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October '19 PTO Meeting Minutes 

Marcela Pasten • Oct 09, 2019

In attendance: Nicole Hanna, Marcela Pasten, Swoyampara Pradhas, Erika Tinnin, Elizabeth Turner, Amanda Dailing, Rana Ozdemir, Stephanie Viado, Stacy Zwerneman, Nikki Olmstead, Tara Flores, Saba Ahmed, Shazia Hasnain, Ganesh Jeyakumar, Chriselle Bryant, Albert Lozada, Sohini Tomar, Dominga silva, Naghmeh Atashband, Shannon Fields.

1. Meeting called to order at 7:01

2. Approval of September Minutes

Motion was made by Saba to approve September PTO Minutes. A 2nd by was made by Albert and all were in agreement.

3. Treasurer and Financial Reports overview by Albert. (See report for details.)

Motion to approve Liz to approve, Marcela seconds. All in agreement. Financials approved.

4. Upcoming Events:

  • 10/10 – Early Release 12:10pm (All eat lunch)

  • 10/11-10/14 – No School

  • 10/14 - BOGO Book fair (books only) Mrs. Talamini. Open before & after school (7am-4pm)

  • 10/17 – Reading Night 6pm. To be RESCHEDULED.

  • 10/18 – Yankee Candle Fundraiser orders due. Sell on-line or on paper.

  • 10/24 – October Spirit Night – Chuck E Cheese 3-9pm

  • 10/25 – Fort Bend Education Foundation Sugar Shindig $27. No kids. Cash bar, Fajita bar, Jeans fine/Halloween theme. Amazing cakes. Buy tickets:

  • 10/28-11/1 – Red Ribbon Week (yearbook: pictures). Dress up each day. Schedule coming.

  • 11/13 – November PTO meeting 9:30am

5. Principal’s Remarks

  • DI Meetings - Parents manage the teams - only 5 signed up & 90 kids showed interest.

  • Fire department did a 3rd grade presentation

  • Oct 15th - 4th grade goes to UH

  • Oct 16th 3rd grade is going to UH

  • Maybe next year will budget to A&M because cost is the same as 3rd & 4th combined.

  • 10/22-25 - 2nd grade COGAT testing.Help to identify GT. All 2nd grade tested.Week to take assess.

  • Oct 24th - first grade goes on a fieldtrip

  • Red ribbon week, 11/1 - vocab parade: no need for extravagant costumes. Parents can attend. 8:30am

  • Last week had 1st district campus support walk. This year, focus on blended learning. Admin & teachers look at ownership of learning intentions & success criteria. Feedback/suggestions/questions, and next steps are discussed. We are one of the highest campuses based on the district data.

  • Lunch coverage at the end of 9 wks, Thank you to the parent volunteers from teachers.

  • Thank you for the dance.

  • Staffing - Started with 4 pre-K classes. We have 2 full classes at 22. We will be locked out and other children will be zoned to another campus.

  • 2 pairs of subs will be vacant for 4th grade. They will be here for the entire year.

  • Health & Wellness committee. Positive environment for students & staff. One of the classrooms will be converted to health & wellness for staff. This year alone we are 4,000 teachers short in this region so we are working on this room. Reached out to Gallery Furniture for donations.

6. Teacher Rep Remarks

  • None in attendance.

  • Messages of Thanks for books, etc. - PTO provided shelves as well.

7. Committee Reports

  • VIPS – September volunteer hours and VIPS of the Month.

    • No hours reported. VIPS of month TBD

  • Program Development –upcoming spirit nights and dates, spirit shirt recap

    • Tara - Chuck E Cheese this month

    • Lopez, next month

    • Spirit shirts 303 sold. Made $1,000 from it. Shirts worn Fridays/field trips.

  • Ways & Means – Yankee Candle update, upcoming fundraisers

    • More than candles - Popcorn, wrapping paper, containers. 101 items sold on-line by today. $590 in profit so far.

    • This is one of two big fundraisers we do all year.

  • Hospitality – plan for the year

    • We did one. We will do one Dec.19 and end of year.

    • A month of Thanks in November, Jamie welcomes ideas.

  • Membership – Membership update

    • 32% families have joined, 171 families

    • Homeroom teachers, Support/office staff have also joined!

  • Sponsorship – sponsor update

    • Shazia - $1775 have been raised so far.

    • We do FB posts, Website, and we also did a banner for the top two tiers.

  • Yearbook – upcoming help needs

    • Saba - always needs volunteers. Just let her know and there are FB posts for it.

