February Board Announcements

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  Missouri PTA and Columbia Council PTA will be hosting a local legislative Kids First Rally with area legislators expected to attend. The rally will be held February 19th at Mill Creek Elementary, 2200 Nifong Blvd. West, Columbia (65203) with a start time of 7:00 p.m.
  
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  If you or your spouse works for State Farm, you may be eligible for the State Farm Good Neighbor Grant for Fairview. Please contact Judy Irelan judy.irelan.lfjd@statefarm.com to find out about this simple process.
  
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  The 2009-2010 PTA officers were elected at the general PTA meeting last night. President: Sheila Chapman Vice President: Susan Hartnagel Secretary: Chris Teddy Treasurer: Amy Pescalia These ladies will begin filling the PTA board positions for next year in the spring.
  
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  Book Fairs are right around the corner (2/26 & 27) and Laurie still needs some help. Thursday: I need at least 3 more people from 4:30 to 6:30. If someone wants to join me during the day from 8:30-12:00 Patty had suggested 2 people but I imagine I can do it myself. Friday: I need 1 person from 8:00 to 10:00Please email Laurie Kingsley kinglaurie@aol.com if you can help out.
  
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  Our next PTA board meeting will be March 9, 11:30 am.

What's for dinner?....Why Shakespear's of course.

Lucky us.....we get a reason to head to Shakespear's for dinner this month.

Fundraising flyers will be sent home in Friday folders February 20th for a Fairview fundraising night Tuesday, February 24th.

Make sure you bring your flyer to the restaurant for it to be valid. (they attach that to your receipt so we can collect our 15%). You are welcome to visit either location, downtown or the West, all day on the 24th.

This is good for dine in, carry-out and even their frozen pizza's.

Call some friends and we'll see you there.

Fairview Financials

In an effort to keep everyone informed we post our PTA financial records.

Below is a link to a Google Spreadsheet with out 2008-2009 financial information. Google documents are slightly different than your Microsoft documents, but still very similar. There are "tab" at the bottom of the document were you can see various monthly statements.

2008-2009 Budget

Thank you Chris for keeping track of this for us.

Welcome to the New Fairview PTA Blog

Welcome to our new site!

The way a blog works, is every new update is posted at the top. The right side of the site has all of the refrerence links.

• You will find a new way to log volunteer hours. Have you ever forgotten to log your volunteer hours at school or tracked your at home working hours? Click on the link and catch up any unreported hours. They are important.
• I will make tags or "labels" for each entry that you can reference form the Label section. All meeting minutes can be found under the section Meeting Minutes.
• PTA Links is another section we have. Check out some of the sites PTA parents have found helpful.

Comments are always welcome. We want this site to work for you.

Thanks,

Amy

The

PTA Board Directory 2008-2009

President: Joyce Miller
joyce.miller@mac.com
Vice-President: Sheila Chapman
sheila.chapman@mchsi.com
Secretary: Robin May
robin.may@tap.com
Treasurer: Chris Teddy
christineteddy@centurytel.net
Ad Hoc/Council Rep: Chris Teddy*
Book Fair Pattie Faber
patricia_faber@countrywide.com
Debbie Fisher
cdfish@mchsi.com
Laurie Kingsley
kinglaurie@aol.com
Community Fundraisers: Susan Hartnagel
shartnagel@hotmail.com
Kim Deutchmann
greenqqs@hotmail.com
Fairview Fever Festival: Lisa Paten
lisapaten@gmail.com
Amy Pescalia
amynryan@centurytel.net
Holly Curtis
hchristinecurtis@hotmail.com
Sheila Chapman
sheila.chapman@mchsi.com
Jill Orr
orrjill@hotmail.com
Christine Simon
christinesimon@mchsi.com
Lachelle Crain
lachelle@mchsi.com
*Susan Hartnagel, Kim Deutchmann
5th Grade Party : Anne Orazio
boathenge@mchsi.com
Tracy Culley
mom2one_4@hotmail.com
Wendy Warnken Kvam
info@denice.com
Sherry Horsey
shorsey@mchsi.com
Rebecca Dykhouse
dykhouse3@gmail.com
*Robin May
Hospitality: Karen Elmore
kelmore@bjc.org
Helen Katz
mokatz@hotmail.com
Eva Vazquez
evazquez@columbia.k12.mo.us
Ice Cream Social: Karlan Seville
sevillek@missouri.edu
April Ravert
raverta@missouri.edu
Literacy Room: Shayne Alexaander
shaynealexander@centurytel.net
*Amy Pescalia, Tracy Culley
Media Center Vol. Coord.: Lisa Toler
mommyt@socket.net
Kim Pistole
kkacp@centurytel.net
Membership: Helen Katz
mokatz@hotmail.com
Whitney Gibbens
whitneyg@mchsi.com
Literacy Event: Alison Copeland
copelanda@missouri.edu
Lisa Monsees
lisamonsees@yahoo.com
Rebate Programs Coord.: Susan Offerdahl
offerdahl@centurytel.net
Reflections: Pam Mulholland
mulhollandp@health.missouri.edu
April Ravert
raverta@missouri.edu
Room Parent Coord.: Christine Simon
christinesimon@mchsi.com
School Supply Coord.: Sarah Grueber
gruebers@health.missouri.edu
Lisa Toler
mommyt@socket.net
Sportswear: Julie Wesley
juliewesley@realtor.com
*Lisa Paten, Lisa Hawkins
Staff Appreciation: Judy Irelan
judy.irelan.lfjd@statefarm.com
Elizabeth Hoffmann
ehoffmann@mchsi.com
*Susan Hartnagel, Holly Curtis, Jill Orr
Used Book Fairs: Mary Ann Daugherty
dartygang@cs.com
Jan Lenard
leonardlodge@gmail.com
*Chris Teddy
Volunteer Coordinator: Susan Reid
sreid@socket.net
Wellness: Lisa Monsees
lisamonsees@yahoo.com
Kristan Whelihan
kawhelihan@aol.com
Workroom: Mary Ann Daugherty
dartygang@cs.com
Yearbook: Gay Littekin
gaylitteken@centurytel.net
*Anissa Lockett

