Minutes - March 2013

NCHS PTO

Minutes of the Board meeting 3/18/13

·       President Diana Koenig called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in attendance totaled 8.

·       Minutes from the 2/25/13 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.

Treasurer’s Report

·       Judy submitted a financial report for March 2013.

Principal’s Report

·       Mr. Bollmann stated that he would like to postpone discussing the Rising Stars school improvement system until next month’s meeting.

·       Pictures of the alumni’s proposed sitting wall were passed around for viewing.  This would be built in the front of the school.

·       There will be 3 distinguished alumni speaking at Commencement this year.  Commencement will be held May 18^th at 2:00.

·       Mr. Bollmann stated there will be 2 or 3 days of Senior finals this year followed by Friday, which will be an “unofficial” day off for Seniors.

·       A faculty member will be speaking at the senior brunch.  They are currently looking into different possible sites for the senior picnic.

·       They have completed interviews for the new assistant principal for next year.  They hope to make a decision after Spring Break.

·       Upcoming testing days are:  April 23 & 24.  Juniors will be taking the PSAE and ACT, while Freshmen and Sophomores will be Map testing.

·       Mr. Bollmann stated that the State Teachers union will be doing a video about the gun incident on September 7.  They will be speaking with Mr. Shoenauer, Mr. Bollmann and a student..

President’s Report

·       Diana stated that there were discussions at the superintendant’s meeting regarding how a possible East side highway could affect new schools in the future.

·       The School Board election will be on April April 9.  There are 2 incumbents and 5 new running.

·       Diana will be picking up the scholarship forms at the end of this week.  She, Mary and Julie will go through them.

·       Awards Night will be held on May 2 at 7:00.

·       There will be a fundraiser for After Prom called Drive for After Prom held at the school parking lot on April 6.  For each person that comes and test drives a car the dealership will donate money to After Prom.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·       Julie stated that inventory is running low and they will not be ordering any more for this school year.

Iron Café

·       Judy asked Mr. Bollmann to check with his student group about their thoughts on the Café, and whether or not they use it.

Hospitality

·       No new news.

Concessions

·       No new news.

      

Membership

·       No report.

CAC

·       No report.

Web Master

·       Diana, for Zach, stated that they will continue working on the website over the summer.

Alumni

·       The sitting wall was discussed.

Agenda Items:

Old Business

·       No old business was discussed at this time.

New Business

·       Scholarships and Awards Night were discussed. Diana will not be available to speak at Awards Night.  She will need someone to fill in for her.

Request for Funds

·       The P.E. department will be having their first annual dodgeball tournament on April 4.  They have asked the PTO to donate either apparel, gift cards or money.  Motion was made, seconded and approved to donate $150.00 in cash.

No further business was noted at this time.   Diana Koenig adjourned the meeting at 8:50 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013.

Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary