Grand Ridge PTSA
General Membership Meeting
May 28, 2015
Agenda
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Secretary’s Report
Principal’s Report
President’s Report/Highlights
Election of Officers
Treasurer’s Report
CY Budget Amendment
Programs & Events
2015-2016 Calendar & Budget
New Business
Announcements
Secretary’s Report
Review and approve minutes from
March 24, 2015, General Membership
Meeting.
Volunteers of the Month
• March – All Art Docents
• April – Haydee & Robert Bale
Principal’s Report
Report from Christy Otley
Principal’s Report
Absent due to training with Dr. Clayton Cook and Positive Student Support
Team
Staffing Update:
• Went out in this week’s Growl
• Continuing to interview and hire
SBAC:
• Hoping to have results by end of year
• 3rd Grade ELA letters went home to families who scored at a level 1
inviting them to a summer reading program.
• With district tech dollars – another laptop cart was ordered for the
building – to arrive late Fall 2015.
SAGE/MERLIN:
• Letters to families this Friday – all families will receive a letter with student
CoGat results.
Principal’s Report
PTSA Budget:
• Excited about fundraisers
• Like the idea of recess support – need to think carefully about what that would
look like
• Discussion about having master drummer Sowah Mensah come back to GR –
what might that timeline look like?
Author Visit:
• Ralph Fletcher (guru on boys and writing) will be coming
in September. He will be doing assemblies with all students,
staff training before school and a parent night.
• Need to find way to fund him – total cost: $2,300
Summerfest:
• Teachers are signing up to help out
President’s Report
• State PTA Convention April 17-19, 2015
• Group Awards
• Silver: Taking Significant Action
(Kindness Week) & Standards of
Excellence
• Bronze: Communications Strategy &
Website
• PTSA Survey Results
• Highlights of Year
A few highlights…
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After School Movies – 11 sessions offered for the kids raising over $3,600!
Art Docent Program – New curriculum, more than 50 volunteers delivering monthly art lessons.
Book Fair – $3,200 cash and $1,487 in Scholastic dollars to augment our Library.
Box Tops - $2,347 worth of Box Tops collected, rank #32 out of 2,000+ schools in Washington State
Cultural Diversity Council – Five months of biweekly recess activities, crafts & games from 11
countries.
Cultural Fair – Booths representing 37 countries, more than 100 volunteers, dance and music
performances on multi-cultural stage.
Fall-O-Ween – October all-school festival featuring costumes, games, prizes and other Fall fun!
Feed Gilman – $14,000 for teacher stipends and grade-level classroom enrichment!
Gift-a-Book – Over 200 books (worth $3,985 combined) donated to the Library.
Grizzly Patch Garden – Fall/Spring Thursday recess activities. 18,000 ladybugs released for Earth
Day with generous help from IHCA.
Kindness Week– Joint effort with Student Council. More than 27,000 acts of kindness performed!
Parent Education – Three scintillating sessions on homework, assessments, & girl friendship issues.
Reflections – 34 student art entries, 5 District finalists, 3 state-level award winners.
Technology – $25,000 granted to school for purchase of 30 laptop computers and 2 mobile carts.
Summerfest – End of year celebration for the entire school.
Organization of & Volunteers for: People Movers, Lunch Helpers, Picture Days, Vision & Hearing,
Kinder Registration, Bear Hunt, Room Parents… and so much more!
Election of Officers
2015-2016 Board of Directors
Open Position - Secretary
Treasurer’s Report
• April Treasurer’s Report – see handout
• Highlights:
- Fundraising approx. $1,000 over budget
- Programs & Events on budget
- Outreach very active in May (not reflected
on report)
- Many admin. costs to come at end of year
- Detail of enrichment (see following slides)
Treasurer’s Report
2015-2015 Use of Funds (Budgeted)
Treasurer’s Report
2014-2015 Enrichment Spending (Budgeted)
Treasurer’s Report
• Amend CY Budget to permit 2016
Auction venue deposit.
Programs
• Bellevue Art Museum Art of Discovery
exhibit here May 29-June 11.
• Seven pieces of artwork on the
theme of “Exploring People
in Art”
• Over 300 students will visit
the BAM exhibit—for a cost
of only $150.
Events
• Summerfest – June 10th 5:30 – 7:30pm
Cash and Credit Card Only
Chaperones Required
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Interactive Inflatable Games
Hula Dancing
Leaky Bucket & Other Games
Team Jump Rope Demonstration
Food Trucks
Advocacy Report
• ISD 2016 Bond Committee
• $518.5 million bond measure approved on May 6.
The bond measure likely will appear on ballots in
spring 2016.
• Bond components include:
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4th comprehensive high school
1 new middle school
2 new elementary schools
funds to acquire property for the new schools
expand and remodel 5 elementary schools, two
middle schools, and the District Admin Building
Advocacy Report
• State Budget: Legislators continue budget
negotiations on 2015-17 operating and capital
budget proposals as the special session that
began on April 29 is set to end today. If
legislators are unable to agree on a state spending
plan, the governor may call another 30-day
special session.
• Washington’s fiscal year begins on July 1 and the
state could face a government shutdown if no
deal is reached by then.
2015-2016 Calendar
August
• Back to School Social 8/31
September
• General Membership Mtg 9/22
October
• Orange Ruler Fun Run 10/7
• Fall-O-Ween 10/30
November
• General Membership Mtg 11/17
December
• Literacy Event 12/2
• Scholastic Book Fair 12/1-4
January
• Build It Night 1/20
February
• Science Fair 2/9-2/10
March
• 2016 Auction 3/11
• General Membership Mtg (3/24)
May
• Bear Hunt 5/25
June
• General Membership Mtg 6/7
• Summerfest 6/8
2015-2016 Calendar
More things to watch for:
• Parent Education
• Staff Appreciation Week
• Popcorn Days
• Reflections
• After School Movies
• Before/After School Enrichment
• Recess Activities
2015-2016 Budget
2015-2016 Budget
2015-2016 Budget
2015-2016 Budget
2015-2016 Budget
Open Chair Positions
Some great opportunities to get involved next year!
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BAM/Art Enrichment
Bear Hunt
Community Service
Cultural Diversity Council
Emergency Prep
Gifts from Gilman
Grizzly Gear
Hospitality
Kindergarten Registration
And many more!!!!!!
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Literacy Event
People Movers & Lunch Help
Popcorn
Scholastic Book Fair
School Supplies
Summerfest
Vision & Hearing
Website
Welcome Back Social
Announcements
• Volunteer Appreciation Tea – June 2nd 9:3011:30am
• Summerfest – June 10th 5:30 – 7:30
• Yearbooks will arrive the 2nd week of June
• EPI – School Supply orders due by June 18th
• Volunteers Needed - Summerfest
Thank you for coming!