    • Permission for Social media includes the yearbook. So Saba will send a note to be allowed in yearbook.

    • Cover contest will start earlier in the year.

  • Masterpiece Art – Upcoming help needs, status of volunteers

    • No update. Tiffany and Michelle supplies will be purchased next week.

    • Volunteers show children artwork PreK - 2nd

  • Junior Achievement – Project start date, status of volunteers

    • Dominga - All volunteers ready. In process of arranging training.

  • Box Tops – Incentive plans and submission dates

    • Digital Boxtops. Paper clips are taken; please take picture of receipts. Instant credit! $99 as of today. We get checks twice per year.

    • You can double dip & do Shoparoo and scan - around $27 today just for taking pictures.

    • We collect coke codes. There are codes under the wrapper or tops.

8. New Business

  • Fall dance

    • PreK-2nd was awesome. Many kids attended. 3-5th not as many. Incentives for kids to come?

    • Event broke even.

  • Halloween Trunk or Treat - we will not do it this year. Maybe next year, if we hype it up this year. No costumes to school on Halloween because of Diversity.

    • Literacy parade could be a good fit, maybe RRW. 10/31 dress up as a book character?

  • Raffle


Meeting adjourned at 7:53 PM


By Sierra Jefferson 08 May, 2024
AGENDA Brazos Bend Elementary PTO May 8, 2024 9:30am Location: Extended Day PRESIDENT/VP REPORT WELCOME to our last Meeting of the school year! - Call to order TREASURER & FINANCIAL OFFICER Approve Treasurer Notes - April Approve Previous Minutes -April Minutes CALENDAR May 8: School Nurses Day May 9: NEHS New Member Ceremony 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM May 9: Spirit Night: Altitude 5 - 8PM May 17: Kinder Awards 8:45AM May 17: Pre-K Awards 1:45PM May 20: End Of Year Party 2nd grade 1:15 - 2PM, all other 2 - 2:45PM May 20: 1st Grade Awards 8:45AM May 21: 2nd Grade Awards 8:45AM May 21: 3rd Grade Awards 1:45PM May 22:5th Grade Awards 8:45AM May 22: 5th Grade Fun Day May 23: 4th Grade Awards 8:30AM May 23: Last Day of School - Early Release 12:10PM May 24: End Of The Year Lunch for Staff August 8: First Day of School 2024 - 2025 September 3: First PTO Meeting AM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TAW End of year Party 5th Grade Fun Day COMMITTEE REMARKS Program Development - Altitude 5/9 $20 per child - 3 hour jump - 20% proceeds Space Cowboys $_______ PD Total as of 5/7 - $2,711.47 Yearbook - Arrive 5/20 PTO will send home with students Membership - 162 Members Class Parties - 89 Students JA - MA - Not completed - Varghese PRINCIPAL & VP REMARKS NEW BUSINESS 2024 - 2025 Board Members Edukits - Order by June 7,2024 will ship directly to school! Adjourn: *Dates Subject to change
By Erin Grace 18 Apr, 2024
BBE PTO MEETING MINUTES Wednesday April 10, 2023 6.00 PM In Attendance: Dr Bolden, Malhorie Fane, Azin Shabankareh, Andrea Rhodes, Erin Grace, Dominga Silva, Nicole Polit, Kevin Sayre, Sierra Jefferson, Lindsay Kulhanek 1.Sierra call to order 6.16pm 2.STEAM bus guest speaker: Ms Patience Edwards. 1 st thru 8 th grade. Can book a 1 time visit OR Steam package (4 or more steam focused visits) OR school celebration package (fall, winter, spring, summer) OR STAAR package OR Birthday package. $800 p/her min 2 hours. 2 buses, can book both buses for use at the same event. 1:6 staff to kid ratio. Can tailor specifically to SPED groups. 3. Treasure notes summary: We reviewed February notes then March. We reviewed March meeting minutes. Kevin motions to vote, Andrea seconds. All in favor. Motion passes to approve all 3 items. 