May Meeting Minutes

Meeting called to order by President (Mark Cardone):  6:05pm

Secretary Report (Laura Crandall):  Minutes on the website

Treasurer’s Report (Chrissy Guilfoil)

Welcome 5^th Grade Teachers:  Mr. Crump and Mrs. Montalto

DDE PTO Treasurer Report (Chrissy Guilfoil)

·       Balances: 

o   PTO Checking:  $4,890.44

o   PTO Savings:  $25.04

·       Payments: 

o   Ziti :  $1803.98

o   Beaver Lake (2^nd Grade Trip):  $140

o   Teachers Appreciation:  $731.92

·       Profit:

o   Denny’s Night:  $2,051.02

o   Chuckleberries:  $180

Events:

·       Muffins with Mom:  Friday, May 10^th, Donlin Drive outside.  Free, but sign up deadline has passed.

Committee Reports:

·       Teacher Appreciation Week officially this week!

·       Dance Program:  (Allyson Taggert) program is over, awesome dance recital and a packed room at Chestnut Hill Middle School.  We will continue dance for next year.  Awesome night at Chuckleberries afterwards.

·       Bricks4Kidz (Jess Bresett):  great again this rotation.

·       Ziti Dinner (Joyce):  Ran out of food this year!  May want to look into Gino and Joe’s for the food.  Purchase extra foodThank you to Amy for the raffle baskets, $1155 with 33 total baskets.  Good turnout for grade themed baskets.  Consider different use of ice cream.

·       NEW Events:  Donuts with Dad (Monday, June 17^th):  8:15am to 8:45am, Donlin Drive Library.  Need volunteers to assist with the set up, decorations, crafts/supplies.  Dunkin Donuts will supply the food.

·       Carnival (All):  Friday, June 7^th, 4:30-7pm.  Hoffmans for hot dogs, Laura on food, glitter tattoo, bounce houses, Wanie (Contact) will do slushies and cotton candy, and photobooth.

·       Shopping Programs Reminders:  (Boxtops, Shoparoo, Amazon Smile, Price Chopper). Moving forward Boxtops will be online through an App, started May 1^st so you will scan receipts and/or product label with Boxtops icon.

New Business:

·       Merchandise.  Hold a shirt design contest, perhaps by the 5^th grade, for our annual shirt that DDE PTO would sell.

·       Welcome 5^th Grade Teachers:  thoughts on PTO?  Like the idea of Muffins with Mom/Donuts with Dad and would help with serving the food.

·       Elections for President and Treasurer for a 2-year term.  Send in interest to Mark Cardone and we will vote remotely then announce who the new officers are for 2019-2020.  The Vice President and Secretary will be up for next year.

·       Field Trip busing process explained

Meeting adjourned at 6:45pm by Mark Cardone

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