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School Store total sale $250 in 3 weeks

10/10/2023

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PTO Meeting Minutes 10/3/2023

10/10/2023

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PTO Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 6:00 pm
Media Center

The meeting was called to order at 6:02 PM. Ashley Seymour introduced the board members who were present at the meeting and thanked everyone who had helped so far this year.
She offered the floor to Ms. Hager and Ms. Gadsden. Ms. Gadsden noted that she recently met with community partners. There are several new ones this year. Heart Math is up and running and reading buddies is getting started soon. The Art Club had their first meeting today led by a volunteer from Providence High School (the sign up for the Art Club was at Open House with a cap of the number of students who could attend).
Ms. Hager reported that Progress Reports were shared with families today (K-2 paper copies, 3-5 in power school). There are lots of events going on in October and Ms. Hager reminded families to stay connected and reach out to the teachers first with any questions. If you have additional questions after speaking with your classroom teacher, then reach out to Ms. Hager/Ms. Gadsden. We are a C school (been here for a few years but are only a few points away from a B) and Exceeded Growth! Gentle reminder from feedback from a Lansdowne neighbor – please remember to follow the speed limit while in the neighborhood.
Ashley announced Open House/School Tours from 10-11 AM on the following dates: November 3rd, December 15th, January 26th, February 23rd, and March 22nd.  TBD on Open House at LES. The CMS Magnet Fair will be at West Charlotte on October 14th. Lansdowne will be present. The PTO has provided marketing materials using Fun Run funds such as a life size Lucky, retractable banner, etc to be used for marketing the school at job fairs, open houses, and other events.
Volunteers Needed - Ashley DiPalma announced that the Fall Fest sign up genius link was shared and is available for volunteers to sign up. Opportunities will also be coming for School Psychologist Week and the Book Fair. Email lansdownepto@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering for these events.
1st Fridays - Ashley reported that PTO will help coordinate staff meal orders and offer parent volunteers to pick up and deliver meals on the first Friday of the month. PTO will also provide a snack/drink cart for teachers on these 1st Fridays. (staff members & parents suggested supporting restaurants with a LES connection such as Green Brothers, Yafo, Midwood/Pacos Tacos, etc. – contact lansdownepto@gmail.com if you have a connection)
Room Parents - Ashley reported on behalf of Faith Atwood that all RP should have connected with their teachers. If you know of any teachers who haven’t heard from their room parents please let Faith know. We are still looking for a room parent for A. Edwards. Almost all staff favorite things sheets have been returned.
Fall Festival - Danielle McKim explained that the Fall Festival committee was able to drop the price of wristbands. Wristbands cost $7 and the day of cost of wristbands will be $10. Fall Festival will feature Kona Ice, Hungry Howie’s (one of our sponsors, Messer Financial is paying for this to be included with the cost of a wristband), Farm Haus Brat Truck, and the committee is coordinating with Home Depot for some donations. The committee is getting gift cards from local businesses (House Cleaning, Bad Daddys, Big Air, Flying Biscuit, Mani/Pedi, Local cocktailier). The committee needs donations of pool noodles from parents and would like to find a volunteer to help with facepainting. Ms. Fridley will help take photos during the event for the yearbook, website, social media. There will be lots of games – 3 bounce houses (by age), giant slingshots with large buckets & balls, bowling, face painting, craft station, bubble machine, DJ, etc. Teachers – if you have any students in your classes who you know cannot afford to attend please let PTO know so we can assist. Fall Festival will be held on the fields. Reach out to Danielle McKim with any questions. The Lost & Found table will also be set up at Fall Festival.
