Minutes - November 2011

NCHS PTO MINUTES – NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Present: Mary Carstens, Diana Koenig, Julie Fink, Beth Sennett, Patty Chikahisa, Sheri Kinman, Jodi Sherman, Ryan Goodman, Anna Beckstead, Andrea Choban, Lai Tong, Anne Matter, Sharon Klingman

The meeting was called to order at 7:03 PM. Guests were introduced.

Motion to approve minutes of October meeting – Motion-Fink, 2^nd- Carstens – minutes approved.

Treasurer’s Report – There was no report as the Treasurer was absent

Principal’s Report – Dr. Nuckolls was ill. Julie Fink reported that 8^th grade orientation will be January 12 @ 6:30PM. Tracy Young is the new attendance administrative assistant replacing Mrs. Burke. Tom Rockwell, head custodian, has resigned and is being replaced by Zach Pacha.

President’s Report – Anne M. reported that we have been asked to provide volunteer help for the vision and hearing screening on Nov. 30^th. Patty will send a Jooners to solicit volunteers. The plan for freshman orientation was reviewed. Mary will do water and cookies, Anne will check with Denni to see what her plan for the PTO table is?

Spirit Store – Julie F. reported the new fleece jackets are in and are selling well. The rivalry hoodies have all been distributed. The football concession trailer will be emptied and all items brought inside for the Dec. 2 wrestling meets and all events beyond that. Jessica Tong has been a new volunteer in the store as well as another freshman parent.

Iron café – No report as Jolene was absent

Hospitality – The teacher’s lunch went well. The next event is Friday, Dec. 16 and will be the barbeque lunch on the first day of finals. Jooners will be used for salads and desserts.

Concessions – Sheri reported the home wrestling meet on 12/2 will be the first inside concession event. Girl’s basketball will have 5 home games as do the boys. The concession is stocked with items brought in from outside.

Membership – There was no report as Denni was absent

Alumni – Diana reported no new information. They are still looking for their profit from the Homecoming concession. Julie was not sure about this but said Judy had been working on getting all the checks distributed.

Old Business – There will be no meeting in December. The next meeting is January 23. Plans for Orientation will be finished outside the meeting by Anne, Mary and Denni.

New Business – Jodi talked about her role as the CAC advisor. They are exploring replacing textbooks with notepads and there is some confusion as to what stage of the process they are actually in right now. There is a pilot program going on already at one of the schools. There has been some concern about student privacy based on an incident that occurred somewhere else.

Julie mentioned that the pay-on-line program for registration has gone through and this will impact the number of  parents coming to registration this August and thus our recruiting of members for ‘12/’13. We need to talk to Dr. Nuckolls about getting our name on the list of things parents can pre-pay for when they resister on-line.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 PM

Minutes - October 2011

NCHS PTO

Minutes of the Board meeting 10/17/11

·         President Anne Matter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in attendance totaled 12.

·         Minutes from the 9/19/11 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.

Treasurer’s Report

·         Judy distributed copies of the 2011-2012 budget as well as financial statement for October, 2011. 

·         Current balance is $9,783.56.

Principal’s Report

·         Dr. Nuckolls stated that parent teacher conferences will be on October 21.  Parent satisfaction surveys will be available on that day as well as on the following Monday and Tuesday.

·         There will be information on the webpage about how to purchase the walkway bricks.

·         Battle of the Bands were not aware they could request funds this year, but they will do so next year.

·         Dr. Nuckolls stated that they need a parent rep to sit in on interviews for principal.  They want to have their decision made by December 1.

President’s Report

·         Anne stated that she received information about ads with You Name It Sports.  She told them we aren’t interested.

·         Ms. Cardiff is requesting items for the self contained learning program.  Anne told them to submit a request to us.  No request has been submitted at this time.

·         Grove Elementary will be hosting a 5K Gator run/1 mile walk on October 29 at Tipton. 

·         Anne gave information to Dr Nuckolls that she received from Dennis Kaegel regarding a “Good Deed” essay contest.

·         Anne received information regarding Community Days at Bergners.  It was decided we are not interested in pursuing this.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·         Julie stated that they had to reorder some of the rivalry tshirts so they took some extra orders at that time as well.  These orders are now in and need to be delivered.

·         The staff polos have not come in yet.

·         Julie stated they are ordering some golf shirts and she brought in samples.

·         Julie stated they need more volunteers in the store: T/Th from 6:30 – 7:20 a.m. and every day from 2:15 -3:00 p.m.

Iron Café

·         Sheri stated that they seem to be selling more this year than last year.  Things are going well.

Hospitality

·         Mary stated that there will be a staff luncheon during conference day (Oct. 21).  Other upcoming dates are:  Nov. 18 – crock pot luncheon, Dec. 16 – Christmas lunch (Longhorn Steakhouse), Feb. 14 – Valentine’s breakfast, Mar. 20 – Spring break lunch, May 4 – Fiesta Ranchera lunch.

