Walworth Parents Club

Congratulations to the new Parent's Club officers elected at the May 2013 meeting

President: Jody Chambers
Vice Presidents: Kim Jordan and Barry Gilmore
Secretary: Toni Pieper
Treasurer: Kelly Taylor

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Tuesday, May 14th is our annual art fair and Ice cream social. Parents Club needs people to do set up, scoop ice cream, hall monitor and clean up. Please contact either Mel Litton-Castellon, Toni Pieper or Caroyln Holt for details. This is always a great event. Let keep it going!

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Walworth Parents Club Agenda -- Tuesday 11 September 2012:

Call to order

Introductions

Approval of Minutes

Treasurer's Report - Carolyn Holt
   
Income Sources Reports:
    * Market Day - Cindy Nordmeyer
    * Sentry Receipts - Student Council
    * Box Tops - Sandi Haeni
    * Labels For Education - Amanda Marshall
    * Target - Carolyn Holt
    * Pop Tops - Jill Dallassassee

Communication from the public:
    * Blog - WalworthParentsClub.Blogspot.com
    * Email - WalworthParentsClub@Gmail.com
    * Facebook - Walworth Parents Club (contact Mel on FB as this is a closed group)
    * School website - http://www.walworth.k12.wi.us/
    * Other

Unfinished Business:
    * Business review from May 2012 meeting
   
New Business:

    * 2nd grade fund request - Jodi Cullen
    * Other funds requests
    * Informal request for funds from Janitorial Dept
    * Discuss Fall fundraising opportunities
    * Schedule next meeting Tuesday 9 October 2012

Adjourn

Parents' Club Minutes -- Monday 14 May 2012

Respectfully submitted by Melanie Litton-Castellon

Members Present: Melanie Litton-Castellon (President), Sandi Haeni (Vice President),
Carolyn Holt (Treasurer), Tammy Griffin (Secretary).  Parents Present:  Nicole Kinane, Julie Ford,
Tami Nottolini, Toni Pieper. Staff Present: Pamela Larson, Pamela Knorr, Jill Trosclair, Linda
Wenzel, Cathy Boldger.

Review of Minutes: One typo pointed out by Mrs Pieper. Minutes were approved. Motion by
Mrs Ford, Second by Ms Larson

Treasurer's Report: Copies available upon request

Income Sources: These were covered in the Treasurer's Report

Unfinished Business:
    1    Ice Cream Social Report provided by Art Dept and Mrs Ford
        *Loose ends were tied, and there was general discussion about games, food,
         music, book/media exchange
        * Mrs Griffin offered to pick up the ice cream
        *Arranged with administration to have the freezer unlocked
    2    Staff Appreciation Report from Mrs Nottolini
        *Final cost to date is $516.72
        *$50 and $100, respectively, approved for food from local restaurants, Motion
         by Mrs Griffin, Second by Mrs Ford
    3    Discussion: Greco Fundraiser
        * Mrs Trosclair offered to arrange to have desserts provided by school staff.
    4    Discussion: 8th Grade Graduation
        *$1,000 budget passed. Motion by Mrs Nottolini, Second by Mrs Griffin
        *Ms Litton-Castellon agreed to purchase more silk flowers from Michael's
        *Kelly Oliver (not present) to bring food tray
        *Danelle Craig (not present) is unable to provide cakes this year; Ginger
         Arnold (not present) instead ordered goods from local Mexican bakery
        *Ms Litton-Castellon and Mrs Holt agreed to pick up cakes from Mexican
         bakery on the day of graduation
    5    Other unfinished business included a motion to approve $300 for stickers for
        Mrs Wenzel's Reading Counts books (Motion by Mrs Ford, Second by Mrs
        Knorr). $370 for stickers approved by Mrs Knorr

New Business:
    1    7th grade fund request was approved, motion to give a flat $500 from Mrs Ford,
        Second by Mrs Trosclair
    2    8th grade fund request was approved, motion to give $275 from Mrs Ford,
        Second by Mrs Wenzel
    3    Vote to move our meetings to 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Motion from
        Mrs Boldger, Second by Mrs Knorr
    4    Extracurricular program raised by Mrs Nottolini and Troy Hummel (not present)
        was deemed not Walworth Parents' Club business, and should be raised with
        school administration instead

Next Meeting Scheduled For: 11 September 2012

Adjourned 7:58pm

Melanie Litton-Castellon (President) called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Other Board Members Present: Sandi Haeni (Vice President), Carolyn Holt (Treasurer), and Tammy Griffin (Secretary). School Staff Present: Pam Larson, Pam Knorr, Rachel Roemer. Parents Present: Nicole Kinane, Toni Pieper, Tami Nottolini, Vanessa Tipps.