The Night of Stories    - Kim Rowe announced that the Night of Stories will be held on Nov. 29th. Time is still TBD with afterschool, but the event will probably start at 6 PM. Night of Stories will serve as a kick off for the book fair and will also be a community event around storytelling. The idea is for parents to get off of work, kids put on PJs and head over to the event with a cozy feel at nighttime. There will be a main stage with storytellers between the gym/cafeteria, along with the K/1 hallway for smaller groups of storytelling, students will have a small passport. There will be a hot cocoa/hot cider bar and also will have options for dinner (picnic/handheld dinner and maybe a food truck). Lumi (musical theater) will perform Frozen, Sam from CharMeck Library will do a story time for preschool/younger kids and there will be reading buddies/staff members/volunteers reading. Two traditional storytellers will also be present and possibly puppeteers. Kim and her committee need lots of help with details from volunteers. A sign up genius will be coming out asking for help with organizational roles and then another sign up genius for actual volunteers the day of the event. The committee would like donations of blankets/Christmas lights.
Beautification Day - Carrie Gelinas shared that Beautification Day will be on October 28th from 9-11 AM. We will work on updating the teacher’s lounge & the wellness room. Need requests/feedback from the staff. Please let Ashley/Carrie know suggestions by using the drop box in the lounge.
Restaurant Spirit Nights - Rachel Campbell announced that our September Hungry Howie’s night raised $250 and our September 20th Tacos 4 Life Spirit Night raised $200. The next Hungry Howie’s night is this Thursday, October 5th. The next Restaurant Spirit Night will be at Mi Pueblo in Matthews on November 15th (DATE CHANGE). Lansdowne will receive 10% of any sales between 5-close. We are guaranteed at least $200. She is working on the rest of the dates for the year.
Custodian Day Recap - Ashley shared that PTO made baskets, gave custodians lunch & dinner, and the staff provided cards to show their appreciation.
Let Me Run - Nikki Prenoveau announced that Let Me Run is starting 10/12 on T/Th from 4:30-5:45 with 12 4th/5th boys signed up (max is 14). If anyone is interested in coaching a 3rd grade team we could add that program to Lansdowne in the future. The End of Season 5K is a great event and Let Me Run would appreciate volunteers to cheer on the kids.
School Store/Spirit Wear - Ashley reported that the School Store going on during the week on Fridays is set up in front of the reading room & K-1 hallway. PTO made $60, $150 the last few Fridays. Spirit Wear – placed an order for Fall Festival for Spirit Wear to be available for purchase. Ashley can pick up at Cotton Gin and will distribute online orders at school (is this all orders or do parents have the option to pick up themselves or have it delivered at school - YES). When ordering online there will be an option to include your child’s name/homeroom teacher.
Recess Kits - Ashley explained that PTO provided these last year. 4th/5th grade kits were replenished and she reached out to any other classes who need supplies replenished.
Sprout     - Ashley noted that PTO will use Sprout as our vendor for school supply kits again this year.
Ashley also reported that the Hospitality Crew put supplies in the bathrooms for all staff - mints, etc and the church partners will be covering the Snack the Staff early release days for the remainder of the year.
The meeting was adjourned at 7 PM.
Please note the following Upcoming Dates:
10/5 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
10/10 Fall Picture Retakes
10/18 Early Release, Snack the Staff (Church
10/21 Fall Festival, 4-7PM
10/26 Principal’s Chat, 8-8:40AM
10/28 Beautification Day, 9-11AM
10/30 SIT Meeting (virtual) 6-7PM
11/2 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
11/6 & 11/7 Teacher Workdays
11/6-10 School Psychologist Week
11/10 No School (Veteran’s Day)


