Harmony Elementary PTA

Jessy Maggard

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Harmony Elementary PTA Meeting Minutes

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,

______________________________ ________________________________

Jesse Maggard: President Stuart Ulferts : Secretary

September ___, 2019

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Harmony Elementary PTA Meeting Agenda

General Meeting May 14, 2019 – Agenda

Executive Board Members
President, Jessy Maggard
VP Programs, Stuart Ulferts
VP Membership, Ari Willey
VP Hustle, Julie Bucalos
Treasurer, Holly Wood
Financial Secretary, Dani Reich
Recording Secretary, Stuart Ulferts

Welcome/Introductions

Recording Secretary, Stuart Ulferts
Approval of minutes from April 16, 2019 meeting

A Message from our Principal, Sue Hackmiller

President, Jessy Maggard
Volunteer Sign Ups (Field Day, Promotion Night, Moving Day)
Cleaning Alternatives
MacLean Foundation for Chromebooks
Open Positions (Reflections & Yearbook)
2019-2020 Meeting Schedule
End of Year

Treasurer’s Report, Holly Wood
Present 2019-2020 Budget for approval

Committee Reports
Earth Day Recap Caryn Weferling and Kendra Wiegand
Mother Son Event Recap, Caryn Weferling
Staff Appreciation Week Recap, Becky French and Diana Schaller
5th Grade Promotion Night, Elizabeth Townsend & Tara Blandford

Open Floor Discussion

Announcements/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

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Harmony Elementary PTA Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the regular meeting of the Harmony Elementary PTA Board of Directors
April 16, 2019, HES Cafeteria
Present were: Jessy Maggard; Ari Willey; Dani Reich; Holly Wood; Kendra Wiigand; Amy Keller; Diane Schaller; Dana Ludwigson; Mindy Stevens; Deirdre Weber; Becky French;
Stuart Ulferts; Suzie Hackmiller;
A quorum of directors present, the meeting called to Order at 9:01 AM.
Minutes: Stuart moved to dispense with reading and approve minutes from the March
meeting. Motion seconded, and approved.
Special Guest: Troy Killian: Described “Golden Ticket” raffle sponsored by Louisville Sports Commission promoting the Iron Man Triathlon and requesting consideration by HES PTA
to participate next year.
Message from Principal Hackmiller:
K-prep May 15-24: no visitors to school. Mike Smith is the new SRO. Kindergarten Enrollment will increase next year.
President Jessy Maggard:
Results of survey of teachers for appropriation of $15,000 not allocated to playground improvement due to School Board denial of project.
In order of popularity: 1 “Other”; 2 Chromebooks; 3 Sensory Bins: 4 Independent Reading Book library.
After considerable discussion, Jessy moved to appropriate funds previously budgeted for playground improvements as follows: 1) $8,000 to purchase Chromebook technology; 2)
appropriation of $7,000, allocated as follows: Up-to $4,000, representing $100 to each classroom and other teachers ($100 each) for supplies; AND, No less than $3,000 to Harmony for
Independent Reading Books. Final allocation of $7,000 between classroom supplies and Independent Reading Books is delegated to the Treasurer based on the final appropriation for
supplies. Motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report: 2018-2019 Harmony PTA Budget_April A surplus from Room Parent item was moved to Teacher Reimbursement. Total net receipts for HES benefit will be approximately $31,000—a HES PTA record. Motion to approve report and financial statement with previously described budget amendment (attached and incorporated into these minutes) for preceding 30 days made by Stuart. Seconded and approved unanimously.
Committee Reports:
Kendra: Earth Day Project is on track: materials for student gardens in-place and scheduled to be complete by April 20.
Jessy: Mother Son event at Creasey park is being finalized for April 26 from 6:30-8:00 PM. Kona Ice will provide refreshments.
Staff Appreciation Week (Becky French and Diana Schaller) will have the theme “CAMP HUSKY” with appropriate daily, camping-related sub-themes planned.
Next Meeting of HES PTA will be May 16, 2019, at 6:30 PM in the Cafeteria.
Meeting adjourned 10:15 AM
APPROVED,
______________________________ ________________________________
Jesse Maggard: President Stuart Ulferts : Secretary
May ___, 2019

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It’s Time to Elect our 2019-2020 Parent Members

Dear Harmony School Parents,

There were two nominations for the parent representative for a 2 year term for 2019-2020. Below are their statements they submitted explaining why they want to be on the council.

