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Minutes of the general meeting of the Harmony Elementary PTA

May 14, 2019 HES Cafeteria

Present were: Jessy Maggard; Holly Wood; Becky French; Mindy Stevens, Kendra Wiegand, Megan Vogt, Amber Barrett, Jared Barrett; Ms. Hackmiller

A quorum being present, the meeting called to Order at 6:30PM.

Mindy moved to dispense with reading and approve minutes from April meeting. Motion seconded, and approved.

Ms. Hackmiller reported that the school garden project is “pretty amazing” and thanked Kendra for her hard work. Loved that the kids were so involved on Earth Day! HES held 2 Kindergarten Orientation sessions today that were both successful in helping to introduce new parents to HES. There are currently 93 kindergarteners enrolled. This number could still rise and may mean a 5th K class will be needed next year. Wait and see. The current plan is for 4 each K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classes and 5 each 4th and 5th grade classes. There are currently 2 LBD teacher openings. Taylor Grimm will be joining HES next year as our 2nd FT counselor. Mrs. Snow will be going to Goshen FT. MAP testing is complete, KPREP testing starts 5/15 through 5/24. No visitors or volunteers in the building during this time. Teachers will be moving classrooms June 3rd to get the grades more aligned. Help is needed!

Ms. Hackmiller announced that Kendra Wiegand is HES Volunteer of the Year. Congratulations all around to Kendra!

Jessy announced the need for volunteers for Field Day, 5th Grade Promotion Night and Moving Day. It was brought to Jessy’s attention an idea for alternative cleaning cloths over Clorox wipes. She received a quote from Norwex and per guidance of the board and Ms. Hackmiller will reach out to see if this idea is supported by the teachers. Stuart Ulferts worked on and received a $1000 donation from the MacLean Foundation for HES Chromebooks. This was approved and delivered the last week of April. Thank you Stuart! Open Positions for next year are Reflections and Yearbook. The 2019-20 Meeting schedule was presented (below), voted on. Motion to approve by Holly, seconded by Becky for approval. Jessy concluded her report with a BIG thank you to everyone for another absolutely amazing year. And she looks forward to continuing as President next year!

2019-2020 General PTA Meeting Schedule (location HES Cafeteria)

September 10, 9am
October 8, 9am
November 12, 9am
December 10, 9am
January 14, 6:30pm
February 11, 9am
March 10, 9am
April 14, 9am
May 12, 6:30pm
*dates are subject to change

Treasurer’s Report: Holly presented the April statement. Moved to approve report and financial statement. Seconded and approved unanimously. Holly presented the 2019-2020 draft budget 2019-2020 Harmony PTA Budget – 19_20 Draft_April. Holly motioned to approve, Becky seconded.

Jessy reported on behalf of Caryn Weferling for Earth Day, event went well with getting the students involved. Need a sign up for parent volunteers though. The open invitation wasn’t enough.

Jessy reported on behalf of Caryn Weferling for Mother Son Event, event went well. Addition of Kona was nice. Snacks were good, but a child did request Oreos again (haha).

Becky French reported that staff appreciation week went very well. The staff really liked all the treats and surprises throughout the week and the theme was great. Ms. Hackmiller agreed and said she and the staff were very thankful and certainly felt appreciated by all!

Jessy reminded of the following upcoming events.

Louisville City FC Night, Saturday May 18
End of Year PTA Luncheon, Wednesday May 22
Papa John’s Pizza Night, Thursday May 23
Field Day, May 31
Next PTA Meeting, Tuesday September 10th at 9am in the Cafeteria

Next HES PTA meeting is scheduled for September 10 at 9:00 AM in the cafeteria.

Meeting adjourned 7:30pm.

APPROVED,

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Jesse Maggard: President Stuart Ulferts : Secretary

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