January Meeting Notes

Meeting Date: January 7, 2025 @ 7:45am
Attendees: Jill Cox, Nicole Sachse, Principal Hien Larson, Kate Lord, Sarah Maile, Kate Lord,
Brandy Christensen.

Welcome & Intro: Kate Lord and Jill Cox voted to approve the minutes from December, 2024.
Treasurer’s Report & Budget Review: 6 th grade field trips and $700 in student gifts were the
majority of the spend. Fleeces for staff were paid for $1700 for PTO’s 50% portion. Hien
showed us one of the fleeces—they turned out great.
Principal’s Update: Hien described the start of Homework Club on Thursdays. There will be
an English and Social Studies teacher and a math teacher at homework club. Hien is also
trying to get Tuesdays. Parents need to sign up by Wednesday of the week they want to go (the
day before the homework club they want to attend). Jill will put a post out tonight. Parking and
pickup—no parking in staff lounge area (east side of the school). Volleyball (technically co-ed,
but just girls now) and Nordic Skiing are happening. 23 rd and 24 th are minimum days, as is
February 5 th . Dance is February 7 th .
Sixth-Grade Outreach: Nicole presented a draft. Megan is a graphic designer and will help
make the flyer pretty. Jill Cox and Sarah also volunteered to help. Brandy will check in with
Nicole in a week or so to keep it moving.
Touchdown Tamales: Rosa has agreed to make the tamales again. We will run it again like
we did last year.
Open House/Silent Auction/Kermes Dinner: Can we open the auction earlier? Shift to before
open house and end it on the Friday or Saturday after open house so it doesn’t conflict with staff
appreciation. We would need to have all the donations before Spring Break if we move the date
forward. Jill brought up the fact that May is a very busy month.
8th Grade Promotion: We discussed the need for the first meeting for the 8 th grade promotion
party and that we could try to hold it at the February PTO Meeting.

Meeting adjourned.