4.Calendar: April – wear Blue every Friday to support Autism Awareness 4/9 – 3 rd grade field trip 4/10 – 1 st grade field trip 4/11 – Sunshine cart 4/13 – Bookapalooza @ Dulles Middle school 9AM-2PM 4/15 to 26 – No LUNCH visitors due to STAAR 4/18 – Spirit night @ Space Cowboys game 4/29 – CPAC meeting @ 5pm 4/30 – 2 nd grade performance @ 5.30pm 5/1 – School principal day 5/6 to 10: Teacher Appreciation Week 5/8 – PTO meeting @ 9:30am 5/8 – School nurses day 5/9 – NEHS New Member ceremony @ 9am (Sierra to check) 5.VIPS: Friday Popcorn – still need 4 helpers TAW – need lots of assistance. Monday Starbucks set up. Friday BBQ potluck. End of Year parties – 5/20 5 th grade Fun Day – 5/22 6.Committee Remarks: Program Development: Chuck E Cheese earnings $1,558.14. Space Cowboys Spirit night. Choir will need mikes, Sierra to confirm with Mr Horton what instruments and how many mikes and how many choir kids. Check in is at 5.30pm, game begins at 6.35pm. Overall Spirit Night earnings have come to $2,711.47. Final one in May will be @ Altitude Trampoline Park. Yearbook: orders due 4/19. So far sold 43 hardcopies, 34 soft copies and 9 e-books, approx. $300 profit so far. Need more outclass, Field Day, PK and KG photos. Nicole to get club pictures from the photography company and also make sure the payment link isn’t’ broken for love lines and shout outs. Need more 5 th grade baby pictures still. Membership: 1 new PTO membership, 1 new class party payment. JA: 1 st grade needed for Cammock-Zarate. 4 th grade needed for Hulsman, Shelton, Garcia, Stewart. Azin is not getting help or info from the teachers and now it is possibly too late. Azin to ask Erica Knight if she wants to do that first grade class. Masterpiece Art: unfortunately will not complete all classes. Class Parties: 89 students have paid for parties $12. Possibly do a class competition to obtain more? 7.Principal Remarks: CPAC – campus based decision making SEPAC meeting for sped parents to get info & planning and info about the district. Anyone received SPED services, not specifically ABC or SAILS class. 5/15 Zoom at 6pm, firsthand info for parents. 8.Mrs Kulhanek remarks: PBIS committee: 3 rd 9 weeks had a paint and sip celebration. A few parents wanted to know what the experiences were so to coach the kids how to spend the money. Teachers running Champ Bucks now, signing up and bringing it to kids during intervention time. 2-5 th grade Popcorn, Gamer truck 30 mins incl outdoor games 29 kids inside the truck, 24 outside games (at campus all day), April 30 th to pay their teacher. May 17 th is the day it will happen. Taking on feedback from previous experiences – and coming up with one more for next year. Parents make sure to be sending your kids with their champ bucks every day. 9.Sierra: Voting for the theme for next year 24-25. Survey/poll link has been posted and is going around to all families. 10.New Business: Azin- Saw on tiktok – Families to buy and donate a full cereal box to create a dominoes thing throughout the school hallway. Tie in with a food drive? Lunches of Love? Shared dreams? Brighter Bites, Second Mile? Let’s try to keep it in the district. Andrea - do we need a printout of our board member role ready? No, we will vote on the new board members at the last meeting. Malhorie – end of year awards ceremony dates? Currently posted on BBE calendar page. Sierra to change 2 nd /3 rd grade times on the website, they swapped. Dr Bolden – STEAM bus, would be great and amazing for 5 th graders. Full day for entire school to participate, based on incentive. Closing the gap b/w vocab and science, still need to gain. Maybe incorporate into the Carnival fall festival night. Can still be targeted to what the kids are working on, $1600 for a 2 hours bus. Would not expect PTO to cover the entire amount. Dr B has some $$ stashed, could contribute as well. Definitely open to all kinds of STEAM ideas, but needs to align with TEKS. Definitely needs to be someone in education - let’s all do some more research. Ms Dees does have a grant for the science lab. Partner with Walker Station to share the cost maybe? Currently running Saturday science camps – 1 Saturday a month, science scores jumped 29% to 63% 5 th graders and more. Dr B will reach out to schools to see what they have done. 11. Adjourn at 7.45pm 
10 Apr, 2024
