Fundraising

Additional Information for Bye Bye Blacktop Party
Bring in your spare change by Friday (tomorrow) to vote for the teachers you want to see in the dunk tank!  Change will be collected thru Friday and the teacher with the most donations will spend the most time in the tank!  All proceeds go towards purchasing shade structures for the new playground.  After Party:  after the kids have had their fun at the Bye Bye Blacktop party parents are invited to join teachers and parents at the Side Bar at 6619 Roosevelt Road at 9pm for continued celebrations.

PTO Meeting May 23, 2013

We hope you can join us for the May PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, May 23 at 6:30 in the Library/Media Center on the second floor. As always, free child care is provided. This  meeting will assess the past year in order to prepare well for next school year.

We hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend and would like to discuss anything on the agenda, please contact Laura Crawford at lauracrawford47@gmail.com, Jodie Ackerman at jodiepto@yahoo.com, or any of the other PTO board members (click here for contact info).

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
May 23, 2013
6:30PM
Irving Media Center Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Transition of PTO board positions: Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer (5 minutes)
  3. Principal’s Report (30 minutes)
  4. Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
  5. Schoolyard Project update (5 minutes)
    1. Construction briefing
    2. Blacktop party: Friday, 5/24
  6. Committee Reports: (20 minutes)
    1. Event evaluation: Sleepover
    2. Event evaluation: Ethnic Parade
    3. Event evaluation: Staff Appreciation
    4. Event evaluation: Art Fest/Poetry Slam
    5. Event evaluation: Family Math Night
    6. End of Year party: Friday, 5/31
    7. Other committee reports
  7. Eagle Extras Update: (5 minutes)
  8. Summer Planning (10 minutes)
    1. Fun Run
    2. Suggestions for next year’s PTO budget development
  9. Reflections on past year with suggestions for improvement. (10 minutes)
  10. Approve minutes from 5/2/13
  11. All other business

PTO Meeting Thursday, May 2

We hope you can join us for the May PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 in the Library/Media Center on the second floor. As always, free child care is provided. The May 23 meeting will assess the past year in order to prepare well for next school year.

This month’s meeting will include many votes. We will allocate PTO funds for the Schoolyard Project construction, and vote on items to prepare for next year over the summer. Principal Hodge will give an update on the busy month of May.

We will also vote in 3 new PTO board members. Nominations may be accepted until the time of the vote. New board members begin their 2 year term at the May 23 meeting.

We hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend and would like to discuss anything on the agenda, please contact Laura Crawford at lauracrawford47@gmail.com, Jodie Ackerman at jodiepto@yahoo.com, or any of the other PTO board members (click here for contact info).

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
May 2, 2013
6:30PM
Irving Media Center Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Principal’s Report (30 minutes)
    1. Update on end of year activities and technology planning.
  3. Treasurer’s Report (20 minutes)
    1. Vote to approve/deny the costs presented for the purchase of technology equipment.
      1. Teacher input to be presented.
    2. Vote to approve/deny PTO budget line item for Teacher Classroom Fund for 2013/2014 school year effective 6/1.
    3. Vote to approve/deny the costs presented for Irving to have a float in the Ethnic Parade.
  4. Schoolyard Project Votes (10 minutes)
    1. Vote to approve/deny the allocation of $43,800 from the PTO’s Schoolyard Project account to District 97 for costs related to the construction of the new schoolyard to begin June 2013.
    2. Vote to approve/deny the costs presented for the Bye Bye Blacktop party on 5/24.
  5. Incoming PTO board (5 minutes)
    1. Vote for open PTO board positions
      1. Nominations include: Lori McConnell (Vice President), Lynn Battoglia (Treasurer), Rebecca Tull (Secretary).
    2. Vote to approve/deny changing the incoming Treasurer’s term to begin effective immediately, so overlap occurs with current Treasurer until 5/23 PTO meeting.
  6. Committee Reports: (30 minutes)
    1. Event update: Tasty Dog Challenge
    2. Event evaluation: Academic Fair & Egg Drop
    3. Event evaluation: Spring Book Fair
    4. Event discussion: Taste of Irving
    5. Ethnic Parade: Saturday, 5/4
    6. End of Year party potential date change to 5/31
    7. Other committee reports
  7. Eagle Extras Update: (5 minutes)
  8. Approve minutes from 3/7/13 and 4/4/13
  9. All other business

Note: Next/last PTO meeting is May 23.