DrumBeat: Drummond LSC and PTO News & Views

Drummond PTO Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
7:00 P.M. – The Hideout

Present: Grace Kwon, Pam Anderson, Megan Hinchscliff, Simone Widney, Sarah Landicho, Bonnie Kenaz-Mara, Laura Lopez, Lisa Wright, Holly DuPart, Mary Zerkel

1. Open
- Grace Kwon opened meeting at 7:00 pm

2. Kudos
- All 4 PTO Officers for stepping up to role.
- Howard Orloff Imports for donating $250 to Pasta Palooza
- Tipsey Bakery for donating a cake for Pasta Palooza

3. Approval of the Minutes from August 18, 2009
- Minutes not present. Not approved.

4. Consensus / Voting
• Secretary Nomination
o Sarah Landicho nominated Simone Widney as PTO Secretary.
o All in favor. Motion passed

• Change in Bi-Laws
o Grace Kwon motioned to elect new PTO Board in April for smoother transition period.
o All in favor. Motion passed

• Change Date of Funds Transfer to Drummond School
o Grace Kwon moved to transfer leftover PTO funds to Drummond School September 30th instead of
August.
o All in favor. Motion passed

5. Old Business / Updates
• Buddy Families Program
• Grace Kwon reported the Buddy Family program was successful and well received by new families

• PTO Database
• Pam Anderson reported database is successful as there is a check and balance to ensure parents
are getting emails, ability to send to only specific groups or committees, parents can enter skills
and resources

• Uniform Swap Fall
• Bonnie Kenaz-Mara reported more uniforms were collected than past years, profit of $140, a
classroom box for extra uniforms in a range of sizes has been made available to teachers, and
Bonnie will donate remaining uniforms.
• Bonnie stated she would like to increase Uniform Swap to 2x/year

6. New Business- Committee Reports
• T-Shirt Sales (Drummond “Spirit” Shirt Sales)
- Grace Kwon reported shirts sales conducted online first time with mostly positive comments
grossed over $3,000 for 250-300 shirts.
- Net profit of approx. $1700 was 3x last year profit
- Going forward, Grace would like to do online shirt sales 2x/year with additional options.

• Pasta Palooza
- Grace reported PTO would be co-hosting an information table with LSC at Pasta Palooza on
Thursday, September 17th, including a Fun Facts info sheet to inform parents of little known info.

• Homeroom Reps
- Bonnie reported all rooms were assigned 2 homeroom reps and there were a few extra volunteers
enabling lead volunteer positions
- Going forward, Bonnie recommended publishing homeroom rep responsibilities in April

• Directory
- Pam reported Sabrina is working on the directory, which will be printed for those without Internet
access who request a printed copy.
- Goal date is October

• Newsletter
- Sarah Landichio reported newsletter may not be published 4x/yr as in past as it is no longer a 5th –
8th grade elective and is now an after school option and format may change from previous years.

7. Announcements
- Pasta Palooza – Thursday, September 17th

- Birthday Gift Idea – Consider making a donation to a class or school cause when birthday invites
request ‘no gifts please’.

- Birthday Book Club – Mary Wheatley is trying to start a Birthday Book Club where a book is donated
for a child’s birthday and the birthday kid would get to check out the book first.

Next PTO meeting- Thursday October 15, 9:00 am, Drummond Room 007

8. Adjourned by Grace Kwon at 7:55 pm

Since this is a new program I think parents would really like to have an idea how many Drummond students will be attending and maybe connect with fellow parents who are attending or considering the YMCA as a possibilty. Feel free to email me at . I visited the Y and spoke with Rosa Nodal the other day and she mentioned that some parents were asking who else was going but she could not give out that info. I’d be happy to make a contact list and circulate it among the parents. Thanks and get in touch. Break starts soon. Monica

hello,

See link below for a contest that may bring $20,000 to our school,

please see details within & vote for Drummond which has a zip code of 60622, one vote per person, pass the word on to friends, family near & far, this runs to Nov 8 I believe,  the current school in the lead has about 600 votes, we can best that I’m sure

http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/ 

thank you & happy weekend to everyone

 

