2014-15 PTA Officers Brenda Abramowitz & Caroline Muro , Co-presidents

1. 2014-15 PTA Officers Brenda Abramowitz & Caroline Muro, Co-presidents Isabelle Elton & Johanna Garcia, Co-VPs Elementary School Sue Seitner & Adele Tedesco, Co-VPs Intermediate School Elizabeth Elam, Treasurer Kate Corona, Recording Secretary

2. Approve June Minutes

3. Welcome

4. What Does the PS/IS 187 PTA Do? • Works with parents, School Leadership Team (SLT), faculty, administration, Friends of 187, Presidents’ Council, Community Education Council (CEC), District 6 Superintendent, and D6 Network, and DOE to create the best school environment possible • Advocates for our school by keeping all these communication channels open and by building bridges for parents • Raises funds to support special events and programs, and runs executive board and general meetings. Funding allocation is voted upon during general meetings. • Organizes multiples events • Follows DOE regulations of the Chancellor on PAs/PTAs and our PTA by-laws (available online)

5. Administration Report Cynthia Chory, Principal Nilda Marrero, Elementary School Assistant Principal Robin Edmonds, Intermediate School Assistant Principal

6. Faculty Report

7. PTA Co-Presidents’ Report

8. PTA Funds Given to School Last June $15,000 Breakdown: • $8300 going to professional development in the form of Morningside Center to promote social-emotional learning. • $6700 going to PTA after-school programming (IS clubs and sports, ES programs) to start in October.

9. Gratitude

10. Fundraiser/Funding Votes

11. Vote To Approve Fall Fundraisers PTA Dues Cherrydale Sale BoxTops for Education Movie Night (10/24) School Pictures Election Day Bake Sale School-a-Palooza Holiday Tree Sale Scholastic Book Fair

12. Princeton Blairstown Center

13. About 8th Grade Fall Trip • “For over 100 years, Princeton-Blairstown Center has provided adventure-based experiential education to at-risk urban youth. What began in 1908 as a summer camp run by Princeton University students to give inner-city boys an opportunity to have a character-building fresh air experience has evolved into wide variety of year-round, multi-service, youth development experiential educational programs serving over 4,000 students from the Mid-Atlantic States.” (princetonblairstown.org) • Promotes cooperation, team-building, high ropes, low ropes, lunch, dinner, night walk, and s’mores by the campfire. • $60 per student includes all food and activities. • Currently scheduled for 11/3…

14. Vote on Funds for Blairstown Trip • $6,000 of current PTA after-school funds to pay up front for 11/3 trip. • We will ask students to pay $20 each, and we will encourage them to sell CD to replenish these funds for this and more IS trips. • This will leave $13,700 for PTA After-School Programming ($7K from grant CC discussed plus $6,700 from last June) --IN ADDITION-- • $2,500 of PTA funds to go for bus • $800 of PTA funds for faculty chaperone stipends

15. Also Need to Vote to Fund… • Movie Rights • $300-$400 • depends on how many Movie Nights

16. Vote on Funds Allocation Dues Fundraiser PTA event expenses, EEGs Cherrydale EEGs Picture Day 8th grade grad. trip bus and t-shirts, ES/IS after-school Election Day Bake Sale After-School Library with Ms. Niedish

17. Volunteerism • PSAs—Thank you, Michael Bridenstine • Fill out the E-Questionnaire (only if you’ve never done it. If you did it last year, we still have your data and know where to find you!)

18. BoxTops for Education Program • Sending in last year’s BTs by Nov. 1. • Several parents have taken over program. THANKS! • Expanding to IS • Goal to raise $2K (up from $1200)

19. After-School Programs

20. After-School at 187 • PTA-funded after-school programs will start in October. • Every IS student and about 200 ES students participated in at least 1 PTA-funded club or sport last year (includes library with Ms. Niedish, students government in IS, student publications, sports.) • The onsite programs by outside providers--NYJTL and RTS--are attending PTA meetings and eager to hear your feedback.

21. Committee Reports

22. PRESIDENTS’COUNCIL REPORT • Johanna Garcia, President of Presidents’ Council for District 6 • Monthly meetings with all PTA Presidents

23. Activism Purpose of Committee DOE Meeting, 8/5 --Presentation on web Success Academy Trying to get DOE financial team to come to one or our SLT or PTA meetings

24. SCHOOL-A-PALOOZA 8! • NOVEMBER 22! • Talent Search! • Help with Paloozabill! • Get local sponsors to buy ads!

25. Upcoming Events Think Pink Week, 10/6-10/10 Think Pink Run-a-Thon, 10/10 Schoolyard Potluck, 10/10, 6pm Picture Days, 10/20 (2-8) & 10/21 (K-1) Movie Night, 10/24, 6:30pm School-A-Palooza, 11/22

26. Community Education Council Delegate Report (CEC) Angela Garces, D6 CEC Treasurer marrie2k3@yahoo.com

27. School Leadership Team Report(SLT) 2014-15 SLT Parent Members Lori Uysal(Chair) John Albin,Lexy Higgins, Hanice Peña, Hope Traficanti PTA Co-president Caroline Muro Administration & Faculty Members Cynthia Chory, Amanda Burley, Kelly Friedman, Melissa Glynn, Jessica Mitchell Colleen Haughey (UFT Representative)

28. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM • The SLT is responsible for developing the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) and ensuring that it is aligned with the school-based budget. SLTs must use a consensus-based decision-making process as their primary means of decision-making. Meetings are public and open to all parents, although only members of the SLT may speak during meetings. Outside questions and comments may be raised by proxy. Meeting notes are posted on the school's website at www.187hudsoncliffs.org. Monthly meetings are on Wednesdays at 7am. Find meeting schedule on web.

29. SLT (cont.) CEP Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) All schools need to identify between 3 and 5 annual goals. These goals should be aligned with the current citywide instructional expectations and should be “SMART” - specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. Goal development is meant to be based on our school’s needs and should use quantitative and/or qualitative data in providing the rationale for each goal. This year we have used our School Quality Review report as a source for developing our 2014/15 goals.

30. Friends of 187 Report Shawn Folz& Jane LeCroy, Co-presidents

31. Two great parent-led organizations supporting PS/IS 187

32. 2014-2015TEACHERS & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FUNDED BY YOUR DONATIONS TO FRIENDS OF 187! SCIENCE – Kindergarten and Grade 1 ART – Kindergarten and Grade 1, 2, 3 and 4 DRAMA – Grade 2 and 3 SPANISH – Grade 5 and 6 ARCHITECTURE – Grade 4, 5 and 6 LITERACY – Grades 3, 4 and 7 MUSIC – Grade 5, 6 and 8 TEST PREP – Grade 8

33. Friends of 187 Board BOARD OFFICERS Co-President: Shawn Folz Co-President: Jane LeCroy Secretary: Shannon Treusch Treasurer: Molly Wasow Park BOARD DIRECTORSDeirdre Cipolla Elena Deutsch Jay Douglas Shawn Folz Jane LeCroy Caroline Mattis-Muro Brigitte Magar Debby Nabavian Molly Wasow Park Loren Parkins Traci Schwinn Sue Seitner Tara KolffShehab Shannon Treusch

34. Open Forum

35. Enjoy Rest of September!