Eaton Elementary PTO Minutes

March 3^rd 2009

Attendants : Heather Melton, Jessica Hicks, Kim Hart-Paxson, Mark Paxson, Michelle Beaty Kathy Hottinger, Debbie Rafter, Mrs. O’Neil and Debbie Browning.

• Meeting called to order by Heather Melton at 6:35pm.
• Previous minutes read by Jessica Hicks. 1^st to motion and accept was Kim Hart-Paxson, 2^nd was Michelle Beaty.
• Treasures Report was not read due to the absence of Kari King.

Unfinished Business

• The new Eaton Norseman mat has finally arrived and unrolled at our meeting! IT IS A WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF SCHOOL SPIRIT!
• Spirit Wear is still going well and is being offered at all events including Donuts for Dads. Jessica Hicks ordered 30 shirts to sell. 15 XL Adult and 15 L Youth. Order forms will be available.
• Basket Bingo profit was approximately $830! Great work Kim! Next year however we need a volunteer for each basket to fill!
• Daddy’s Sweetheart Ball was new this year! We weren’t looking to make a profit and were only down by $40. They girls really enjoyed this event and we will definitely do this again! A few changes would be to pre-sale tickets and have a few extra corsages to sell. We would like to have an event for sons, maybe a movie night? Maybe take a survey for this for ideas.

New Business/Open Floor

• Donuts for Dads is March 12^th. Donuts are coming from Concannons this year. It will be from 7-8:30 am.
• Teacher Appreciation week will be May 4^th-8^th. Pto will have a carry in on May 7^th making is easy for moms to bring in a dish.
• Muffins for Moms is May 7^th from 7-8:30. We ordered muffins from Delta Middle School and plan to do so this year as well. Last year we ordered student count times 3 and had a lot left! Approximate cost was $245.
• Fundraisers- We would like to use Farmhouse Creations however the 5^th grade students use them to raise money for Camp Tecumseh. We are considering doing a spring fundraiser but have not decided.
• Spring Carnival this year will be a Luau it will be April 24th! We will be doing presale pay one price bands again for $15. Some ideas are a costume contest, Limbo, Bean Bag toss to be changed from the clown to a fish, Hula-hoop Contest, Pop Toss (have kids donate pop) Cake walk with Hawaiian music (kids donate cake) Make the donations competitive offer a popcorn party! Tattoos, sand dig and sell laes. Have Teachers staff kitchen, check with cafeteria to order food. Call Dairy Dream about Snow Cones (Angie St.John) Mrs.Rafter offered to let us borrow some decorations. I heard Desoto might have some to! We are going to use the hallway for some games this year because the gym was crowded last year. We are checking with the teachers to see if they would like to do totes this year.

Meeting adjourned by Kim Hart-Paxson at 7:20pm.

Recorded and respectfully submitted by Jessica Hicks.