Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Secretary, Krissy Jackson
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Teacher Liaison, Marge Lightizer
Secretary Report:
Minutes from May meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
No report available.
Principals Report
June 21 & 22 will be half days.
Presidents Report: Old/New Business: Old Business:
Thank you so much to Missy Corti-Holt and Amy Jones for their many years of service to New Franklin School! Also, thank you to Mrs. Carmody and Mrs. Lightizer for all you combined years of support with NFS PTO. Mrs. Carmody's farewell assembly will be on June 21st at 10 a.m.
Lawn Fete: Volunteer forms are out - electronic and paper. Meeting set for 9:15 a.m. on June 6th.
T-shirts for Reader assembly: more money than was budgeted - need to re-evaluate.
Elections of PTO New Officers::
Pam Shore - President
Jen Fahey - Vice President
Ilysse Sirmaian - Secretary
Cheryl Fratamico - Treasurer
Wendy Baker - Volunteer Coordinator
Marge Lightizer thanks the PTO so much for the great Teachers Appreciation Week of celebration! Every day was wonderful and the teachers really appreciate everything.
Secretary Report:
Minutes from April meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
Report read, discussed and passed.
Principals Report
Gary the Clown pictures are up on the board. Kids had a great time.
4th Grade going to Squam Lake & Strawberry Banke. 5th Grade to the Museum of Science. Need $ for buses
Class sizes are up in the air at this point in time. Mrs. C is doing her best to sew things up before she leaves. space might be an issue if we need 3-4 extra classes.
The budget should be ready to go by September. She can sit down with PTO to solidify.
Presidents Report: Old/New Business: Old Business:
The City council meeting was well attended. next meeting is set for June 8th (final school budget meeting).
The newsletter was excellent
Teachers Appreciation Week: Need exact # of staff. Should be a fun week. Everything set.
Lawn Fete: Committees on schedule. Need to set up meeting soon to go over plans. Meeting set for 5/17 @3:30pm at NFS
Blood Drive: Scheduled the blood drive for Friday May 20th 2-7 pm at Middle Street Baptist Church. It will be in Cole Lehtinen's name.
Posters will be available to hang around town.
New Business: Assembly for Mrs. C:: Set for 6/21 @ 1:15pm at NFS
New Teacher Liaison: Christina Bate. Welcome Mrs. Bates! Note: Teachers feel that we need to get the copying under control. It fell apart after a while. The teachers found it helpful but they need to count on it being done
Elections of PTO New Officers:: Set for June 1st meeting
Holiday Shoppe:: No one came forward to volunteer - consensus to drop the Holiday Shoppe this year.
Meeting Ends
PTO Meeting
April 6, 2005
Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Fahey
Secretary Report:
Minutes from March meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
No report this evening.
Principals Report
Need a letter to go out to Mary Thorn so we can payout the scholarship $$.
New School Resource Officer: Chris Cummings.
Ted Corti has a copy machine he would like to donate - do we have the room for it? Need to keep up maintenance - look into service contract and discuss if we should take it.
Pictures are posted from Artist in Residence.
Puppeteer coming in May.
Field trips underway: K & 1st grades went to Music Hall, 2nd grade going to Butterfly Place. Might need $$ for buses.
Presidents Report: /New Business: Old Business: Artist in Residence: Very successful, kids had fun!
Redhook Dance: $824 profit - was a big success despite the snow storm!
New Business: Teacher Appreciation Week:: Decided on week of 5/9-5/13, but recognize teachers on "the day" of 5/3 (National Teachers Day).
Committee to meet and set up each day's events. Volunteer form to go out before vacation.
Lawn Fete: Set a date of Wednesday, June 15th, rain date of June 16th , 4-7 p.m. Committees as follows: Activities: Pam Shore, Mary Chavez, Tara Mikela; Raffle:
Ilysse Sirmaian, Brindall Grant; Food: Jen Fahey, Krissy Jackson; Equipment: Jeannette MacDonald; Volunteer Coordinator: Samantha LeBlanc
Blood Drive: Scheduled the blood drive for Friday May 20th 2-7 pm at Middle Street Baptist Church. It will be in Cole Lehtinen's name.
Posters will be available to hang around town.
Meeting Ends
PTO Meeting
March 2, 2005
Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Fahey
Secretary Report:
Minutes from February meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
No report this evening.
Principals Report
Artist in Residence going well andkids enjoying learning about Ireland and Irish traditions.
The Memory Book is ready to go. Costing a little more this year - we need to decide on a price.
Upcoming events: New England Brass, Don Grady in May, PTO By-laws need reviewing.
Presidents Report: /New Business: Old Business: Artist in Residence: Performance at 1:30pm on the 11th in the gym.
Space limited for guests with all the kids dancing
Redhook Dance: Saturday, March 12th, 7-11pm. Tickets will be $12 in advance, $15 at the door.
ticket sales slow. Will be in papers tomorrow & Friday. Balloons donated @ 1/2 price, chips & salsa donated by Margarita's
New Business: Teacher Appreciation Week:: Week long event. Different foods on different days. Volunteers for committee:
Kerrie Place, jen Fahey, pam Shore, Mary Chavez, Nancy Lane
Lawn Fete: New Chair and Co-chair needed. Committees will be formed. Tabled until next meeting.