 

 

The McCormick YMCA  is offering Fall Break Camp starting September 25- October 9, 2009.  The sign-up sheets and information are attached here.YMCA camp.pdf CampParentforms.pdf 2009 fall camp registration.doc

Please contact immediately if you are interested. The minimum camp would be three days. Ms. Nodal needs to have some idea about the # of kids attending so that she can plan for proper staff ratios and activities. The cost for three days are $85.00 for members and $95.00 for non-members. Lunch will be provided.

We had a nice turn out last week.  Lots of books checked out on Friday afternoon next to the snack table.  Let’s do it again!

Fridays, Sept. 18th and 25th - Come and see what our very own Drummond Library and the NCLB has to offer!  We will be set up once again right next to the snack table.  You can check out a book, Reading Pack, “We Both Read” books or Family Literacy Bag.  You can also learn about our other resources such as:  Parent Computer Sation, Montessori DVD’s and Books, Parenting Books, Signing Time DVD’s, and BOB books.

Find out about our upcoming Technology Night!

Our Pasta Palooza cooking team could use some additional extra-large pots (the very largest you have — “industrial” size if possible!) and super large colanders/strainers (for straining the pasta).  If you have any to lend us, please bring them to the School this afternoon or tomorrow morning – - just mark the box or bag “Pasta Palooza” and bring them to the 1st floor kitchen.  (Then stop by at the end of the night to pick them up again.)

Let us know if you can help!

Thanks and apologies for the multiple emails…

I’m very pleased to report that the final accounting for Luau 2009 has been completed, and the event raised $58,000 for Drummond!! This nearly doubled the amount raised at our last event, Tango for Drummond in 2007.

The total income for the event was $74,000, including about $23,000 from family sponsorships, $10,000 from corporate sponsorships, and $20,000 from the silent auction.

Our many thanks again to the Luau Steering Committee (Co-Chairs Jane Boal Walther and Maria Sotelo, and Angelo Artemakis, Pamela Anderson, Nicole Hasan, Aimee Kam, Grace Kwon, Sarah Landicho, Kyle Petersen, and Kelli Rick) and to the dozens of people who worked on committees and volunteered at the event.

Now comes the fun part – spending the money for our school. Last year the LSC approved the following purposes for the event proceeds: Teacher Assistant positions, upgrading teacher and student computers, and purchasing books for curricular instruction.

The Budget and Fundraising Committee will meet on Friday September 18th at 7:30 am in room 007 to discuss specifically how to allocate the money, as well as to hold a broader discussion about overall budget priorities for 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.

Please join us for this important meeting!

Best,

Jonathan Goldman
LSC Chair

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Drummond Local School Council Budget and Fundraising Committee

September 18, 2009, 7:30 am, Room 007

Agenda

1. Call Meeting to order

2. Budget

a) Big Event – Final Report

b) Updates – Other Income

c) Discussion of Needs and Priorities

d) Expenditure Proposal for Technology and Parent Worker TA

e) Other Expenditure Proposals

4. Adjournment

Hello and thanks to everyone who signed up to Volunteer for Pasta Palooza this Thursday, September 17th.

Based on your availability, we have assigned you as follows below.  (We have done our very best to accomodate your schedule; please notify us right away of any changes or corrections.)

If there are folks who volunteered but didn’t make the list, please forgive the oversight, and just let us know so we can plug you in — all help is appreciated. 