Concessions

·         Sheri stated that things are going well. 

·         Andrea stated that we need to rethink our set up.  She stated that parents are not getting there on time.  She said that the after prom group was way under staffed.

Membership

·         No report.

Web Master

·         No new news.

Alumni

·         No new news.

Agenda Items:

Old Business

·         No old business was discussed at this time.

New Business

·         No new business was discussed at this time.

No further business was noted at this time.   Anne Matter adjourned the meeting at 7:50 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2011.

Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary

Minutes - September 2011

NCHS PTO

Minutes of the Board meeting 9/19/11

 

·         President Anne Matter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in attendance totaled 14.

·         Minutes from the 8/15/11 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.

Treasurer’s Report

·         Judy distributed copies of the 2010-2011 budget to see if we wanted to change budgeted amounts or keep them the same as last year.  It was motioned, seconded and approved to keep the amounts the same as last year’s budget. 

·         Current balance is $7,823.44.

Principal’s Report

·         Dr. Nuckolls stated that we have 1,935 students as of now.

·         State Farm classic concessions will have help from the Junior class (after prom) for the basketball tournament on 12/28 – 12/30.

·         Online registration for parent teacher conferences begins on Sept. 21 at 8:00 a.m.

President’s Report

·         Anne stated that she attended the president’s meeting with Dr. Niehaus.  He stated that NCHS will be getting painted next year.

·         Anne asked about turning over working at Open House to the Student Council.  It was decided to table this for discussion at a later meeting.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·         Julie stated that they had sales of $895.00 at Open House and $1,000.00 at the first homecoming game.  They received approximately 74 orders for the rivalry shirts.  These will be distributed the week of September 26.  She stated that she will have the pick up days in the announcements so students will know.

Iron Café

·         No report.

Hospitality

·         No report.

Concessions

·         Sheri stated that things are going well.  Judy stated that they have a volunteer to do volleyball concessions.  Judy has met with her and trained her already.

·         It was discussed that we might look into having a separate station at games for just drinks and popcorn to cut down on congestion.

·         Andrea stated that football concessions are going great.  It was discussed that the lights need to be hooked up.  Andrea stated that she will contact someone about this.

Membership

·         No report.

Web Master

·         No report.

Alumni

·         Diana stated that they will be working in October with ISU landscaping type classes to improve the school grounds.

Agenda Items:

Old Business

·         No old business was discussed at this time.

New Business

·         RFFs:

·         Officer Doud stated that he would like $1,000.00 in gift cards to be handed out to students for displaying safety in the parking lots.  They also “award” 3 close parking spaces to safe drivers each week.  He stated that he would like the gift certificates to be for $10.00 each to be redeemed at the school store.   He is also working on making the building safer by allowing students to anonymously report unsafe issues to him.  Judy asked that it state on the gift certificates that they must be used at one time for the full amount.  Motion made, seconded and approved to provide $1,000.00 in $10.00 gift cards to the school store for use by Officer Doud.

·         Mrs. Taylor, who is the co-sponsor of Students Embracing Diversity” asked for $70.00 to buy ice cream for the “Mix It Up” lunch, which will be held on October 18.  She would also ask that we use Jooners to request donations for napkins, bowls, spoons and toppings.  Motion was made, seconded and approved to provide Mrs. Taylor the $70.00 and Patty will do the Jooners.

No further business was noted at this time.   Anne Matter adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 17, 2011.

Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary

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NCHS After School Iron Pride Cafe

Thank you for your interest in the NCHS Café.  The purpose of the café is to provide students and staff with healthy snacks.  Many are involved in activities after school and just need some energy!   We do not charge concession prices as most of our prices are close to the actual cost. 

The Café is opened daily from 2:30-3:00 when school is in session.   Two or three people can manage the café.   Put on the “Iron Pride” apron and get ready for the mad rush.  You become everyone’s mom or friend for the next ½ hour.  It’s time to put all the goodies out.  Time flies when you are having fun and soon it’s time to count the money and close up.  

Working the café is a great way for your group to earn money.   Groups can make up to $125 for 5 days.   Maybe your student is involved in a group that needs to fundraise.   Let their sponsor know that you would be willing to run the café for a week with some students.   You would come by 2:10 to prepare the café,  and then work with a few students to run the café.  The students will need to come to the café as soon as their 8^th hour class is over.  At 3:00 count the money, clean up and you’ve just helped your group earn $25 each day!! 

Just email or call me and let me know your group is interested in working the café and  I will send you a schedule so you know what days to plan for.   To help each volunteer to get acclimated, we ask that they view the café in action once with those who have worked the café before.

Again—Thanks for volunteering!!  That’s what makes our school great!!

