GAAPTA Meeting Minutes October 19 In attendance​: Katie Van Den Bosch, Lisa MacKinnon, Andrea Kerst, Dave Bettencourt, Katie Hildyard, Anita Nurminskaya, Lindsay Patterson, Richard Robichaud, Leslie Martinez-Moreno, Maureen Galivan, Samira Raza, Kathryn Grovum Regrets:​ Tracy Thompson, Tara Alkhalisi, Melissa Silber, Tiffany Starr, Chantelle Skeates, Christine Roberts, Jasmine Norris, Beverly Fortner ITEM NOTES Halloween Dance October ● DJ booked & paid for – setup at 11am 31 ● Parent volunteers to decorate between 12-1pm GAAPTA Newsletters ● Include RSVP for parent volunteers to indicate if they can or cannot volunteer Movie Night December 7 ● Top movie choices: (all grades) ​Home Alone, Elf & Grinch ● Kindergarten: ​Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Polar Express ● Held in JK room & 1-5 hallway classrooms ● Registration Form needed (Lindsay & Kathryn) Yule Ball December 7 ● Grades 7-8, organized by student council ● Semiformal with snacks (pizza) and music ● 7/8 teachers to supervise ● Held in Grade 8 room ● Friends of GAA invited ● Registration Form needed (student council) Mass GAAPTA Package ● Including Terra Cotta fundraiser, Terra Greenhouses Newsletter Email Pointsetta fundraiser Book Fair, Movie/Yule Ball, Pancake Breakfast, Volunteer RSVP, VIP Seating Sale Date for Christmas Concert ● Sent out to parents by October 24 ● Including dates to remember (Kathryn to create, Katie to edit) ● Terra Pointsetta Greenhouses flyers to be printed in colour Terra Greenhouses ● Delivery orders due November 1 ● Orders Due to Terra Green Houses November 15 ● Anita volunteered to count orders Terra Cotta Cookies ● Delivery Orders Due November 1 ● Orders need to be organized (Maureen, Samira & Kathryn to help) ● Delivery Date November 29 ● Andrea can split up final orders by family Christmas Concert Baskets ● Class theme baskets (combine JK & SK class) Silent Auction ● Letter for each class to donate all class theme basket items by November 30 ● Student Council input for class themes, class reps to organize ● Baskets to be purchased by GAAPTA (Dave volunteered to do this!) ● Theme examples: board games, coffee, movie, pasta ● Baskets to be assembled during Movie Night Fundraising Display Tables ● Display tables for upcoming fundraising events (Andrea) including due dates for orders School Photographer: ● Booking photographer on non-gym days Paramount Studios ● Dan to alter phys ed plans for photo days to avoid sweaty students! Lunchbox Orders ● Swiss Chalet does not have a vegetarian option for students Next Meeting: November 9 ● Theme baskets ● Terra Cotta & Terra Greenhouse Orders Upcoming Meeting: ● Movie Night December 6, 2018 .