REFLECTIONS 2017-2018

The PTA Reflections Program is underway! “Within Reach” is the theme for this year. You can enter a project in one or more of these categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography and Visual Arts. The due date for entries is Wednesday, October 11^th by 3:00 pm in the office. There will be a table set up in front of the office that morning. All the rules and forms can be accessed here - http://www.utahpta.org/reflections . You can also pick up an entry packet in the office. You will need to complete a Student Entry Form, Artist Statement and Consent Form if required for your category (please view the “Consent Form Guidelines”). Make sure you closely read and comply with the “Rules Summary” and the specific rules for the category(s) you enter. You may submit 1 entry PER category. Prizes for all participants…so, encourage your friends to participate. Get your creative juices flowing…we can’t wait to see what you create! Contact Noel Hinton 801-694-1764 or nym2@hotmail.com with any questions.

2017-2018 OHMS PTSA Board

OHMS PTSA Board Members 2017-2018

President                                     Shannon Smith

President Elect                          Maxine Conrad

Legislative VP                            Rebecca VanSkyHawk

Treasurer                                    Stephanie Hansen

Secretary                                     Jill Smith

Volunteer Coordinator            Denise Heninger

Membership

Red Ribbon Week                    Beth Kunz

Blue Ribbon Week                   Beth Kunz

White Ribbon Week                Wendy Osborn

Reflections Coordinator         Noel Hinton

Teacher Appreciation/           Brittany Maxfield/ 

Conference Dinners                Denise Heninger

Book Fair Chair                       Tressa Spigarelli

Webpage Coordinator            Denise Heninger

Memory Book Co-Chairs       Beth Kunz/Amy Powell

Updated OHMS PTSA By-laws

Here are the updated bylaws for you read and review. Click the link below.

OHMS PTSA Updated By-laws

September 2017 OHMS PTSA Meeting Minutes

OHMS PTSA - Minutes

September 7, 2017

Called to order by:  Brittany Maxfield

Meeting commenced at: 11:40 AM

Pledge/Thought:  "Leadership is the capacity to translate a vision into reality."   - Warren G. Bennis

Attendance: Brittany Maxfield, Denise Heninger, Emily Stout, Andrea Hogan, Tressa Spigarelli, Maxine Conrad, Stephanie Hansen, Beth Kunz, Mike Glenn, Steve Cherry, Amy Powell, Jill Smith, and Terry Price. (Shannon Smith excused due to a funeral, and Noel Hinton due to illness.)

Welcome / Introductions – Pass out board member sheet

President's Report –

·         Bylaws - 12 PTSA members available to vote. 

Motion by Steve Cherry

2^nd by Denise Heninger

·         Ethics – signed by all in attendance.

·         Fiscal Management – signed by all needed.

·         Year at a glance – reviewed and added a few things.

·         PTSA donated $2,000 to OHMS to go towards 5 gallon “Go Kits” for each class and Pebbled Ice Machine for Faculty Room

Treasurer’s Report and Budget - Stephanie Hansen

·         Budget was voted on:

Motion by Stephanie Hansen

2^nd by Mike Glenn

·         187 PTSA Members so far this year – How can we get more?

·         Some schools are adding the membership to their yearbooks.

·         We can offer JetBlue Travel Certificates as incentive.

·         1 set for Teachers & Staff

·         1 set for Teacher Appreciation

·         We do have Airborne and Arctic Circle certificates to give away.

·         OHMS charges $6.00 that breaks down to: $1.75 State PTA, $2.25 National PTA, .35 cents Council and $1.65 to OHMS

·         Jordan Foundation Scholarships – We can get from $2,000 to $7,000 in scholarships each year if we apply.

PTC Dinners – Parent/Teacher Conferences will be Oct 11^th & 12^th  Brittany and Denise have it handled!

PTSA Report – Welcome Ms. Hogan!  She reported that they are starting to collect applications and will do interviews next week.  They will be taking 5-6 new PTSA Student members.

Red Ribbon Week – Nov 6-10 – More details to come. Peterson’s will make the donuts. They are giving us a good deal!

Blue Ribbon week –

·         Netsmartz Assembly – is scheduled for Thurs, Sept 28^th during 3, 4, and 5^th periods. They will discuss anti-cyber bullying and “Being a good digital citizen”

·         . Peterson’s will make the donuts. They are giving us a good deal again.

Counseling Center – Mr. Cherry

·         Diversity Week – Counseling Center will be coordinating with Foreign Language Week to talk about Diversity and Tolerance. There is lots of diversity at OHMS: LGBT, Transgender, Race, Ethnic and Different Countries.  Discussed activities such as Wall of Tolerance, Balloons in different colors, etc.  “How are we all diverse but all the same = OHMS Eagles.

·         My Name is ______________, I like _____________, And I am an Eagle!

·         “Everyone Belongs”

·         Survival Skills Unit

·         Parent University

·         Reality Town coming, Tuesday, Nov 7^th

·         Trying to meet with all 7^th graders by the end of September – One on one interaction with each student

·         Individual Meetings for 8^th graders will start the week of November 6^th,

·         Regence Scholarship – There is a conference on Sept 29^th that Mr. Cherry will attend to get new information.

·         BYU Credit Recovery Program – Mr. Cherry has been meeting with them and has found some great things out about this program. 

v  All classes align with State standards

v  Costs are reasonable

v  New law says you can replace your grade with new grade if class is retaken.

Principal’s Report – Mr. Glenn

·         Hello Week – Next week is Assembly

·         Excited for a new year!

·         7^th Grade elections coming up.

·         Enrollment is stable

·         Reports show OHMS Student Body is 1079 this year.

·         Mentioned OHMS will be selling beanies and looking into knitted socks with OHMS logo on them.

·         Last Day of the Quarter is Oct 26^th

·         Community Council Meeting is September 14^th at 5:30 pm

·         Standard Based Grading – 4,3,2,1,0 – We have 7 teachers trying it out this year.

Calendar – If you need anything scheduled you can check with the front office.

Assignments:

New Business:

Reflections: Noel Hinton is in charge and she has set a due date of Oct 11^th for submissions from OHMS students. All projects are due to Council by the 1^st of November. She is looking for judges to help.

Next Meeting – Thursday, October 5^th at 11:30 am (first Thursday of each month)

***** We discussed moving the meeting to 12:30 or 12:45 so Mrs Hogan can come during her lunch.  We can each bring our brown bag lunches J

Meeting adjourned: 12:42 PM

Meeting Minutes for February 2017

OHMS PTSA - Meeting Minutes

February 1, 2017

Called to order: Brittany

Meeting commenced at: 9:08 am

Pledge/Thought: “Some men see the world as it is and ask why; others see the world as it might be and ask why not.” - Bernard Shaw

Attendance: Steven Cherry, Beth Kunz, Stephanie Hansen, Shannon Smith, Denise Heninger, Emily Stout, Tressa Spigarelli, Brittany Maxfield, Jill Smith

1.  Approval of minutes – Mr Cherry approved, Beth 2nd

2.  Treasurer's report – We have $20,000 in our account. We will be changing banks to Mountain America. Motion to approve bank change was Shannon Smith, 2^nd was Brittany Maxfield. We have a missing check. Stephanie will try to locate it.

3.  PTSA report – Mrs. Stirland was not able to attend.

4.  Principal's Report – Oquirrh Fest/Rush - OHMS collected about $22,000. The communication between the High School and OHMS was not very good. They will probably not combine next year.  F Report for 9^th grade = down 47%

5. Mini Meeting

6. President’s Report

·  White Ribbon Week – Fight the new drug assembly during school on March 14^th – with a parents night assembly on March 14^th at 7:00 pm, We discussed different ideas for the week: Getting donuts to hand out (white frosting?), White Out, White Flags for front yard and Banner. Mr Cherry will check with the Fight the New drug people and see what they have that we can use.  We talked about dropping an old computer off the roof during both lunches with the theme – “Smash Pornography out of your life!”

·  Book Fair 2/13-17 – Tressa reported that they will set up next Friday, Feb 10^th and leave it till Thurs, Feb 16^th.  List of volunteers needs to be sent to Tressa for helper during the book fair. There will be a drawing for a prize for each book you buy. We discussed having a Book Exchange at the end of the year for summer reading.

·  PTC Dinners – Wed – Pizza (either Costco or The Pie) and Thurs - Sizzler who will provide chicken, baked potatoes, rolls, salad and rolls

·  Nominating Committee – Officers elected in March – So far this is our list:

1.      President – Shannon Smith

2.      Pres Elect –

3.      Legislature – Rebecca Van Sky Hawk

4.      Treasurer – Stephanie Hansen

5.      Secretary – Jill Smith

6.      Volunteer Coordinator – Denise Heninger

7.      Membership -

8.      Teacher Appreciation – Brittany Maxfield

9.      Bookfair – Tressa Spigarelli

10.  Webpage Coordinator -

11.  PTC Dinners – Brittany Maxfield

12.  Memory Book – Beth Kunz & Amy Powell

13.  Red Ribbon Week – Beth Kunz & Amy Powell

14.  Blue Ribbon Week -

15.  White Ribbon Week –

16.  Eagle of the Quarter – Emily Stout

17.  Reflections –

18.  T-shirts

19.  Teacher Birthdays -

·  Oquirrh Shirts and hats – (I left before this was discussed… Denise ?

·  Teacher of the Month – (I left before this was discussed)  Denise ?

7. Counseling Center

8. Memory Book

9. Legislative

·  PTA Day at the Capitol 2/22 – Shannon has arranged to take students to meet with the Lt. Governor at 10:00. Mr. Glenn got approval to drive. There will be approx. 15 students. Suburban, Substitutes and Food has been arranged.

