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Meetings and calendar update...


Our Calendar dates from here to the end of the school year:

February
 8 Donuts with Dads 8:00 am
        14 Fancy Lunch PreK-2
        14 Valentine’s Day Parties 3:00 pm
15 No School-Teacher Workday
18  No School-Presidents Day
21 PTA Meeting 6:00 pm
25-March 1 Parent Teacher Conference Week

March
1 No School- Parent Teacher Conferences
21 PTA Meeting 6:00 pm 
25-29  No School-Spring Break

April
18 PTA Meeting 6:00 pm 
19   Family Movie Night 6:00 gym
22 Earth Day

May
3    Spring Festival 5:30-8:00 pm
6-10 Staff Appreciation Week
9 Kindergarten Mother’s Tea  2:30
10 Field Day
16   PTA Meeting 6:00 pm 
27 No School- Memorial Day
29   Last Day Early Release 1:15
*End date includes 6 snow days, if fewer are used, the end date will be moved-up*

June
Summer School Begins

Be sure to watch for additional dates for Music and Art performances and Celebration Assemblies


PTA meeting minutes from the January meeting:



Parkade PTA Meeting  January 17, 2013 @ 6:30 pm

Welcome:  Tia McPike
Approval of last PTA minutes:  Tia McPike

Old Business:    Hands on Science was attended by mostly the younger kids
  Plants are still growing!
P/Tconference dinner went well.
Book Fair:  Made $3753.68   which gave us a profit of $2377.20   $2304.54  of that is Scholastic Bucks which, in turn, is used for the free book for each student in the Spring.
December’s Holiday Gift Bags was a GREAT success with the help of our Partners in Education.  And thanks to our new Partner in Education, Pepsi, we were able to try something new and include a gift in each gift bag!  Thanks Pepsi!
THERE IS NO NEED FOR A SPRING FUNDRAISER!  YAY!!!
Teachers, please don’t forget there is money available for field trips.  
Principal’s Minute:  Amy Watkins
iPads are coming!  School goal this semester is 1500 hours on MyOn.  
To cut down on the Office referrals (being sent to office)  we will be offering incentives for no referrals.  Such as:  a bounce house party, being Citizen of the Week, maybe going off-site, having picture taken and hung in a frame in hall, etc.

New Business:  Tia McPike
Ambassador Club requested $50 dollars to help with snacks. 
Motion:  Amy Larson    2nd:  Diana Carter   All in favor; none opposed.
Chuck E. Cheese Night:  January 22nd
Fancy Lunch for K-2nd is on February 14, 2013
If you are interested in serving on the board for the 2013-2014 school year, please contact Tia McPike.  We need to elect the new board by March.
P/T Conference and Book Fair will be February 25th-March 1st 
Staff Appreciation Week (May 6-10) Committee Meeting in February.  Those that signed up to help will be contacted about a day and time.
Spring Festival:  Amy Larson is heading up that committee and will be having a meeting on what is wanted at the festival and nail down specifics.  If you are not on the list, but want to help, please contact Amy Larson.  The festival is May 3rd.  Have a trailer w/ snow cone supplies and bounce house.
Next PTA Meeting will be on Feb. 21st @ 6pm
Dismissal:  TiaMcPike
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