Attendance: Erica Burns, Tara Cloutier, Jennifer Perreault, Lindsay Siano, Melodie Goodwin,
McKenzie Giard
1. 2014-2015 Officer Voting -
A. Lindsay Siano will be resigning from her secretary position at the end of the 2013-2014 school year in June. This position will be available. Tara Cloutier will be graduating from the PTO as Vice President in June. This position is also available. Angela Morrissey volunteered to hold VP position if no one else was interested. She was not able to attend this meeting so no voting took place and the position is still available.
2. Events -
A. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4th through the 10th. PTO will be providing lunch from The Smithsonian Cafe for all Newton staff. Anyone else who would like to make or provide additional gifts can do so and is greatly appreciated! Thank You!
B. Spring Book Fair will be May 20th through May23rd. Friday May 23rd, PTO will be sponsoring a Dance/Mad Libs Event during the last night of the book fair. The book fair will run from 5pm-7pm while the dance/mad libs will take place from 5:30-6:30pm in the gym. We are thinking we need access to a smart board to run the MadLibs part of this event. Not sure if this will be held in a classroom or the lunchroom as of yet. Everyone in attendance decided to hire Alex Richardson as our DJ for the amount of $100. Voted and approved. This is a great book fair! Buy 1, Get 1!
C. Movie Morning is to be scheduled for September at the Greenfield Garden Cinema. Update for hosting an in school movie night: Lindsay called the Music Store here in Greenfield and Gene emailed some speaker/sound system options for our projector. PTO still discussing the best options.
D. Field and Fun Day is scheduled for Friday, June 6th. Mel to check with teachers to see if this date looks good.
3. Projects -
A. Spring Clean Up Day is to be determined. We think if people have time to stop by for an hour when it works for them is best. Maybe posting when people are available on Facebook/email and have it be a drop in sort of thing.
B. Benches are still in the works. Lindsay has tried numerous times to contact the carpentry shop at FCTS and has had no response. Tara said she will check with the Greenfield High schools carpentry Department to see if this is something they would be interested in. If anyone knows a good carpenter, send them our way!
The next PTO Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 6th at 6pm in the library (could be subject to change).