PTA Meeting Minutes
2nd PTA General Meeting: October 6, 2020
Call to Order: The PTA Executive Board met on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 VIRTUALLY via Zoom video conferencing. President Jessica Sniffin called the meeting to Order at 7:04 pm.
Present: Jessica Sniffin, John Nangle, Roxana Finkelberg, Catherine Beaudette, Shahrzad Spieler, Katie Campana-Scherer, Principal Heifetz, Vice Principal Mackall, Prospective and current PTA Members
– Quorum of 10+ members present; 18 sign-ins via Zoom.
Minutes:
- Call to order from PTA President (Jessica Sniffin)
- Introduction of officers
- Positions still needed
- Fundraising
- Room parent coordinator
- Announcements from Glen Haven staff (Principals Heifetz and Mackall)
- No Interim reports will be sent for Marking Period #1
- GHES received a Safeway Nourishing Neighbors grant to provide food assistance for families in our community (Contact Mrs. Willis for grocery gift cards)
- Mental Health Mondays: free Parent Academy online training
- Parent VUE accounts: families need to update information to access information about grades
- Contact Ms. Cuya or Ms. Burger to get activation letter
- President’s announcements (Jessica Sniffin)
- What does the PTA do?
- How you can get involved
- Initiatives:
- Room parents
- GHES directory (spearheaded by room parents)
- Treasurer’s report (Catherine Beaudette)
- Box Tops for Education
- Unexpired clipped points can be sent to Catherine Beaudette
- Current and future points can be submitted with app (Google Play & Apple store)
- Box Tops for Education
- Order of business: Vote on By-Laws 2020-2023
- Motion proposed: John Nangle and Katie Campana-Scherer
- Second: Catherine Beaudette
- Vote: All in Favor; No Nays
- President’s announcements (Jessica Sniffin)
- Suggestions can be sent to Jess Sniffin or uploaded to Suggestion Box via Google Forms
- Contacting PTA President: president@ghespta.org
- Suggestions can be sent to Jess Sniffin or uploaded to Suggestion Box via Google Forms
- Staff announcements (Principal Heifetz)
- Recent Twitter update regarding Board of Edication proposals to Academic calendar changes
- November 4 is now a Professional Day (no school November 3-4)
- Early release days for conferences have shifted to November 23-24
- Full/typical days November 11-12
- Materials for Marking Period 2 will need to be distributed (tentative plan for first week of November)
- Recent Twitter update regarding Board of Edication proposals to Academic calendar changes
- Interactive
- Parent questions & concerns
- What are room parent tasks?
- President response: developing a class contact list; touching base with teachers about needs; liaison with teachers
- What are challenges that staff are seeing?
- What are room parent tasks?
- Parent questions & concerns
- President’s announcement (Jessica Sniffin)
- Spiritwear has been ordered and will be available for purchase on MemberHub site
- Adjournment
- Meeting adjourned at 7:53 pm
Minutes prepared by Kathryn Campana-Scherer, Secretary