Lincoln Academy PTO Minutes:
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 — 6:30 p.m. in the Library

1. Call to order - LAPTO Vice President April Bates called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.
2. Introductions were made and there were 17 members present including PTO Vice President April Bates, Secretary Dana Frerich, Volunteer Coordinator Michelle Richey, and Treasurer Bernadette Templeton.
3. The minutes from the August PTO meeting were approved by general consensus.
4. Reports of Officers
   1. Vice-President’s Report- April Bates announced that the PTO will have a tab on the Lincoln Academy website as of October 1st.
   2. Volunteer Coordinator’s Report- Michelle Richey announced that the PTO has begun publishing a PTO Newsletter twice monthly that will include important information including volunteer opportunities, contact information etc… There is a new Parent Corner in the southwest corner of the gym that has a computer for ordering hot lunches, and logging volunteer hours. She requested that everyone still keep a paper volunteer log for this year.
   3. Treasurer’s Report- Bernadette Templeton presented the monthly report of the PTO’s accounting from the month of August 2009.
5. LA Board of Directors President Rob Cox reported that the Board has now formed a Principal’s Advisory committee to search for and select a school principal for next year. Derek Luyk will be the chairman of the committee. The other committees and chairs are: Facilities- Doug Neely, Finance- Ed Stankiewicz, Academic Excellence- Susan Davis, Governance- Michael Roy, and Development- T.O. Owens. All parents are welcome and encouraged to participate in these committees.
6. Reports of committees
   1. Harvest Festival - April Bates reported that the parade went very well. She received a positive response from the families that participated and passed around a photo of the parade float and participants.
   2. Volunteer Night - April Bates reported that the first volunteer night will be held on Friday October 2 from 7-9pm. Parents will be able to help teachers with projects for their classrooms. This will be held in the Art Room and will be an adults - only event. She reminded the membership that babysitting for a family that is helping at volunteer night counts as volunteer hours. This is an excellent way for families to take turns with babysitting and volunteering at the school.
   3. Ice Skating Family Day - Dana Frerich reported that our Lincoln Academy Ice Skating Day will be at the Apex Center on Sunday September 27th from 12:45pm-2:45pm. Tickets will be $2.50 per person and will include skate rental. Tickets will be on sale at pick-up on September 23-25 at pick-up and at the door.
   4. Pledge Drive - Kristy Patrick reported that she is preparing the cover letter for the Pledge Drive. We need to decide what project the Pledge Drive will attempt to finance. The Pledge Letters will go out in October and will be due November 13th. At the November 17th PTO meeting, there will be a prize drawing for people who got their pledges in on time.
   5. Chili Cook-Off - Marina Bowers reported that the Chili Cook-Off will be held on November 20th. Mrs. Hastings reported that she will need help with the Talent Show portion of the night. There was much discussion regarding the crowd size being a problem for both the dinner and the talent show. It was suggested that the committee begin looking for a larger off site location to hold this event next year. There may be a smaller crowd this year due to the event being scheduled just before the Thanksgiving Break.
   6. Food for Conferences - Michelle Richey reported that committee chairs Lori Luyk and Kim Fitzpatrick will be holding a meeting on Wednesday September 23rd on the playground after school. They are looking for committee members to join them in planning for the meals for teachers during conferences.
7. New Business — Capri Sun recycling- Christy Seyfer reported that she would like to start a recycling program for Capri Sun juice pouches. There would be a receptacle in the lunch room and the school will receive 2 cents per Capri Sun pouch and 1 cent per other brand juice pouch. Mrs. Werner mentioned that a 4th grade Girl Scout Troop is already collecting these, although not in the lunch room. It was suggested that the Girl Scouts look into this program and maintaining the receptacle in the lunch room.
8. Announcements
   1. All Lincoln Academy parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend the following meetings:
      1. The next LA Board Meeting is October 12, 2009 @ 6:30pm.
      2. The next PTO Meeting is October 20, 2009 @ 6:30pm.
   2. The Starbucks Gift Card was awarded to Lhea Studebaker. Congratulations!
9. ILAPTO Vice President April Bates adjourned the meeting at 7352pm.

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