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Seton PTO News
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PTO Vice President |
Our new Vice President for the 2008-2009 school year is Angie Dietrich. Angie has volunteered to fill the vacant office, and we welcome her to the executive board!
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PTO MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2008 |
Meeting began: 7:03
Cathy Durkin, PTO President opened the meeting with a short prayer.
Introduction of officers:
Kim Sears - Secretary
Mary Anne Wingert - Communications Secretary
Beth Eilers – Treasurer
TREASURERS REPORT: Cathy Durkin gave the report. She indicated that at the beginning of the year the balance of the account is $4100.00. All of the teachers at SES have already given $50.00 for the purchase of classroom supplies.
CLEAN UP DAY REPORT: On the morning of Aug. 9th, the annual school clean up day was held. Approximately 45 parents and students worked at SES cleaning the outside and the inside of the building. Windows, desks, chairs, hallways, and lockers were cleaned, books were delivered to classrooms, risers moved to the music room, stairs and banisters cleaned, and the Kindergarten toys were bleached and cleaned. Outside of the building the sidewalks were swept, garbage was picked up and windows were cleaned.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who worked on clean up day to spruce up the school and get it ready to greet students on the first day of school.
UNIFORM SWAP REPORT: The chairperson for the uniform swap, Terry Hilt, reported that during the 10 days for the swap $586.00 was netted for the PTO. Terry had fewer clothes to take home after the swap than she began with, and she will be having the same event during the Winter Carnival day at the school in late January. Donations of uniform clothing may be left at the office to be put in the next swap.
Cathy Durkin suggested a gift should be given to Kara Moyle for all of the years spent for her service coordinating the swap at SES. It was agreed upon to purchase a flower bouquet and a gift card as a thank you to Kara for her time given to the swap.
PTO REPRESENTATIVES: Cathy Durkin explained the need for classroom representatives and outlined the duties of a representative. Anyone wishing to sign up for a classroom may contact any of the officers to become a representative. The parent signing up would be contacted before the October meeting with the assignment and list of duties necessary to be the rep.
GRANT REQUESTS: A request for $1000.00 for the purchase of music books to be used for the K–8 masses from Colleen Lecy and the Chaplain Committee. The amount is half of the cost with the remainder possibly coming from the Student Council – Approved.
PTO FUNDRAISERS AND EVENTS: The following list is of the fundraisers and events that the PTO is involved with during the school year -
PTO Clean-Up Day – Aug. 9th 2008
Uniform Swap – Aug. 19-29, 2008
Box Tops for Education - ongoing
PTO meetings – monthly
Parent Directory Advertising – Aug/Sept.
Pop/Popcorn Sales – Sept.-May
Pumpkin Sales – Oct. 2-3, 2008
All Saints Day Party – Oct. 31st, 2008
Poinsettia Sales – Nov/Dec
Teacher Wish Tree - November
Christmas presents for the teachers and staff - December
National Catholic Schools Week – last week of January
Spaghetti Feed -January
Uniform Sales at Seton Carnival - February
Movie Days for Elementary and Middle school
Cookie Dough Sales – April
The All Saints Day Party will be held ˝ half hour earlier to allow children to attend other events that evening. The proposed time will be from 4:30 – 6:30. The “greet and treat” will run from 5:00 -6:00 pm.
The meeting time was discussed to be moved from the first Tuesday of the month to the 1st Thursday to accommodate the schedules of the officers. A final decision was made for the meeting to be held on the 2nd Thursday of the month so we may include the Vice President Angie Dietrich who has decided to take over the vacant office. Welcome!
Meeting ended: 7:50
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Do You Buy Online? Help Our School!! |
Did you know there are hundreds of stores that will donate a percentage of your total online shopping purchases to St. Elizabeth Seton's Boxtops For Education Account!!! Sign up for free at http://www.boxtops4education.com/Marketplace/Default.aspx and feel even better about shopping online by earning cash for our school!
The PTO representatives will be collecting Box Tops from their classrooms! So save those Box Tops and send them with your children to turn in to their class. Keep in mind that we no longer collect Campbell Soup labels. The PTO also collects Kemp Milk Caps, and the school collects Family Thrift receipts. This is an easy way for everyone to help support our school.
Remember:
Save your Boxtops!
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What We Do and What You Can Do: |
Fundraising Activities
Parent Directory advertising (first week of school)
Uniform Swap & Sales
Pumpkin Sales (Fall)
Poinsettia Sales (Fall)
Friday popcorn sales (once a month)
Olive Garden Dinner (Winter)
Cookie Dough Sales (Spring)
Box Tops for Education
Kemps Lids
Parties/Events
Clean-up Day (August)
Meet together to discuss activities and grants once a month
All Saints Day—Dinner and Costume Party/Classroom Trick or Treats! (Fall)
What You Can Do:
Pray for our school, teachers and students
Attend monthly PTO meetings and share your ideas
Sign up to be a PTO representative for your child’s class
Sign up to help with the various fundraising activities
Get involved with your child’s education and activities
Thank you for sending your child(ren) to St. Elizabeth Seton.
God Bless You!!
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PTO Grants |
| You can view the PTO grants online at http://www.rccss.net/ses/ptogrants.php |
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PTO Executive Committee |
Cathy Durkin - President (durkin@rushmore.com)
Angie Dietrich - Vice President (acdietrich@rushmore.com)
Kim Sears - Secretary (jimsears@rap.midco.net)
Beth Eilers - Treasurer (beilers@rap.midco.net)
Mary Anne Wingert - Communication Secretary (jimmazwing@rushmore.com)
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