Harmony Elementary PTA

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Harmony PTA General Meeting Minutes

September 13, 2017

Attendees: Jessy Maggard, Ari Willey, Deidre Clark, Sue Hackmiller, Amy Keller, Lindsay Bumba, Christina Bosemer, Beth Fowler, Becky French, Mariam Applegate, Stuart Ulferts, Julie Bucalos, Holly Wood, Mindy Stevens, Stacy Richardson, Caryn Weferling

Meeting was called to order at 7:05pm by Jessy Maggard and Deidre Clark served as recorded secretary

Welcome/Introductions

Recording Secretary, Deidre Clark Minutes from last meeting (9/7/17) were approved. Motion for approval by Stuart Ulferts, second motion for approval by Mindy Stevens

 A Message from the Principal, Sue Hackmiller

  • Harmony is still looking for a foreign language teacher; may have to change to another related arts option if language teacher is not found
  • New related arts option – STEM class is going well
  • MAP testing is going on now
  • KPREP results to be released to the public on September 28th; Individual results to come home at a later date
  • Enrollment is 650 students

President, Jessy Maggard

  • New Bylaws Vote to Approve
  • Membership dues went from $5 to $3.60
  • Positions are committed to 1 year; Maximum changed from 2 years to 4 years
  • Reviewed, voted and approved (Stuart Ulferts – motion to approve; second – Mindy Stevens)
  • Council Recap
  • Pension plans for teachers were discussed
  • Bus driver shortage was discussed. OC pays for training, insurance is paid for drivers for at least 20 hours a week. 8 more drivers have been hired for the district.
  • New elementary school will possibly be built in the near future in Oldham County. Re-districting would occur.
  • Project graduation was discussed. This is a celebration the night of graduation. Bring all HS students together to prevent them from getting into trouble the night of graduation.
  • Scholarships & Awards
  • There are National PTA scholarships available. For example, parents going to school can get scholarship from PTA. More info to come out about these scholarship opportunities.
  • Harmony PTA offers an Oldham Co student scholarship
  • Bus Drivers Appreciation – October
  • Appreciation week the 3rd week in October
  • Custodial Appreciation day
  • October 2nd – PTA to plan something
  • Red Ribbon Week
  • Possibly combine activities for the Red Ribbon Week (Oct 30-Nov3) and PTA Kentucky Kids Day
  • Red Ribbon Week – designed to help foster awareness of tobacco, alcohol abuse, drug abuse; proposed to have sheriffs department to hand out the red ribbons; still have theme days, but will have new activities (play with someone you don’t normally play with; bring indoor/outdoor recess equipment 1 day, etc)
  • Wording for the flyer to be worked on; approval at next meeting
  • Newsletter
  • Next one to come out on October 11; Let Jessy know if anything needs to be included in this newsletter

Treasurer’s Report, Holly Wood

  • Reimbursement Procedure
  • Budget Report
  • Changes to budget were reviewed.
  • Budget Approval Vote
  • Reviewed, voted, and approved (Motion – Stuart Ulferts;    Second – Mindy Stevens)

Committee Reports

Membership, Ari Willey

  • 256 members (121 members at this time last year)
  • October 15th is when membership dues are due
  • All boards members need to make sure they are current with membership

 

Hustle, Julie Bucalos

  • $14,070 collected so far (Goal is $22,500)
  • 183 students have donated
  • Incentives – t-shirts provided for all students; sunglasses for registering with online website; numerous other items depending on sales of each child (fidget spinners, backpack buttons, pencils, Harmony harvest tickets);
  • Certificates will be created and passed out to students for the incentives; student will turn in their certificate for their prize

Harvest, Jessy reported on behalf of Kasey Anderson

  • Scheduled for October 7th
  • Trunk or treat (5th graders); will collect candy for the trunk or treat at school; pumpkin decorating contest to be voted on; pre-sale of tickets; inflatables, games, hayride, and many other activities planned

Playground, Jessy reported on behalf of Kendra Wiegand

  • Still in bidding process

Spirit Wear, Kristen Frey & Courtney Sewell

  • No report

Room Parents, Amy Keller

  • Room parent coordination activities – Winter party, valentine party, teacher appreciation week in April, teacher birthday, silent auction item
  • Room parent meeting – September 20th at 8:30am HES Cafeteria

Open Floor Discussion – None

Announcements/Upcoming Events

  • Our next meeting is a board meeting and is scheduled for Monday, October 2 at 7:00pm in the HES cafeteria
  • Dine to Donate at Blaze, September 20, 5-8pm – have to bring the flyer or show on phone
  • Husky Hustle, September 22
  • Harmony Harvest, October 7, 5-8pm