BBE PTO MEETING AGENDA
April 12, 2023
6:45 PM
In Attendance: Stacy Zewrneman, Stephanie Viado, Nicole Polit, Andrea Rhodes, Lauren Ayers, Ganesh Jeyakumar, Sierra Jefferson, Tayyeb Hussain, Dominga Silva, Reema Malhotea, Neetu Sharma, Albert Lozade, Kevin Sayne, Leticia Gonzales, Munira Jiwani
1. Call to Order 6:52 pm
2. Approval of previous Minutes : All posted on BBE PTO website under documents tab: Munira motions, second by Tyab, passes by majority
3. Treasurer and Financial Reports: All posted on BBE PTO website: Stacy motions: Dominga seconds: Passes by majority
4. Upcoming Events:
· 4/18, 4/19 & 4/25 – STAAR Testing, no visitors on campus for all grades
· 4/20 – Yearbook orders due
· 4/20 – 1st grade field trip
· 4/20 – Spirit Night – Carmello’s
· 5/2 & 5/3 – STAAR Testing, no visitors on campus
· 5/1-5/5 – Teacher Appreciation Week
· 5/10 (??) – PTO Meeting 9:30am
· 5/12 – Field Day
· 5/17 – Career Day
5. Principal’s Remarks:
- One more round of positive behavior rewards and one more round of CHAMP buck stores;
-NEHS will be scoring and turn around for letters of acceptance – shooting for May 8th to be the induction date for 4th graders so they can start 5th grade year as NEHS students 😊
-In this coming Newsletter, Ms. Viado is including a document with bond information on how it affects BBE specifically – BBE will get a shade for playground if it passes and more (check newsletter for all details).
6. Committee Reports
· VIPS
o Volunteers – Volunteer of the Year: Doris Hoffman (has a 5th grader) – there will be a reception and gift from the district
o Parties –update on end of year plans – still deciding what we are going to do – munira’s family may donate pizza through papa johns -trying to think of something else other than cupcakes; another family from Tastey pizza might be able to help also (Nicole has contact information) Parties will be 5/19 (Friday); Kinder EOY awards is 5/19 also at 8:45 (EOY award times will be in campus weekly newsletter so parents can plan ahead
o Field Day – update on plans : Ms. Early and Bellew are taking over for Coach A – we will have an assembly but not definitive yet – magician, yuck show are some options – volunteer sign up will be in the campus newsletter
· Program Development –upcoming spirit nights and dates: Carmelos next Thursday ( all day event); still looking for something in May
· Yearbook – upcoming help . Almost done – thank you to everyone for uploading pictures! We have sold almost as many as last year already – Ms. Viado will send a push in separate email to get more purchases; 5th grade parents need to have baby pictures in by tomorrow; Shoutouts and Love-lines due tomorrow
-Will kindness club be in the year book? Parent question- answer, yes – there will be a day for club pictures
· Ways & Means –Boosterthon final, re-sign for next year? Net profit over $15,000 ( best we’ve ever done!!) Ms. Viado and Ms. Fields will be turned into Sundaes on 4/28; For Next year, we will make sure it does not fall during Ramadan, so we will be doing it in January so kids won’t be fasting.
· Hospitality – plan for TAW and End of year; Erika is working on plans for lunch on May 4th; EOY last teacher work day lunch for teacher
· Masterpiece Art – progress update; Almost all done except about 1 class per grade level – not getting responses back from teachers; CC ms. Viado or Ms. Fields to make sure to get a response; Munira will be doing the classes that don’t have a volunteer
· Junior Achievement – progress update: Most classes done; 2nd grade needing a group session; 3rd 4th and 5th grade need some volunteers
8. New Business
· Update on prospective 2023-2024 board members: With the approval of New Bylaws; President, Secretary and CFO can stay in more than 2 years if no one else wants to do it; Nicole is willing to stay on as a President;
o Need to find Board Members by next meeting May 10th: suggested to send in students’ folders – we will work that in with Ms. Viado once we know which current board members are returning and what they want
o Andrea Rhodes interested in Sponsorship
· Updated bylaws: Stacy motions to pass, Tyab seconds; new bylaws passed.
3rd grade field trip rescheduled to May 16th
9. Adjourn: 7:23 pm