Summary of the month ended April 30, 2024: Collected: . $1,558.14 = Spirit Nights . $348.00 = Refund from 1st grade field trip . $65.39 = Randall's . $220.00 = Yearbook - Family Ads . $168.00 = Shirts - 5th Grade . $12.00 = Shirts - Spirit . $85.00 = Donations . $10.00 = Birthday Marquee . $6.60 = Boxtops $2,473.13 Paid: . $1,892.00 = Field Trips . $1,326.27 = Grants . $915.18 = Spirit Night Tickets for cheer & choir . $914.41 = Shirts - 5th Grade . $478.30 = Taxes . $214.98 = VIPS . $199.00 = Hospitality . $196.67 = Yearbook . $36.00 = Field Day . $19.96 = Pay pal fees . $5.70 = Copies $6,198.47 Summary of the month ended March 31, 2024: Collected: . $270.51 = Boosterthon . $30.00 = Birthday Marquee . $297.50 = Refunds from 2nd & 4th grade field trips . $72.00 = Spirit Shirts . $1,898.00 = Spirit Nights . $11.00 = Spirit Items . $40.00 = Yearbook Family Ads . $504.00 = 5th grade spirit shirts . $12.00 = Class parties . $12.00 = PTO Membership Dues . $56.85 = Donations . $0.03 = Interest $3,203.89 Paid: . $11,111.56 = Boosterthon . $3,846.07 = Field Day . $792.00 = Field Trips . $392.21 = Grants . $60.62 = Copies . $23.13 = Pay pal fees $16,225.59 Summary of the month ended February 29, 2024: Collected: . $12,038.20 = Boosterthon . $24.00 = Spirit Shirts . $4.00 = Spirit Items . $0.02 = Interest $12,066.22 Paid: . $1,220.00 = Field Trips . $1,599.95 = Wishlist (laminator) . $26.88 = Photocopies . $438.62 = Grants . $128.85 = Multicultural Event . $77.32 = Hospitality . $2.03 = Pay pal fees $3,593.65 Summary of the month ended January 31, 2024: Collected: . $16,770.05 = Boosterthon . $1,090.00 = Tip Top Holiday Shop . $561.00 = CandyCane Grams . $60.00 = Birthday Marquee . $41.41 = Fall fundraiser . $36.65 = Spirit Nights . $28.00 = Spirit Items . $25.50 = Boxtops . $24.00 = Class parties . $6.00 = PTO Membership Dues . $0.77 = Donations . $0.09 = Interest $18,643.47 Paid: . $1,484.00 = Field Trips . $1,169.62 = PBIS Incentives . $845.63 = Grants . $624.00 = Website Host . $26.20 = Hospitality . $5.12 = Pay pal fees $4,154.57 Summary of the month ended December 31,2023: Collected: . $5,005.95 = Holiday Shop $5,005.95 Paid: . $8,099.18 = Holiday Shop . $1,402.11 = Class Parties . $1,097.50 = Field Trips . $820.44 = Hospitality . $419.30 = PBIS Incentives . $172.32 = Candy Cane Grams . $159.12 = PTO Shirts . $100.00 = Grants . $41.41 = Fall Fundraiser $12,311.38 Summary of the month ended November 30,2023: Collected: . $11,191.88 = Fall Festival . $3,001.00 = Tip Top Holiday Shop . $192.00 = Class Parties . $110.00 = Birthday Marquee . $108.00 = Spirit Shirts . $64.17 = Randall's . $60.00 = Donations . $35.00 = Membership Dues . $28.91 = Edukit . $8.00 = Spirit Items $14,798.96 Paid: . $557.80 = Pay Pal Fees . -$190.28 = Fall Fundraiser (returns) . $250.00 = Teacher of the Year . $36.25 = Grants . $28.64 = Copies $682.41 Summary of the month ended October 31,2023 ∙ $11.00 = PTO Membership ∙ $216.00 = Spirit Shirts ∙ $19.00 = Spirit Items ∙ $900.00 = Sponsorships ∙ $3638.16 = Fall Fundraiser ∙ $200.00 = Petty Cash (Fall Fundraiser) ∙ $94.87 = Edukit ∙ $248.96 = Hospitality (refund from Piada for missing items) ∙ $238.68 = Spirit Night ∙ $.39 = Interest ∙ $12.00 = Class Parties $ 6,190.40 Paid: ∙ $ 274.20 = Grants . $ 27.65 = Photo copies . $ 133.92 = VIPS breakfast . $1,084.85 = Hospitality . $ 2,000.00 = Petty Cash (Fall Fundraiser) . $3,059.08 = Fall Fundraiser ∙ $700.00 = Parties (carry over from last year's parties) ∙ $3,251.76 = Spirit and board shirts . $ 240.00 = SAILS/ABC Field Trip $ 8,971.46 Summary of the month ended September 30,2023 ∙ $650.00 = Birthday Marquee ∙ $820.00 = PTO Membership ∙ $4655.75 = Spirit Shirts ∙ $113.00 = Spirit Items ∙ $2,000.00 = Sponsorships ∙ $140.00 = Donations ∙ $150.00 = Petty Cash (Open House) ∙ $.38 = Interest ∙ $1380.00 = Class Parties $ 9,909.13 Paid: ∙ $ 2,000.00 = Booster Down payment . $ 4.65 = Photo copies . $ 87.80 = VIPS breakfast . $130.66 = Hospitality . $ 150.00 = Petty Cash (Open House) . $100.00 = Fall Fundraiser . $ 298.65 = Paypal Fees $ 2,771.76 Summary of the month ended August 31,2023 ∙ $70.00 = Birthday Marquee ∙ $120.00 = PTO Membership ∙ $264.00 = Spirit Shirts ∙ $6.00 = Spirit Items ∙ $1,350.00 = Sponsorships ∙ $39.00 = Donations ∙ $72.91 = Randalls GNP ∙ $665.00 = Spirit Night (Pho Shack) ∙ $100.00 = Edukit ∙ $150.00 = Petty Cash (Meet the Teacher) ∙ $120.00 = Class Parties $ 2,936.91 Paid: ∙ $ 715.04 = Sponsorship (car tags) . $ 75.77 = Photo copies . $ 75.00 = Insurance . $1,109.29 = Hospitality . $ 150.00 = Petty Cash (Meet the Teacher) . $ 80.00 = Taxes $ 2,205.10
