Somers
High School PTSA
General
Membership Meeting
March11, 2009
Somers High School Media Center
Members Present:
Laura Braica,
Kathy Brewer, Gary Cotzin, Gail Hoff, Jean Mandirola,
Amanda Vesce
I. Meeting
called to order: 7:35 p.m. by Laura Braica
II. Treasurer’s
Report: presented by Kathy Brewer
·
Reviewed
profit and loss statement
·
Checkbook
balance - $5,611.30
·
Reviewed
consolidated information from November – February
·
Reviewed
summary of each account/fundraiser
·
New
format is very comprehensive
III. Approval
of Minutes:
Minutes
reviewed and approved without any changes from 2/12/2009 meeting. Motion made to accept minutes made by Gail
Hoff, seconded by Kathy Brewer.
Unanimously approved.
IV. Principal’s
Report: Gary Cotzin
·
CAPT
testing continues through 3/17 (due to snow day); new format (1 test per day
vs. 2 per day) seems to be working smoothly -- has received positive feedback from
students /teachers although testing is spread across several extra days
·
Parent/Teacher
conferences (for those who requested) -
3/12
·
Junior/Senior
Variety Show – 3/19
·
Budget
update – Gary continues to advocate for positions to the Board of Education;
attended the state budget presentation on 3/10 – very grim forecast
·
March
Madness assembly – 4/3; will be putting proactive measures in place so there
will not be a repeat of last year’s issues
·
Dance
– same evening – 4/3
·
Last
day of school / Graduation – Monday, 6/22
·
V. Correspondence:
·
Received
invitation from CT PTA for annual conference – April 2 – 3, 2009 in Waterbury,
CT. Anyone interested in attending,
notify Jean Mandirola
VI. Board
Members’ Reports:
Ø Membership
– Nora Kopec (report
by Laura Braica)
·
Presently
have 104 members
Ø Safe
Grad – Gail Hoff
·
The
date of the trip is now being planned for graduation day (6/22); boat has been
reserved
·
Waiting
to hear about the Subway donation – in past years, Subway has donated all of
the sandwiches for the trip – may need to pay for a portion or all
·
Current
fundraising is in line with projected expenses and student donations
Ø Scholarship
Fund – Trish Olynciw (report
by Jean Mandirola)
·
Received
3 applications for the Nutmeg scholarship
·
Scholarship
applications were reviewed by Jean and Laura and one was submitted to the CCC
office; CCC will submit to state PTA organization
·
Did
not receive any for the CT PTA Christa McAuliffe scholarship
·
Have
not received any for our PTSA scholarship; not due until mid-April
·
The
PTSA scholarship application is available through the CCC website; click on
Naviance; PTSA link
Ø Staff
Appreciation – Sue Peck (report
provided by Laura Braica)
·
Appreciation
week is scheduled for May 3rd – 9th
·
Sue
Peck is coordinating committee along with 3 volunteers
·
Have
already received some raffle donations
Ø Parent
Directory –
·
Directory
was sent out electronically several weeks ago to PTSA members
Ø Fundraising
v Variety
Show – Jean
§
Preparations
are coming together
§
Martha
Barry-Plotkin coordinating ice cream purchase from Friendly’s (no donation
available this year)
§
Have
received 9 donated cases of water; looking for couple more; Kathy Brewer and
Amanda Vesce will donate
§
Kathy
and Amanda will conduct 50/50 raffle
§
Gary
distributed electronic flyer to parents
§
Jean
placed ads in the Reminder and I-town section of the Hartford Courant
v Clothing
Drive -- Jean
§
Jean
Mandirola coordinating along with PTA president, Chris Gay
§
Drive
will be from April 20th – 26th at Avery Storage facility
§
Flyer
going out to staff and parents
§
Jean
and Chris recruiting volunteers
§
Stay
tuned for more details
v Salute
to Seniors Diplomas – Gail
§
Will
be mailed during the first week of April
VII. Old
Business:
v
Increasing Membership dues – Laura
Laura
Braica made a motion to increase Somers High School Parent Teacher Student
Association membership dues from $7 to $10 for an individual or $17 for a
family. Motion was seconded by Kathy
Brewer; unanimously approved.
v
Recruitment of Board Members – Jean
Nominations
being taken in April for Executive Board of Directors – all positions are
available (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary)
Anyone
interested in joining the Executive Board of Directors, please contact Jean
Mandirola.
VIII. New
Business: None
IX. Other
Discussions: All
Request
was made to Gary Cotzin by the group -- a calendar with all of the school activities
by class. This would be especially
helpful for parents of seniors to track all of the necessary
payments/activities. Gary will give the
request some thought.
X. Meeting
Adjourned: 8:35 p.m. by Laura Braica