Thanks again, and we look forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Monica Castle 773-968-9901

Monica Lasky Goldman  773-562-5401

(Pasta Palooza Volunteer Coordinators)

Set up- Report to Rich Sullivan in the Garden

(Note: depending on our needs, you might also be asked to help in the kitchen)

           

Reina Bago                 12:00-4:00         

Sylvia Barrera            12:00-1:00         

Julie Casimiro              3-5:30              

Mrtin Davis                3:30-5:30                       

Jackie Foyain              2:30 -4:30          

Neha Gahndi                1:30-4:30                      

Junior Hernandez        3:00-5:30                      

Mark Kwiatkowski         2:00-5:30    

Sarah Landicho            12-2:45

Laura Lopez                1-2:45   

DuJuanne Madison      1-2:45

Lucia Marquez            4:30-5:30                       

Julie Neswold            1 :00-2:30           

Jim Neswold              12:00-2:30          

Cndy nicita                  1:00-2:45                      

Barbara Pluta               3:00-5:30

Elsa Rivera                   12-3:30            

Margaritha Rodriguez   2:30-4:30          

Marilyn Rosado            12:00-3:30                    

Namrata Suri               12-2:30

Jonathan Zielinski      3:00 -5:30                      

Kitchen Prep

Please report to the School Kitchen, 1st floor

                                                                                   

David Bergen                      3-5:30

Gretchen Gain                     3:00-5:00

Marysell Moreno                  3-5:30                                                                                                         

Chrissy Rockrohr                  4:30-5:30

Andrea Sill                           4-5.30 

Susanna Valerius                3-4:00                          

Buffet and Door Shifts During the Event

All volunteers should check in at the East Gate (Honore side)

Buffet servers will then proceed to the buffet.  Runners/restockers should check in with the kitchen and buffet to see where help is needed.

5:30-6

Door: Diane Gansho and Maria Holstead

Buffet Servers: Linda Zehren, Martha Cuevas, Elsa Rivera, Wendy Rejman

Runners/Restockers: John Hennelley, Carmen Gomez’s relative

6-6:30

Door: Chris Fallon, Laura Kuzniar, Carmen Gomez’s relative

Buffet Servers: Jane Boal, Kristy Kissler, Holly Dupart, Maria DeVeyra

Runners/Restockers: Tom Valerius, Carmen Gomez

6:30-7

Door: Eva Grondal, Laura Lopez

Buffet Servers: Bene Tannenbaum, Nandika Suri, Martin Davis, Susana Friedman

Runners/Restockers: Carmen Gomez and her relative, Bill Najem

7-7:30 (First Buffet Closest b/t 6.45 and 7, depending on the flow)

Buffet Closers/Managers: Sabrina Craig, Monica Rezman, John Holstead

Clean-Up-7:30-9:30 or as long as you can stay. Every little bit helps!

The event ends at 8pm, but we will start clean-up as early as 7.30.  Please report to Rich   Sullivan.

Josephina Anaya 

Sherry Coleman 

Arlan Deveyra

Julie Fischer

Alyse Goodwin 

Nancy & Jaime Gonzales 

Rodney Gansho 

Katrina Lipe

Mary Livoni

Maria and Leo Lemus

Geselle Martinez

Bill Najem 

Cindy  Nicita

Letty Pizarro

Susan Staehle

Paul Staehle 

John Zidel

If your family is still working on your Family Diversity Art Project, keep working! The deadline to turn them in to the school office has been extended to this Weds, Sept 16.

If you didn’t get the flyer, the Diversity and Outreach Committee is inviting each Drummond family to submit a work of art to honor your family’s uniqueness and to recognize the tremendous diversity among school families. The projects will be displayed in the Gallery during Pasta Palooza. This special art installation is designed to build awareness of the many cultures and backgrounds represented at Drummond, and to recognize and celebrate our differences.

To participate, answer the following questions with a poem, pictures, music lyrics, etc that your family creates together. Use a standard size sheet of paper.

1. How is my family unique?

2. What celebration is recognized by my family that is not universally recognized by everyone in this country?

The Diversity and Outreach Committee thanks everyone for their participation, and looks forward to seeing your art projects!

We already have the paper and pencils. We do not need these. We do need the string lights (Christmas lights). If you have some please email me at