Meeting Minutes - January 23rd, 2020

PTO Meeting
Date:  January 23rd, 2020

Time/Location: 7:40am – 9:00am, ACMS Staff Lounge
Next Meeting:  February 13th, 2020
Meeting Chairs: Stefanie Deuber, Yvonne Moore


Welcome / Sign in / Intro: Call to Order: 7:45 am. Attendees: Susie Overall, Jenny Suh, Katie Flynn, Raughley Koehler, Celli Baker, Stefanie Deuber, Yvonne Moore

Principal’s Update: Mrs. Larson 
- Minimum days today and tomorrow. 
-Teachers will be meeting with North Tahoe High. Topics include calibrating grading and reporting system, creating equity in learning, special ed and nurtured heart learning. 
-Resources on vape education was included in Cougar News. Athletes Committed are going to come to speak to all students. 
-Lost and found is overflowing and will be donated. Please encourage parents to come in and look through. We can ask Joslyn Brown to set up all items so people can see everything. Set everything out for Open House. 
-Grizzly Ranch will be in May, class will be split in two sessions. 
-Harvest of the Month has been reimplemented, cafeteria is helping prep. 
-Dance Friday, February 7th. 
-Wellness Fair, March 11th. 
-Middle School will go to Sierra College for a day, March 27th. Students can start taking classes at Sierra College which will count towards college. On March 10th, High School counselors will be working with kids on classes. High School Parent Night will be after that. 
-ELAC Meeting March 19th, 6 pm at Truckee High.
President’s Update: Stefanie
Fundraising Meeting February 26th, focus will be on Open House.
Treasurer’s Report: Raughley
Currently we have $7,463 in bank. We were able to sell donated Northstar lift tickets. Things are looking good. Received $118 from Box Tops. Link for smile.amazon.com needs to be encouraged, we receive .05% of purchases. Susie submitted and we were accepted as a Confirmed Charity by PayPal which reduces our fees to 2.2% + $.30 per transaction (encourage people to donate via check or cash). Constant Contact is $45, Susie will see if we can get a reduced price for this. 
Silent Auction Committee
Open House is April 30th. Committee meeting is February 26th, 5:00 pm at Lift Workspace.
Movie Night/Disneyland Raffle
Movie Night is set for March 13th. Movie idea - Back to the Future. Kids can wear onesies or 80’s costume. We can have a prize for best costume (i.e. $25 to Summit Swirl). Buy snacks from Costco. Pizzas from Save Mart. Encourage students to bring water bottles. Sell LaCroix waters. Will send out Sign Up Genius to ask for volunteers. Advertise w/ eblast, newsletter, Cougar News. Sell Disneyland tickets in advance and at the event. We will also have games. 

Spanish Enrichment
Class begins January 27th. Need to follow up on payments.

Tamale Touchdown Fundraiser
Donations will be accepted until 3:30 pm on January 30th. Winners will be drawn and notified January 30th at 5 pm. They may pick up tamales at school on January 31st starting at noon. So far we have around $400 in donations. We will ask ASB to include in daily bulletin.

Panda Express Fundraiser
Will be held March 4th (minimum day) during their business hours. Eblast will be sent out, advertise in Cougar News. Have ASB include in daily bulletin.
Fundraiser Ideas
Valentine’s Day - “Love Your School”, sign up for Amazon Smile, donate to PTO eblast, Peachjar. Summit Swirl fundraiser February 7th after the dance. 

Spirit Wear
Raughley looking in to ideas for ACMS hoodies, t-shirts, hats through W & T. They are waiving fees. Set up online ordering. Ask Hien and Jennifer S. if they have looked into options as well.

Adjourn: 9:15am
Next Meeting: Thursday, February 13th at 7:45 am in the Staff Lounge at ACMS