Blood Drive: We cannot have a blood drive at New Fanklin until July or August. We can attach Cole Lehtinen's name
to a drive already planned. There is one scheduled for June 22nd at St. James Parish. 1-6pm. Ilysse to check with The Lehtinen's
to make sure this is o.k. and then PTO can proceed to advertise it.
Other: Kerrie Place brought up a new fundraising idea - the Scrip Program (gift cards for every day items).
Meeting Ends
PTO Meeting
February 2, 2005
Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Treasurer, Cheryl Fratamico
Secretary, Krissy Jackson
Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Fahey
Secretary Report:
Minutes from January meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
Not complete report, but Cheryl's figures were approximately $7900.00 owed out with
over $10,000.00 coming in. Estimated about $5,500.00 left. First Aid profit of $30.00. Read and accepted.
Principals Report
Discussed Kevin Semprini, Mrs. Carmody's retirement and various school happenings for January.
Read by Mrs. Carmody and passed.
Presidents Report: Old Business/New Business: Craft Fair: This event is a year long planning project. A committee has been formed to work
on getting donations, volunteers, etc. next meeting Feb. 16th @ 7pm. Jen Fahey and Ilysse Sirmaian to head.
Any questions, call Jen Fahey, 433-5551
Environmental School:: Bake Sales on Fridays, info to follow. Flatbread Fundraising dinner night raised
$197.52. Next event is at Margaritas. Info to follow. Still need a parent to help and support Jeannette MacDonald
Ice Cream Social: Set to take place Feb. 22nd, 6:30-7:30pm. Snow date Feb. 24th. Any questions, call Pam Shore at 436-9618
Redhook Dance: Saturday, March 12th, 7-11pm. Tickets will be $12 in advance, $15 at the door. More info to follow
Artist in Residence: Set for March 7-11, performance at 1:30pm on the 11th in the gym.
Lawn Fete: New Chair and Co-chair needed. Committees will be formed. More info to follow.
Meeting Ends
PTO Meeting
January 3, 2005
Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Treasurer, Cheryl Fratamico
Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Fahey
Secretary Report:
Minutes from December meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
Read and accepted.
Old Business: Craft Fair: Jen Fahey taking over. First meeting to be announced shortly.
Website: Ilysse Sirmaian announced that the website is up and running. www.nfspto.org Any suggestions,
please see Ilysse.
Holiday Shoppe: $530 profit made.
Other: Seacoast Calendar Fundraiser made $350
First Aid Courses: scheduled for January 12 & 19th. Adding an Emergency Responses Course
for January 26th - questions to Barbara Pamboukes
New Business: Environmental School: Jeannette MacDonald reported that the fundraiser is set for Jan. 18th
at Flatbread Pizza. Going to start bake sales with popcorn on Fridays. Also asked for other
4th grade parent volunteers for next year.
Ice Cream Social:Pam Shore & Mary Chavez heading up. Hawaian Luau theme. Set date for Feb. 23rd, 6:30-7:30pm
Red Hook Dance: Set for March 12, 2005. Pam Shore heading up. 7pm till 11. Cash Bar
21 and over ONLY, possibly 50/50 raffle.
Teacher Appreciation Week: Nancy, Pam, Mary Chavez, Wendy Baker & Kari Place heading up - in May
Artist in Residence: Voted from 2 choices: theatre & Irish Dance/Song. Decided on Regina Delaney for
the Irish Dance/Songs.
Sunshine Fund:Nancy suggested a fund for members/staff milestones and incidents. Decided to discuss
case by case. 1st case: Lehtinen little boy struck with leukemia. Decided to organize blook drive in little boy's
name. Tara Mikela heading up. 2nd case: Kevin Semprini retiring. Decided on an award from PTO in honor of "Officer Friendly" presented
at the assembly on Jan. 13th.
Meeting Ends
PTO Meeting
December 1, 2004
Officers Present:
President, Nancy Lane
Vice President, Pam Shore
Principal, Mrs. Carmody
Secretary, Krissy Jackson
Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Fahey
Secretary Report:
Minutes from November meeting read and passed.
Treasurers Report
None
New Business:
Amy Jones talked about the concerns with the PEP Holiday Home Tour. We need to have HELP and support
for this program to continue to stay positive for PEP. Tammy Truax to shadow Amy re:
Holiday Shoppe: Set to start for December will have our figures at the January meeting.
Craft Fair: $6191.00 deposited into the bank account. Jen Fahey, Volunteer Coordinator setting up committee
to work on for ideas, fundraising, grants, for this successful PTO Fall event. Sign up sheet passed around.
Red Hook Dance: Set for March 12, 2005. Will discuss more in January.
Touched base on First Aid courses. Will discuss more in January.
Website Up to $100.00 to run - voted and passed at meeting. Ilysse Sirmaian to get up and running by January.
Artist in Residence: Two ideas need to pick one. Will do in January.
