October 22, General Membership Meeting, 6:00 p.m.

Second Street School Riverview Cafeteria

1. Opening Business

a. Call to Order

b. Adoption of Agenda

c. Approve Minutes from August meeting

2. Reports

a. Principal

i. School Surveys

b. Presidents report (Cindy Aossey)

i. $100 prize from state PTA - Early Bird Drawing & Membership Award

c. Staff Appreciation report (Sara Wellman)

i. Banner & Sign making during meeting

d. Programs report (Lindsey Johnson for Sarah Gaddis)

e. Membership Report (Jen Oberlin)

f. Treasurer Report (Susan Coblin)

g. Ways & Means report (Amy Tolliver)

3. Old Business

a. CIPL

4. New Business

a. Fundraising

i. E-cycle

ii. Kroger Awards

iii. Art Night Auction and concessions

b. November Arts Night on November 12

i. 6:00-8:00 (activities 6:00-7:30, band concert 7:30-8:00)

ii. Reflections

c. Staff Appreciation for 2nd quarter

i. Breakfast December 16th

5. Closing Business

a. Meeting announcements

i. Next SBDM Council meeting will be Monday, October 26 at 4:00

ii. Next PTSA Board meeting will Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 p.m. at Traditions Center

iii. Next general membership meeting Thursday, January 14, 6:00 p.m. SSS Riverview Café

b. Work Groups including

i. E-cycle

ii. Art Auctions

iii. Concessions for November 12

iv. Staff appreciation

c. Adjournment

Executive Board 2015-2016

• President: Cindy Aossey - cindy.aossey@outlook.com

• Vice President Membership: Jennifer Oberlin

• Vice President Communications: Lindsey Johnson

• Vice President Ways & Means: Amy Toliver

• Vice President Programs: Sarah Gaddis

• Treasurer: Susan Coblin

• Secretary: Natalie Wilkerson

• School Principal: Amy Harris

Committee Chairs

• Teacher Representative: Erin Chavez

• Teacher Appreciation: Sara Wellman

PTSA website: sssptsa.weebly.com

PTSA Goals

• Involve parents as volunteers

• teacher support and

classroom resource

• facilitate community

partnerships

• fundraising

• facilitate strong

communications between

school and parents

• family involvement

Second Street School Parent Teacher Student Association (SSS PTSA) – General Membership Meeting

Call to order The SSS PTSA General Membership Meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. on

Thursday, October 22, 2015, at Second Street School.

Roll Call A quorum was present. The list of members in attendance is attached.

Minutes /Agenda Susan Coblin motioned to approve the agenda. Christa Sweger seconded.

Motion carried.

The minutes from the August general membership meeting were approved.

Cindy Aossey informed members that the minutes and other information would

be available on the PTSA website.

Principal’s Report Ms. Amy Harris asked parents to complete the Kentucky Safe Schools survey.

Computers were made available at the meeting to take the survey.

President’s Report The SSS PTSA won $100 from the state PTA from its Early Bird Drawing and

Membership competition.

Membership Report The PTSA currently has 67 members.

Communications ReportNone.

Programs Report Math Night was a success. The teachers were commended for their efforts and

FRYSC was thanked for the chili supper. It is hoped that this will be an annual

event.

Staff Appreciation There is a bulletin board in the main hall for new employees. Mr. Robinson’s

door was decorated for Custodial Workers’ Day. Students at the meeting were

invited to decorate ‘Thank you’ banners for the cafeteria.

Treasurers Report Report attached

Ways and Means The PTSA’s fundraising plan was approved by the School Board and work is

underway on the fundraising schedule.

Old Business: CIPL was discussed. This is a two-day parent development workshop. Several

individuals are working on setting a date and signing up parents.

New Business: 1. The FMS Academic Team, sponsored by Ms. Thomas and Ms. Holmes to

purchase the 2014-2015 test material. Ms. Best moved approval of the request.

Ms. Duvall-Shaw seconded. Motion passed.

2. Immediate efforts for fundraising include the Wall-E ecycling bin, Kroger

Community Rewards Program, and the Arts Night silent auction and

concessions.

3. Arts Night will be held November 12th from 6:00-7:30 with a band concert

from 7:30 – 8:00. The student art created for the national PTSA’s Reflections

program will be on display throughout the school that night.

4. There will be a staff appreciation breakfast on December 16th.

5. Approximately 1800 lbs of bottle caps have been collected through the

Benches for Bradley project. This is more than double the original goal and will

enable the school to build benches for two former SSS students who have

recently passed away.

Closing Upcoming meetings for the SBDMC, the FIS School Board, the PTSA Board, and

the PTSA general membership meeting were announced.

The meeting adjourned and broke into work groups for Arts Night planning.

Respectfully submitted,

Cindy Aossey