ST. JOSEPH PARENT SCHOOL COUNCIL MINUTES

April 14, 2008

 

Board Members Present:  Kerri Bendele, Angi Bunn, Mari Jo Eiseler, Krista Hallead, Teresa Kaczmarek, Deb Kohagen, Christy Kosnik, Krista Lehner, Juanita McCann, Cheryl Nodarse, Sara Nurenberg, Janelle Paksi, Tomi Ann Schultheiss, Laura Skriba, Lisa Suidgeest, Bridgette Voisinet

 

Teacher Rep:  Rosie Schmitz

Board Members Absent:  Denice Schultheiss (excused), Dawn Lawless (excused), Sheryl Middleton (excused)

 

Call to Order: 

President, Bridgette Voisinet called the meeting to order at 6:32 with the Our Father

 

Approval of the Minutes: 

Corrections were made to the spelling of Mari Jo Eiseler and Janelle Paski’s names. A motion was made by Cheryl Nodarse to approve the minutes. It was seconded by Janelle Paksi. MPC

 

Treasurers Report: 

Bridgette Voisinet distributed the Treasurer’s Report. A motion was made by Cheryl Nodarse to approve treasurer’s report as presented. It was seconded by Janelle Paksi. MPC

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

  1. Approval of Revised Bylaws. A motion was made by Cheryl Nodarse to approve the bylaws as presented. It was seconded by Janelle Paksi. MPC
  2. Survey. There has been about a 20% return rate on the PSC survey that was sent to parents.   Laura Skriba has been working on a numerical summarization. Kerri Bendele has been compiling the written comments. The survey subcommittee will perform a preliminary evaluation of the results. The trends from the survey will be distributed in some fashion and possibly posted on the website. 
  3. Spring Musical. Bridgette Voisinet will be getting the flowers to thank coordinators, Mrs. Poff, Mrs. Page-Hunter and Mrs. Cormier. A sign-up sheet was passed to obtain volunteers to assist in passing the donation baskets at conclusion of the musical, prior to concluding remarks by event coordinators. 
  4. Spring Picnic Bash. Krista Lehner shared her plans for the scavenger hunt that will be held during the event. Kerri Bendele shared the prizes she had obtained for the scavenger hunt. Lisa Suidgeest shared the plans for the event that were currently underway. She intends to email the budget sheet to the council members and see if anyone has more economical solutions for the supplies needed. The council agreed that a 3-on-3 worker sign-up sheet could be available at the event. Cheryl Nodarse volunteered to coordinate the sign-up sheet. 
  5. Alternative Fundraisers. Bridgette reported that the committee planned to set up the Land's End logo program, because it's so easy and (almost) labor free. Bridgette also indicated it was the plan of the group to set up something at an area restaurant (such as Applebee's or Max & Erma's) that would provide some proceeds back to the school. Discussion followed that encouraged the committee to also consider Big Boy in St. Johns in addition to the two suggested restaurants. Follow-up discussion included allocating the funds raised to a specific cause and possible teacher involvement. Some suggestions for a cause included technology needs, a cotton candy machine and a sno-cone machine. The target date is some time during the next school year, possibly after the start of school, though other times of significant cash outlays (tuition, carnival, Christmas) would be avoided, which may put it into the school year (possibly February). Additional dates could be scheduled after success of / input from the first event is evaluated. The committee will propose plans for additional volunteers next year as more details about the events are finalized. 
  6. St. Joe Jots. Teresa Kaczmarek. Numerous ideas for the next St. Joe Jots were given.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

A.    Teacher Appreciation Week – May 5th thru 9th. Sara Nurenberg will coordinate the gifts and their distribution. Kerri Bendele offered to assist. As an additional activity, each grade representative will be coordinating a basket full of appreciation notes from students and parents. Krista Hallead will draft a note that can be sent home to parents so solicit things to put in the baskets. Students will sneak the notes into school for distribution so that it can be at least somewhat of a surprise. 

  1. Council Positions for 2008/2009. The standard letter will be sent home with students asking for volunteers for 2008/2009 positions. A suggestion was made that open positions could also be posted on the website. Elections (except kindergarten and at-large members) will take place at the May meeting. It was clarified that in addition to grade representatives and At-Large members, Vice President and Public Relations Coordinator (2-year term) positions also need to be elected. Treasurer and Secretary positions are 2-year terms and were filled in 2007 for the 2007/2008 school year.

 

 

Principal’s Report

Tomi Ann Schultheiss commented on the very positive results of recent testing of St. Joe 4th and 6th graders. She also shared a desire to begin researching upgrades to the Computer Lab. 

 

Teachers Report

Rosie Schmitz stated the teacher’s appreciation for council activities. She didn’t have any specific requests at the time of the meeting.

 

The meeting was adjourned with the Hail Mary.

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Deb Kohagen, Secretary