Mt. Wolf Elementary pto 590 Maple St

Mt. Wolf Elementary PTO

590 Maple St.

PO Box 1013

Mount Wolf, PA 17347

717-266-6570
Mount Wolf Elementary PTO held its meeting on August 10, 2015 in the library.
Board Members in Attendance were: Shannan Adams, Sarah Wooden, Michelle Delaney, Tara Nolte and Chris Heiland
PTO Members in Attendance were: Mrs. Welker, Linnaya Graff, Melissa Sandds, Ms. Felty, Rebecca Csutoras, Kelly Gipson
Approval of minutes: Sarah made the motion to approve the minutes from May 4, 2015 and the motion to approve was 2^nd by Chris.
President’s Report – Shannan Adams

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  Mount Wolf Building Preview will be held on Wednesday 8/19 from 4-5:30. Volunteers are needed to direct parents to the appropriate rooms
  

Vice President’s Report – Sarah Wooden

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  PTO meetings will be held at 6:15pm this year and not at 6:30pm
  

Treasurer’s Report – Michelle Delaney

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  Checkbook balance is currently $917.72
  
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  Budget from last year and this year is complete
  
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  Last year, we did not bring in the projected amount but we did spend the budgeted amount
  
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  The goal this year is to have $2000 in the checkbook balance at the end of the year
  

Principal’s Report – Randi Payne

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  Terri, an Administrative Intern, will be here for the fall semester
  
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  New staff this year include paraprofessional Lori Kunsselman, Morgan Dougherty as Kindergarten teacher, Lauren Loughman as Kindergarten teacher and Danielle Myers as a 3^rd grade teacher
  
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  Kindergarten T-shirts for the class of 2028 will be provided by the PTO – order forms will be provided at kindergarten orientation so that parents can mark the appropriate size for their child
  
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  FBLA spirit sale will not be offering building specific items for sale this year. We are still going to do a special order just for Mount Wolf spirit wear. The PTO gets a profit from any Mount Wolf sales but not from Northeastern ones
  
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  Kindergarten orientation will be held on Tuesday, August 18 at 4:00 – Kindergarten students will come with their parents and meet their teachers
  
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  Open house for grades 1, 2 and 3 will be held on August 27^th at 6:00pm
  

Teacher’s Report – Mary Jo Welker

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  No report
  

Committee Reports

Hospitality – Veronica Reitzel

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  No report
  

Party Coordinator – Veronica Reitzel

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  There will be no October meeting so we will need to plan for the fall party during the September meeting
  

Yearbook – Chris Heiland

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  Website for the yearbook is set up for this year and we are waiting on the welcome packet
  
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  3^rd grade students will submit designs for the cover of the yearbook – the entire school will vote on the designs – the deadline to have the design in is November 15^th but we can submit later if we give the company advance notice
  
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  This year we will charge $19 for the yearbooks and an additional $2 for a personalized message since the price of the yearbook has gone up
  
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  This year the company is offering a free student personalization of the yearbook for each student
  

Fundraising – Angie Lesher

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  Kidstuff books will be ready to go by the 1^st full week of school
  
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  Wolfgang candy fundraisers go out on September 14^th and are due back by October 5^th. Pickup will be on November 4^th during parent-teacher conferences
  
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  Angie is working on setting up an American Girl Doll Bingo fundraiser – she is having trouble getting sponsers for the dolls – we are looking at having 20 games and every 4-5 games will have a doll as a prize – we have obtained 2 dolls and some outfits already – looking at possibly having families donate a doll or outfit
  
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  Another fundraising idea is to have a Mommy and Me paint night – charge $10-15/person and have it at Mount Wolf and have the artist bring supplies – more information will be forthcoming on this
  

Book Fair – Stacey Wise

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  No report
  

We will hold our next meeting on September 4^th at 6:15 in the library

The meeting was adjourned by Shannan Adams and 2^nd by Chris Heiland. No objections and the motion passed.