THURSDAY AUGUST 17 2017
1. Welcome/Introductions
Jana - President
Claire - 1 VP
Darin - 2 VP
Rebecca - Treasurer
Jenny - Secretary 1
Colleen - Secretary 2
Vicky Martinez - Parliamentarian
2. Treasurers Report
All programs are voted on by board and members
45k in account
12 k total, 7500 needed still Coach, field trip
14,866.28 Library funds - talk about this more later
2799.31 total Garden Funds - garden committee part of PTA, their own fundraiser
242.05 Stem Funds
Field Trips: buses etc
Admin
26,967k general funds
1200 deficit
3. Principal Corral report
STEM program:
Caltech reach out NGS (next generation sciences) until 19/20 school year
FOSS kits are outdated, new standards
72 iPads, 32 Chromebooks grant - mobile app for program
$2100 for training
Local school leadership council
Bench mark advanced
New language arts program
3 days, teachers immersed in the program
Meeting with the teachers - Mr Trujillo is gone and Ms Vasquez
“Remove obstacles is my job, empower teachers”
4. Presidents report
(flying classroom/access books/banner committee)
flyingclassroom.com $7000 train teachers, work with us as a pilot program
Library if we are chosen Hana booked for the first semester
1200 Banner sales, tax write-off
How to reach everyone
PTA schedule
5. VP report -
Flyer with sites send her an email
Meetings once a month
VP report-membership
can’t vote on stuff unless you are member
$12 go to half goes to PTA councils, $4 goes to aldama, insurance
No proxies to vote
6. Upcoming events:
B2SN Back to school night 8/29
Book Fair
Nicolas and Colin
Volunteer Drive
Raise Lots of money, kids love it
Classroom schedule
Spirit Wear
Approved as a school spirit wear
colors = promote college, k USC, 2nd is Princeton, 3rd Dartmouth, 4th Caltech, 5 is northwestern, there’s pink for breast cancer awareness, aldama colors etc
close 15th and 30th, 3 week turnaround
3-5 weeks
Dodger game blue shirt LIMITED EDITION
online and at B2SN
limited amount @ B2SN
Dodger tix
Sept 10th, emailed and we have an extension till Monday
$25 for tickets, $10 for shirts
whole section
donate tickets for other families: have a raffle
Fall fiesta 10/27
down in the lower yard
teachers create a game
parents need to volunteer
Garden Committee
Fundraising:
Movie night
Grades older grades in the fall, younger grades in the spring
Need Volunteers!
Facebook group: Create awareness
Wrote a grant for 1200 haven’t heard back
Who is Brie? She’s the dedicated garden teacher, we pay her salary
Big space with outdoor classes
Nutrition, botany, and cooking (recipes)
Mondays and Fridays, once a week for a class
Questions
1. Start a Valentines dance! How do I do that? Debbee/Sari to do a family dance
2. Field Trips: the same process from last year
3. Grants:
- tech, laptops 45000 in computer lab,
4. Arts
Music?
- ETMLA program onsite teacher only music on staff teacher Vicky Lanier
Drama - Tuesday
5. Physical lists of teacher needs - Kim to create.
Amazon wish lists for the school site - also encourage teachers to make their own sites through the school site
6. Encourage teachers to donor chose or crowd funding site
7. We need Parent Volunteers! Do it online through the school site, Aldama’s 2027 site location, call and ask Karina related to kids or mysis number also find out through LA’s best
can volunteer outside of school hours without the paperwork
PTA members are ok
8. Valet - need more parents!officer training
9. Change parking zone 311 to discourage the Auto Body to stop parking, or Gil Cedillo, or special ed classes for the busses
Meeting adjourned