BBE PTO MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday March 20, 2023
9.30AM
In Attendance: Sierra Jefferson, Felicia Bolden, Emily Hickman, Elizabeth Miceli, Munira Jiwani, Jose Veliz, Erin Grace, Tara Phillips, Yasmin Ansari White, Cyma Yousuf, Catherine Writer, Yasmin Arslan
1.Sierra call to order 9.39am
2.Treasures notes – not enough board members so cannot vote.
February minutes – not enough board members so cannot vote.
3.Board positions are available for next year. Sierra passed around the bylaws to check the position descriptions. This is also on the PTO website available under Documents.
4. Calendar
3/20 – Report cards posted at 4.30pm
Astronomy on Wheels night cancelled.
3/21 – World Down Syndrome Day, wear unique socks
3/25 – CPAC meeting 5pm
3/27 – Spirit Night @ Chuck E Cheese, 4-7pm. We get 40% back of all sales!
3/28 – Field Day
3/29 – Holiday/Good Friday
4/1 – No school
4/9 – 3rd Grade Field Trip
4/10 – 1st Grade Field Trip
4/13 – Bookapalooza 9-2pm @ Dulles Middle School
4/15-26: No Lunch Visitors
4/10 – PTO meeting @ 6pm – Childcare available, Dr Bolden has organized STEM bus speaker
4/18 – Spirit Night @ Space Cowboys game 6.35pm
5/9 – NEHS induction for 5th Graders
5/22 - 5th Grade fun day
5.VIPS
Popcorn sign ups for Friday mornings please needed!
Field Day helpers needed!
5th Grade fun day helpers needed!
6.Committee remarks
- Crumbl cookies Spirit Night earned us $178
- 4/18 Space Cowboys game, the first 50 tickets are at a cheaper price. BBE will get $6 back from each ticket. Board will vote for covering tickets for choir and cheer teams via email.
- Field Day: Parent volunteer lunch provided PTO providing lunch or snack for volunteers. Maybe just a big snack area. Mrs Scholl offered the Zen room as a lunch/break room.
- Cyma – extended day room got chosen for fasting kids because it’s closer to restrooms and more toys. Emily - can we maybe contribute $50 towards fun toys for the fasting kids? Zamora is setting up huge arts and crafts station. Only one volunteer so far for that area.
Hospitality - stagnant. Drinks Fun drinks station, a set time period for the teachers, every Wednesday or every STAAR day. Spring is the best time to throw support behind our teachers.
Membership- Reward for classes with most memberships. Bubble party, popcorn party, popsicle party, glow party? Form can be sent home in Friday folder about this. Membership and class parties competition to run from 3/25-4/12
Mrs Scholl – 161 kids signed up only for membership. Can PTO have a schoology page? And on the BBE website can we have a PTO link?
Munira – maybe use the Remind app?
Sierra – is not thrilled with the Facebook site being the main focus of communication. Looking for other ideas on how best to communicate with the parents.
Yasmin – some people don’t know what PTO membership is and what it does. Could the teachers add a slide in their presentation at open house or other times. How can we better communicate that to the rest of the parents who have no idea?
Need to get in front of the kids a bit more and promote PTO via them, who will go home and tell their parents. Next year will have PBIS instead of Dojo… so maybe using that for wide messages is better.
Possibly a parents survey maybe to find out what people are thinking about PTO?
Munira – Goody bag to educate about Eid, parent donated $ for the bags, teachers Eid lunch, Follows the lunar calendar Ramadan, so always check the dates.
Yearbook - Mrs Scholl: hears that yearbook is hard, and hard to find people to work and help. Ambassadors could maybe help next year, they could photograph the events. Would like to donate a yearbook to a few struggling families who cannot afford one, especially for the 5th graders., maybe 10 certificates? Mrs Scholl and Sierra to discuss options and get a number.
7. Principal remarks –
4/4/25 – Field Day next year. Will not clash with Ramadan this time. Still need a bad weather back up date.
No referral month for April/May. Can we do a popsicle party.
Growth celebration for certain classes who have been doing so well, a snack party outside.
8.Mrs Scholl set up 5th grade mini camp science session on Friday morning.
9. New Business-
Pho with Friends event received $1,000 check for the school.
10. Board positions of interest?
Yasmin – Junior Achievement
Tara – Membership
Masterpiece Art – some volunteers dropped out and the cupboard needs restocking.
11. Sierra adjourn meeting at 10.34am.