Minutes from the
Father
Lawrence opened with a prayer.
The Pledge
of Allegiance was recited.
Beth Bossert
opened the meeting thanking Michele Haberstroh and Felecia Knowlton for
preparing a game and the food for the evening.
She then turned the meeting over to Felicia to start the St. Patrick’s
Day trivia game.
Bonnie Reich
presented Java Joe’s Roasting Company coffee on-going fundraising program as a
new option for us to reach our financial goal to help with the school operating
expenses. There was a positive response
to starting out with the coffee as a regular fundraiser and then continually
take reorders and possibly have a stand at the Market House as well. We will plan to start the coffee sales in April.
Beth Bossert
then introduced the nominees for Vice President: Michele Kelly, Rita Herr and Kerrie
Kraft. The Ballot will be in the family
envelope. Also, Kelly Brommer has
accepted the position of Secretary for Home & School.
The meeting
was then turned over to Mrs. Burg to discuss the school’s upcoming 10th
Anniversary in the 2007/2008 school year as Our Lady of the Angels. We are putting together a committee to plan
events to celebrate. It was suggested
that we start the celebration with the 8th grade graduating class in
2007 since they are the first class to attend Our Lady of the Angels
Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Rose Uniform
has sent us, at cost, all OLA uniforms they had left over. The school is selling them at cost.
We will be
piloting a new report card for the Diocese.
Parents will be asked the review them in the 2006/2007 school year.
The parent
handbook will be in the front of the students’ homework journal starting with the 2006/2007
school year so that it can be updated more regularly at a reduced cost from
printing a separate booklet.
School
Planning will be headed by Cheryl Grab this year. Let Mrs. Burg know if you would like to be on
a Focus Group to help with the planning.
AOL has
blocked emails coming from OLA email addresses due to someone using our
addresses to send spam mail and possible viruses. Mrs. Burg and Mrs. Carey are working with AOL
to rectify the problem.
The meeting
was then returned to Beth Bossert to discuss Fundraisers and a possible
‘Buyout’ from participating in fundraisers.
A long
discussion on pros and cons of introducing a ‘Buyout’ resulting in leaving
things as they are at this time and we will discuss at the May meeting what
fundraisers we would like to continue with and which ones we may want to emphasize
more so that we do not need to have so many to help with operating expenses
with the school.
Our
fundraisers are essential to the continuing education of our children at Our
Lady of the Angels. Participation in the
Home & School Association meetings is encouraged to get your thoughts and
ideas on the table to continue events and fundraisers and make changes. All parents are invited and encouraged to
attend.
A suggestion
was make to just add a ‘buy a dress down day’ to our calendar. It is still under discussion.
We started
tracking fundraiser participation and will continue with better documentation
as to who participates in which fundraisers next year.
We offer the
Poinsettia/Wreath Sale and Pie Sale as a convenience more than a fundraiser. It will be presented that way next year.
A suggestion
was made to look into directly attaching fundraiser participation with tuition
costs. This would be a school board
issue.
We will vote
on fundraisers at the May meeting.
The 2nd
Quarter Scrip Tuition Voucher Drawing was done and the winner is Hope
Hoffmaster!! Congratulations.
We will
advertise the drawing more and it was suggested that maybe we should make it
that one must be present to win. We are
trying to encourage more attendance and participation at the Home and School
Meetings!!
The meeting
was adjourned and everyone enjoyed the wonderful refreshments prepared by
Felicia Knowlton and Michele Haberstroh.
A special Thank You to Jill Hartman for the donation of the game prizes!