Deirdre Weber
This past year was my first year as a Harmony parent. My oldest child is a kindergarten student. In the fall I joined the PTA. I have had numerous opportunities to volunteer and get to know several of the wonderful teachers, parents and students at Harmony. I would love to serve on the Harmony Elementary Site Based Decision Making Council to continue to support the student and staff members. I feel like as a parent newer to Harmony I could bring some fresh new ideas to the table. Having young kids that have yet to enroll at Harmony it’s very much in my interest to make sure Harmony remains the outstanding school that it currently is.

Jared Barrett
As a former school board member from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I would like to use my experience by serving on the Site Based Decision Making Council. I served for six years (2012-2018) as a school board member in a district that grew from 7,000 to 8,800 students in six years. I also reviewed and developed the annual operating budget which in 2018 stood at $75 million. I also developed district policy and conducted an annual evaluation of the Director of Schools.

As a parent of incoming twin kindergarteners, I would to serve the school they will attend and feel this is the perfect opportunity. My family and I moved to Goshen, Kentucky in June 2018 from Tennessee due to my new job as an archaeologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers in their Louisville district office.

The election will be held Tuesday, April 23rd from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. If you will have a child enrolled at Harmony next year, you are eligible to vote in this election. (This includes parents, step-parents, and foster parents.) I urge every parent to participate in this important decision about the future of our children’s school.

Results will be announced (and a run-off election held if necessary) Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 at 3:45 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. Please plan to be present for this important event.

In addition, we did not receive any nominations for the open 1 year term minority parent member to serve on Harmony’s SBDM council for 2019-2020. If you are interested in this, please contact me.

Thank you for your interest in our school, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Jessy Maggard
Harmony Elementary PTA President
pta.president.hes@gmail.com

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Harmony Elementary PTA Meeting Agenda

General Meeting April 16, 2019 – Agenda

Executive Board Members

President, Jessy Maggard
VP Programs, Stuart Ulferts
VP Membership, Ari Willey
VP Hustle, Julie Bucalos
Treasurer, Holly Wood
Financial Secretary, Dani Reich
Recording Secretary, Stuart Ulferts

Welcome/Introductions

Recording Secretary, Stuart Ulferts

  • Approval of minutes from March 12, 2019 meeting

Special Guest, Troy Killian

  • Fundraising Opportunity with Louisville Sports Commission

A Message from our Principal, Sue Hackmiller

President, Jessy Maggard

  • 2019-2020 Fundraisers, Events & Programs List Review
  • Budget Adjustments/Requests
  • Funds Survey Results Discussed
  • SBDM
  • Open Positions

Treasurer’s Report, Holly Wood

Committee Reports

  • Earth Day Caryn Weferling and Kendra Wiegand
  • Mother Son Event, Caryn Weferling
  • Staff Appreciation Week, Becky French and Diana Schaller

Open Floor Discussion

Announcements/Upcoming Events

  • Papa John’s Pizza Night, Thursday April 18
  • Earth Day Project, April 22
  • Mother Son Event, April 26 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm at Creasey Mahan
  • Staff Appreciation Week, May 6-10th
  • Next PTA Meeting, Tuesday May 16th at 6:30pm in the Cafeteria

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2019-2020 School Supply Lists

Yep, it’s time to plan for next school year already. Want to mark something off your list now? Your Harmony PTA provides a school supply service to help make back to school shopping a little bit easier. Simply click the image below and order the kit for the grade your child will be in next year. Then we deliver the kits to your child’s classroom, so it’s waiting for you open house night. It can’t get any easier than that! Don’t delay, orders must be submitted by June 30th!

We do this completely as a convenience service for our Harmony families, this is not a fundraiser for us. If you wish to purchase your supplies on your own, you may certainly do so. Here are the complete lists for each grade level. HES 2019-2020 School Supply Lists

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Annual SBDM Nominations

Download full letter and application here SBDM Election Letter

Dear Harmony Elementary School Parents:

I hope you’ll consider running for our school council, or encourage a friend to do so.

In Kentucky, each school has a council composed of the principal, elected teachers, and elected parents who make many of the most important decisions about how their school will work. The council is a wonderful chance to learn about your school, work closely with teachers, and help make our school even more successful than it is now. The parent members of the council are elected by parents. This year we are electing a parent representative for a 2 year term, as well as a minority parent for a 1 year term. Each will receive training and will serve from July 1 to June for their terms. To help with questions you may have, I’m enclosing a fact sheet about parent members of Kentucky school councils.

