Participants

Lisa Kornetsky

Catherine McKenzie

Michele Hughes

Heather Renken

Kriss Ellingson

Mike Hertting

Mary Day

Mike Stone

Don Creary

Ann O’Rourke

Claudia Blum

September Minutes

September minutes were approved unanimously.

Budget

Kris distributed the budget report. The PTO currently has a carryover income of $15,745.58, and a projected income of $9,695.58. The PTO earned $681.82 from the Ice Cream Social. $672.58 in expenses was approved. $100.00 was budgeted for the Website. The 12 fans will cost a total of $579.48. The PTO approved the budget.

Principal’s Report

Dr. Herrting is planning “Parents for Lunch” day on Monday the 14^th. This is to encourage parents to come to school for lunch with their children.

Volunteer Status

Heather Renken discussed fund-raising activities. She has all the volunteers she needs for the Open House and Picture Day. She has 13 volunteers for the Sock Hop. There will be a Bake Sale on Election Day.

Upcoming Programs

Sally Erck agreed to present October’s Peaceful Playgrounds program. There is an area on the Website dedicated to Peaceful Playgrounds as well. Dr. Herrting will mention Orchard Ridge’s Peaceful Playgrounds program when he attends an upcoming Principals’ meeting.

Arts Programming at the School

Claudia Blum discussed the feedback from the teachers regarding arts programming for the children. One possibility is Ken Lundquist. Another is to bring in native Wisconsin animals for the children to learn about. Bethel Horizons has done this previously. Another idea is to have “Math is Magical” which is a program making math fun for children. The teachers have volunteered to make arrangements for these presenters, and are glad that the PTO is willing to provide funding.

Playground Committee

Lisa Stec, program chair of the playground committee, reported that the committee would continue to maintain the paint on the playground. Also, the backboards and hoops will be replaced. The committee is looking into the different types of backboards available so more children can participate in shooting hoops. Dr. Herrting reported that 8 students from Edgewood High School would move the woodchips and remove weeds around the playground.

MSCR After-school Program

Lisa Stec expressed concern regarding MSCR’s funding of the after-school program. Dr. Herrting suggested that Lisa and he request a meeting with Jan Dyer from MSCR to discuss this issue.

sThe business meeting was closeds

PTO Program Meeting

At the PTO program meeting several issues were discussed. These include:

Ø An emphasis on healthy snacks being made available to children for the a.m. snack. Additionally, it would be helpful for parents to have information at the start of the school year as to how snacks should be brought in, whether snacks can be refrigerated, etc.

Ø The rules regarding parking were addressed and clarified.

Ø It would be helpful for parents to periodically have a list of tests that their children will be taking so parents can discuss these with children.