Parents vs. Teachers 3rd Annual Softball Game – May 23

Friday, May 23rd is the Parents vs. Teachers 3rd Annual Softball Game. The game will start at 6:00 p.m. on the Irving Turf Field.

There will be food trucks in the parking lot for the night! Please bring your families, lawn chairs, blankets, etc.  If you are playing in the game, warm-ups begin at 5:00 p.m. (The food trucks will be serving food then as well). The playground will be open for the children to play on all throughout the event.

To join the parent team, contact Jassen Strokosch (jassens@gmail.com). To join the staff team, contact Nick Sakellaris (nsakellaris)

There is an Adult Night Out after the game (8:30 / 9:00 p.m. ) at Sidebar next to Fitzgerald’s on Roosevelt Road. Please come out and join us!

FLYER

ROBINSON’S RIBS MENU

TACOS BERNARDO will have steak, chicken and veggie tacos. $2/taco. Plus, Mexican colas.

Benefit for Lincoln School Student
The Lincoln Girl Scouts, Lincoln Girls on the Run–and Lincoln community in general– have put together an event to raise funds for Isabelle Jones, a fourth grader at Lincoln who was diagnosed with an inoperable, cancerous brain tumor in December and who has been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy at Lurie Childrens’ Hospital since then.
Isabelle’s Carnival will take place on Saturday, June 7, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Oak Park (820 Ontario Street, just north of Scoville Park). We will have games, entertainment, a raffle and silent auction. Here are just some of the silent auction/raffle prizes we have collected:
A skating lesson at the new Ridgeland Rink with Oak Park Olympic Speed Skater Emery Lehman
A private tour of the Hemingway birthplace and museum for up to 10 guests
A customized architectural walking tour of the Chicago Loop for up to 10 people (kids 10 and up), led by a local architectural expert
A post Labor Day weekend at a lovely three bed/2 bath cottage in Union Pier, MI
Cubs and Sox tickets for several different games this summer
Two Blackhawks tickets for the 2014/2015 season
A framed textile by local artist Jeanette Durand
A brewery tour and tasting at local microbrewery Ale Syndicate
$100 gift certificate to Maya del Sol
Two tickets to “Million Dollar Quartet”
$50 Gift certificate to Jen McNulty Fine Arts
A piece of Rookwood pottery from Heritage Tile in Oak Park
A necklace, bracelet and earrings of freshwater pearls designed by Kate Linn
Check out the Isabelle’s Carnival Facebook page for prize updates.
We hope to have a great turnout at this event, and also raise funds for Isabelle’s care. In addition to being a fundraiser, this event is something fun for her to look forward to after many difficult months of cancer treatment.
Tickets are $5 presale and $7 at the door (kids under 5 free, with a max of $20 or $21 per family to enter). Raffle tickets will be $5 or 5 for $20.  To buy presale entry tickets, contact Lynn Thomas, at lynnannthomas64@gmail.com for locations.
If you are interested in making a donation to the fundraiser, a bank account has been set up at Community Bank of Oak Park and River Forest, 1001 W. Lake Street, under the name “Isabelle Jones Assistance Fund”
We are also collecting raffle prizes and small prizes (bubbles, chalk, crayons, small items) for the carnival games. If you are interested in donating, please contact Lynn Thomas at lynnannthomas64@gmail.com
Thank you!!

FLYER

 

PTO Election and New Nominations
Presenting... our new PTO Co-President, Jeff Wallichs! You don't have to be crazy to take the job, but it helps.

Presenting… our new PTO Co-President, Jeff Wallichs! You don’t have to be crazy to take the job, but it helps.

Congratulations to our new PTO board members! They were voted in at the May 1 PTO meeting and will be off and running after May 29. We do still have some openings, so read on…

There was not a second nomination for Co-President so that position remains open. We have recently received a nomination for Lori McConnell. Since she is currently a Vice President that position has become available.

At the May 1 meeting we discussed adding a second Treasurer position. This was positively received by all in attendance. At the May 29 PTO meeting we will vote to approve that position and also to fill it. Read more details about the two Treasurer roles here.

We will have another election at the PTO meeting on May 29.

Nominations for Co-President, Vice President (General) and Assistant Treasurer are now open and will be accepted until the time of the vote on May 29, 6:30pm. More info on what these positions do can be found here. Those interested should contact Mr. Hodge (jhodge@op97.org), Laura Crawford (lauracrawford47@gmail.com) or Talley Hann (talleyhann@gmail.com).

Incoming:
Co-President: Jeff Wallichs
Vice President (Communications): Carmen Rivera
Vice President (Volunteers): Hilary Klein
Co-Secretary: Eduardo De Santiago

Open (accepting nominations):
Co-President: Lori McConnell has been nominated
Vice President (General): Open
Assistant Treasurer: Open

Continuing:
Co-Secretary: Rebecca Tull
Lead Treasurer: Lynn Battoglia

Co-Treasurers Responsibilities

Proposed at the May 1, 2014 general PTO meeting, with a final vote to approve at the May 29 PTO meeting. Nominations are being accepted for the Assistant Treasurer role. See this post for more details.

We are proposing the addition of a second treasurer position to ease the transition between terms and to distribute the workload of responsibilities between two board members.  A first term treasurer would be responsible for all accounts receivable and then at the start of the second term would transition to the Lead Treasurer role.

Lead Treasurer – Accounts Payable:

  • Keeps an accurate record of all expenses and revenues including receipts and signed reimbursement forms
  • Balances all bank accounts using Excel or other software
  • Disburses funds approved from the annual budget, from general meetings or from approval by the PTO board
  • Disburses cash box and funds to fundraising chair and provides reconciliation documentation needed by the Accounts Receivable Treasurer
  • Presents a statement of accounts at every meeting of the PTO Board
  • Prepares the PTO budget for approval at the Fall meeting
  • Provides information for the external audit
  • Prepares annual tax return information to be submitted to the board approved accountant
  • Prepares the annual 1099 for each teacher or individual contractor paid over $600.00
  • Supports the Assistant Treasurer as needed

Assistant Treasurer – Accounts Receivable:

  • Responsible for collecting and reconciling all payments made to Eagle Extras, World Language Program, and all other fundraising/payment activities
  • Responsible for collecting, processing, and reconciling receipts of cash/checks/ etc for deposit to the bank
  • Responsible for communicating to fundraising chair about procedures for collecting funds and submitting reconciliation documentation
  • Submit all deposits receipts with detail to the Lead Treasurer weekly
  • Prepares monthly deposit record for the Lead Treasurer in anticipation of  the monthly report
  • Supports the Lead Treasurer as needed with the exception of check writing and disbursing funds