By Sierra Jefferson 09 Apr, 2024
AGENDA Brazos Bend Elementary PTO PRESIDENT/VP REPORT 6PM April 10, 2024 Location: Library WELCOME- Call to order STEM BUS Guest Speaker TREASURER & FINANCIAL OFFICER Approve Treasurer Notes - March & April Approve Previous Minutes -February & March Minutes CALENDAR April - Every Friday Wear Blue to Support Autism Awareness April 9: 3rd Grade Field Trip April 10: 1st Grade Field Trip April 11: Sunshine Cart April 13: Bookapalooza 9AM - 2PM @ Dulles Middle School April 15 - 26: NO LUNCH VISITORS - STAAR April 18: Spirit Night: Space Cowboys 6:35pm April 29: CPAC Meeting 5PM May 1: School Principal Day May 6 - 23: NO LUNCH VISITORS May 6 - 10: Teacher Appreciation Week May 8: PTO Meeting 9:30AM May 8: School Nurses Day May 9: NEHS New Member Ceremony VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Friday Popcorn TAW End of year Party 5/20 5th Grade Fun Day 5/22 COMMITTEE REMARKS Program Development - Chuck E Cheese - $1,558.14 4/18 6:35pm Space Cowboys starting at $18 ($6 back per ticket) YearBook - Orders due 4/19, Shout outs & love lines due 4/12, 5th grade parents - Baby pictures due 4/12 Membership - 162 Members - $6 Parents, $5 Staff Class Parties - 89 Students - $12 - Class Parties Competition? PRINCIPAL & VP REMARKS NEW BUSINESS Vote on STEM Bus Adjourn: *Dates Subject to change
By Erin Grace 25 Mar, 2024
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 – 3 rd Grade Field Trip 4/10 – 1 st 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 5 th Graders 5/22 - 5 th Grade fun day 5.VIPS Popcorn sign ups for Friday mornings please needed! Field Day helpers needed! 5 th 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 5 th 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 5 th 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.
By Sierra Jefferson 20 Mar, 2024
AGENDA Brazos Bend Elementary PTO PRESIDENT/VP REPORT Date: February 21,2024 Location: Extended Day Room ● WELCOME- Call to order TREASURER & FINANCIAL OFFICER ● Approve Treasurer Notes ● Approve Previous Minutes -January Minutes CALENDAR ● February 21: STAR Testing 4th,3rd Spirit Night - Crumbl Cookie ● February 22: STAR 4t, grade & 4th grade music performance 6pm ● February 23: Go Texan Day - Western Wear ● February 25: BBE Cheer @ Rice 1pm Basketball game ● February 26: STAR 5th grade ● February 27: STAR 5th grade ● February 28: Career Day ● February 29: STAR 5th, grade, Spring Pictures, Bingo for Books & Open House ● March 1: Teacher Planning Day/ No School ● March 4-8 Read Across America Week ● March 4-6: Champ Bucks ● March 7: Multicultural Event ● March 11 - 15: Spring Break ● March 19: 5th grade picture & Club Pictures ● March 20: PTO Meeting 9:30AM, 3rd grade field trip- Fort Bend Museum ● March 28: Field Day ● March 29: Holiday/Good Friday VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ● Friday Popcorn ● GO Texan Day ● Field Day COMMITTEE REMARKS ● Ways & Means - Winter Fundraiser- Boosterthon ● Program Development - 2/21 4 - 7pm 4/18 6:35pm Space Cowboys $18 tickets ($6 back per ticket) Choir Singing National Anthem, Cheer Team Performing, Dr.Bolden throwing first pitch, Vote on cost for up to 40 students from choir & cheer team. (total cost up to $720 + fees) ● Field Day - 3/28, Field Day Shirts by 3/10 ● YearBook - Cover contest voting by teachers then students will vote from top 3. ● Membership Update ● JA Update ● Masterpiece Art Ms.Varghese PRINCIPAL & VP REMARKS NEW BUSINESS ● Laminating Machine Adjourn: *Dates Subject to change
By Sierra Jefferson 19 Mar, 2024
