Gorman Fort Banks PTO 

Meeting Minutes for March 11, 2015

Principal's report (Mrs. Pearson)

 Thanked the PTO for money from Target check of $565.11

 Poster maker is very well received 

 Community Readers was a success, but challenging to get people in here that 

are meaningful to the students. Spoke with Mrs. Babine about what we can 

 Thanking PTO for the willingness for breakfast. 

 Breakfast information will be given at MCAS info night, and it has been talked 

about with the 3rd grade teachers/students. 

 Parent night is March 19th 6:30-7:30 for MCAS information. 

 Students entering tardy will not be able to go to their class. 

 Student surprise scheduled for 3rd grade students only 

 No volunteers for 3rd grade day of MCAS. 

 No volunteers in the 3rd grade hallways during MCAS 

 There will be hallway/bathroom monitors

Field day-Where “game day” for 1st grade is earlier this year, 1st grade will have game 

day, 2nd grade will have tournament day, and 3rd grade will have actual field day. 

Asking PTO to have some sort gift (t-shirt, hat, bag) to 3rd grade. Parents attending 

3rd grade only because they will be exiting the school. 

(concerns about another field day for 3rd grade. Issue being that next year there will 

be two grades moving on. Do we have two field days?) Mrs. Pearson is leaving it up 

to the PTO and parents. She is happy to let the PTO come up with an alternative. The 

things that are the most exciting to students are those to do with food, or something 

Proposed 2015-2016 calendar has not been given to administration yet, so no date 

for Kindergarten social can be planned yet. 

Treasurer Report (Gillian Teixeira) 

 Paid out the February Enrichment “Mad About Math” 

 Made a large deposit for the calendar raffle, but still need to pay the last 

enrichment and the calendar raffle winner payments. 

 Classroom grant fund- only 3 teachers approached the PTO, but a reminder 

was sent out, and the date was extended to April 15th.

Volunteer Update (Reena Cash) 

Still need loop volunteers for Mondays and Wednesdays 

Fundraiser (Kristen Buonopane) 

Calendar Raffle update-Very successful, looking at little over $9000 after everything 

is paid out. Tablet winner was pulled and delivered to the winner. Sending 10 

calendars home per student made things better. 

Review of Recent Events (Kristen Buonopane/Christa Shea) 

 Scholastic Book Fair: no official breakdown, but we sold around $10,000. We 

get 60% of sales in scholastic dollars. 

 Literacy night-6th year doing literacy night. About 103 students 

 Issues were that the café was a little more congested than the gym, mainly 

because the younger students were in the café, and needed more help. 

 Next year we need to work on stressing that they need to wait to switch 

 Family Skate Party-great turn out, 75-90 people. We had a few raffles. 

Upcoming Events (Kristen Buonopane/Doreen Araujo)

 Math Night- March 26th, flyers went home today. You do need to re-register 

for the new date.  Need volunteers. 

 MCAS Breakfast (03/31 & 04/01)-This will be served separate from the 

traditional breakfast.  Bagels, muffins, fruit and milk will be served for free 

for all 3rd graders from 7:30-8:00. Will need a few volunteers for the 

breakfast, as well as a few extra volunteers for the loop those days. 

 Proposed budget of $400 for the breakfast to cover both days was voted on 

 6pm-7:30pm. Flyer will go out next week. 

 DJ is booked and will have a few games to run with the 

students. 

 Nick’s Place is donating 3 trays of pizza. 

 $5 for admission per child, which will include a drink and glow 

 Pizza will be sold by the slice

 Need to order glow sticks

 Need to work on organizing an activity, waiting on Winthrop 

School of Performing Arts to maybe donate the time of an 

instructor to run activities.

 Open to families, and the dance will be causal dress. 

 Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: Looking at Friday May 8th, proposed budget 

of $750 was voted on and approved. 

 Ice Cream Social- discussed potential date of June 12th, 6pm-8pm. 

 Another movie night was discussed. Possible date of June 5th depending on 

movie company. Would play Big Hero 6. 

Affiliate programs (Doreen Araujo)

 Boxtops submitted 03/14/15 for around $450

Gorman Fort Banks PTO

Meeting Agenda for March 11, 2015

• Welcome
• Introduction of Board
• Co Presidents: Kristen Buonopane and Christa Shea
• Co Vice Presidents: Mariana Babine and Jennifer Gorman
• Co Secretaries: Lauren Capasso and Crystal DeMayo
• Co Treasurers: Reena Cash and Gillian Teixeira
• According to our PTO Handbook: If any member of the PTO would like to have an item added to the agenda, they can submit a written request to the secretary at least seven (7) days before a meeting.
• Principal’s Report (Mrs. Pearson/Mrs. Grimes)
• Treasurer Report (Gillian Teixeira/Reena Cash)
• Summary Report of Disbursements and Balance
• Classroom Grant Fund:  extended through April 15th
• Volunteer Update (Mariana Babine)
• Loop (Sarah Pettee/Reena Cash)
• School Volunteers: please contact Mariana at: mbabine@winthrop.k12.ma.us
• Fundraiser (Christa Shea/Kristen Buonopane)
• Calendar Raffle update
• Review of Recent Events (Christa Shea/Kristen Buonopane/Mariana Babine/Dawn Hurley)
• Community Reader Day
• Scholastic Book Fair: approximate sales; PTO donated $25 Scholastic Dollars to all staff
• Literacy Night
• Family Skate Party
• Upcoming Events (Kristen Buonopane/Lauren Capasso/Doreen Araujo)
• Math Game Night (3/26/15)
• MCAS Breakfasts (3/31, 4/1/15):  VOTE for budget
• Dance (4/10/15)
• Teacher Appreciation Luncheon:  VOTE for budget
• Field Day
• Ice Cream Social: discuss potential dates
• Suggestions for other events for remainder of this school year
• Affiliate programs (Doreen Araujo)
• Box Tops: submitted 3/4/15
• Labels for Education/Target/Stop & Shop A+ Rewards
• Open Forum