General Meeting November 12, 2019 – Minutes
In Attendance
President, Jessy Maggard
VP Programs, Deirdre Weber
VP Membership, Ari Willey
Treasurer, Becky French
Financial Secretary, Dani Reich
Sue Hackmiller, Tara Tobin-Rabatin, Mitch Goss, Amber Barrett
- Approval of minutes from October 8, 2019 meeting. Dani approved, Ari 2nd
A Message from our Principal, Sue Hackmiller
- 53 staff to attend hospitality CQ Cruise.
- Diversity and Inclusion speaker to come meet with Harmony staff this month
- Request that all events be more culturally responsive. Inclusive to all regardless of gender, race, ethnicity.
- Purchasing more books for the guided reading room and 3-5th book groups. Allowing every child to have a copy of the book.
- PTA asked to help support this purchase with raised funds. Becky confirmed availability of funds. Ari motioned to approve $9200 towards the purchase of the books in need. Becky approved, Dani 2nd.
- Board requested to offer incentive to staff for attending thursdays skating party. Suzie suggested and approved a jeans pass. Jessy to send email to staff.
President, Jessy Maggard
- Sensory Path Update – We do not have approval for all halls. Proposing to test out the paths in 1 hall. Ms. Hackmiller to update modification request and let us know the outcome.
- Staff Events – First 2 are next week, registrations for those close this friday. No complaints about the new online payment. Much easier and less paperwork!
- Special Education Recess Equipment – Is there anything we can buy specifically for them? Question came up about it and the equipment we tried to get last year from parents. Would like to see if we can do something from “educational enhancement” fund. Response was good and we will do something. Jessy to talk with Mariam Applegate, special education representative, to see what we could do. Also suggested by Tara to look into Minds In Motion program. Will gather information and present next month.
- Book Drive / Classroom Book Donations – Reminder. Books being collected indefinitely. Collected books are for classroom libraries and book swap to be held after the new year.
- Raffle – We will be getting 20 Disney tickets again this year to hopefully raffle at DWS. Arrival date unknown.
- Coupon Books – Asked if wanted to sell at DWS. Too much already going on. Fundraiser is closed.
- Sensory Friendly Time at Events – It was brought to my attention that we should consider branching this out a bit. We have many students throughout the school that could benefit from the quieter time. We could just give those flyers to teachers and they could hand them out to those families as they would know best who to give them to.
Treasurer’s Report, Becky French
- 2019-2020 Harmony PTA Budget – October
- Becky motioned to approve budget. Ari approves, Amber 2nd. All in favor.
Committee Reports
- Donuts with Santa, Meagan Kilkelly
- On track and planning going good.
- Father Daughter Dance, Tara Tobin-Rabatin
- Boots & Beauties theme.
- Looking at serving BBQ for dinner vs Pasta.
- DJ almost confirmed
- Photographer & Photo Booth are confirmed
- Adjustments need to be made to invite to be more inclusive. Allowing any adult to accompany a child. Event is not exclusive to just “Father/Daughter”
- Room Parents – Remind of planning upcoming holiday parties. If there are any questions, please reach out to Amy Keller.
Announcements/Upcoming Events
- Papa John’s Pizza Night, Thursday November 7
- Family Skate Night @ Champs, November 14 from 5-7:30pm
- SBMD Meeting November 25 @4:45pm. Open to all.
- Revising entire list of bylaws and policies
- Donuts with Santa, Saturday, December 7th 9am-12pm at Harmony
- Next PTA Meeting, Tuesday December 10th at 9am in the Cafeteria