AGENDA Brazos Bend Elementary PTO PRESIDENT/VP REPORT Date: March 20, 2024 Location: Extended Day Room ● WELCOME- Call to order TREASURER & FINANCIAL OFFICER ● Approve Treasurer Notes ● Approve Previous Minutes -February Minutes CALENDAR ● March 20: Report Cards post @ 4:30 ● March 21: World Down Syndrome Day - Wear Unique Socks, Astronomy on wheels 6PM, GT Showcase 8:30am ● March 25: CPAC Meeting 5PM ● March 28: Field Day ● March 29: Holiday/Good Friday ● April 1: No School ● April 4: NEHS Induction Ceremony 9AM ● April 10: 1st Grade Field Trip ● April 13: Bookapalooza 9AM ● April 15 - 26: NO LUNCH VISITORS ● April 20: PTO Meeting 6PM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ● Friday Popcorn ● Field Day 3/28 ● 5th Grade Fun Day 5/22 COMMITTEE REMARKS ● Ways & Means - ● Program Development - Crumbl Cookie $178 4/18 6:35pm Space Cowboys $18 tickets ($6 back per ticket) Choir Singing National Anthem, Cheer Team Performing, Dr.Bolden throwing first pitch, Vote on cost for up to 40 students from choir & cheer team. (total cost up to $720/$480) ● Field Day - 3/28 ● YearBook - ● Membership - 161 Members ● JA Update ● Masterpiece Art PRINCIPAL & VP REMARKS NEW BUSINESS ● Membership & Class Parties Competition 3/25 - 4/12 Adjourn: *Dates Subject to change
By Erin Grace 05 Mar, 2024
BBE PTO MEETING MINUTES Wednesday February 21, 2023 9.30AM In Attendance: Nicole Polit, Elizabeth Miceli, Cyma Yousuf, Letty Gonzales, Andrea Rhodes, Laura Timmons, Kevin Sayre, Catherine Writer, Tara Phillips, Sierra Jefferson, Dominga Silva, Munira Shallwani 1.Sierra call to order 9.39am 2.Approve treasurer notes: Boosterthon net $15,688 in profit. Kevin motions, Nicole seconds, all in favor, motion passes to approve treasurer notes. Approve January meeting minutes: Andrea motions, Kevin seconds, all in favor, motion passes to approve treasure notes. 3.Calendar: Basketball game is actually 24 th . Career day – need a few more parents for career day. Bingo – kids can win books – parents need to be present. 4.15-5.15pm March 4-6: Champ Bucks store, changing method. 4.VIPS Friday popcorn, need help this week and the remainder of the school year. Field Day – information going out shortly 5.Committee Remarks: Ways and Means- profit $15,688. 63% registration. 38% percent donated or got a donation. 60% donors were NOT parents, amazing!! Option to cover donation fee which worked well, saved us $$. Next years date will be 1/31/25. Program Development (Malhorie) - $700 ish from Spring Creek BBQ. The top 3 classes with most attendance win tshirt, keychain etc. 3/8 to present that award at assembly. Tonight is Crumbl spirit night. 4-7pm 15% of all sales. Please share on facebook today! Space cowboys game – 4/18 @ 6.35pm. Link to buy tickets going out soon. $6 kick back for us. First 50 tickets $18, then goes up after that. Field Day (Munira) – 3/10 last day to order shirts, will put another paper in Friday folder and check with Ms Zamora where tshirt ordering is up to. Jump rope show and bounce house are booked. Ms Zamora has some activities planned. Outdoor planned, back up date 4/10 th maybe in case of rain. Munira to call sno-cone truck to get actual quote. Sierra has worked out the stations so can use last years info and start sign up genius. Yearbook – cover contest, encourage students to submit! Music dress up days, spirit nights, all of it! Hospitality update – no one signed up for Popcorn for remainder of the year so let’s all sign up! Would like to do a drink bar, every Wed of April for the teachers, add to March sunshine cart to collect those items. Sign up sheet for sunshine cart for March. Priority is sodas and drinks. Membership - Dominga- no new membership updates. Talked about doing a challenge, competing class, maybe a class party for top class % of membership and paid for parties wins. Top primary // secondary. Letty – Sierra – Dominga get together to set that up. JA update – Azin not here. Hayes, Consoli & Staples (3 sessions left) Maybe Azin can come in and help do a few remaining sessions. Masterpiece Art – Varghese left, she will email her class parents to ask for help. 6.Principal remarks: Delivered remotely - remind everyone about Books for Bingo and Open house, kids come in for this one. 7.New Business: Laminating Machine – school one is broken, need a new one. Limited on what kind they can purchase. If PTO purchases it we can research and pick from wherever and gift it to them. Could we consider doing this? $1,600. 