Judy Jiles

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Letter from the Iron Pride President

Iron Pride PTO

Welcome to a new school year!

On behalf of the NCHS Iron Pride PTO, I invite you to join us and become part of a great source of friendship and school support! We meet once a month to plan events and share ideas to make our great school even better. We would love to have you there and would welcome your input and participation in any way you would like to help.

 Please join us at our first meeting, Monday, August 16 at 7PM in the IMC or at any other meetings during the school year. I am available any time if you have questions. Email: anne@ilgastro.com  

Your support is greatly appreciated!

Anne Matter
Iron Pride President

Minutes - August 2011

NCHS PTO

Minutes of the Board meeting 8/15/11

·         President Anne Matter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in attendance totaled 15.

·         Minutes from the 5/16/11 and 7/11/11 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.

Treasurer’s Report

·         Judy stated that we took in $3,565.00 for membership at registration.  This is $785.00 less than last year. 

·         Judy stated that for AYBT each group made approximately $755.00 for each day.  Iron Pride will get some of this.

Principal’s Report

·         Dr. Nuckolls stated that we do not yet have the results back from the survey for online registration.  She stated that next year they may be collecting fees online as well.  She will look into whether we could put something online about donating money for membership dues/unraiser.

·         There are approximately 1,983 students as of now.  This is 52 more than last year and approximately 250 more than West.

·         Open house will be Thursday, September 1 from 6:30 – 8:45.

·         Dr. Nuckolls stated that there will be measures of academic progress this year – online assessments of students.

·         Homecoming will be Sept. 12 – 15.  The dance theme is “A night in emerald city”.

·         Parent- teacher conferences will be be on Oct. 21.  Online registration for this will begin on Sept. 20.

·         Starting Oct. 21 there will be a Unit 5 satisfaction survey administered to parents.

President’s Report

·         Anne gave the registration results and data to Beth and Patty to be entered.

·         We received information on purchasing an ad through You Name It Sports.  It was discussed and decided we would rather do an ad in our publication than a community ad.

·         Anne received information from Meatheads about programs they offer to reward athletes for exceptional sportsmanship.  She will forward this on to Mr. Turner.

·         Anne stated that she emailed the dates for upcoming PTO meetings to the Board today.

·         Regarding Open House night:  food is taken care of and Student council will help with serving.  Julie will be giving the PTO speech, as Anne will not be there.  Anne asked Dr. Nuckolls about putting a message in Skyward to announce the membership drive.  Dr. Nuckolls stated it is too early to do this as we probably do not have everyone’s email in the system yet.  She stated we could put a note on the website, though.

Secretary’s Report

·         Polly stated that she will put together the calendar listing sports events, PTO dates, etc. and email those to the Board as soon as they are ready.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·         Judy stated that receipts from registration totaled $10,580.00 (approximately $1,000.00 less than last year).

·         Julie stated the new designs went over well.  There will be a rivalry design for us and West.  These will be preorder only and will be sold in the atrium over lunch periods the first couple weeks of school.  They will be $10.00 tshirts or $25.00 hoodies.

·         They will be open during Open House night and will have old merchandise marked down as well.

·         They will be selling at the 1^st home game which will be on August 27.

Iron Café

·         Judy stated that she, Jolene and Sheri went to Sam’s and purchased everything they need.  They are scheduled all through the month of September.

Hospitality

·         Patti stated that they will do breakfast foods and sweets on the institute day on Aug. 17.  Cookies are taken care of for Open House night.

Concessions

·         Andrea stated that the Varsity games have been assigned:  9/16 – Alumni, 9/30 – After Prom, 10/7 – Choir and wrestling, 10/21 – Friends of Ironmen football.

·         They need to find some help for the alumni.  Miss Frietsch said that JV Cheer will help.

·         Andrea will get this information to Diana.

Membership

·         No report.

Web Master

·         No new news.

Alumni

·         Sharon stated that alumni will be tending the brick walk and area.  Miss Frietsch stated that her class can help with this.

Agenda Items:

Old Business

·         Sharon stated that we will be asking the District to pay for repairs to the outdoor concessions.  She will get all information, including the three bids we’ve received, to Dr. Nuckolls before her budget meeting on August 26.

·          

New Business

·         RFFs:

·         Ms. Frietsch requested $680.00 to cover expenses for community outings for her CI program.  This is a little more than she requested last year, but she has a couple more students this year.  She stated that they are trying to do some fundraising as well.  She has not spoken to Dr. Nuckolls yet regarding getting some money from the school.  After discussion it was agreed to have her speak to Dr Nuckolls first.  Motion was made, seconded and approved to provide $500.00.  This motion was amended, seconded and approved to pay up to the full $680.00 depending on what amount the school may provide.  Anne will let Ms. Frietsch know of our decision.

No further business was noted at this time.   Anne Matter adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 19, 2011.

Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary