Hatch PTO General Meeting
General Meeting Minutes
March 21, 2017
Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 18, 7:00PM
OPEF -Bringing science and arts to life through activities and classes
 Base camp raises money for the program
 120 scholarships to base camp this summer will be afforded
 Community members provide the most support and donations from D97 PTO’s
 Gwendolyn Brooks mural will be displayed and done by OPEF base camp
 Revamping summer programs which will bring new and exciting opportunities
Principal report
 Intensive work around equity
 Amazing work with kids accomplished by the teachers and staff
 Winter data dive
 20% difference between White and African American group and the gap has been
closed
 Free and reduced students lunch are growing more than those that pay
 Closing the gaps with subgroups and accelerate that closure- Hatch is outperforming the
district
 Seeing results since we are piloting a lot of the work through D97
 Summer school is not required and recommend at Hatch or across the district for every
child only the neediest students are first enrolled
 Working towards publishing more data on the Hatch website and making it more
accessible
 Need to work on the heightening level of achievement not just growth within the
disenfranchised student groups
Supporting gender expansion students- Presentation led by Ms. Susan Mura
 Notecards for questions and they will be addressed and answered with a personal follow
up
 Youth is driving this
 Berwyn is cutting edge on this topic and have resources and programs currently in place
 This presentation is geared towards adults and the students are relayed the information
in a different manner. The message to children is surrounding respect and the
conversations are around being different
 Kids language is very different and on the level of the child
Parents night out teachers are invited at Circle Lanes in Forest Park 4/8 6-9 drinks and food
separately discounted and a raffle
 $25/person $100/team
Online plant sales - monarch butterfly kits fundraiser add pollinator plants to our garden
Fun Fair event huge success
 Slice factory donated one pizza for every pizza bought which cut our cost
 Left over pizza was taken to a charity at the end of the night
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Speaking with other elementary schools possibly change the dates and extend the time
based on feedback
May have to incur additional cost due to extra help needed
Logistics can be revised based on feedback
Spring Book Fair went well-ice cream social drew attention as well ~$2700 was earned
Drinking fountain outside to be installed over the break
Funding Request
Ms. Klemp art build magnetic chalkboard wall over the summer
 Supplies and paint $250.00
Additional playground equipment a great deal of items have been lost.
 $496.08
Raquel has a lead for donated balls and playground equipment
Both motioned and approved
Ms. Nikolakakis thank you for bins
FYI sign up information for board positions that are expiring
 Two year term commitment
 Co-president
 Co treasure
 VP of chairs
 VP of communications
 Chair of HAH
 Open Chair positions
 Hatch Orchard-head of the group
 Green Team
26 Meeting Attendees