NEXT MEETING: 11/14 PTO Meeting, LES Media Center, 6PM
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PTO Newsletter September 2023

9/21/2023

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PTO Meeting Minutes - 9/6/23

9/21/2023

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PTO Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, September 6, 2023
6:00p-7:00p

  • Welcome & Introductions – Ashley introduced herself & other present Board Members
  • Principal Update – Carpool: Parent walk ups are not allowed. To mitigate traffic issues, the single carpool line will double once you get to the middle of the parking lot and then go back to a single line once the car gets to the curb where the students are. Every time there are two cars at a time on opposite sides, use the rule of every other. A map will be sent home soon explaining the changes.


  • Bylaws & Standing Rules update: To review, please see attached for reference. There were no updates from last year.


  • Budget Presentation & vote/Teacher Classroom Requests: budget was approved. 1st: Tom Atwood, 2nd: Rachel Campbell


  • SIT Ballot & Voting Instructions: Linda Rhyne recorded video share more on SIT. Voting sheets were provided to accept or decline new members. All students received the same voting instructions on their folders this past week.


  • Chairs & Co-Chairs Needed: we are always needed volunteers. If you would like to be part of any of the upcoming events, including spirit nights, community partners, book fair, fun run, etc. please connect with Ashley Seymour.


  • Committee & Event Updates
    • Room Parents- all rooms have a room parent, except for two. Actively looking.
    • Fall Festival – need volunteers, please connect with Ashely Seymour.
    • Copy Crew/Lost & Found- lost and found close to media center, but items can also be posted on Parent Square.
    • Volunteers needed for Snack the Staff: Usually occurs on early release day and curriculum nights. Connect with Ashley Seymour.
    • Grade Level Get Togethers on Weekends- this will go through the room parents


  • Upcoming Dates:
    • 9/6 – Safety Committee Meeting, Planning Room, 8AM
    • 9/7 – Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
    • 9/11- SIT meeting, LES Media Center, 8AM
    • 9/14 – Curriculum Night, 6-7:15PM
    • 9/19 – Fall Pictures
    • 9/20 – Early Release Day, 1:15 PM – Snack the Staff day
    • 9/21 – Restaurant Spirit Night (TBD)
    • 9/25 – Teacher Workday – No School
    • 10/2 – Custodian Day
Next Meeting: 10/3 PTO Meeting, LES Center, 6PM
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PTO Newsletter | February 2023

2/1/2023

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November 29, 2022 | PTO Meeting (virtual)

