PTO Meeting Minutes
March 24, 2010
7:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Item:
Art Show/Open House: The Art Show/Open House will be held on Friday May 7th from 5:30 – 7:00. The school will be offering complimentary Pinecroft Plus on this day followed by Pizza for children and
families starting at 5:30. We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to help Miss Anne setup
for the Art Show (~3:00 pm) – please email Miss Anne (PINECROFTSCHOOL@comcast.net) if you are
able to help with setup.
Spring Program/Last Day of School Cookout: The Spring Program/Last Day of School Cookout will be
held on Friday June 4th. Details on the time of the Spring Program will be provided by the school.
Following the Spring Program, students and their families are invited back to the school for the Cookout.
We will be looking for volunteers to bring food as well as to help with set?up prior to the Spring Program
and clean up at the end of the Cookout. A list will be posted closer to the event for volunteers to bring
food for the Cookout as has been done in previous years.
Staff Appreciation Day: Again this year we will be showing our appreciation to the staff of Pinecroft –
this will occur on May 4th. Each student will be asked to bring in flowers to show their appreciation.
More details to follow from classroom coordinators.
Yearbook: Cheryl Warburton and Tam Chisholm have volunteered to work to put together a yearbook
this year. Cheryl and Tam are looking for any photographs that you may have of your children or their
classmates from school activities. We will be seeking volunteers to work on the Yearbook next year. We
will discuss more at the beginning of next year, but hope that we can get some volunteers to work
throughout the year collecting photographs and working with the students to create the yearbook.
PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
Book Swap: The idea of a book swap which was an idea of a parent was discussed. Jeani and Bonnie
are looking at the calendar to identify an afternoon toward the end of school where kids could bring in
books to swap. More details will follow.
Group Get Togethers: The group discussed potential get togethers outside of the normal school
activities. We will be looking into the following activities: Pawtucket Red Sox Outing (Jen Howe will be
reaching out shortly with details), Norton Chartley Halloween Parade ( Jeani and Kellie will be reaching
out – planning will likely begin over the summer), and possibly an Apple picking adventure in the
Fall…more to come.
Volunteer Activities: There is some immediate need for volunteers to help with some of the activities
that will be rounding out the 2009 – 2010 school year.
Art Show/Open House – Set up/Clean up volunteers
Spring Show/BBQ – Set up/Clean up volunteers, food preparation
Classroom coordinators – We have volunteers for the 2/3 classroom as well as the 4/5
classroom for next year – we are looking for someone for the K/1 classroom for next
year.
Pizza Day Coordinator – Tam Chisholm has volunteered to coordinate the Pizza Days –
thanks Tam – anyone who is interested in being involved in the rotating delivery of pizza
can contact Tam.
Event Coordinator – We are looking for a volunteer(s) to take responsibility for
coordinating events throughout the school year such as food for the winter program,
refreshments for the Fall Art Show, etc. If you’re interested, please contact Bridget or
Jenna.
Sunshine Parent – We are looking for someone to take on the role of “Sunshine” parent
– this person would help to acknowledge key life events for Pinecroft families. If you’re
interested, please contact Bridget or Jenna.
School Store: Jeani will be coordinating one final order from the school store for the year. She will
reach out to families in the coming weeks.
Future Meetings: We will try to meet once per semester in an attempt to reduce the number of
meetings and hopefully this will allow for more involvement. We will re?evaluate how this is working in
the Fall.
Reminder: Please continue to check the Pinecroft website for important news and information – this is
a great source of information and updates. Also – the more frequently that the site is visited, the higher
the website will show up when googled.
March 24, 2010
7:00 – 8:00 P.M.
Item:
Art Show/Open House: The Art Show/Open House will be held on Friday May 7th from 5:30 – 7:00. The school will be offering complimentary Pinecroft Plus on this day followed by Pizza for children and
families starting at 5:30. We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to help Miss Anne setup
for the Art Show (~3:00 pm) – please email Miss Anne (PINECROFTSCHOOL@comcast.net) if you are
able to help with setup.
Spring Program/Last Day of School Cookout: The Spring Program/Last Day of School Cookout will be
held on Friday June 4th. Details on the time of the Spring Program will be provided by the school.
Following the Spring Program, students and their families are invited back to the school for the Cookout.
We will be looking for volunteers to bring food as well as to help with set?up prior to the Spring Program
and clean up at the end of the Cookout. A list will be posted closer to the event for volunteers to bring
food for the Cookout as has been done in previous years.
Staff Appreciation Day: Again this year we will be showing our appreciation to the staff of Pinecroft –
this will occur on May 4th. Each student will be asked to bring in flowers to show their appreciation.
More details to follow from classroom coordinators.
Yearbook: Cheryl Warburton and Tam Chisholm have volunteered to work to put together a yearbook
this year. Cheryl and Tam are looking for any photographs that you may have of your children or their
classmates from school activities. We will be seeking volunteers to work on the Yearbook next year. We
will discuss more at the beginning of next year, but hope that we can get some volunteers to work
throughout the year collecting photographs and working with the students to create the yearbook.
PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION
Book Swap: The idea of a book swap which was an idea of a parent was discussed. Jeani and Bonnie
are looking at the calendar to identify an afternoon toward the end of school where kids could bring in
books to swap. More details will follow.
Group Get Togethers: The group discussed potential get togethers outside of the normal school
activities. We will be looking into the following activities: Pawtucket Red Sox Outing (Jen Howe will be
reaching out shortly with details), Norton Chartley Halloween Parade ( Jeani and Kellie will be reaching
out – planning will likely begin over the summer), and possibly an Apple picking adventure in the
Fall…more to come.
Volunteer Activities: There is some immediate need for volunteers to help with some of the activities
that will be rounding out the 2009 – 2010 school year.
Art Show/Open House – Set up/Clean up volunteers
Spring Show/BBQ – Set up/Clean up volunteers, food preparation
Classroom coordinators – We have volunteers for the 2/3 classroom as well as the 4/5
classroom for next year – we are looking for someone for the K/1 classroom for next
year.
Pizza Day Coordinator – Tam Chisholm has volunteered to coordinate the Pizza Days –
thanks Tam – anyone who is interested in being involved in the rotating delivery of pizza
can contact Tam.
Event Coordinator – We are looking for a volunteer(s) to take responsibility for
coordinating events throughout the school year such as food for the winter program,
refreshments for the Fall Art Show, etc. If you’re interested, please contact Bridget or
Jenna.
Sunshine Parent – We are looking for someone to take on the role of “Sunshine” parent
– this person would help to acknowledge key life events for Pinecroft families. If you’re
interested, please contact Bridget or Jenna.
School Store: Jeani will be coordinating one final order from the school store for the year. She will
reach out to families in the coming weeks.
Future Meetings: We will try to meet once per semester in an attempt to reduce the number of
meetings and hopefully this will allow for more involvement. We will re?evaluate how this is working in
the Fall.
Reminder: Please continue to check the Pinecroft website for important news and information – this is
a great source of information and updates. Also – the more frequently that the site is visited, the higher
the website will show up when googled.
