October 6, 2011

Officers Present:              Sheri Boggs – President

                                                Candi Hollar – Secretary

                                                Amy Gryder – Treasurer

                                                Rene Dellinger – Co Treasurer

6:30 – Meeting called to order

Mrs. Andelina thanks PTO from all the teachers for the donations to their classes of glue sticks, pencil sharpeners and classroom supplies

-          Brought up that we could receive a large supply of classroom items from Elmer’s in Statesville

Amy Gryder - Treasurers Report

                -$3673.00 balance

                - $500.00 owed to the Heffer Project (5^th grade)

                - $1,000.00 cost for incorporation

Book fair did GREAT!! $3158 in scholastic $$ we would only get 15% if we would have taken a cash payout so we opted for scholastic $$

-          Change drive brought in $298.19!! Great Job kids

-          Voted to keep the book fair in the spring the same as fall ½ price books available.

Spring Dance will be a luau on March 23^rd

-          We will have a “Book Hut” at the dance with books for sale to kick off our spring Book Fair!

Budget for 2011/2012 school year from Mr. Sheets

-          $5000 Books for the library

-          $1200 Scholastic News

o   Parents are asked to pay for their Childs Scholastic News they are $5 per child!

-          $2000 Books for Classroom

-          $6400 Interwrite Tablets for Classroom ($400 per room)

Up Coming Events:

-          Corn Hold Tournament 10/15/11

o   Cost is $15 per person

o   Cash prizes

o   50% of proceeds will go to PTO

o   Food will be available on sight for purchase

§  Teachers will provide the chips

§  Amy will get buns

§  Candi will get hotdogs and chili, water

§  Torie will make slaw

§  Soda and waters are in PTO room

§  Coffee, hot chocolate

T-Bird Cards will go on sale October 19 – November 4^th cost is $10 and you get discounts and free items at local restraints, this is a fundraiser we are doing with Athletics splitting the profits 50/50

Spooky Treats – October 24-25-26 will be handed out on the 27^th

-          Cost is $1.00 per treat have them sent to your friends or teachers

Fall Festival/ 1^st annual chili cook-off will be held on November 19^th 3-7

-          3 bounces will be in the gym

-          Games will be set up around the school

-          Cost is $4.00 in advance, $5.00 at the door

-          Chili cook off will be in the cafeteria come out and bring your home cooked chili and see if you win!

Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast with Santa!! December 3 from 7:30 -10:30

-          Cost is $7.00 per ticket

-          Meal will include 3 pancakes, 2 sausage links, and a drink

-          You get to see Santa and tell him what you would like for Christmas

Box Tops are being collected at our school so turn them into your Childs teacher!

Don’t Be Intimidated Read A Book

-          PTO is sponsoring a Book reading contest, your child takes RC Tests/ Sight word Tests and when they reach their goals their name goes in a pot, at the end of the year a name will be drawn out to receive 2 season passes to Carowinds!

o   Encourage your children to read AND take tests to increase their chances of winning

Ideas for Fundraisers

-          Hand Print painted on the walls of the school $5.00 per print

-          Family Game Night

-          Basket Raffle

-          Thunderbird Sponsor Banner

Girls On The Run: we are trying to bring a GOTR to Sharon; it is a positive youth development program which combines an interactive curriculum and running to inspire self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen girls. It’s a 12 week program that will start in February and run until May in which your child will have the opportunity to run in a 5k.

Our Volunteer Coordinator this year will be Angie King 704-253-3977 or angieking@aol.com

-          Please feel free to contact Angie if you would like to be involved in ANY activities PTO puts on or if you would like to help out at the school some

Mr. Sheets:

-          Christmas Program will be K-2 on December 8 from 6:30 – 7:30

-          Focus has been or closing reading gaps

o   TA’s have been trained in a program called corrective reading; the focus is on students reading fluently.

-          Teachers are focusing on fluency phrases in reading to also help students read faster which also will help with comprehension

-          Kindergarten has begun working with Letterland with a focus on lower case letters and their sounds

-          Thunderbird Time is in full swing as regular ed teachers are working to close the reading gaps occurring on that weeks objectives

-          7 Habits

o   We have focused on Habit 1. The last 2 weeks “Be Proactive I am a responsible person, I take initiative, I choose my actions, attitudes and moods, I do not blame others for my wrong actions, I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking.

o   A bulletin board outside the cafeteria has examples of this taking place and noted

o   We will start Habit 2 next week “Begin with the end in mind

-          Purchased

o   EOG practice books have been purchased for 3-5^th grades

o   Reading Eggs were purchased for K-1 to help with phonics

o   Letterland was purchased

o   Corrective reading materials were purchased

o   $2000 was OK’d for media to purchase books