Communications

1. Room Parent Volunteers
Room Parent Coordinator is Jennifer Binnicker. She will send out a notification to all the room parents confirming their participation. Room parents should then reach out to teachers to introduce themselves. Ashley Campbell and Sara Todd will serve as the room parent for non homeroom teachers including Radebaugh, Castro, Batzig, Mood, Cummings, and Harter. For middle school, the homeroom teachers are as follows: sixth grade is Mrs. Flaugher, seventh grade is Mr. Bednar, and eighth grade is Ms. O'Neil.

2. Break Room Blessings
Committee is made up of Kate Bailey, Sarah Cates, and Lisa Christian. Goal is to decorate breakroom and coordinate quarterly refreshments for teachers and faculty. The tentative dates for this years Break Room Blessings are:

•  September 23 provided by 3rd -5th families
•  November 18 provided by K-2nd families
•  February 10 provided by 6th -8th families
•  April 7 provided by PTF

3. Treasurer Update
Treasurer, Sara Todd, provided status of funds. Emergency Funds are $1000. PTF still has $3,294 earmarked for Gaga ball pit improvements that has never been settled. We will revisit Gaga ball funds at a later meeting. May need to reallocate funds to another project. The PTF currently has $4,053.32 in account for operations.

4. Lap-a-Thon
Date set for Thursday, October 24, 2024. School has elected to use Booster-thon as its financial platform.  The PTF has divided the jobs of Lap a thon into three teams: Spirit Team, Prize Team, and Financial Team.

• The Spirit Team will be responsible for save the date, event launch, spirit week and themes, posters and incentives, day of run supplies such as sunglasses, color powder, lap count stickers, possible balloon or decor, and other decorations, etc...
• The Prize Team will be responsible for purchasing prizes for weekly give aways, devise Grand Prizes for top 3 total donation winners, organize class party for top K-5th and top middle school classes, organized weekly lunch hour prize giveaways...
• The Financial Team will be responsible to set up Booster thon platform, keep track of donations, updating goal thermometer, print out weekly pledge list for the prize team. This team will include Ms. Chandler as the financial responsible party.

Closer to run date will have a sign up genius sent out by Jamie Kornegay. Tiki Sno Cone will be asked to provide sno cones again. Team sign up sheet was sent around the meeting and an email sign up will be sent out school wide to seek as much involvement and assistance as possible. Teams also need to begin work promptly to have launch ready in one month.

Next meeting is Thursday, September 26, 2024