PTA

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Reasons to join PTA:

PTA sponsors programs, presentations, and awards for students and is the link between parents and Bloomington Elementary School.
If you cannot volunteer we would still love for you to join! Your $5 membership dues help various programs. It helps us run the programs and shows your involvement and support in your child’s education.
Joining PTA also shows teacher appreciation. We provide many programs that help support and encourage our teachers’ goals.
If you are able to volunteer, we have a meeting every month and are always in need of small donations, one hour, or as much time as you have available!

Click on the links below to learn more about each PTA sponsored program:

Canned Food Drive

Teacher Appreciation Week

White Ribbon Week

PTA Meeting Minutes

August 2019

PTA Minutes
Aug. 5, 2019

Attendees: Rochelle Hunt, Herschel Hill, Heidi Ford, McKell Clark, Stacy Karkula, Holly Harward, Melissa Lane, Tonja Mast, Melissa Warrick, Kelly Bellini, Jucia Hernandez, Rebeka Knowlton, Rachel Kidman, Laurie Trujillo, Jill Hawkins, Amanda Green, Laura Bautista

Meeting started at 10:39 A.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance

No minutes to be approved. General meeting to approve budget for school year 2019-2020

Rochelle (Budget):
- Went over the expected budget for next year.
- Heidi approved and Jill seconded the motion. Everyone else approved the budget.

Melissa (Discussed a few items):
- New state law requires all volunteers to watch a 13 minute video. This needs to be done before you are allowed to enter the double doors. This should be sent out soon.
- August 28-29 are SEP Conferences. Bring your kids. PTA usually does one dinner and the school will do the other. PTA to meet to decide on this.
- New testing is done the first week of school, all students have half days to accommodate this.
- Testing will take ~25-30 minutes and will be scheduled by parents.
- Our school is piloting a new math app, Redbird.
- Meet the Teachers on Friday (August 9th). Last names A-M will meet from 1-1:30. Last names N-Z will meet from 2-2:30.

Rochelle (T-shirts):
- T-shirts & sweatshirts will be available for students to purchase at Meet the Teachers
- Adult shirts will be there to try on but will need to be special ordered
- T-shirts are $10, Sweatshirts are $15, PTA members will be $5 but they still need to pay the $5 membership
- Volunteers are needed
- Voted on sponsors to get discounted and free t-shirts
- Heidi motioned, Holly seconded, all approved

Jill & Rochelle (Reading):
- 4th and 5th grade will be doing reading different than the other grades
- 2 field trips and then the color run at the end of the year with the other grades
- K-3 will be the same as last year

Melissa (More business):
- Share table during lunch will now be started. This will allow kids that brought home lunch to have more food if necessary. Holly will help with this.
- Resource Officer (Mike) was introduced at the meeting. He is stationed at Tonaquint but at Bloomington often.

Herschel (PTA Meetings for this school year): It was discussed whether the meeting would be Wednesday at 9:30, Tuesday at 2:15 or Monday at 9:45. Majority ruled that meetings will be on Monday at 9:45 A.M. for the school year. The next meeting will be September 9th at 9:45 A.M.

Herschel wanted to remind everyone that a few forms need to be signed for PTA if you didn’t get a chance to sign it please get with Herschel.

Rochelle will get a treat for those that sign up for PTA at Meet the Teachers.

Meeting adjourned at 11:35 A.M.

Empowering students to reach their greatest potential.

PTA

Reasons to join PTA:

Click on the links below to learn more about each PTA sponsored program:

Book Fair, Parents & Pastries

Box Tops

Canned Food Drive

Home Reading Program

Meet the Masters

Red Ribbon Week

Reflections

Science Fair

Spell-A-Thon Fundraiser

Teacher Appreciation Week

White Ribbon Week

Yearbook

Empowering students to reach their greatest potential.