12/17/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Good evening everyone! Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving break. Thank you for the leadership with the bowling event, that was a great experience.
  • The open houses have been extremely successful. There was great attendance and great questions asked. We are looking forward to the other open houses we have coming up for the 2023 school year
  • It has been a great few days seeing the families come in and have lunch with their students.
  • We are encouraging everyone to stay connected and don’t hesitate to reach out via phone or email.
  • The playground is underway, so if you’re ever on campus, check it out. It should be ready by spring of 2023.​
Committee & Event Updates
Beautification Day Recap/Ongoing Projects Lauren Price/Carrie Gelinas
  • There are two beautification days a year, we did Nov 5th for the fall. We worked on setting up the lost and found, cleaning off chalk from the walls near the cafeteria, and setting up and organizing supplies in the Whistlestop.
  • Our next one is going to be in April and we will work on painting some games on the blacktop.
  • We also worked on a lost and found that is under the stairwell, and we need kids and parents to go through and claim their items.
  • The school is still in need of “Whistlestop” clothing in case of accidents
  • Whistlestop items needed: socks, girls leggings (6-adult medium), boys sweatpants/gym shorts (6-adult small), new underwear (size 6 - adult small)
Fall Festival Recap Ashley Seymour
  • We sold 346 wristbands including the presale and sold $89 worth of tickets
  • The wristbands were a big hit this year!
  • Ended up raising $3,239 after our expenses which was more than we anticipated
  • We hope to do this again next year with more games and vendors
  • For Jan: We are tentatively thinking about Edge City Brewing for a new member/new parent meeting about bringing on new people
  • This would just be a way for all of the parents to get together and get to know each other
Mother Son Event Recap Siri Nutting
  • Mother son was a week and a half ago and we went to Bowlero in Matthews.
  • It was great to see all of the kids and parents bonding
  • There were 100 people, a private room, and plenty of food!
Spirit Wear/School Store Lauren Buras/Jennifer Needham
  • Finally opening the online school store on Thursday the 1st. 
  • The plan is to have it open for a week
  • We will push something through on parents square and a flier
  • We have a lot of options to choose from, tumblers, shirts, socks, etc
  • You can have it shipped to you or pick it up from the printer
  • Q: is there a turnaround time?
  • A: 10 - 14 business days once we close the store, which would be Dec 8th
  • If there is anything you would like to add to the store, let us know, there are still a few more days to get that done
Book Fair 12/1-12/9 Jen Wilson/Lindsey Scheumiester
  • Book Fair starts on Thursday and it will run until next Friday.
  • We will be alternating morning between 2 grades starting with K and 1st grade.
  • Those morning times are from 8:45 - 9:15 and we could use some volunteers to help with that
  • Scholastic now has us calculating tax, so it will be a little complicated.
  • There will be Breakfast with Books on Friday, coffee, and food between 8 and 9:15 - family will have to sign in so please have your DL ready
  • Thursday, Dec 8th - after hour shopping from 4:30 - 6. We are cutting it off at 6 so parents and students can make the choir concert
  • Q: Is there a sign up genius A: yes, its been on the ParentSquare
Spirit Rock Sign Up Katy Heard
  • The Spring Spirit Rock sign up will go out to the public on 12/1.  
  • 2/13-2/17 and 4/24-4/27 - reserved for PTO and Boosterthon fun run
Restaurant Spirit Nights Amy McHugh (for Lauren Ely)
  • Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night on Nov 3rd raised $114.60 and we also had Hawthorne’s Spirit Night on Nov 17 $94.58
  • Hawthorne’s one is coming up again for Jan 19th - invite a friend this time so we can raise a little more
  • If you have any restaurant suggestions please email lansdownepto@gmail.com - we are having a little trouble getting restaurants to communicate back to us
Grade Level Get Togethers Amy McHugh
  • 4th grade was this past weekend, great turnout, not huge, but it was a holiday weekend.
K 12/3 1-3 PM William Davie Park
1 12/10 1-3 PM William Davie Park
2 12/10 3-5 PM Freedom Park, meet @ Panthers Training Pad
  • Still looking for someone to run the 5th grade one please email lansdownepto@gmail.com. 3rd grade is in the planning stages.
  • We will try to do it again in the spring so if you missed it this time, hopefully you can attend then
Room Parents (Winter Parties - dates below)   Amy McHugh (for Faith Atwood)
  • Room parents will be coordinating winder parties
  • Dates: 12/15 (K-2) and 12/16 (3-5)
  • Faith is our Room Parent Coordinator and will reach out to the room parents early next week with some guidance
  • Parents please be looking out for more information from your room parents
Teacher Appreciation Week 2/13-2/17 Theresa Matheny/Melissa English
  • Will be in Feb this year 13-17th the week of valentines day. There will be special treats, gifts, food, and a big meal for the staff
  • There will be a planning meeting. Melissa and Theresa have signed up to coordinate the whole event, but we need more people. We were thinking Fri Dec 9th at the school or on zoom
Fun Run Update Katherine Lesch
  • Will reach out to the list of the people who have signed up to volunteer and try to get a meeting together
  • This event takes a lot of hands on deck, so please reach out if you’re interested in being involved, we could always use more people.
  • If Ashley DiPalma has reached out to you regarding an event committee, please be sure to respond to her so we know if you’re still interested or not.
Career Day Co-Chair (3/10)
  • Ashley Seymour has volunteered to be the co-chair for this. This is March 10th
  • Fun day for all of the kids
  • If anyone else is interested in helping with this event, please let us know.
We are still looking for a Chair/Co-chair for Beginners’ Day (5/4) 
  • Amy chaired this last year so she is able to help
  • Welcome incoming Kindergarteners.
Questions/Discussion All
  • We should let people know what we are running to raise money for during the fun run to engage more parents
Girls on the run update
  • We have enough support right now to have 1 team at Lansdowne
  • This program is for girls in 3rd to 5th grade

* If you would ever like to contribute pictures or ideas for the newsletter, you can reach out to Linda Rhyne (lindamaerhyne@gmail.com) She also has places on FB for you to add pictures

