Upcoming Events

PTO

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, April 5th:          Out of Uniform Day

                                   (for $1 or 10 Box Tops)

Thursday, April 11th:     Kinder Round-Up

Saturday, April 13th:      2nd Annual Hoot & Holler 5K & Carnival

                                    register for 5K & Fun Run @ www.spshootandholler.weebly.com

April 15th - 26th:            Read-a-Thon

Tuesday, April 16th:       Kinder Registration

Wednesday, May 1st:     General PTO Meeting

                                     Board Elections for upcoming school year

May 6th - 10th:               Teacher Appreciation Week

Thursday, May 9th:         Dinner Fundraiser @ El Charro

Friday, May 10th:            Teacher Appreciation Brunch

Save The Date!

Our 2nd Annual Hoot and Holler 5K and Carnival will be on Saturday, April 13th from 10am - 2pm.  Save the date, you won't want to miss this!

October 24th Agenda

1.  Call to Order: 6:35

2.  Introductions

3.  Current Issues

     

                  a.  Work Days:  Wednesdays from 8:00-12:00

                  b.  Playground Equipment:  Money raised this 

                  year will go to purchasing new    

                  playground structures

                  c.  Pop Tabs:  Collecting for Ronald McDonald

                 House.  If we collect the most,

                  we get an assembly with Ronald McDonald

                  d. Fundraiser:  Brought in $21,605.  About

                  $9,000 in profit.

                  Winning class – Lorenzano.  24 classes met 

                 the goal.

4.  Upcoming Events

a. November 8th:  Spaghetti Dinner/Family 

Night

Cafeteria staff will handle everything.

Price TBA

b.  Out of Dress Code Days: Same days as SIS.  $1 or 10 Box Tops

           

5.  Volunteers Needed:  Fundraiser item pick-up November 8^th.

6.  Treasurer's Report/Budget:  About $28,000 in our account.  About $18,000 is actually ours.

7.  Guest Speakers (Specials)

8.  Meeting Adjourned:  7;15

8/15 Meeting Agenda

1.  Call to Order: 6:40

2.  Introductions

3.  Current Issues

     

                  a.  Work Days:  Wednesdays 8-12:00

                                            Projects to work on from the

                                            teachers

                                            Children Welcome

                  b.  Playground Equipment:  Funds raised this

                                                             year will be used 

                                                             purchase additional

                                                             equipment

                  c.  Labels For Education:  Passed out fliers.  

                                                          Turn in labels!

4.  Upcoming Events

            September 24th-October 5th:  Great American 

            Fundraiser

            September 27th:  Open House

October 5th: Donuts for Dads

November 9th:  Spaghetti Dinner/Family Night

            December 20th:  Staff Appreciation Brunch

            March 8th:  Muffins for Moms

            April 13th:  2nd Annual Hoot and Holler

            May 6-10th:  Staff Appreciation Week

      May 10th:  Staff Appreciation Brunch

5.  Volunteers Needed:  AR Store 9/19

                                     Scholastic Book Fair 8/24- 28

6.  Treasurer's Report/Budget:  Began with $11,547

      Withdrew money for shirts, water bottles, $500 to 

      Copper View PTO 

      Deposited money from shirt sales

      Ending Balance: $10,946

7.  Homework Expectations (Panel)

K- Tingle:  Reading Log, Family Activity Calendar

      Parents putting emphasis on school is the most important thing

1- Boyter:  Reading Log, Math/Spelling/Phonics

      20-30 minutes a night

      Should be able to do independently

2- Osborn: Reading Log, Math/Spelling

      20-30 minutes a night

      Do a little each night

If the HW is taking more than 20-30 minutes a night – Talk to the teacher!

