St. Stanislaus Kostka School Home and School Association

Tuesday September 15, 2009

Minutes from the acting secretary

Tom Bernard

I.                   Tom welcomed everyone to the meeting.

II.                Sister Jacqueline began the meeting with a for a successful school year

III.             Introductions: The Home and School officers introduced themselves. The parents in attendance then went around the room and introduced themselves. Tom noted that the position of secretary is still open and asked for a volunteer to serve in this capacity during this school year.

IV.              Class parents list: The class parents for this year are: pre-K, Shannon Barrett; Kindergarten, Lori Webster; 1^st, Jennifer Dean 2^nd, M. Fortier; 3^rd, Joy Marino; 4^th,Carleen Kittler; 5^th, Paula Wheeler; 6^th OPEN (Suzanne Koperek); 7^th Paula Wheeler; 8^th Bonnie Pero. Thanks to all these volunteers for this service.

V.                 School directory: Tom proposed creating a school directory of student names and contact information by class, to make it easier for members of the school community to connect with one another. There was interest in this Tom will create a data collection sheet and a memo to go home about the directory.

V.                 Make a difference day:  Terri Boccia will coordinate again this year, and will continue with last year’s “Read to Feed” theme.

VI.              Children of Mary: Thanks to Julie Wojcik, who volunteered to coordinate the group this year.

VII.           School Photos: Friday, September 25. Thanks to Carleen Kittler and Ellen Marszalek for volunteering to assist.

VIII.        Fall Activities: October 25^th Halloween party for grades pre-K to 2 will be coordinated by Shannon Barrett; party for grades 3-4 will be coordinated by Lorry Delmolino. October 30 dance for grades 5-8 will be coordinated by Suzanne Koperek.

IX.              Fundraising

                                                              i.      The fundraising target for this year is $40,000-$45,000.

                                                            ii.      Golf tournament raised over $800

                                                          iii.      Summer street fairs raised $457

                                                          iv.      Restaurant fundraisers: Old Country Buffet on September 22

1.      We are looking for a volunteer to coordinate the restaurant fundraiser this year.

                                                            v.      Cash calendar deadline is Friday, September 25

                                                          vi.      The school’s Big Y Education Express code is 5933; Stop & Shop, Price Chopper and Target also have affinity programs.

                                                        vii.      Box Tops for Education: Bonnie Pero continues to coordinate the program this year. Parents are encouraged to ask other family members, coworkers, etc., to share box tops. As a reminder, please include the expiration date when cutting out the coupon.

                                                      viii.      Lorry Delmolino brought in a Butter Braids sample. This was proposed for the spring fundraiser, to begin after February vacation to get the orders back in time for Easter.

                                                          ix.      Chris Wheeler proposed a sports ticket raffle fundraiser for the spring as well.

                                                            x.      Suzanne Koperek offered to coordinate another round of school fleece jacket sales.

                                                          xi.      As a reminder, the fundraising committee will meet after the next Home and School Committee meeting – all are invited to participate.

X.                 Bazaar: This year’s bazaar will be on Saturday, November 21. Lorry Delmolino and Brenda Yerrick are this year’s co-chairs. They still need a chairperson for the snack bar.

                                                              i.      Polish food preparation days will be October 31 and November 7.

XI.              Good to the Order

                                                              i.      The Fall Foliage Parade is looking for banner carriers. Contact the parade committee to volunteer

                                                            ii.      The group discussed playground safety, and reviving the playground committee. Anyone interested in this committee please contact Dawn Canales.

                                                          iii.      Sister Jacqueline agreed to send home a reminder about parking.

                                                          iv.      This year the Girl Scout troop will be open to girls in grades 2 and up (Brownie, Jr., Cadet).

XII.           Thank You to our many volunteers who help to make our school successful!

Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 13; 6:30 p.m.