MAY 2023

Written By Tavelli PTO

Tavelli PTO Board meeting

5/18/2023

6-7pm – Tavelli media center

Attendees: Anna Wright, Brittany Ferrans, Heather Reider, Christine Hendricks, Erin Erdkamp, Monica Smith, Laura Taggart, Corrine Deuel, Melissa Adams, Molly Anderson 

AGENDA

  • School Update – Christine 

  • Thank You! – Book Fair, Urban Air and Teacher Appreciation

  • Learning Garden

  • Summer Blast Off 

  • PTO Social and Board Training 

  • 2023-2024 Calendar of Events

2023 Calendar

Summer Blast Off – Wed, May 24, 5-7 pm

Last Day of School - May 26

Meeting Minutes

  • School Update

    • School year is wrapping up

    • Such great support from parents and volunteers for Field Day and end of the year field trips

    • Class placement discussions happening

    • Kinder and 2rd grade will be 3-track  

    • Popsicle party was on 5/17 for new kindergarten students to meet teachers and get familiar with their classrooms

    • Dibels data is WELL ABOVE average and where it needs to be – back to pre-covid levels and where we were when we won the Blue Ribbon Recognition  

  • May Event Recap – BIG THANK YOU for getting everything done in the last month 

    • Book fair: $9200 in books, we will get money (about $1,000) – so Linda can buy some books this summer; evening shopping event was a HUGE success

    • We learned that being done by 6:00-6:30 is fine/once AlphaBest kids are picked up; having “extra” things out with parents there was a special treat

    • Urban Air – it was a good test run, timing was tough with spring sports and book fair and teacher appreciation – raised about $300. Consider fall and winter dates in the future; it was very fun to see the kids together outside of school; Let’s do an announcement day-of to drive kiddo excitement

    • Next year – consider a Chipper’s Fundraising night 

     

  • Teacher Appreciation 

    • It was perfect from top to bottom, the BEST TEACHER APPRECIATION WE’VE HAD IN A LONG TIME!!! Lots of great feedback and emails received; teachers were so appreciative

    • Thank you Corrine for all your vision, planning and for all the PTO members that helped make this week a success! 

    • Keep a dedicated table for notes from students for staff that don’t have a dedicated classroom

     

  • Learning Garden

    • Oya painting day is Monday – Ms. Alexander’s class is painting

    • Tuesday is planting day – 4th and 3rd grade a planting

    • We won’t be doing a drip system this year, but we will be getting a hose and we have a strong volunteer group for summer – weekdays and summer

    • We have 5 flats of flowers and vegetables donated from Plantorium!

    • Mac Bus is going to help on hot days with watering 

    • If we have extra plants, we should set some aside and pot them and put them in the front garden – pots don’t require facilities approval

  • Nature Center/Picnic Area

    • They have done a bid for the fence – continuing to work with district on this plan

  • Summer Blast Off

    • Cream the Dream Team supplies and volunteers -  Monica checking the second shed for supplies, and we’ve never gotten rid of it

      • Need to ask for donations for Shaving cream (Dollar store or Walmart if we need to purchase)

      • Volunteers will be Monica’s kiddos – Annabella and Nehemiah 

    • Will need volunteers to direct the food trucks for set up

    • Food Trucks arriving at 4:30

    • Set up at 4:00

    • Mr. Deakin is working on Mifis (will need help setting up on the day of) – we have them, and Monica will help trucks set them up

    • 4th grade will have an educational table about Saving the Bees

    • Let’s set up a PTO table to gather parent information - need volunteers to work this

      • Come Grow With Us slogan 

        • Laura and Erin looking at seeds they have a home and brown envelopes; Laura has Zennia seeds and some other random ones to bring jars of seeds

        • Kiddos fill them as they come to the table with parents

        • Stickers – Come Grow With Us – Tavelli PTO

        • Utilize existing printing material – update website via address labels

          • Jane printing larger labels  

        • Heather and Anna connecting about labels

        • Anna will make a sign – Come Grow With Us  - set up by a magnet board to show the sign 

        • NEED: staplers, magnets

      • Molly look into lead time for a new banner

      • We will make sure a car is blocking the entrance by Sparks Lab once all the food trucks are in to ensure no one drives onto the playground

     

  • PTO Social & Board Training

    • Lyric, Union possible options

    • Heather will send an email about dates with this group, and then we will send it out to the PTO email newsletter 

    • One board member meeting over summer to go over budget, strategy, calendar, training needs

     

  • Other – Next year

    • Send out something to teachers to fill out their favorite things so we can have ideas for parents for teacher appreciation week for next year

    • Finalize calendar – Christine sending Heather the school’s dates to add and then we will post on the website 

ACTION ITEMS + OWNERS

Website Updates - events and minutes once approved (Melissa)

LONG TERM

Red Ribbon Week (Christine will connect SRO and contact)

Social Media Possibility (Christine)

Yearbook Possibility (Laura and Christine)

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