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

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. Approve September Minutes.

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

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  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 September Minutes

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

  4. 5th Grade Passport Event

  5. Grade 7 Goes to PHANTOM!

  6. THINK PINK WEEK RAISED $3500!

  7. Faculty Report

  8. PTA Co-Presidents’ Report

  9. FALL FUNDRAISING UPDATE Cherrydale = Hopefully over 8K PTA DUES = at 7K and rising

  10. Grade 8 Trip Funds Update • Medieval Fair Lemonade Stand Donation = $400 • 8th Grade Students have paid so far = $2000 • 8th Grade CD funds = at least $800 • Sponsor for 1 bus = $1300 Total cost of trip… $9300 $4800 and still decreasing…

  11. PTA After-School at 187 PTA-funded after-school programs have started and they are full! ES Grade 1—Science Club Grade 2—Arts and Crafts Grade 3—Lego Robotics Grades 3 & 4—Sports IS Grades 5-8—Role Playing Games (D&D) Grades 5-8—Service Learning Grades 5&6—Sports Grades 7&8—Flag Football

  12. PTA After-School (Cont.) Due to high-demand we will add • Lego Robotics in Grade 4 • Grade 3 Arts and Crafts • An additional Grade 1 Science Club • An additional Grade 2 Arts and Crafts

  13. Communications Update • MailChimp • E-newsletters • Sign-up Genius • Volunteers • CPRs • Class Lists used for class specific stuff.

  14. Fundraiser/Funding Votes

  15. Vote on Funds Allocation October Movie Night to go to… …Education Enhancement Grants

  16. Volunteerism • PSAs • Thank you, Michael Bridenstine (and Sayde like) • Sign-up Genius • Thank you, Ivana Jovic • Volunteerism Czars • Gwen Kingsberry & Michael Bridenstine • Volunteer E-Questionnaire • More individualized data on volunteerism • KCPRs • recruiting for Movie Night and Election Day Bake Sale

  17. THANK YOU PICTURE DAY VOLUNTEERS!! Adriana Cardoza Adele Tedesco Debby Nabavian Paulina Castro-Wolf Maria Mota Laura Hidalgo Elizabeth Elam Re-take and Sibling Takes—11/24 Flyer coming soon…

  18. BY-LAWS PRESENTATIONIsabelle Elton, Co-VP of ES

  19. Committee Reports

  20. Landscape & Campus Beautification Committee 2014-15 Goals Lori Bridenstine, Committee Chair • Redesigning of landscape around school • Restructuring garden program as a teaching garden for K-8 • Applying for grants to fund teaching garden and curriculum: • Grow to Learn NYC –Citywide Schools Garden Initiative • Lowe’s Charitable and Education Foundation • WholeKids Foundation • National Gardening Association- A Garden In Every School • Kidsgardening.org –2015 Youth Garden Grant

  21. PRESIDENTS’COUNCIL REPORT Johanna Garcia, President of D6 Presidents’ Council Monthly meetings with all D6 PTA Presidents

  22. Activism The Nation Conference Working with Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) Goals

  23. SCHOOL-A-PALOOZA 8! Producers: Michael Bridenstine, Jay Douglas, Shannon Slatton, Laura Tietjen • NOVEMBER 22! • Budget Approval • Teacher Appreciation Ads! • Help with Paloozabill! • Wanna place an ad?

  24. Upcoming Events Movie Night, 10/24, 6:30pm Crazy Hat/Hair Day, 10/31 Election Day Bake Sale, 11/4 School Tour, 11/6 Open School Week, 11/16 P/T Conferences, 11/20 School-A-Palooza, 11/22

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

  26. 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)

  27. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM • SLTis responsible for Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP) which is aligned with our school based budget. • Our CEP outlines goals and or milestones that we need the appropriate funding in order to achieve. • We have assigned a sub-committee to the SLT to do a gap-analysis of where our budget falls short in supporting our school achieving its goals. We intend to invite a representative of the DOE finance division to our December SLT meeting so that we may present our gap analysis. 

  28. SLT (Cont.) NEW! TWO IEP Parent Meetings in 2014-15 1. November 18 What is the IEP Process? Kelly Friedman, faculty presenter 2. Date, TBD --For parents of children that have mandated IEPs-- How to set goals for your child How to understand your child’s present level of performance

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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. Open Forum

  33. Happy Autumn!

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