MEETING MINUTES - MAY 12TH, 2021

Alder Creek Middle School PTO
Meeting Minutes
May 12th, 2021

Attendees: Susie Overall, Hien Larson, Celli Baker, Jenny Berger, Nate Melen, Raughley Koehler, Jennifer Standteiner. Call to order at 8:30. Adopt minutes from last meeting.

Principal’s Update, Hien Larson: 

• Review of 8th Grade Promotion planning. Will be June 15th, 6-8 pm. Details under wraps for now, the next planning meeting will be 5/25/2021 at 5:30 pm. Dress requirements will be what you would wear out to a nice dinner.
• Thank you to everyone for an amazing Staff Appreciation Week, everyone was so impressed!
• CAASP testing starts next week - Make sure your student’s Chromebook is charged, eat a good breakfast and be ready to focus. No homework will be given, but students will be doing classwork. Snacks will be provided.
• Thank you to Word After Word and the Northstar Book Club who donated books for our students.
• Please take the technology survey which is coming out soon.
• Please keep kids who feel sick home. As of now, there have been NO cases of COVID contacts from our classrooms.
• Thank you all for the Grant ideas. They are writing grant request now and presenting to the board on June 1st. 
• There will be an end of year luncheon for ACMS staff, they will request a contribution from the PTO.

Treasurer’s Report, Raughley Kohler: 

• We have $7,355 in our account, which includes the deduction for checks not yet cashed for Staff Appreciation Week. 
• We spent $1,455 for Staff Appreciation Week and received $477 in donations from parents (send Thank You’s!)
• Bouquets - we made $311 ($550 less $250 in expenses. Thank you to Kate and Celli!
• Will review the budget to see what we can contribute to 8th Grade Promotion. Last year we spent $1,000 for 8th Graders but spent much more in previous years - however, we did do a major fundraising event in previous years.

Staff Treats: 

• Jenny B. is doing May, Celli will work on June.

Outstanding Questions and Ideas:

• Now that COVID vaccine is available for kids 12-15, will there be a vaccination clinic at ACMS or THS?
• Are school supply lists available for next year? Should we supply kits at Cougar Days this August?

Next Year: 

• Existing board who will still be here - Susie Overall, Kate Byus, Nate Melen, Jenny Berger, Jenny Suh. Returning? Yvonne Moore
• Cougar Days? Field Trips? Fundraisers? 
• Ask for a set amount from parents at the beginning of the year in lieu of big fundraisers?
• Disneyland tickets? We still have them from previous years… raffle? Figure out forgiveness with expiration date. 
• How can we support kids who have been greatly affected with COVID within their family, community and school?

Adjourned: 9:45 am. Next meeting will be June 9th at 8:30 am via Zoom.