*Single names have e-mail addresses listed elsewhere on page

Meeting Minutes

This is the first entry into our new blog. I am going to use this space to catch up on some past meeting minutes. From this point forward, each meeting will have it's own space.

MINUTES
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY P.T.A. BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, Nov. 10, 2008
Call to Order
PTA President Joyce Miller called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.. She thanked the members present for coming to the meeting. The following PTA Board Members were in attendance: Sheila Chapman, Kim Deutschmann, Pattie Faber, Debbie Fisher, Susan Hartnagel, Elizabeth Hoffmann, Robin May, Joyce Miller, Lisa Monsees, Judy Irelan, Lisa Paten, Amy Pescaglia, Christine Simon, Chris Teddy and Eva Vasquez.
Old Business
The minutes of the previous board meeting held Oct. 6, 2008 were approved.
Fairview PTA Treasurer’s Report was presented by Chris Teddy. Balance is $22,098.05. Profits from the FFF were down from last year, as expected.
III) New Business
Chairperson Reports
CCPTA: Chris Teddy did attend the MO PTA Convention. She recommended that we send someone to this convention in the future.
New Book Fair: Patti said she could use some additional volunteers on Wednesday afternoon to set up. Thursday and Friday are covered, although additional coverage could be used on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. She and the committee are providing a continental breakfast for teachers on Thursday morning as they preview the book fair.
Used Book Fair: Collections are going well and Jan Leonard can use help running the book fair on Thursday and Friday.
Bylaw Review: Chris Teddy reminded the board that this review is done every three years to update. To change our bylaws, it is necessary to present the changes to our general membership. There are some required changes due to MO PTA’s change in their by-laws, and these changes do not have to be approved by the general membership. The board approved the bylaw committee review changes.
Community Fundraisers: Susan Hartnaegal reminded the board that the Chevy’s fundraiser is next Tuesday, Nov. 18. Public relations efforts are underway to encourage participation. Thursday, Dec. 11, is Fairview’s Chuckie Cheese fundraiser. Students will get a sticker for 10 free tokens. Teachers get free merchandise for attending too.
Fairview Directory: They have been distributed.
Fairview Fever Festival: Board members involved with the FFF met earlier in the month to debrief for next year. Joyce thanked everyone for their tireless efforts.
Fifth Grade Party: no report
Hospitality: Helen Katz is taking care of the cake for DARE graduation. Eva is looking into the committee providing poinsettias for the offices in December.
Spring Ice Cream Social: Plans will begin after Christmas.
Literacy Room Coordinators: Media Center: Coverage is going well.
Membership:
READ-a-thon: The literacy event will be March 2-6 and further planning will occur after Christmas.
Rebate Programs: We were encouraged to keep participating in these programs.
Reflections: The theme for the MO PTA Reflections program is “Wow!” There will be a information blurb in the December newsletter. Packets will be sent home to students in the Thanksgiving Friday folders so they can work on them during the holidays. Submissions are due Jan. 16th.
Room Parent Coordinator: Christine reports that the Halloween parties went well. he will send out a packet to room parents with ideas for Valentine’s Day parties.
School Supplies: The contract has been signed and we were able to get the lowest possible price, even lower than last year. We will work on marketing the program to make sure our families know what a value it is and that it is not a fundraiser.
Sportswear: Lisa is considering pre-ordering merchandise next year. She has talked with other schools who do this and it seems to work well.
Staff Appreciation: Next Thursday, Nov. 20, is going to be Pie day, where staff will be treated to pies. Plans for December are tentatively for a cookie exchange. The committee will meet after Christmas to start work on Teacher Appreciation week.
Volunteer Coordinator – Susan Reid again reminded all of us to keep track of hours and turn them in.
Wellness: Lisa Monsees reported that the city’s estimate on the proposed Fitness Track is $20,000. She submitted a proposal to Dr. Jenson and is waiting for his response. She cannot estimate a timeline for his response, as it has already been three weeks.
Workroom Volunteer: Going well.
Yearbook –
B) Other Items of New Business
IV.) Remarks by Principal Mrs. Demoss
1.) Mrs. Demoss brought the idea of a digital timer/bookmark. The literacy coach thought it might be something that parents would be interested in. There is a possibility of selling them to parents for a small fundraiser.
2.) Teachers are ready for conferences.
3.) She was happy with the decision to dismiss school on Election Day, as there were more than 1,200 voters.
4.) There are two new wooden benches in the lobby purchased by retired Fairview teachers. 5.) They also purchased one for the playground.
Next Meeting and Adjournment
The next PTA Board Meeting will be held on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.