Washington-Caldwell PTO Meeting Minutes
6 p.m. April 12, 2021
Present: VV, Joane, Kelli, Lisa H, Taffy M., Toby T.
Called to order 6:01
PTO bank balances: $743.96 checking / $5,816.16 savings
spring fundraiser – cookbooks
Minuteman said we can do a half-page color with spiral
They can help with interior design if needed
Try to sell at end of May and into Fall – Get them the art at the end of two weeks by 4/23.
Show cover in a pre-order form to get an estimate of how many to order.
Need a form to fill out and send money. Get some online donations via Venmo/PayPal. Taffy will set up a cash app for PTO with debit card.
Marking them at $15
mailbox stuff
box tops-NA
Cotton exchange receipt – to Taffy
Bank statements – to Taffy
Giving tree receipts – to Taffy
Toby snack receipts – all set
$109.80 – to Frances Stephens for personal hygiene items
book fair – setup May 11, spread out, not much table stuff so it is more covid-friendly, do dress up days for the fun of it
the 12th-13th: sell books
14th: sell books in morning, pack up by afternoon
Do digital wallet so parents can give kids $ and use virtually
Some volunteers will be needed for setup W/Th
Hand sanitize when they walk in, keep mask on, things are spread out
do ½ and ½, from PTO and book fair account, we could give each child X # of $ to spend. How much for each kid? Each kid can have a credit from us on their account – one book under $8. ~ we can advertise this on our web page (sales from cookbooks can help to buy books!)
carnival – 10 stations with 2 min to swap in between
$1,500 quoted (plus materials and snacks)
bingo, snack station (fruit snacks, popcorn, snowcone), dunktank, craft, free play (4square/chalk/bball), tricycle obstacle course (too dangerous?), tug of war, sack races, inflatable dart soccer board, inflatable connect four (teams) – we can use the giant connect-four as well; picture booth with inflatable props (school ipad—share with the webpages), take-home bag with trinkets and candy; Racine Zoo might be able to bring reptiles
movie license – let’s not reapply for it this year. We are not going to use it. Can reconsider it next year.
teacher meals – first week in May, teacher appreciation week; years of service – breakfast from parents with fruits and yogurt (7:45 am) - we can do bagels/donuts, etc.
donuts for honor roll – 4th quarter, include 8th grade so do it the day of graduation, June 3, in the morning
teacher celebration gifts – lanyards – breakaway kind with stretchy part – total staff 30-40? Kelli will count. Microwave for teacher’s lounge?
8th grade graduation – they will have a smaller crowd – half a sheet cake (8 students/parents), decorations, punch
Open floor – online field trips w/ UWW – having issues on their side, no charge/TBD- we could do a donation as well (KV did not authorize $5/kid)
Adjourned 6:49 pm
