December 16,
2003
The
meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m.
President’s
Report: Ellen Skoly first thanked Darlene Murray and
Terry Tomaszewski for the wonderful job they did in coordinating the Snowflake
Fair. She also informed us that she
will be looking into the Rock Cats family night event and will get information
out to the LSS families soon. Budget
meeting schedules were distributed.
LSS
Mural: Jennifer DiTommaso informed us that they
received over 300 drawings from students for the mural. Everything is going well but they are still
looking for volunteers to oversee this event.
The painting of the mural will begin the week of January 5th
and a notice will be sent home to inform parents of this and to dress their
children appropriately. They are still
in the deciding phase as to where this mural should be displayed at the
school.
Treasurer’s
Report: The budget report was presented.
Snowflake
Fair: Darlene Murray wanted to remind everyone
that this fair is not a fundraiser. She
made a motion to take the extra money that the fair made this year and put it
towards the fair for next year. The
motion was voted on and passed. Terry
Tomaszewski said the Snowflake Fair was a huge success and thanked everyone for
their time and donations in making the fair a success.
Website: Dave Murray just wanted to remind everyone who is on a school
committee that the website is a great way to solicit school activities and to
keep everyone informed of the status and updates of school happenings. You can e-mail your updates to Dave or Paul
Rouleau. The website is
www.lss-pto.com.
November
2003 Minutes: Ellen Skoly made a motion to pass the
November minutes.
Parent
Group Conference: Darlene Murray informed us of
a Parent Group Conference that is sponsored by PTO today that is taking place
the end of April, beginning of May, in Boston.
It is a two day conference. At
the conference there will be scheduled seminars and an exhibit hall with
information regarding fundraisers, school family events, etc. She passed around a brochure about this
event and if anyone is interested in attending, please contact her.
Pawprints: The deadline to submit items for the newsletter is December 20th. Please e-mail Wayne Woodtke at his yahoo
address.
A question was brought up regarding
the difference between submitting items for Pawprints and the website. The difference is the website information
stays there on the website and the Pawprints newsletter is a one shot
deal.
Bolles
Motors: A representative from Bolles Motors came and
presented us with a $725.00 check that the school earned for the “Drive for the
Kids” event that took place at the Harvest Fair.
Teacher’s
Report: Rie Sakai, Intern from Japan, made it safely
back to Japan. She really enjoyed her
stay here and will miss everyone. The
PTO presented her with a necklace and a tape of the assembly. Mrs. Merrow informed us that this was her
last PTO meeting and that Mrs. Sinacola will be the new teacher representative
along with Mrs. Abrahams.
Principal’s
Report: Mr. Casavant was not present.
Playscape: The fundraising events scheduled for next year are the Crispy
Kreme fundraiser (sometime in Feb.) and a McDonald’s family night (end of
March/early April). The Committee is
applying for grants through Savings Bank of Manchester and Ronald McDonald
House. If anyone has any playscape
fundraising ideas, please pass them along.
Escape
School Video: The video was not shown.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m.