10. New Business –

·         Discussed moving the meeting on Thursdays to 1:00 pm – Brittany will talk to Mr. Glenn.

Next Meeting – Thursday, March 2^nd - 9:00 am?? or 1:00 J

Volunteer Hours needed for President’s report… Please email your hours to Jill Smith at mattjill88@gmail.com

September PTSA Meeting

Our first OHMS PTSA meeting is Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 11:30. Check in at the office and you will be directed from there. We will be discussing many important issues. Hope to see you there!

Proposed 2017-2018 PTSA Budget

The following is the proposed budget for the Oquirrh Hills Middle School PTSA. 

BUDGET FOR 2017-2018

	Proposed 2016/17	Actual 2016/17	Proposed 2017/18
Balance Carried Forward	$14,134.45	$14,134.28	$16,242.24
Revenue
Membership Dues	$1,100.00	$1,362.00	$1,100.00
PTSA Donations	$0.00	$338.50	$0.00
Memory Books	$10,500.00	$10,470.71	$10,500.00
Other		$146.15	$0.00
Totals	$11,600.00	$12,316.79	$11,600.00
Expenses
Student Support	$2,950.00	$2,609.94	$3,000.00
Health/Safety/Welfare	$4,100.00	$4,192.53	$2,250.00
Hospitality	$2,600.00	$2,190.32	$2,350.00
Administrative	$1,580.00	$1,216.04	$3,430.00
Totals	$11,230.00	$10,208.83	$11,030.00
Balance to Carry Forward		$16,242.24	$16,812.24

April OHMS PTSA Minutes

OHMS PTSA - Minutes

April 6, 2017

Called to order: Brittany

Meeting commenced at: 1:15 pm

Pledge/Thought:

Attendance: Stephanie Hansen, Brittany Maxfield, Jill Smith, Shannon Smith, Tressa Spigarelli, Emily Stout, Carly Stirland, Mike Glenn

1.  Approval of minutes – Motioned – Stephanie, 2^nd Shannon

2.  Treasurer's report – Stephanie reported we have $19,083.53 – We had a $2,000 expense for the Fight the New Drug Assemblies and approx. $200 for reimbursement for the Trip to the Capitol with the PTSA students.

3.  PTSA report – Food Drive the week of April 24^th … May 1^st start getting new PTSA students

4.  Principal's Report – The Governor was here and the Eagle of the Quarter went great!

5. Counseling Center – Mr. Cherry was at a conference but they have the needs assessment online.

6. President’s Report

v  Final Reimbursements & AFR Help – Need 3 people to help close the books after June 30^th. Stephanie, Brittany and Jill will help another school and they will do ours.

v  Next Year’s Advisor – Mrs Stirland!!!  We are so happy to have her back!

v  Memory Book Distribution – It’s Happening!! Tuesday, May 30^th - Amy & Beth are both working on it.

v  White Ribbon Week & Fight the New Drug Recap – We had one parent upset but about five kids that came up afterwards and wanted help. It was totally worth it if we can help a few kids! ** Suggestion to have the parent night the night before so parents know what will be discussed. We will have a link in the newsletter with the Fight the New Drug Video. The 7^th & 8^th grade presentations were a little different than the 9^th graders. A few of the reasons that we do this at school are:  1. To get the information out there     2. Give the kids a resource to go to if needed

v  Eagle of the Quarter – Next one will be May 17, 17, 22

v  Teacher Appreciation Week –

1.       Mon, May 1^st - PTA Hand Sanitizer – Pink Yink Drink

2.       Tues, May 2^nd - Hop on Pop with popcorn bar and Rootbeer Floats

3.       Wed, May 3^rd – Red Fish/Blue Fish – Pizza lunch – Papa Murphys

4.       Thurs, May 4^th – Star Wars, Princess Leah – Cinnamon Rolls (7:30 am)

5.       Fri, May 5^th – Dessert Bar

v  Field Day – Friday May 26^th – snow cones, popcorn, kickball, Frisbee, dunk tank, softball, foam party (Herriman Fire Dept) B-ball in gym, Talent assembly

v  Bylaws Expire 10/1/2017 – Post for 30-90 days

v  Last week of school:

1.       Mon – Memorial Day

2.       Tues – Memory Book Handout – May 30^th  (call kids down by grade)

3.       Wed – Awards Assembly 7, 8, 9^th

4.       Thurs – Lagoon Day

5.       Fri – Last Day of School

7. Upcoming Activities

8. New Business – Gift for school from PTSA – options First Aid Bucket with water bottles and granola bars and Ice machine for Teachers lounge

Next Meeting – Thursday, May 11^th - 1:00 pm – Final PTSA Luncheon

Volunteer Hours needed for President’s report… Please email your hours to Jill Smith at mattjill88@gmail.com