PTO Meeting Notes January 13, 2025 Meeting start: 4:30 pm Present: Lisa, Kelli, Julianna, Val (online), Ashley (online), Emily (online) PTO Account Balances Savings: $8,394.91 Checking $718.83 Penguin Patch Kids shopped a lot! St. Thomas church helped out with donations over and above what was needed for the Giving Tree donation. Kelli bought from Kohl’s and Amazon, and PTO will cover the extra items purchased with our earnings from this event. Holiday Baskets We made $1,759 – not best...

PTO Meeting Notes December 9, 2024 4:30 pm Agenda Present: Kelli, Val, Renee, Joane, Lisa, Taffy, Julianna, Nick, Kevin (online), Ashley K (online), Emily K. (online) PTO Account Balances Savings: $4,272.77 Checking $2,646.48 Fall Fest and Amazon gift cards are all paid up. Penguin Patch Ready to go tomorrow! They have $10 vouchers. We should have enough volunteers! Try to get them into other events. We need parent volunteers to have an updated volunteer form for background checks. It’s on...

PTO Meeting notes 11/11/24 Present: Kelli, Lisa, Taffy, Joane, Ashley, Val (online), Julianna (online) Start: 5:20pm Balances: Savings $4,272.67 Checking $3,505.86 Fall Fest was a success. We made around $800. This is more than last year. We didn’t spend as much either. The games were great again. The pumpkin carving contest was a hit. Next year we want to emphasize it. It could be any kind of pumpkin decoration design. To get more families involved we can do a “family pumpkin.” The...

Sept 9 Monday 2024 PTO first meeting Library Attending: Lisa, Val, Taffy, Kelli, Kevin, Ashley, Emily Meeting start 5:20 pm Savings: $3,558.93 Checking: $1,087.19 If we can do a virtual meeting in the future it would help parents and staff. Second Monday of the month at 5:15, in person and virtual. Kelli will generate a link. Seeking new board members. Lisa has family needs that will require her to step back. We can check in with Joni and Nicole, who showed intereste. Ashley will help with the...

April 8 2024 Present: Kelli V., Kevin M., Renee G., Lisa H., Taffy M., Val V., Julianna S., Emily K., Meeting Start: 5:20 pm Agenda Finances Savings $3,558.48 Checking $2,082.47 End of The Year Carnival All is on schedule with the carnival. Payments have been made for the inflatables and the Gee petting farm. At least 2 volunteers per station. Sign-up will go out later. Spring Fundraiser Pop’s Popcorn sounds like a good fundraiser. 11 different flavors with 7 cups of popcorn per bag. Good...

PTO meeting notes March 11, 2024 Present: Ashley, Krystal, Joane, Todd S. Char, Teri, Kelli, Taffy, Lisa, Renee, Julianna Meeting start: 4:30 pm Agenda Finances Savings $4,558.37 Checking $2,640.31 Intro from Waterford High School Board Candidate Todd Sobrilsky. Recently retired with family in Tichigan, his granddaughter will go to school at Washington-Caldwell. Todd lives in Waterford village. Knows Luke Francois through a lifetime of working in education. He was on the Citizen Action Group...

PTO meeting notes Feb 19, 2024 Present: Lisa H, Taffy M, Val V, Joane S, Kelli V, Lucas F, Julianna S, Ashley W, Teri T Meeting start: 6pm Savings $4,558.27 Checking $3,336.31 PLEASE VOTE in the REFERENDUM for WUHS on TUESDAY 2/20 Dr. Lucas Francois on Waterford High School 2024 Referendum Dr. Francois presented to the PTO on facility improvements that would be made available for our future high schoolers if the referendum passes tomorrow. What is it for? This is going to make it a more usable...

PTO meeting notes January 15, 2024 Present: Lisa H, Taffy M, Diane W, Val V, Teri T, Joane S, Julianna S, Ashley K Meeting start: 6:05 p.m. Bank balances $4,142.88 checking $4,558.15 savings Movie license We want to do the movie license and split the cost. The license is $441. Streaming option is $1k. Movie night to talk to parents and promote referendum? Lisa will circle back with Kelli regarding having the honor society split the concession stand with us. Maybe in Feb or March? We could...

Attendees: Lisa H, Taffy M, Val V, Kelli V, Kevin M, Renee G, Ashley K Meeting start: 6:02 pm Bank balances $2,183.57 checking $4,558.06 savings Penguin Patch & Giving Tree We made $3,545.50 at the holiday shop. We received 10% of sales, so we will donate around $500 to the Giving Tree. Kelli is picking out the gifts and will cover the cost, we can reimburse her for the full amount. The sooner we sign up and return our items we get loyalty points. We are saving our points to redeem in...

Attending: Ashley, Kelli (also in school board meeting), Lisa, Toby, Val, Julianna Start meeting: 6:05 p.m. Bank balances Checking $4,984.66 Savings $1,608.02 Conference meal recap Taco bar went well and was a hit. Easier for parents to bring smaller items than to ask for larger items. Ideas for the future: baked potato bar, nacho bar. Next conferences will be in February. Fall Fest recap Made $450 after pizzas and concessions. Seemed like everyone waited to get food until the end to use up the...