Island Creek Elementary School

Parent Teacher Association

Minutes for Meeting

March 7, 2006

Attendees: Jeanne Igo, Marsha Porter, Liz Dunn, Opal Foster, Emanuel Smith, Lisa Dale, Christie Corsoro, Steve Wallen, Denise Bolton, Toni Shipe, Cindy Wade, Cherie Rogers, ? Mazyck, Sarah Weller, Liz Townsend, Susan Owner and Michael Macrina

The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m., by Jeanne Igo, PTA President.  Jeanne thanked everyone for coming tonight and to those who have donated meals to the Struble family.  Jeanne will write a note to the family to tell them we will be discontinuing the sign up list in the office.

Dr. Owner welcomed and introduced Christie Corsoro.  Christie is the staff representative for the preschool at Island Creek.  Christie teaches the PAC program for students with autism.  Dr. Owner acknowledged Steve Wallen for his fantastic advocacy.  Steve helped move the PAC class to a full-year schedule.

The PTA enjoyed a wonderful safety presentation by Dr. Owner and Mr. Macrina.  They explained the procedures and policies which would be implemented in case of lockdown, evacuation, tornado, fire and other emergencies.

Ways and Means – Jeanne Igo for Jen Bishop

• There will be another restaurant night at Baja Fresh on April 19^th.  This will be the last restaurant night for the year.
• The school supply list is updated and ready to be sent to the supply company.  The PTA is looking for someone to do this job.  Also, the PTA will not be ordering any extra supply kits for next year.  The cost to ship the kits back is prohibitive to any extras.

Education – Steve Wallen

• Denise Bolton reported that ribbons for Reflections winners were given to her on Friday.   There was a discussion as to if and when the PTA could have a presentation before the April or May meeting.  It was agreed to do it in April.  Denise also had a question for Dr. Owner about how to return the artwork to the students because she didn’t have the names of the teachers.  Dr. Owner asked that she give all the artwork to Lydia and she would take care of it.
• Mad Science is on the 4^th week of a 10-week session.
• FLEX has a total of 8 classes:  3 Spanish, 2 French, 1 German, 1 Chinese, and 1 Sign Language.  Extended classes for 2 Spanish and 1 French group are registering now.  Once the registrations are turned in, a decision will be made regarding if there are enough students to continue.

Community Outreach – Liz Dunn

• Liz reported the huge success of the Sock Hop.  Kudos to Cindy Harlow who is already talking about a Hoedown for next year!
• Liz asked about the possibility of a Spaghetti Dinner.  Jeanne said that many people had been asking her, too.  She said they had some flexibility in that decision and may possibly do an ice cream social or pizza party before the end of the school year.
• Liz said there is a Cluster 5 meeting at the end of the month.  The Cluster 5 meeting occurs twice a year and is a great way to learn about what others schools in the area are doing.  Of course, Island Creek always outshines them!
• Volunteers – Cindy Wade thanked the many people who helped out at Art Night.  It was fabulous!
• The newsletter deadline is this Friday.  The newsletter has been shorter more recently due to lack of submissions.  Please send your articles to Liz Townsend.
• Liz Dunn brought up news related to a possible boundary study.  The need for a new study is that South County High School is already too crowded.  Brad Center, our School Board representative, says that trailers will be needed next year.  Our area (Cluster 5) is looking into the possibility of hiring a consultant regarding this issue.  All interested parents should get involved in the boundary study process.  Brad Center will try to meet with PTAs in this area over the summer.
• Beautification - Jeanne reported that we may get a maintenance contract for the school’s ongoing landscaping plans.

Treasurer’s Report

Marsha Porter reviewed the budget to date.  A $700 check was deposited from the restaurant night at Red, Hot and Blue.  The Sock Hop receipts have not all been turned in yet.  The bill from the Harriet Tubman performance has been paid.  In addition, $500 has been moved to a new category for the after-school SOL prep program starting next week; this program is for approximately 60 students (identified by their teachers) whom they feel will benefit from extra time spent studying reading and math.  Marsha asked that receipts be sent to her for paper and snacks.

New Business

We are looking for some people for the nominating committee for next year’s PTA.  A list of vacancies has been prepared along with the job descriptions to help the committee.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:50.

Respectfully Submitted,

Sarah Weller

PTA Secretary