27” laminator for posters etc. Free shipping, request tax exemption. Kevin: who will come in 3 years to service the machine? Nicole – this one has two year warranty. Can they extend to 5 year warranty? The school one chosen costs $3,500. District never services the laminator it’s the company. Who’s responsibility would it be? The school will budget for laminator service/repairs. Tara: - trying to make sure the custodians are checking the bathrooms, no paper in the PE bathrooms, not just a random one off problem. Kids holding on b/c they don’t want to use the dirty bathrooms - lunch time, only had 10 minutes in the end to eat by the time they sat down. Teacher started clean up like 10 minutes early. Lots of kids not finishing their lunches, harder for kids buying their lunch and the last ones waiting in line. -what do we have left in the PTO account if we buy the laminator? $63K approx. in checking account currently, still to pay field trips, parties, teacher appreciations…. Should have approximately $30K left after paying for them. We want to carry over a float. 8.Vote on laminator suggestion: Kevin motions, Munira seconds, all in favor, motion passes to for PTO to purchase new laminator. 9.Multicultural night – only 11 countries, need some more! Families will receive a passport this time, you’ll get a stamp/sticker to travel around and can draw your photo. 10.Andrea: Wants to help more informing parents Teacher appreciation in May ideas: Nacho average teacher, If you give a teacher a Cookie Nicole - Hospitality budget is stretched, about only $1,600 left, baked potato bar, maybe parents can provide some food and provide potluck? We need to check at what the school already has planned. Emily/Andrea to get together and ask what can be donated for teacher appreciation which is the first week in May. FBISD we do the second week in May cos of STAAR. 11.Nicole: approaching the end of the year…. who’s going to be returning to board and positions, can’t be in the same position for 2 years? -Kevin would like to continue DADS wants a red shirt year…… this year not count for DADS for him, since he missed a ton, so he can do DADS for the next 2 years. Tara – probably not Erin – Secretary or Masterpiece Art Letty – Yes but cannot do parties again – will wait and see Andrea – Probably not but happy to train someone in Sponsorship Cyma – yes can continue to be treasurer JA – Azin has completed her second year so will be moving on. Program development – Malhorie has completed her second year so will be moving on. Yearbook – open Stacy Z - Financial officer – will not be returning Hospitality – Emily’s first year – this role is a good one to job share. Ways & Means – Anne Tseng not returning Woud 12. Adjourn meeting at 10.49am
By Erin Grace 19 Jan, 2024
BBE PTO MEETING MINUTES Wednesday January 17, 2023 6.00 PM In Attendance: Letty Gonzales, Sierra Jefferson, Andrea Rhodes, Malhorie Fane, Nicole Polit, Elizabeth Miceli, Shannon Fields, Erin Grace, Laura Timmons, Dominga Silva, Jennifer Scholl, Azin Shabankareh, Lindsay Kulhanek, Kevin Sayre, Cyma Yousuf 1.Sierra call to order 6.09pm 2.5 th grade tshirt - Ms Baker said one more chance so hopefully by Friday there will be some more designs. Teachers will vote on their favorites, then the kids can vote on their favorites. A sign up genius has gone out for the new way to do Champ Bucks – taking a cart around to the pods. There will be a 5 min overlap for classes. Andrea mentioned that it is definitely helpful when the teachers email for direct help, rather than just a facebook post or a line in the weekly newsletter. 3. Treasurer notes: Collected $5,005.95 from holiday shop. Paid out $12,311.38 4. Approve December minutes: Erin motion, Andrea seconds – all in favor, motion passes. Minutes are approved. 