Review of minutes: Motioned by Tami Nottolini, second Rachel Roemer.

Treasurer’s Report: Carolyn Holt. Waiting for funds from the walk before completing annual budget: 2011-2012 Budget tabled until next month. Mrs Holt will be contacting an attorney to discuss how much money we can legally carry without penalty. Discussed the possibility that our balance should be zero-ed out at the end of the year. $4574.00 paid out for playground equipment.

Ongoing income sources:

Box Tops for Education: (Sandy Haeni) Keep collecting for this year’s contest. See http://www.boxtops4education.com/Image.aspz?id=3878 for a full list of products. Contest is under way. Class with the most box tops win a prize. Contest ends October 26th. Prize = Extra Recess. Pamela Larson will make announcements.

Labels for Education: (Amanda Marshall) Please cut “points” from soup and other labels and send them to school. http://labelsforeducation.com/earn/participating-products.aspx for a full list of products.

Target Purchases: (Carolyn Holt) Use your Target credit card and assign Walworth School as beneficiary so we get a percentage of your purchase amount. Save 5% on your total. No changes to online. One check cut to us per year: $324.09 collected this year.

Sentry Receipts: (Anice Machado and Stephanie Drake) Student Council will continue to collect the proceeds. Remember to get a green sticker on Sentry receipts and turn them into the school office within 3 mos of purchase date.

Market Day: (Cindy Nordmeyer) Total $150.84 income for September.

Pop Tops: (Jill Dallasassee) Continue to collect and send them in to Jill.

Communication

* The Parents Club Blog is available at WalworthParentsClub.Blogspot.com
* E-mail any ideas or questions to walworthparentsclub@gmail.com.
* Join our Facebook page by entering Walworth Parents Club.
* Other meetings: School Board meeting meets monthly. SEARCH Task Force meets every 2nd Thursday at 7:15 – 8am in the staff workroom. Community is invited to attend both.
* School website still has last year's Parents Club info, Pamela Knorr offered to get this updated.

Old Business

1. Playground equipment (Melanie Litton-Castellon) Equipment was delivered and invoiced. $4574 was paid in full. Installation was discussed. Further requests for volunteers to help with installation. (Offered by Tammy Griffin's brother, an engineer; Matt Haeni is available to help; Pamela Knorr to talk with janitor; Melanie L-C to ask for further help.) Tentatively planned to install on Sunday, October 16th at 10:30. Discussed cost for installation supplies.

2. PBIS School-wide Behavioral Incentive Program (Melinda Peterson) $287.50 used. Mrs Peterson purchased an additional $39.87. She requested a total of $200.00 for funds needed. (Broken down as $39.87 to reimburse Mrs Peterson for purchases and an extra $160 for additional future needs.) Motion to approve Vanessa Tipps, Second Tami Nottolini.

3. WW4W (Melanie Litton-Castellon) Discussed prizes to be distributed to top grossing classrooms and top 3 students in each class (Pamela Knorr offered to ask Bob Klockars at WSB and Tammy Griffin to ask Mercy Health to donate door prizes.) Discussed door prizes given by PC (spirit bands by MMPR in Janesville.) Apples donated from Royal Oaks Orchard for refreshments. Snow cones donated by Heyer's. Discussed printing needs. Advertising provided by art students. Music donated by the Alfano family. Discussed volunteer needs (snack table, registration, crowd control, etc). Other suggestions included ways to pledge

4. UW Whitewater Theatre - a play about the weather (Jodi Cullen) 1st grade Spring field trip to be tabled until the Spring. It cost $220 last year; this years' costs will depend upon how many children are going.

Next meeting scheduled for November 14th.

Adjourned at 8pm. Motioned by Pamela Knorr, Second Vanessa Tipps.