December General PTO Meeting
December 7, 2021, 5:45 pm
Treasurer’s Report – Matt
- See November Report for details
- Initial Marquee deposit will be reimbursed due to vendor not being HISD approved vendor
- Will be switching sign vendor from Atlas to Steward which will also lower total cost and give opportunity to purchase sign with increase pixelation
- Vote will be needed by General PTO over which sign to purchase
- 16mm – $16K
- 10mm – $21K
- Vote will be needed by General PTO over which sign to purchase
- Concern made by parent that voting should be available to all school families, not just families present at meeting.
- Consideration for PTO is to make announcement about voting in advance of meetings so that those wanting to vote can be present
Upcoming Events – Brandie
- No Spirit Night event in December
- Consider Corporate matching through employers
- Contact Jenny
- if you are parent/family are business owners, please consider hosting a spirit night or sponsorship
- Please forward any teacher wish lists to be featured on social media for Teacher Tuesdays
Taste of Field Update – Erica
- April 8th has been approved for event
- First announcement about event will be sent out via flier and Dojo post
Lunar New Year – Patty
- February 1st – celebrating Year of the Tiger
- $700 donation was made towards celebration!
- Planning committee is collaborating with Mrs. Esquivel
- Donation will go towards purchasing books for classroom libraries in partnership with Blue Willow Book Store
- Asia Society will host virtual event during library time
- Families/Volunteers needed to help decorate foyer and/or bulletin board
- Patty will reach out to Ms. Brooks to see if she can plan activity
Garden Club – Jessica
- Working through classroom rotation
- Harvesting and sampling greens soon
- Will be reaching out for cardboard egg cartons for students to plant and take-home microgreens over the holidays
Penny Wars – Emily
- Planned for January
- Each grade will have a water jug available to bring in coins.
- Grades can sabotage each other by dropping dollar bills in other grades’ jug
- Grade with most money will get a pizza party