North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

PTO Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7:00 a.m.

Approval of minutes by Jessica and 2^nd by John Paul (changed amount given to teachers from $100 to $200 – 5^th grade promotion / Kindergarten

Members Present: Jessica, Dr. Millins, Chrissy, Paul

Treasurer’s Report:

John Paul gave a report on monies that were spend and monies that were brought in. Treasurer report attached.

Old Business:

• Open House
  1. oDr. Millins provided an overview of the event and why it was on a Thursday versus the Saturday is has been in the past
  2. PTO questioned the amount of food purchased for the event because there was a lot of leftover hot dogs and chips (PTO was requested to increase the allocatedbudget based on a new projected number accounting for the additional families that have joined our school)
  3. Suggestion was made to provide school maps on the back of student’s schedules
• Boo Hoo Breakfast
  • Suggestion was made to have a pre-recorded presentation from administration that would play on a loop regarding our school, who we are, etc.
  • Overall feedback was positive on the event
• Laundry
  • Completed over the summer by PTO
  • Cleaned over 1,000 pounds of laundry
  • Cleaning was done at a laundromat instead of asking staff to take home

New Business:

• Fall Fundraiser
  • Volunteers needed when orders come in to distribute
  • Kickoff is Friday, August 23^rd and runs through September 11^th
  • 3different assemblies will be conducted during school for the kickoff
  • Projected goal: $9,000 - $10,000
  • Funds will be used for Sun Shades over playgrounds
  • Teacher incentives will be provided
• Uniform Room
  • Volunteers needed to fold, sort, and run room
  • Possibly 1 hour time slots minimum
• Box Tops
  • Transitioning from cutting box tops on products to digitally scanning receipts instead
  • Box Top App – scan right from food product and it goes directly to school account
  • Flyer will be created and sent to parents regarding the App and how it is set up and used
  • PTO will create incentives to promote participation
• Holiday House
  • Need chairperson to run the event
  • The shop will be open from December 2^nd – December 6^th
  • Looking at creating a sign up schedule to limit the time it is open in order to get volunteers
  • Not a money maker more of an act of “good will” and teaching moment for kids (budgeting, planning, money, counting back change, etc)
• Book Fair
  • Need chairperson to run the event
  • Will look at calendar to see if we can pair it with a night even to get more traffic
  • Need volunteers

Good of the Order:

• Volunteer sign up – will see what restrictions the district may have, would like to use Sign Up Genius

Meeting adjourned: 8:00 a.m.

Next Scheduled Meeting: Tuesday, September 17^th, 2019