PTA Meeting September 21, 2010
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PTA Meeting September 21, 2010 Welcome & PTA Intro Principal's Update Literacy Update--Megan Pershica and Andrew Rummel Green/Burroughs School Community Collaboration – Wendy Williams and Gael Ellis Committee Updates -- EZ Bucks for Burroughs-Meredith Jurek – Silent Auction-Lisa Mellas – Arts & Culture Committee – Doug Stewart New Fund-Raising Idea: Re-usable bags – Evan Hermodson Budget Update Fund Requests – Ice Fishing for 2 nd Graders - Pete Hill and Lowell Peterson
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PTA Meeting September 21, 2010. Welcome & PTA Intro Principal's Update Literacy Update--Megan Pershica and Andrew Rummel Green/Burroughs School Community Collaboration – Wendy Williams and Gael Ellis Committee Updates -- EZ Bucks for Burroughs-Meredith Jurek Silent Auction-Lisa Mellas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of PTA Meeting September 21, 2010
PTA MeetingSeptember 21, 2010
Welcome & PTA IntroPrincipal's UpdateLiteracy Update--Megan Pershica and Andrew RummelGreen/Burroughs School Community Collaboration –
Wendy Williams and Gael EllisCommittee Updates-- EZ Bucks for Burroughs-Meredith Jurek– Silent Auction-Lisa Mellas– Arts & Culture Committee – Doug StewartNew Fund-Raising Idea: Re-usable bags – Evan HermodsonBudget UpdateFund Requests– Ice Fishing for 2nd Graders - Pete Hill and Lowell Peterson
Burroughs PTA Mission
The Burroughs Parent Teacher Association (PTA) mission:
• Promote family involvement in the education of Burroughs students
• Support school goals through projects and fundraising • Build and support a strong Burroughs community of
students, parents, families, teachers and administrators
PTA Membership dues are $5.75/parent annuallyMembership gives you PTA voting rights!
Principal’s Update
Mr. Cadotte
Literacy Update
Megan PershicaAndrew Rummel
Review and 2010-11 Plan
Meredith JurekSeptember 21, 2010
What is “EZ Buck$?”
How does it work?
So, how did we do last year?!
$10,839!
$952
$2,210
How much do we want this year?
1. MORE Awareness2. MORE Focus3. MORE Engagement
How will we do MORE?
• Burroughs Bulletin – weekly messages• Website: ezbucksforburroughs.com• Presence at PTA events• “Like” Us on Facebook! 49 fans so far!
• Invite extended family, friends and neighbors to save!
• Fridge Magnets!• EZ Buck$ Containers!
1) MORE Awareness
2) MORE Focus
Designate Burroughs
as your school
Shop at Target and use your REDcard
1% of your transaction
goes to Burroughs
Sign up for a Target REDcard
NEW! 5% immediate discount everyday, as
of 10/17/10
141 REDcard members have designated Burroughs as their school. Have you?
Proven recipe for success in other schools:
• Bring kids closer to the process• Develop group (not individual) motivation to a
common goal• Track group progress• Add a little dose of healthy classroom rivalry• Celebrate group achievement
3) MORE enagement
IDEA: Classroom collections. Sorting, counting, tracking at classroom level. Party for most collected.
1. Please empty, remove straws from drink pouches. Trim just below top seam and rinse. (Thank you Melissa Riebe!)
2. Please rinse milk lids. (Thank you Mary Thill!)
3. Please trim Campbell’s soup labels for the bar code / Labels for Education only. (Thank you Lisa Mellas!)
Lastly, some small requests from our volunteers
– For marketing/awareness materials, prizes
And the budget request - $200
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Fall submissions due October 22!
Burroughs Silent Auction PTA Meeting Update
September 21, 2010
Fall for BurroughsSilent Auction
• Supports the Burroughs Fund– last year over $16,000 raised
• Fun, social night out– chance to meet other Burroughs parents– great community building event– 192 attendees last year
2010 Auction
• Finalizing date & location– late November, Friday evening
• Ticket price includes– food– drinks– live music
• Working on new and exciting additions to our auction items
You can help!Auction Committee
Co-ChairBusiness & Parent
Donations
Co-ChairClassroom , Teachers &
Staff Donations
Committee Members
help with all aspects of event planning
Meet new people while working on this important fundraising event. We need:
You can help!
• Could you donate a game or show from your season tickets?
• Would you host a fun & fabulous Great Gathering for Burroughs parents?
• Do you have access to give an ‘insiders’ tour at an interesting location?
• Could you offer a week-long getaway at your family cabin?
• Know a chef, photographer, other talented people who might donate their services?
• Do you know any local business owners willing to donate?
Auction Items Needed
“Lunchskins” Re-Usable BagsNew Fund-Raiser?
Evan Hermodson
Lunch Waste
• Every day, more than 20 million sandwich bags from school lunches wind up in landfills in the U.S.
• Only 1-3% of plastic bags in the USA end up being recycled.
• Each high quality reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime. The bag will pay for itself over time.
Lunch Waste Cont…
• Each child who brings a “brown-bag” lunch to school every day will generate 67 pounds of waste by the end of the school year - that's 18,760 pounds of lunch waste for an average-sized school. (EPA)
Budget Update &Funding Requests
Ice Fishing for 2nd Graders – Lowell Peterson and Peter Hill
