September 2015 Meeting Minutes (pending)

General Nash Home and School Meeting - Minutes

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

7pm Nash Library

The meeting was opened at 7:03pm. 32 people attended (plus the board)

Laura Boquist, President Nash H&S welcomed everyone and the H&S Board introduced themselves.

The August 2015 meeting minutes were approved. Stacey Johnson made the motion to approve the minutes and Kelly Magee-Greene seconded the motion.

Upcoming Dates:

September: 11 Spirit Day - Blue & White or Nash Spirit Day

14 No School

15 Back to School Night at 6:30pm; Fall Picture Day

18 Welcome Picnic at 6:30pm

19 6 th Grade Carwash, 10am-2pm

23 No School

25 Coordinator and Room Parent Orientation at 9:30pm

October: 2 Nash Spirit Day (Show Your Colors Day): Kindergarten - Violet, First Grade - Indigo (Dark Blue), Second Grade - Blue (Light Blue) Third Grade - Green, Fourth Grade - Yellow, Fifth Grade - Orange, Sixth Grade - Red

4-10 Fire Prevention Week

7 Walk to School Day

8 H&S Meeting at 7pm

14 Dining Night Out at The Mill

21 March-A-Thon

22 March-A-Thon (Rain date)

23 Fall Picture Re-takes; Apple Crunch Day

23-31 Red Ribbon Week

30 Halloween Parade

Comments about Upcoming Dates:

Details will be coming regarding Dining Night Out at The Mill

Halloween Parade will be the afternoon - costumes are great and teachers get involved. AM Kindergarten will be allowed to come in the afternoon to participate. They do a parade during their kindergarten time as well.

Treasurer's Report - Sue Zima

H&S purchased communication envelopes to use for this year and they will start being used for envelopes on the 15th

A new category was added to capture income from the directory ads - it was set at $500.

Question on money in 6th grade account from last year - the $600 is still there, it was just moved to a different account.

Principal's Report - Mr. Winkle

Intro - o Family - his wife Ellen is a neonatal nurse, son Mason is in 2nd grade, and daughter Calla is 4 and is in preschool. They live in the Neshaminy school district.

o He is from Pittsburgh and loves to spend time with his family, traveling, sports, running, musical theatre and coffee

o BS from Geneva College, MA from Villanova, Principal's Certificate from Temple

o 10 years at Gwyn-Nor as a 5th grade teacher (1 year in Alquippa district as well)

o Professional Activities - Corrrelate Team Leader, MISE, Social Media for Gwyn-Nor, Science Coach, Math 24, Special Education Planning Committee, Inclusion Task force, etc o Vision for Nash - Support plans in place, Clear Expectations, High Level of Academic Achievement, Inclusion of all Students, Educating the Full Child, Safe and Secure Learning Environment, top-notch service to all families, FUN o Students are our #1 priority and basis for all decisions

o Open Communication - he will be communicating often (at least 1 time a week)

o He will continue to support the great things at Nash

Nash is now on twitter @NashElementary (there will be an upcoming tutorial)

Back To School Night o Starting at 6:30, instead of 7

o There will no conference signups at Back to School Night (since grades 4-6 are switching for subjects, they are still trying to figure out how conferences will work)

PSSA's

o The results will be mailed home at the end of September

o Mr. Winkle will talk about the results at the October Home & School meeting

o The results will be lower and he will explain some of the valid reasons.

o PSSA's affects middle school placements and he will talk about this as well.

Teacher Representative - Ms. Catto

Ms. Catto will be a consistent teacher representative at the H&S Meetings

Nothing exciting to share on day 5

Coordinator Reports:

6 th Grade class - Shannon Snyder - Kid stuff books will come home Sept 10th. This is a 6th grade fundraiser. Please return the book if you don't want it

Picture Day - Jenny Platt

o Don't forget picture day is Tuesday September 15th .

o Lifetouch is our vendor and you can pay upfront online. There is more flexibility with packages online.

o If you have 3 or more kids, you pay for 2 and get the 3rd free. This works across multiple schools as well.

NPAGE - Lauren Shive

o NPAGE is having its back to school night on Tuesday Oct 13th, 7-9pm at the ESC

o NPAGE is the parent organization for gifted students

Welcome Picnic - Carrie Ann Cummiskey

o There will be a catering group outside, so you can buy food during the picnic

o They are looking to get donations for desserts from local businesses

o Some activities - Hip Hop dance class (by New Dance Workshop), face painting, get to you know you games, etc

o Tables to showcase activities at Nash (Spanish Club, Reading Olympics, Culture Club, Winter Carnival, H&S table, etc)

Engineering for Kids - Jenny Platt - Jenny is still waiting to hear back from contact

Holiday Shop - Christie Scott

o Still looking for a co-coordinator

o Penguin patch is the vendor o Preview day in December for the kids to buy little presents, purchases will be made Friday during the school day and Saturday morning

o Breakfast with Frosty happens on Saturday morning

Dining Night Outs - Michele Soltis and Kelly Magee-Greene

o Trying to do these monthly

o Dairy Queen brought in $325

o Oct 14th - The Mill

o Nov 23rd - Chili's

o A week in Dec - Chick Fil A (potentially do a chicken platter fundraiser as well)

o Wendy's will be done two times (dates TBD)

o Potential for February - Comedy Cabaret in Doylestown. This will be adults only. We would make $10 a person, but we need to have 40 people.

o Champs in Collegeville was another location that was proposed

Previous Business:

CarrieAnn Cumminskey said that she has reached out to Brandon McManus (NP grad who plays for the Broncos), but he is in his busy season with football and he would not plan anything right now. She will work thru his organization (Anti-Bullying Squad) and keep in touch with them.

Open Coordinator positions:

o Indoor games

o Co-coordinator for Holiday Shop

o Spirit Wear o Shadows for Winter Carnival

o Shadow for March-A-Thon

New Business:

March-A-Thon

o Biggest fundraiser for the year

o Kids march during their special time and collect feet

o Looking to work with Mr. Winkle and Ms. Catto to determine school wide competition and incentives

o An introduction flyer will be coming out in next week's envelopes and more detailed information will come out in October.

Guidelines for new copier use

o New copiers across North Penn

o New a swipe card to use them - the H&S card is with Dana or Terri

o Plan ahead to make copies - its slower than last year

o Please try to condense paper - making use of double sided copies or 2 flyers to 1 sheet

o 305 copies are needed for envelopes

Open Forum Q&A

There was a question on the old volunteer form - the Nash Volunteer Crew form replaces the old form. Everyone who volunteers for NVC will be contacted for every activity by signup genius. We need to have a single list of people and make sure everyone has clearances. Please talk to a Home and School Board member if there is something specific you want to volunteer for. There was a suggestion that in the future, put spots on the volunteer form for additional family members

There was a question on clearances - info in on the North Penn website. District is talking about volunteer clearance guidelines. More information will be available after the October School Board meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15.

The next Nash Home and School meeting will be on Thursday, October 8th, 7pm. The results of PSSA's will be one of the items that will be discussed.