to safely park together on Hop nights. Proceeds benefit the 8th grade Washington, DC scholarship fund.
    4. Read A Thon (Nov. 8 – 15): RAT is our largest fundraiser. We are looking for a volunteer to oversee the administration of this event. Much of the work is handled by http://read-a-thon.com.
    5. NovemberFest (Saturday, Nov. 16): Novemberfest is a community-building event for CGA that does offer some fundraising opportunities.
  7. Old Business 
    1. At last meeting in 18-19, we voted to require teachers to submit requests for funding by a set date. Those dates are Oct. 7 for 1st semester; Feb. 3 for 2nd.
  8. New Business 
    1. Spirit Wear will be available at Novemberfest.
    2. Mr. Schillia’s will request the PTO help supplement funds for the middle school swim program at the Aquatic Center.
  9. Announcements
  10. Adjournment

PTO Meeting Agenda – May 13, 2019

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Agenda

Meeting Date: Monday, May 13, 2019, 6:00 PM

Meeting Location: Columbus Gifted Academy

Call to Order @ 6:00 pm

Ms. R.’s Report

PTO Board Reports

Events and Activities

            Phoenix Phair – Saturday, May 18, noon-2pm

New Business

Announcements

Adjournment

PTO Meeting Agenda – April 8, 2019

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Agenda

Meeting Date: Monday, April 8, 2019, 6:00 PM

Meeting Location: Columbus Gifted Academy

Call to Order @ 6:00 pm

Ms. R.’s Report

PTO Board Reports

Grant Requests

             Momentum request – 4th grade team

Events and Activities

  • Field Day – May 10
  • Phoenix Phair – May 18, watch for volunteer opportunities!

PTO Officer Board 2019-2020 Elections

New Business

Announcements

Adjournment

PTO Meeting Minutes – March 11, 2019

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Columbus Gifted Academy PTO

Regular Meeting Minutes – March 11, 2019

Call to order @ 6:07 pm

Ms. R’s report

  • Congratulated winning scholars of schoolwide Invention Convention
  • Seventh grade Shakespeare performance will take place Thursday
  • Read-a-thon starts today through March 22
  • Book fair going on now, Mrs. McGonigle circulates 3,000 books per year and the money raised helps her build a bigger library for scholars
  • CGA now has voicemail; we ask that no same-day messages be left (afternoon transportation changes, etc.)
  • State tests begin March 26, have discussed with teachers ways to make testing more meaningful for scholars
  • Third period interim reports have gone out; teachers do not have to enter interim grade unless student has absence, behavior, grade problems.
  • End of year events: Shakespeare in the Park May 17th; Graduation will be last day for students, May 30th at 9:30 am
  • Open gym for 3rd and 4th grade to raise money for Momentum is this Thursday

PTO Board Report

  • Read-a-Thon has started, shake down backpacks, all prizes based on reading time not money raised
  • Review of monthly financial reports

Grant Requests

  • Mrs. Harris, on behalf of the entire third-grade team: Requesting up to $500 for two buses for a trip to Slate Run Farm on May 28th
    • Motion approved
  • Mrs. Harris, on behalf of entire third-grade team: up to $636 for Social Studies Weekly; we’ve been using this all year and found multiple uses for it; it covers SS standards and we use it to teach main ideas and paragraph writing, it helps across curriculum, incorporates map skills too, SS standards can be vague, so these are great materials
    • Motion approved

Volunteer Requests

  • Phoenix Phair: Need volunteers; Saturday, May 18

New Business

  • PTO officer nominations: Accepting nominations for officers for next school year, form will be online later this week; Christina cannot be president again due to term limits

Adjournment @ 6:41