8.  Question Answer Period/Parent Survyes

      Fundraising ideas, how to get involved

Meeting Adjourned:  7:35

Welcome Back Owl Families

Families of our Fantastic SPS OWLS! It's going to be a great year. Pto has lots to accomplish this year, and we need your help! Please come to our 1st General PTO Meeting, this Wednesday, August 15th at 6:30pm at the SPS Library.
There will be a brief panel on Homework expecations by three great teachers, Mrs Tingle from Kindergarten, Mrs. Boyter from 1st grade and Ms. Osborn from 2nd grade.
The SPS Executive Board would love to see all new and returning parents at this meeting.
Please join us this year, we have plently of fun things to tackle this year, and all are welcome.
Our fundraising efforts this year will be focused on purchasing ADDITIONAL playground equipment for the kiddos.
We will be doing the Great American Fundraising in the fall, our Read-a-thon in the spring, and some other really fun activities throughout the year. The always popular Donuts for Dads and Muffins for Moms will be a hit as always, and this year we are also going to try a Family Dinner/Game Night for SPS Families.
All this, plus, the 2nd ANNUAL HOOT N HOLLER Carnival/5K/Fun RUN!
Come join in the fun, it's sure to be a hoot!
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May 2nd, 2013 Meeting / Elections

1. Call to order – 6:35

2. Mrs. Spooner – PTO Thank You.  Kindergarten Transition Meeting 5/9 5-6PM

3. Welcome/Introductions -

4. Organization’s Purpose – Work to help parents, students, and teachers by raising funds, helping with classroom projects, helping with events

5. Treasurer’s Report – Total fundraising this year $18,113.  After expenses $15,190

6. Current Issues: 

a. Document cameras update – Ordered.  Hopefully

 arriving before the end of the year.

b. Classroom expenditure update – Gift cards going out

 this week

c. CPA audit volunteer – Still needed (Perhaps swap with 

SIS)

7. Upcoming Events:

a. Hunt Memorial Bench dedication May 4^th 2:30pm

b. AR Store May 9^th

c. Teacher Appreciation Week May 7^th-11^th

d. Teacher Appreciation Brunch May 11^th

e. Book Fair May 17^th and 18^th (volunteers needed)

8. Activities Highlight: Great American fundraiser, Read-A-Thon, Harkins tickets, Hoot and holler 5K/Carnival, Teacher birthday cards, sell and distribute school shirts, staff brunches, Muffins for Mom, Donuts for Dad, weekly workdays, yearly goal/use of funds

9. PTO board member position description/dates: June 1, 2012-May 31, 2013

10. Nominations and Elections take place

            Co-President:  Talia Carey, Dawn Marie Kohler

            Secretary:  Jamie Lea Anglen

            Treasurer:  Robyn Carlson

            Fundraising:  Janeen Eldredge, Leah Carlson

            Volunteer Coordinator:  Brita Addington, Christa Jensen, 

            Courtney Hinkle

            Box Tops/Celebrations:  Andrea Klitzke,  

            Megan McAllister

            Apparel Coordinator:  Becca LaBounty

            Community Liasion:  Brooke Hunt, Melanie Nielson

Congratulations to all our new (and returning) officers!

11. Make arrangements with current position holder

12. Meeting Adjourned:  7:35

PTO Meeting Minutes 3/13/2012

1.        Call to Order:  6:44

2.        Current Issues

a.        Hunt Memorial Tree (Talia):  Picked up tree, papers, gravel.  Tree will be planted next Tuesday.  Dedication to follow later (TBA)

b.        Work Days: March 14^th  - Counting labels for Education

28^{th –}  Counting Read-A-Thon money

                  c.  Officers for next year needed: Recruiting at

                      Kinder Round Up

3.  Upcoming Events

a.        Carnival Update (Lindsay):  Sign up for run!  Things are coming together.  Need

Central location/volunteer table/lost and found.

Need help the Friday before and the morning of.

                  b.  Read-A-Thon:  Started today.  Runs through

                      spring break.  Read!

c.        PTO Elections:  Next meeting

d.       Kinder Round Up:  4/10 and 4/12

3.        Volunteers Needed: 

a.       Read-A-Thon

b.       Carnival (Lindsay)

4.        Treasurer's Report/Budget: We are ahead on everything!

5.        Volunteer of the month:  Lindsay Doskocil.  Thanks Lindsay!

6.        Next Meeting:  May 2^nd 6:30PM

7.        Meeting Adjourned: 7:35

Kindergarten Round-Up 2012

Tuesday April 10 5-7:00 - GET YOUR REGISTRATION PACKET AND WELCOME FOLDER AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL!  THERE WILL BE A SNACK, A CRAFT TO COMPLETE, AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT INSIDE A SCHOOL BUS!