Upcoming Dates:
12/1 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
12/1 - 12/9 Book Fair
12/2 Breakfast with Books 8-9:15 AM
12/8 Book Fair Shop Night 4:30-6 PM
        Musical Performance 6:30 PM
12/15 K-2 Winter Parties
12/16 3-5 Winter Parties
Lansdowne School Tour 10-11 AM
12/20 - 30 Winter Break
1/2 Teacher Workday, NO SCHOOL
1/3 Classes Resume
1/5 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
1/16 MLK, Jr. Holiday - NO SCHOOL
1/19 Restaurant Spirit Night Hawthorne’s Pizza
1/24 End of 2nd Quarter
1/25 Teacher Workday - No School
1/26 Principal’s Chat 8 - 8:40 AM
1/30 SIT Meeting (virtual) 6-7 PM

Next PTO Meeting:

2/23 PTO Meeting & IB Night of Kindness, 5:30 PM
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PTO November 2022 Newsletter

11/9/2022

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October 27th, 2022

10/27/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
Introducing Ashley DePalma as our Co-President. Ashley will be confirming interest and communicating with committee chairs for the second half of the school year.
Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Thank you for the waffles and dinner for curriculum night
  • Staffing Update: Ms. Harris took another position but we have two new counselors who will be with us the rest of the school year
  • New Dean from another CMS school - Angel Flemming - Ms. Fleming has 19 years experience as an educator in the district. She will begin full time next week. We are looking forward to her talents coming to join our family.
  • Heads up: we are halfway through the first quarter. The Quarter ends Oct 28th. 
  • PT conferences are coming up. 
  • Progress reports have also been sent out
  • Stay connected through Parents Square and Class Dojo
  • Principal chat Oct 27, in person from 8am - 8:30. The spotlight is on school our school psychologist and counselors
  • Other big goal is around literacy: “goals and guardrails” is a concept that our staff is familiar with
  • Two big buckets this year are literacy and social-emotional. We have many other buckets, but these two are our focus
  • Guidance coming soon for eating lunch in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is significantly smaller so there will need to be parameters and guidelines around this. That will be shared with you shortly.
  • Parent/Student Handbook for this year has been very helpful. This is not specific to Lansdowne, and a lot of this is district policy The handbook is a great resource for parents
  • Friday: the dedication ceremony. We are limited to 100 people, so we will look forward to the PTO Board and the School Improvement team attending. Teachers and staff will be watching through TV, and it will be recorded and distributed.The East Meck Drumline will be there and 3rd graders are going to be singing. We are sad that everyone will not be able to attend, but there is limited seating, and we will be posting it on the school website as well.

Committee & Event Updates
Room Parents Amy McHugh (for Faith Atwood)
  • Classes A Edwards and C Edwards both still need a room parent. All room parents and teachers have been collected and letters have been sent out to collect info from Room parents.
  • Lead room parent is going to get access to parent square to send out communication via Parent Square and email

Fall Festival Christopher Brown
  • Christopher Brown: Fall Festival Chair: The theme of this event is affordability, we went out for some sponsorships.
  • There will be games and inflatables, but the main focus is inclusion. There will be free and ticketed events. $12 if you pay ahead and $15 the day of.
  • If you know of any child that is financially challenged then let us know so they can be included
  • If you know of anyone who would like to be included the day of, or wants to donate things like drinks or chips, that would be great.
  • Since its been several years since we have had one of these, we want to make it memorable
  • Again, most important right now are day-of volunteers, as well as chips and drink donations
  • Email Lansdowne PTO gmail if you would like to donate
  • We might add a section to the volunteer sign-up so people can sign up to donate
  • The QR code for the wristband went out through parents square and in folders

Copy Crew Amy McHugh (for Alicia Lightfoot)
  • Could use another person or two for this
  • We have people working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday right now as well as an on-call back up person, but we would love to have another one or two parents.
  • Email PTO Gmail if you’re interested

Restaurant Spirit Nights Amy McHugh (for Lauren Ely)
  • Hungry Howie this Thursday from 4 - 9
  • Last time was at Yafo - don't have a total but a check is in the mail, but in the past it has been quite successful
  • Lauren is working on the next one for nov 17th as soon as we know we will communicate that to everyone

Snack the Staff                     Cassidy Estes-Rogers
  • Cassidy - helping with snack the staff
  • The event was wonderful. It was very easy and the staff really seemed to love it.
  • We will be doing this again on the 26th which is an early release day.