5. Calendar: Jan 18 – Boosterhon Starts Jan 24 – Champ Bucks Store (now a cart in the pods) Jan 25 – Spirit night at Spring Creek BBQ Jan 26 – Booster Run! Jan 29 – 100 th day of school, dress up optional Feb 15 – Early release 12.10pm Feb 16 & 19 – No school Feb 21 – Feb PTO Meeting at 9.30am Feb 21 – Spirit night at Crumbl Cookie March 7 – Multicultural Event April 18 – Spirit night at Space Cowboys 6. Volunteer Opportunities: Scan the QR code, would love help with car, lunch, recess duty, Friday popcorn and Champ Bucks cart 7. Committee Remarks: Ways & Means: Nicole – Boosterthon, hopefully no rain so it can all be outside. 15% achieved = gift card giveaway. Kick off is tomorrow, the team will be coming in during student lunch times. Prizes will be given out for students as $ goals are achieved. Dude Perfect are involved for games and challenges. The goal is to raise $15,000 for BBE. Program Development: aprons/shirts for the volunteers, flyers are coming. April Spirit night will be Space Cowboys tickets with possible option for choir and cheer to perform. Tickets $18 (we get $5 p ticket). Malhorie will check where our section will be, 1 st base side or other. Sierra will check with Mr Horton and Ms Medrano to get a head count on choir and cheer kids. Mrs Kulhanek has met Olu from Cinnaholic on University Blvd who would like to do a Spirit night with us. Malhorie will follow up with him. Field Day: still a work in progress, we need sno-cone truck recommendations. And a fun type of show recommendation (not Bubbles show). Get your tshirts ordered before March 10 th . Cori or Dr Bolden will include it in email after Boosterthon. Parties : End of Year. Plenty of food leftover from Winter parties. More details to come. Yearbook: tons of photos thank you everyone. The Cover contest starts February. JA: – all classes except three 1st grade. Ms A, Nasim and Cammock-Zarate. Ms Dading will get with those teachers to send flyers home in the hope that parents will help. M Art update: 2 classes left who need help Mrs Varghese & and Mrs Nasim. 8. New Business: PTO voted on spending funds for the Zen room and it was approved, some items for Mrs Scholl have already started arriving. Officially start Feb 1 st . Will have to sign up to use it. PTO website calendar needs to be updated, opens up to Jan 2020 and need to click thru to find current info. Sierra/Nicole to look into fixing that. 9. VP Remarks: Thank you all so much! There is so much more going on in the school, especially now that Covid is over. Dr Bolden will send Boosterthon reminder tomorrow and would love us all at CPAC on Monday 22 nd at 5pm. Coffee with the Principal was a great time. One of the big things brought up was Schoology and helping parents so that we can be on the same page as the teachers. 10. Mrs Kulhanek – open house is on February 29 th and the literacy event Bingo for Books will be held at 4.30pm just prior to Open House (which starts at 5.30pm). 11. Nicole – inclement weather makeup day is scheduled for 2/19. We have not heard anything yet from the district regarding a change to this day. 12. Adjourn meeting at 6.50PM 
By Sierra Jefferson 16 Jan, 2024
PRESIDENT/VP REPORT Date: January 17, 2023 6PM Location: ● WELCOME- Call to order ● Champ Bucks store location and time change. TREASURER & FINANCIAL OFFICER ● Approve Treasurer Notes ● Approve Previous Minutes -December Minutes CALENDAR ● January 18: Boosterthon Start ● January 24: Champ Bucks Store ● January 25: Content Night & Spirit Night - Spring Creek BBQ ● January 26: Booster Run! ● January 29: 100th Day of School ● February 16 & 19: NO SCHOOL ● February 21: PTO Meeting 9:30AM ● February 21: Spirit Night - Crumbl Cookie ● March 7: Multicultural Event VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ● Friday Popcorn ● Car, Lunch, Recess Duty ● Champ Bucks COMMITTEE REMARKS ● Ways & Means - Winter Fundraiser- Boosterthon ● Program Development - January 25 Spirit Night: Spring Creek BBQ, November-Pepperonis $36.65 ● Field Day 3/28 ● Parties - End of year party ● YearBook - Cover Contest ● JA Update ● Masterpiece Art Update NEW BUSINESS PRINCIPAL & VP REMARKS Adjourn: *Dates Subject to change
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