OHMS PTA
Meeting
Thurs., Jan.
9, 2014
1. Welcome
2. Thought: In the middle of difficulty lies
opportunity. –Albert Einstein
3. Minutes will be approved next
meeting.
4. Budget: Reflections spent $470.01 and PTA Board gifts
were $34.34. No income in December. The ending balance is $16,705.93.
5. PTSA Report
a. Valentine’s suckers have been
ordered. We’ll need change (lots of
quarters to begin with)
b. We’re going to help RHS PTA with Operation
Valentines for the Soldiers.
c. Day at the Capitol in February. Lauren will order a bus. There will be 15 students. Susie and Lauren will coordinate a date.
6. President’s Report
a. Susie will let us know the next
meeting about any legislative issues.
b. EOQ dates Jan 21-23
c. Region Reflections Awards Banquet – 4
students moved on to the next level – Erin Jessen, Kylie Hernandez, Natasha
Lanni, Cynthia Lang. The next assembly
is January 27th at Bingham.
This is the Council assembly.
d. Parent Teacher conference March 5
& 6. Shanna is going to do the
dinners. We will be doing book
fair. Cherish will get the volunteers
using Volunteer Spot. We got all our
profits as Scholastic Dollars and donate to the library fund. Sandy Doehler decides how to spend that
money. The counseling center is doing
some Financial Aid classes. They’d like
us to help get out the word. We can send
it out on Happenings and Skyward. This
PTC will be a student-led conference.
e. March 11th is career day
for 8th and 9th graders.
7th is doing a job shadow day so they will be out of the
building. Letters are going out so
parents can sign up if they are interested in being a presenter. The work-base learning coordinators at RHS
are also helping.
f.
We
have a $1500 budget for the school gift.
g. Bring Your Parents to School Day – Feb.
21st or 28th.
h. Harmon’s Day – we need to decorate
the checkstand next week. The theme is
“Olympics – Reach for the Top.” It is
3-8 pm. We need 3 each shift. It is Feb. 6th. We need to advertise for this!!!! Bagging competition is at 5:30 pm.
i.
Board
positions for next year – Amy will do treasurer again. Stephanie will do EOQ again. Amy Jessen will not have a middle
schooler. Susie will do something. Janice will do book fair again. Lisa will do yearbook and Beth will help
her. Marvelle and Jill will do teacher
appreciation and Cherish will do something.
j.
Feb.
6th – Parent’s Night for the
incoming 7th graders
7. Principal’s Report – fire drill on
next Thursday. SNAP (School
Neighborhood Access Plan) deals with
safe walking routes. Cherish or Beth
will sign off on the plan.
8. White Ribbon Week – we need to make
changes. Jill will contact “Fight the
New Drug” and South Hills and get back to us.