Spirit Wear/School Store Lauren Buras/Jennifer Needham
  • Spirit wear will be available at the fall festival
  • Going back with the Cotton Gin
  • Also planning to open up an online store for the fall
  • We have the store open in second Q for the kids on Fridays and we will share more information about that in the future.

Beautification Day 11/5 9-11AM Carrie Gelinas
  • The next meeting will be the 5th of November from 9 - 11 - we have been asked to repaint the numbers in the bus lot as well some activities for recess on the blacktop - we are waiting on some stencils to come in to complete this.

Grade Level Get Togethers Amy McHugh
  • We still need someone for 3rd grade and 5th grade, so if you’re so inclined
  • We will push some info out about that through FB and PS

Mother Son Event 11/19 Siri Nutting
  • Bolero in Matthews -  2 hours of bowling with shoe rental. Everyone who attends will get a gift card to the arcade and lunch will be provided for everyone . We have a private room and it will be very nice.
  • Waiting until after fall fest to promote it
  • Everyone is welcome, it’s not just mother-son

Book Fair 12/1-12/9 (updated dates)
  • Dec 1 - Dec 9 - there will be a couple extra days on the front end this time.
  • Next PTO meeting November 29th and we will have updates on that then.

Questions/Discussion All
Q: Incoming new staff: do we have gifts for them?
A: Ms. Hager: Staff does one internally with a school shirt, but we would welcome anything from the PTO as well.
  • Girls on the Run - We wanted to do this for fall but missed the mark, so now we need a coach for spring. We have to have the coaches lined up to be able to do it, as they have the whole process lined up. Some staff members have said they might be interested in getting the team started as well. Coaches have to go through a training program and the time commitment after that is an hour one time per week. You can choose to do it in the morning or after school.
  • Let me Run - (For the boys) We pushed out a sign up but need to get that back up and running.

Q: Book Fair - is there an evening when the parents will come in and what is the date?
A: Will be Thursday the 8th from 5 - 7 and then a musical performance after that.
  • Request to move that to a different night because of Chorus rehearsals.
  • Huge turn out for volunteers and reading buddies and math. Some other things on the list would be copy crew, and supporting events we have throughout the year. 
  • Bus Updates: it was a great day! Finished the buses by 4:35 - on PS there is a link that we can update that includes a list of the buses with issues or if they are late. The Transportation Update link is always the same and will be continually updated. We got some new bus drivers, and are expecting some relief. Other than that, things are going well and we are headed in the right direction.

Upcoming Dates:
10/5 Teacher Workday - No School
10/6 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
10/11 Fall Picture Retakes
10/15 Fall Festival 4-7 PM
10/24 SIT Meeting (virtual) 6-7 PM
10/26 Early Release Day 1:15 PM
Snack the Staff
10/27 Principal’s Chat 8:00-8:40 AM
10/28 End of 1st Quarter
10/31 Teacher Workday - No School

11/3 Hungry Howie’s Spirit Night
11/5 Beautification Day 9-11 AM
11/8 Teacher Workday - No School
11/7-11 School Psychologist Week
11/11 Veterans Day Holiday - No School
11/17 Restaurant Spirit Night
11/19 Mother/Son Event
11/21 SIT Meeting (in person) 8-9 AM
11/23-25 Thanksgiving Break - No School
11/29 PTO Meeting 6 PM
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September 6, 2022 | PTO Meeting 6PM