Nominations are due to Carla Stone in Harmony’s school office no later than 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. If you know someone who would be a good candidate, please do encourage that person to run.  

The election will be held Tuesday, April 23rd from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. If you will have a child enrolled at Harmony next year, you are eligible to vote in this election. (This includes parents, step-parents, and foster parents.) I urge every parent to participate in this important decision about the future of our children’s school.

Results will be announced (and a run-off election held if necessary) on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 at 3:45 p.m. in Harmony’s school office. Please plan to be present for this important event.  

Thank you for your interest in our school, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jessy Maggard

Harmony Elementary PTA President

pta.president.hes@gmail.com

 

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Harmony Elementary PTA Meeting Minutes

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE HARMONY ELEMENTARY PTA
March 12, 2019 – 9:00 AM – Harmony Elementary Cafeteria

Present: (Members, Directors, Officers, Chairpersons)
Dana Ludwigson
Dani Reich
Suzie Hackmiller
Diana Schaller
Shannon Barnett
Julie Buculos
Becky French
Ari Willey
Stuart Ulferts
Jessy Maggard
Kendra Wiegand
Brandy Schaefer

A Quorum of Directors being present, the meeting called to order at 9:02 AM.

 MINUTES: Stuart Ulferts moved to dispense with reading the minutes and to approve minutes from the February meeting. Seconded and Approved.

Special Presentation:
Shannon Barnett explained her background and concern for the issue of school shootings and requested funding to bring Michelle Gray as a spokesperson for “SAFE in
Our Schools” program to HES. Several Board members commented that any action by HES PTA directed toward student safety ought to be coordinated with the other schools
and the BOE policy. Principal Hackmiller concurred. The discussion was continued to the next meeting.

Principal’s Message: Almost 1:1 Chromebook to 4th and 5th students. Three teachers are out for maternity leave. Full-time replacements have been hired for the affected
classes. “Jump Start” for Kindergarten will take place August 5-7 and registration packets are available.

Budget for 2019-2020: Event schedule for next-year’s fundraisers is due in June. Jessy will propose eliminating the golf scramble and talent show, since those activities have
not taken place for several years.

Kendra Weigand: Phase II Playground: the latest proposal was rejected by the BOE and the district director (of construction and improvements) has said that no further
improvements for HES playground equipment is countenanced for the next several fiscal cycles. This leaves about $15,000 that needs to be allocated for another project or
projects from this-year’s budget.

Ideas from the meeting attendees included:
-Waste footprint assessment to help reduce the environmental impact HES
Including lunchroom disposal, e.g., non-disposable utensils and trays.
-Purchase of “Program Books”, as well as individual volumes for the library.
-A general grant to HES educational enhancement.
-Purchase 38 Chromebooks to ensure every 4th and 5th grade student has one.
-Professional teacher development (in-house)
-A new electronic sign.
Jessy proposed circulating a survey to the HES staff to gather more ideas. She will report what staff requests at the next meeting.

Kendra also reported that the student garden project was approved and is on-track for April 21 completion.

FINANCIAL REPORT: the statement for 2018-2019 Harmony PTA Budget March, attached and incorporated to these minutes, was approved on a motion from Dani.

Old/New Business: Stuart discussed his experience volunteering for latest of the on-going staff appreciation luncheons that have been hosted by Becky French. Becky works hard on this challenging project and the staff seem to really appreciate it. This was confirmed by Ms. Hackmiller.

Jessy asked the board to consider some changes to Donuts with Dad and Muffins with Mom fundraisers. The events have lately exceeded the capacity of their respective venues and she suggested a multi-day “Pastries with Parents” event to help make it more manageable. She intends to speak with Linda, the HES dining specialist, and set further discussion for the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 10:31 AM

Approved,

____________________________JESSY MAGGARD: PTA PRESIDENT

____________________________STUART ULFERTS: RECORDING SECRETARY

 

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Welcome, New Kindergarten Families!

Hey there incoming kindergarten families! Kindergarten Registration is coming up next week on 3/18 (4pm-6pm) and 3/19 (9am-1pm). Stop in and meet your awesome PTA, too!

Save some time and pick up registration packets now in the office for incoming Kindergartners, fill it out and bring it back during the times mentioned above. Be sure to bring an original birth certificate, social security card, proof of residency and a check (sorry no credit cards) for $350 which are all required at registration.

We can’t wait to meet you!!