1. CEC District 15 Report (Michelle Kupper)

PS 32 PTA Meeting Date: October 8, 2013 Location: PS 32 Library

Attendance: 45

Approved the minutes of the last meeting.

1. CEC District 15 Report (Michelle Kupper) The CEC (Community Education Council) District 15 committee meets on a monthly basis with Anita Scott They also hold monthly public meetings on issues that are important to community Last week there was a meeting on high stakes testing. For more information, email [email protected]

2. SLT Nominations and PTA Co-Executive Positions (Larissa Bailiff)

PTA Co-Executive Nominations - One Year Commitment Nominations for co-president: No Nominations Nominations for co-vice-president: No Nominations Nominations for co-treasurer: Jenny Sergeant Nominations for co-secretary: No Nominations

Jenny Sergeant was elected PTA co-treasurer

SLT Nominations - Two Year Commitment Elizabeth Sylvince nominated for SLT Michelle Pion nominated for SLT Shon Urbas nominated for SLT Christine Caponi nominated for SLT

The new members of the SLT Committee are: Michelle Pion Shon Urbas Christine Caponi

3. Guidance Counselor Report (Adrian Straker) Report on Attendance If your children are ill or absent for more than one day, please send a note with them. If your child is ill, you should not send them to school, some absences cannot be avoided. If your children are travelling, it is considered an unexcused absence. Please try to avoid travelling during the year, so your children don’t have to miss school. After 10 or more consecutive absences, it becomes an issue. Please let the teachers know in writing if your child is going to be absent. Grades 3, 4 and 5 are testing years, and attendance is paramount. School attendance was at 94% last year, we would like to keep it that way.

There will be two lock down drills this year, one before Oct 31. There will be a Middle School workshop on Oct 10, 8:45 AM and 5:45 PM Ms. Straker’s email address is [email protected]. PS 32 PTA Meeting - October 8, 2013

4. Fundraising Committee (Jackie Johnson) Garden Day (October 19, 2013) – We have lots of fun activities and games planned for Garden Day. We need volunteers for the garden day or it will be cancelled. If any class has a Google group, please tell your class about it.

Upcoming Fundraisers World’s Finest Chocolate (Oct 18 - Nov 17) Holiday Photo Day (Oct 30) Box Tops for Education (Until Dec 6)

Next fundraising meeting is Friday, Nov 22, 8:45 am in the cafeteria If you are interested in joining the committee or showing up to a meeting, please email Jackie Johnson at [email protected]

5. Membership Committee Report (Christine Harper) We are still looking for volunteers for the audit committee, contact Camille Casaretti at [email protected] To date, we have 19% participation in membership drive and have raised $20,000 so far. In addition to the membership forms being circulated, you can donate to PS 32 online via Square Market at ps32.org/square

6. Treasurer’s Report (Julie Veto) Our current bank balance is $47,257,60 You can now donate to PS online at Square at ps32.org/square

There is a surplus of $1800 from the running of the Lego classes from last year. We would like to use the surplus to fund classes in the upper grades. We would also like to use the surplus to fund scholarships for after school or allow a class to run even if it isn’t going to break even. Motion seconded. Motion carried.

Request for $120 for water bottle storage racks in portables. Motion seconded. Motion carried.

Request for $150 for next bake sale to purchase a banner and supplies. Motion seconded. Motion carried.

Request for $450 for purchasing coffee for garden day sales. Motion seconded. Motion carried.

As Ms. Florio mentioned in September, we are losing our Title 1 funding next year. The budget committee is working with the administration to get grants for the school.

7. Garden Committee Report (Julie Veto)

Garden to Cafe day is Wednesday, October 23. Please volunteer to help serve produce from our Garden and the NYC Greenmarkets in the cafeteria to our students. Volunteers are needed October 23, 10:15-12:15

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Alison McKeown is a 3rd grade teacher who got her Master Composter certificate at BBG last year and through her, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) has chosen PS32 to donate labor and materials to help build a 3-bin composting system. The new system is large enough to allow Ms McKeown to have her students begin to compost some food waste from the cafeteria. Saturday, October 26, BBG is executing the build and parent volunteers are wanted to help the BBG volunteers put together this new system.

8. New Business (Camille Casaretti) Holiday Photo Day, October 30 – We need three volunteer assistants on the day of the event. There will be a flyer going hoe in backpacks and you can tell your teacher if you want to participate.

Barnes and Noble Book Fair – Sunday, Dec 15, 2013 We will need volunteers to stand on the street corner and pass out flyers. The school will get a cut of all purchases when someone mentions PS 32 at checkout.

9. Library Report (Adam Marcus) Recently the library got a small grant which might be used for Diapers to Dorms Email [email protected] if you want to volunteer in the library or be a part of the library Google Group.

The extended library hours are on M,T,W There is a blog for the library at ps32.org/library-blog There is also a library calendar on the school website at http://www.ps32.org/library-resources/library-calendar/

On Oct 18 there will be a LMC 101 workshop for parents We will be covering such topics as how to use our library and databases and for print books and ebooks CB 6 meets at PS 32 tomorrow, Oct 9 at 7PM Mr. Marcus wrote a request for a $10,000 grant, but doesn’t know if he got it yet

10. Good Shepherd Services (Anthony Rowe via Adam Marcus) There will be a Breast Cancer Walk on Oct 20 We will be meeting in the big yard at PS 32 and continuing to Prospect Park

Our next PTA Meeting is Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

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