9/12/2022

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Welcome & Introductions                                           Amy McHugh
  • Thank you to everyone and welcome! We are excited to make this a fun year for our students and make lansdown the best it can be
  • PTO Board Introductions: Katherine Lesch: Secretary, Siri Nutting: Outgoing Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer, Nikki Prenoveau: Previous President, Brian Staff: Incoming Treasurer. Three not in attendance are Danielle Firenze: New Member Recruitment, Kristen Fletcher, Jennifer Needham: Social Co-Chairs

Principal Update Ms. Hager
  • Make sure you send the students home with extra clothing to keep warm because the building is cold 
  • This year is going to be very important, and we want to be the best school in Char Meck and can’t do that without you. — In upcoming weeks, you will hear more about our letter grade. Some schools have gotten As and some have gotten Fs and tomorrow with our staff meeting we will share that info with our staff and then the Lansdowne community
  • Thank you to all of the carpool volunteers! We really appreciated the smiles and positive energy.
  • The only thing she asks is that we aren’t having any more walk ups. If you park in the street and walk up, it stops the flow and causes some safety issues.
  • 2022 - 2023 is going to be our best year yet!

Staff Introductions:
Ms Cunningham - 3rd grade
Ms. Russell - Library
Ms. Saunders - Multi-Language
Ms. Magone - 2nd
Ms. Denny - 4th
Ms. Albert - Kindergarten
Ms. Linebarrier - EC Resource
Ms. Greenway - 1st
Ms Gadsen - Assistant Principal 
Bylaws & Standing Rules (Updates)                              Katherine Lesch
  • Removal of the Administrative Assistant Board Position
  • Adding that unbudgeted expenditures of more than $150 will be approved by majority vote of the Board
  • We will not be using Connect Ed, but instead will be using Parent Square
  • New member recruitment will be adding the planning of parent socials to the list of responsibilities
  • These bylaws were voted and approved on 09.06.2022

Budget presentation & vote                                       Siri Nutting
  • What we have spent money on so far is each classroom - we gave each teacher $100
  • Field trip budget has increased this year
  • There are two forms to be aware of - staff forms - we want to support you in any way you can. If you submit a form to Ms. Hager we will do all we can for you to be approved.
  • PTO Member Reimbursement Form to be reimbursed or approach the board to be reimbursed
  • There are copied of these in the PTO box in the staff room

SIT Ballot & Voting Instructions Amy McHugh
  • School Improvement Team Ballot & Voting Instructions - will go out tomorrow as a paper ballot in your child’s folder, but there will also be a vote on parent square. You can either vote on parent square or send in the paper ballot Please make sure you do not do both.

Chairs & Co-Chairs Needed Amy McHugh
  • Many hands make light work, so if you are interested, you can sign up at the back of the room 
  • Chairs still needed: Snack the staff, bus friver apprecuateion, career day, beginners day, Staff appreciation lunch
  • If you’re interested, come see anyone from the board or sign up on the sign up sheets.

Room Parents Amy Mchugh (for Danielle Firenze)
  • Sign up here or at a google form, could have signed up at open house
  • We are collecting those from teachers as well and emailing those interested parents to confirm
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January 18, 2022 | PTO Meeting

1/26/2022

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PTO Meeting
Jan 18, 2022 
Updates from the principal:
Happy 2022! 18 days in now. Hope all is well and everyone enjoyed the snow

Tomorrow we will have a 2 hr delay. Students may start to enter the building at 10:45

Covid 19/Quarantine/Contact Tracing: a few documents have been sent out but the most important part to know is that the quarantine is now 5 days. The school is also not required to notify everyone when there are positive cases, just when there is a cluster.

Q2 is about to end on Friday, meaning on the 24th there is a teacher workday and the 25th is the first day of Q3 and Jan 31 the Q2 report cards will go home. 

Ms. Hager has a meeting with the engineer for the new building coming up and will be posting notes as soon as they have that meeting

Nikki Prenoveau:
There is a new sign up genius for cafeteria helpers for January and February. Ms Gadsen is still in need of three reading buddy volunteers (there is a form for this as well) Both parents and grandparents can volunteer for this role.

