Thursday, September 27, 2012

Minutes - September 2012

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NCHS PTO


Minutes of the Board meeting 9/17/12



·       President Diana Koenig called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in attendance totaled 14.
·       Minutes from the 8/27/12 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.


Treasurer’s Report
·       Judy submitted the Financial Report for September 2012.
·       Current balance is $16,254.83.

Principal’s Report
·       Mr. Bollmann stated that MAP testing for Freshmen & Sophomores will be on Sept. 18.  This will cover math and reading.  There will also be MAP testing days in January and April.  Students will be divided alphabetically for the testing.
·       The Intercity “Food Fight” went well.  NCHS won and there was a lot of support to the Food Bank.
·       Homecoming plans are progressing and events are currently getting organized.

President’s Report
·       Diana stated that she would like to thank all volunteers for Open House and all the recent Staff Appreciation.
·       Diana stated that they only had 2 new volunteers sign up at the Open House.  We may need to consider if it is worth having a PTO table at this event.
·       Diana stated that there are still some links on the website that are not working.  These are currently being fixed and should be up by the beginning of October.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·       Julie stated that they presented Mr. Schonauer with a hoodie and an 8x10 Spirit card for his heroic efforts on September 7. 
·       The Volleyball coach contacted us and we have donated some items to them.
·       Mr. Short had gift cards and lanyards donated from the Spirit Store to hand out to new students.
·       Julie brought in a card with school spirit sayings on it (also a poster size).  She recommends we give one of the cards to each teacher/staff member.  Motion was made, seconded and approved to provide these.  They will be given to teachers on Oct. 26 (parent teacher conference day).
·       Julie stated she has turned in another clothing order and they should have them in a few weeks.

Iron Café

·       Judy stated that everything is going well.

Hospitality
·       Mary stated that they had a lot of leftover cookies from Open House night.  They will adjust their order for next year.
·       The Breakfast went well.

Concessions

·       No report for outdoor concessions.
·       Marisol stated that indoor concessions are going well.  However she stated that the drinks are not getting restocked like they should.  Judy stated that she will follow up with the Café on this.

Membership
·       No new news.

Web Master
·       Diana stated that Zach has told her that he probably won’t be at many of the PTO meetings.  He will communicate any needed information to Diana.


Alumni
·       Diana stated that they are still looking into building a sitting wall in front of the school.  She stated she will get plans for Mr. Bollmann to look at and take to the school Board if needed.  They will be doing a brick donation for the Volley for the Cure basket (along with other Spirit items).

Agenda Items:

Old Business
·       No old business was discussed at this time.

New Business

·       Kim Bray shared two Resolutions regarding the school incident on September 7, 2012.  These resolutions will be kept on file with the minutes from the PTO meetings.

No further business was noted at this time.   Diana Koenig adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2012.


Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary