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Meeting was called to order at 7:15pm. 7 were in attendence.
The following PTA Board was in attendance:
Peggy Farrington, President
Debbie Martin, VP of Committees
ABSENT: Traci Scarduzio, VP of Membership
Jeanette Krauss, Treasurer
ABSENT: Lisa Ruvo, Corresponding
Secretary
Shelly Black, Recording
Secretary
Principal's Report: Mrs. Epstein was absent.
Teacher Liaison: Mrs. Plambeck was absent. Nothing was reported.
Treasurer's Report: Bank account balance is $12,759.
Family Fun - BUNCO night will be run by Kathy Rattigan Thursday, March 20th 6:30-8:30. A memo went home: http://groups.google.com/group/FishkillPlains/browse_thread/thread/870dcd22ba0a9f06
Programs: Aesops fables jprogram with big puppets will be Mar 27th. Earth Ball program is running into problems; our ceilings are not high enough and the cost is coming out to $5000.
Always growing: Optional at night program for growing 4th/5th graders. There will be a boys' program March 27th and a separate one for the girls' at a later date.
Talent show A note went home with all the info: http://groups.google.com/group/FishkillPlains/browse_thread/thread/1dcc6aacdb96c622/4fb80477aad7d8a7#4fb80477aad7d8a7information Kathy Rattigan and Kris Spafford are co-chairing.
Open house will be held April 10th. Grades 1-4 Science Fair will be during open house in the APR; Cheryl Migatz is chairing.
BookFair will be April 23, 24, 25. Family Night will be be make your own sundae.
Locks for Love/Pantene are groups that collects 10" pony tails to make wigs for children in need of them. Pantene will take 8" pony tails. We are looking for hair dressers to volunteer their time. The date for our "donate your hair" event will be either May 5th 4-8pm. No bleached hair; dyed, permed, gray are ok. The Southern Dutchess News and radio stations will be called for publicity.
Nominating Committee These positions are open: Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary,Vice President of Committees, Treasurer. Peggy is willing to remain as President and Traci is willing to stay on as Vice President of Membership.
Committee Folders: If you run a committee, we would love for you to put together some notes(what worked, what did not) to be put into a folder which can be handed to the Committee Chair that will run the Event the next and following years. Send Shelly (SDBlack@us.ibm.com) any notes and she will link to them from the Event Descriptions that are already on the website for easy access and filing. See the Holiday Shop notes as an example.
Box Tops for Education(Karen Feldweg) and Campbell's Labels for Education(Sherri McNamara): Goldfish, Capri Sun, Splash juice lids are some of the items we are trying to save. We are hoping to have a Spring contest to drum up interest in these programs. A complete list is available on the websites.
E-mail Distribution: People are saying they are not receiving the e-mails. If you think you are signed up, but are not receiving memos, please go to the website and UNsubscribe and then SIGN UP AGAIN. http://groups.google.com/group/FishkillPlains
School store: Debbie Martin will hold School store Tuesday, April 22th during lunch periods. Erasers, pencils, folders, ... and various school supplies will be available for the kids to buy. Send $3 or $4 to buy a couple of things; most expensive item is $2.75.
Jeff McCoy of RMTechnical (http://www.rmtechnical.com/
) discussed internet safety and had some very useful handouts.
There are countless horror stories of children being victimized via the
internet and as parents, you need to educate yourself, talk with your children,
have the computer in a common area, set ground rules and enforce them.
He explained how there are various safeguards such as the SnoopStick
that will allow you to monitor what is going on on your child's
computer (i.e. websites visited, instant messages, web-based e-mail To:
From: Subject: ). Consider you and your child signing an online internet
safety contract, available at many of the Links below. Jeff is willing
to speak to any group; just contact him HelpMe@RMTechnical.com or
223-3070.
Links:
www.fbi.gov
www.netmom.com
www.getnetwise.org
www.netsmartz.org
Family Online Safety
Institute
Safekids.com
911paging.com
ISafe.org
Please encourage neighbors/friends/other parents to come to the meetings.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:55pm.