Restaurant Spirit Nights:
$135.50 was the profit for Hungry Howie's Spirit Night in November. $41.50 was collected from white duck taco. The next night is February 24th probably at City BBQ on Monroe road and Galleria Blvd. More details to come on that. 

Book Fair:
Kids will be able to visit during their media time February 14 - 23rd with the last day ending around lunch. We will need volunteers to set up the fair. More info to come about the delivery of the books (probably Feb 10 or 11). Also need help to box up unpurchased items (probably Feb 23 and 24). She will probably try to send a sign up genius for these. This year is different. Previously it has been a little chaotic first thing in the morning, so we are considering implementing a rule stating that only certain grades can come shop before school. Teachers need to check that students visiting the book fair actually brought money to spend, so they’re not there just browsing or socializing. Courtney will send out some more info once she has the details nailed down. They will be pushing the ewallet process. Parents can set up the account and preload the money on there. This will limit things like checks and bags of pennies coming in. In the past, there have been some issues because students would sometimes end up with multiple accounts created by various family members. We have told that has been consolidated this year. Teachers can also create an ewallet for themselves and parents can load money onto their ewallet and  teachers can send out a notification about that opportunity. There used to be a jar, but there are not a lot of parents coming in anymore. There is also an opportunity to donate for kids that are in need of books. There is also an online bookstore that will be running from the 14-27th and anyone can go in and order from there. We needs to see what the shipping process would be. Used to be that they would come to the school, but last year you could earn free shipping to your house with a large enough purchase. Ms Hager is concerned about parking in the morning. We may have to keep parents from coming in. Courtney said they are considering doing a few evening events that parents can attend. Katie Austin said its been good for her having the kids shop alone during the designated media time. Shes okay with doing it during the normal school day. Nikki said there won’t be a “breakfast and books” event like previous years either. We still have time to iron things out. Courtney feels like there used to be a lot of parents that came in the morning because of drop off. Parking has also been an issue with other events in the past.
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Nikki Prenoveau:

Other events coming up:
Ms Harris said that we are rescheduling the IB night of kindness for a later date so we can do outdoor and in person preferably.
The IB bucket filler week will still happen February 7 - 11 The theme is and “Peace and kindness begins with you.” Ms Harris is in charge, more information to come, but the focus is on helping students to learn coping skills on inner peace, conflict resolution, etc. 
Maggie McGlone: Students will wear a different shirt and read a different book each day of the week. They are also be doing some community outreach like delivering cards to senior homes. The focus is handling emotions, since there have been 2 years of not being able to interact normally.

Daddy Daughter dance is on the schedule for March 11th Lindsey Scheumeister: the theme is “to the moon and back” being reused from a cancelled dance 2 years ago. There is no charge to use the room at the church. Frank Crawford is going to be arranging the clean up and everything there. The gym is very large and very nice so there will be enough room for social distancing. There is an option to have it outdoors as well. We can push out info about the date through parent square. There is also a calendar option on parents square that will send reminders. The turn out before has been about 300 people, with 150 of them being the little girls. We have also sent out a flier. Siri said she can make a square link to take payment. Everyone is allowed to go. Not only limited to girls. Ms Hager wants everyone to have an open mind about having events or having to cancel them because of COVID in the furture. If this event was tomorrow we wouldn’t be able to host it, but hopefully everything will be alright by March.

Career Day:
Currently scheduled for Mar 18th. Jasmine Cornett is going to be in charge. Last year it was on zoom. This year it's going to be in person, just one day. Speakers will come into the classroom to talk about their careers. The students loved it last year and everyone is welcome to be a part of it. Doesn’t have to be a parent. Traditionally, It might be a ~20 minute presentation on the career. 

Announcement for Teachers:
There are certain deadlines coming up from sprout kids, so it's time to start thinking about what needs to be on the lists.

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