Thursday April 12 5-7:00 - REGISTRATION AND INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION.  PARENTS & GUARDIANS CAN BRING IN COMPLETED REGISTRATION PACKETS TO OFFICIALLY REGISTER THEIR STUDENT.  THEY CAN ALSO ATTEND AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHING STAFF.  THIS DATE IS FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ONLY (NO CHILDREN PLEASE). 

Meeting Minutes From1 /11/12

1.        Call to Order: 6:35

2.        Tina’s Talk:   Fitness Lighted School House 1/12/12

Owl Assemblies Next Friday

New School Boundaries up on SUSD Web Site

3.        Current Issues

            a.  Staff Appreciation Brunch Thank Yous

                  b.  Hunt Memorial Tree (Talia)

                      Tree, Bench Plaque are being donated.  Waiting on district approval.

                  c.  Work Day Review

                     Wednesdays from 8:00-12:00

3.  Upcoming Events

a.        Carnival Update (Lindsay)

April 14^th. Runs will be at 8:00 and 9:00.  Carnival will be from 10:00-4:00

Website will be up soon.

If anyone has ideas for the carnival, contact Lindsay

b.        February AR Store (Osborn)

Will be ont the 15^th due to a field trip.

c.        Progress Monitoring Evaluations (Spooner)

Looking for parents to be trained to administer reading progress evaluations to students.

Training is about 9 hours (broken up). 

4.        Volunteers Needed: 

a.       Harkins Ticket Sales (Robyn)

Beginning of March a form will be sent home to order Summer movie tickets.

Volunteers needed for collecting, counting, and distributing tickets (dates TBA)

b.       Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast (Lindsay)

$6.00 per ticket.  SPS gets 50%.  (date TBA)

5.  Treasurer's Report/Budget:  Approximately $9,000 in PTO account.

PTO Meeting Minutes 10/26/11

1.  Call to Order:  6:43

2.  Introductions

3.  Mr. Heinzelmann:  Boundary Meetings are 11/1 at 9:00AM and 6:00PM

4.  Current Issues

                  a. Shirt Trainee (Hollie):  Jennifer Baca and 

                      Dawn Marie are interested in

                      training this year to take over next year

                  b. Carnival Update (4/14):  still working on

                      getting sponsors

5.  Upcoming Events

                  a. Donuts For Dads (10/28):  7:00-7:30 

                      volunteers needed

                  B.  BMX Show (11/2) 7:45 volunteers needed at 7:00

                  c. Staff Appreciation brunch (12/9) 

             

                  d. Next Meeting: 1/11 6:30PM possible panel with Specials' Teachers

6.  Volunteers Needed:  Sign ups passed around

7.  Parent Advisory Committee (Jon):  Committee gives the superintendent feedback from parents.  Any questions or concerns, e-mail joncarlyon@cox.net

8.  Treasurer's Report/Budget

                  a. Gross sales from fundraiser just under

                      $20,000

                  b. In the black $1,800 from apparel sales

9.  Homework Help Forum:  Homework panel with Mrs. Strayer, Mrs. Tingle, Mrs. Spooner, Ms. Dalon, Ms. Osborn

8/17/2011 Meeting Minutes

1          1.  Call to Order  6:37  (33 people in attendance)

 2.                2.  What is PTO?
                 a.   Fundraising:  goal for 2011/2012 is to buy supplies for
                      classrooms
                 b.    Activities for kids and families
                 c.     Support for teachers and school

3.  Introductions

4.  Current Issues

     a.  Days / Times for Meetings:  Next meeting Wed. 10:26 
         @ 6:30PM
     b.  Document Cameras (Kerri):   Ladybug Cameras $445 each, 
          purchasing 14

     c.  Shirts (Hollie):  Making small order (give Hollie your info if 
         you would like to one)
     d.  CPA Audit Volunteer:  Need PTO finances audited @ the 
          end of the year

