<p> Bamber Valley Elementary PTA Meeting Minutes Bamber Valley Media Center May 9, 2017</p><p>Call to order: Meeting was called to order at 7:10. Pledge of allegiance was recited. </p><p>Secretary's Report: April 2017 meeting minutes were read and approved.</p><p>Treasurer's Report: April 2017 Treasurer's Report was explained and discussed.  2017-2018 Proposed Budget was reviewed and passed with the additional line of $3000 for School wide T-shirt</p><p>Principal's Report:  Mrs. Klavetter and Mrs. Engbrecht joined us for the meeting tonight.  Blooming into Kindergarten took place today.  Teacher Appreciation week was a huge success  Summer Academy don’t get breakfast and lunch served here. Other schools provided food for those students. Could we potentially run a snack/food drive for those students. PTA agreed they would get good response for that. </p><p>President's Report: Thanks was given to all of the PTA members for all of their support and help this year to make it a success. </p><p>Committee Reports:  2/3 Science Night: It turned out to be a good night. It took place outside. John from Zumbro Watershed was nice. Attendance was not as strong as we would have like, but the weather was a factor. Mrs. Roellfs added that the students  4/5 Fun Night: About 120 students attended. There was a lot of fun had by the students.  Carnival Report: Sign up Genius went out to gather more volunteers to Bamber Valley families. Mrs. Klavetter and Mrs. Engbrecht suggested that the sign up genius go out to staff and teachers. Touch base with the Mayo High school feeder.</p><p>New Business:  A proposal was made to purchase a school wide t-shirt to all students. o The way to make the funds can be tied to back to school night. The students have to come to the booth to get their t-shirt. o This could help so students can form a community. o Startup cost would be $3,000 - It will be $2.99 a shirt. o A motion was made to continue forward with the plan for a school wide t-shirt. A second motion was made. o Joanne Barkmeier will be leading this event  There will be a fundraising/brainstorm meeting to discuss potential future changes of PTA for 2017-2018.</p><p>Adjournment: Thank you’s and meeting was adjourned at 8:01 pm. </p>