Rothschild Elementary School PTO Meeting Minutes April 12, 2021 6:00-7:00 pm

Attendees: Rena Sabey (Principal), Erin Rajek (President), Cara Drolshagen (Treasurer), Krystal Kneser (Secretary), Suzanne Selle, Lora Ziegelbauer

Old Business:

A. Virtual a. Carnival access through Canvas: Mrs. Ziegelbauer and Mr. Hostvedt will create a Canvas module with links to carnival activities. Students will submit completed carnival activities as assignments in Canvas. Teachers will get information about student submissions to Mrs. Sabey. Activities and descriptions will be created by the PTO board.

b. Take home bag ideas: popcorn, , raffle tickets, etc: Ideas discussed include microwave popcorn and cotton candy. Raffle tickets would not be needed as teachers will be collecting data on Canvas.

c. Activities: Possible activities include: Lego building, house of cards, dance , and scavenger hunt.

d. Prizes: The PTO storage closet will be assessed for prizes. Wausau Rocks group members are available to create carnival and raptor themed rocks for possible prizes or scavenger hunt. More discussion is needed on specific prizes.

B. Teacher/Staff Wishlist Update Mrs. Sabey is collecting Amazon wishlists with a deadline of Friday (April 16th). Lists will be given to Batsinia to create the Signup Genius page. Lists should be available to parents by April 26th so that items will arrive to coincide with Staff Appreciation Week. The PTO will provide a lunch to staff during Staff Appreciation Week. Mrs. Sabey suggested a cold lunch (such as Subway) since staff lunches are spread out from 11AM to 1PM. Subway party platters with cookies and chips were discussed.

C. Cherrydale Fall Fundraiser - Proposed dates September 17, 2021- October 4, 2021 Our Cherrydale representative, Matt, would like us to pick dates for next year’s fundraiser. Mrs. Sabey explained how the contract and percentages work as the PTO board members present were not familiar. Erin will contact Matt to get current percentages.

Treasurer Report: Cara

Mrs. Sabey will get the bill for the first grade virtual field trip to Cara. Upcoming expenses include the PTO Carnival and fifth grade recognition activities.

Principal’s Report: Mrs. Sabey

● The $500 PTO Scholarship recipient was chosen. Hannah Mullins wrote an excellent essay about how Rothschild Elementary and the R.O.C.K.S. program impacted her throughout her time at DC Everest. ● Track and Field will be held as a P.E. unit this year. All grades will participate separately. Third through fifth grade will compete with ribbons to be awarded. ● The fourth grade students will be going to the School Forrest. The fourth grade curriculum for the School Forrest is tapping maple trees to make maple syrup. Staff there will recreate the experience since maple tapping is over. ● State testing for third through fifth grade will begin next week. Scores for these tests will be available to guardians. ● Mrs. Sabey asked for questions that we may have regarding next school year to bring to her administrators group. Questions raised were about vaccinations, class sizes, and students moving back to in person learning from Everest Virtual Academy.

Staff Report: Suzanne Selle

See New Business A. below

New Business: A. 5th Grade End of Year Recognition

Suzanne Selle presented the fifth grade end of the year celebration proposal. The proposal included bowling with lunch and soda (May 27 or June 2), a movie at the theater (tentative date of June 1), bussing, Subway lunch, and an icecream sundae bar. The pizza lunch at Coral Lanes will be provided by the Rothschild Police Department. The movie has not been decided as the list is not yet available. The theater has assured that a G or PG movie will be showing. The estimated cost is $1180.00 which falls within the budgeted amount for the fifth grade recognition.

Mrs. Sabey explained the student safety that was taken into consideration while planning the trips to the theater and Coral Lanes. This includes both facilities providing private restroom facilities so that students would not cross paths with the public.

The trips were approved by the PTO board (including Amanda who was not present for the meeting). Cara will drop off a check with Mrs. Sabey so items can be paid by the school as needed.

Announcements: n one

Adjournment

Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting. The PTO welcomes and encourages parents to attend PTO meetings and appreciates all parent and staff volunteers who help throughout the year to make Rothschild Elementary a great school.

Next virtual PTO meeting: Monday, May 10, 2020, 6-7pm. A link to the virtual meeting will be sent by Mrs. Sabey.

Respectfully submitted, Krystal Kneser, Rothschild PTO Secretary