5.  Upcoming Events

      a.  Carnival:  Need for Committee:  Planning for April
      b.  Open House:  In September (date TBA)
      c.  Work Days:  Wednesdays 8:00 – 12:00
     d.  AR Store (Erin):  Volunteers needed to run the store once 
          per month

6.  Volunteers Needed

     a.  Picture day 8/19

     b.  Book Fair

7.  Treasurer's Report/Budget

     a.  Money earned through:  fall fundraiser, Read-A-Thon, class 
          shirt sales, pizza sales, Box Tops

     b.  Wil have about $7800 to put to our goal this year

                 

8.  Tina's Talk / Q&A

First General PTO Meeting of the 2011/2012 school year is Wednesday, August 17th at 6:30pm in the Library.  Childcare will be provided.  
Our awesome principal, Ms. Anderson, will be speaking and taking questions.  
See you there!

May 3rd, 2011 Agenda

1. Call to Order


2. Introductions

3. “Tina’s Talk”

4. Current Issues
a. Technology
1. Raytheon Computers – 5 were donated!
2. Permetheon Boards – We bought 26
b. Box Top Update / Campbell’s Soup Labels (Robyn) – 5/4 is a work day for cutting/sorting them
c. Shirts (Hollie)- We spent $960 to get us through next year. We have made $800 back so far.
d. Volunteer of the month – Sarah Bell

5. Upcoming Events
a. Staff Appreciation Brunch 5/6
b. Field Day (last week of school) – stay tuned
c. Spring Book Fair 5/12 and 5/13 all day during school
d. Officer Elections for next year

6. Next Year
a. AR Store (Erin) – Students will get AR Bucks for passing AR tests and will be able to purchase items from the AR store once a month. PTO will help run this store.
b. Carnival (Erin) – Some teachers have requested a carnival next year. Maybe in February for Rodeo Days?
c. Elections - Congratulations to the following new executive board members:
Co-President: Kerri Elam
Treasurer: Sarah Minckler
Community Outreach: Talia Carey
Box Tops: Lindsay Doskocil
Fund Raising: Kim Young, Stella Jaymes

7. Volunteers needed
a. Staff Appreciation Brunch
b. Field Day
c. Book Fair

6. Treasurer’s Report – Currently have about $11,0000. $7,000 is earmarked for technology purchases

4/5/11 Minutes

1. Call to Order – 3:32 by Mindy

2. Introductions
3. “Tina’s Talk” –
We are looking at buying 25 Smart boards
We are looking at having Interstate do our yearbooks and school pictures instead of lifetouch.
4. Current Issues
a. Technology
1. Bee-Bots – PTO will purchase these @ a cost of $800
b. Box Top Update / Campbell’s Soup Labels –
labels about this will be affixed to the Kinder Roundup packets. An e-mail will also go out.
The 2nd grade winner was Mrs. Hickman.
c. Shirts (Hollie) –
these will be picked up this week. Cost was ~ $1000
d. Read-A-Thon
1. Rewards certificates – Brita is making these
2. Winners
a. letting parents know – Mindy is doing this
b. prizes / pig kissing @ each assembly
c. ice cream from bluebell – 4/6 @ 1:00 for all students
e. Student Council
1. Money from Read-A-Thon – council was given ½ the money.
2. Helping PTO with Muffins for Moms
3. 2nd Snack purchases – Council will be doing this for AIMS testing
4. Pizza party – Council is providing pizza for all grades
K – 5/6, 2nd- 5/10, 1st- 5/18
f. Volunteer of the month – Dawn Fackler
5. Upcoming Events
a. Muffins for Moms 4/22 – volunteers needed
b. PTO Board End of year potluck: 4/29 @ 6:00pm @ Mindy’s house
c. End of Year luau 5/13 5-7PM – volunteers needed
d. Spring Book Fair 5/12 and 5/13 all day during school – volunteers needed
6. Treasurer’s Report –
 PTO currently has about $13,000
7. Meeting adjourned – 4:24 by Mindy