May 2019

Welcome and Roll call

Approval of Last Minutes

Principal Report: Mr. Schneck is moving to LE Berger as Assistant Principal and we wish him well and Freedom is getting a new Dean.  Interviews are tomorrow.  Freedom moving to School Wide Title. Title means get more funding to help reading department.   Able to hire more staff and extra programming.  Moving to school wide helps. Usually this process takes a year, but we did it in 6 weeks.  We also have a full time instructional coach next year.  (Mrs. Peterson) Able to have our school psych an extra day to provide extra help as well.   EL is also growing.  Construction starts the day after school ends for new GATE and Art rooms and will be done by Aug 20. 

Fundraiser. Fun Run details shared VMA and Push Save Tabled.

Teacher Appreciation Went Well.

School Tool Box up and running

Yearbook Update all finished. Sold about 351.  Maybe next year have a 5^th grade yearbook committee 

Membership  Report: No change

Financial Report, use the $200 from lunchroom to playground MVA

VP Update  Nothing New

New Business

Year End Party May 29^th 6-8pm getting Northern Brain and Jumbos and Games Galore   

Election of Officers: Jessica Pres, Jerilyn Interterm VP, Carly Sec, Tonia Treasure  VMA

Meeting Adjourned. Have a Wonderful Summer

Freedom Flyer PTA meeting 4/9/19

Welcome and Into

Last Meeting Minutes MVA

Dr J report: It’s the end of the school year! Wow! Already talking about next year and our new construction and looking to next year for numbers looking at being quite full again next year. Boundaries are looking great! This year we were at 515 enrolment next year looking at 545, maybe adding more classes not sure what or where.  Trying to avoid overcrowding and working on making sure school is what everyone needs. 

Path Presentation: Path is for foster care.  Foster Parents though ND is nonprofit and places kids in homes and then get kids registered in school.  Path serves 232 kids in ND. Currently have 86 kids who needs foster homes.  Reg Foster care is though county and treatment care is through an agency and kids come have higher needs/trauma.  Path helps provide services and homes for kids to have best support possibility.  Also have community-based services to help prevent out of home care.  Plenty of opportunities to help, please contact PATH if you can help.

Old Business

Steam night: Revenue $423

Conference and Book Fair: Went well and we made $1202 for scholastic dollars

Fundraiser Discussion: Presented idea of Fun Run. MVA to form committee to explore fun run option and present at next meeting

Membership report: no real changes.  MVA

Financial Report  MVA

DTD at Uncle Madio’s details to come

Skate City Night April 29^th

Second Grade Presentations:

Liv working ELA standards; Using Steve Research model to learn about government leaders, roles and election process and used chatterpix to display work

Ben working on science and math. Piloting a new math curriculum. A lot of hands on work, Things are going well.

New Business

YB update: Looking good, but its due tomorrow and we still have one teacher who hasn’t sent pics

Legacy fund 5^th grade: will do raised garden planters for kids to plant and care for vegetables.

May Meeting will hold elections for next year’s board.

Staff appreciation meeting Tuesday April 16 at 7:30pm Brewtus Brickhouse

School toolbox is ready to go, need to add earbuds to required supplies

Teacher appreciation is 6-10^th.

Meeting Adjourned.

Welcome

Approval of last minutes: MVA

Mr Schneck: New construction coming.  Building an art room and a GATE room.  Starts last day of school will be finished by fall start. Will be in the black top area currently and then a new blacktop area will be placed elsewhere.  Current art room will become another music room.   Summer school will not be held at freedom but will be held at brooks harbor.  YMCA kids will still be here but will not use library because of another program. Alternate routes to playground due to construction over the summer.  RICK celebration happened and went well. Students met Mr S weight so he will be on the roof when the snow goes away.  Trying to find fun things to do like broadcast via IPAD to students that day. 

Old Business:

Steam Night: working with team at the school.  MARCH 26 6-8pm. Partnering with Stem Zone out of Bismarck.  Several activities will be scattered thoughout the building.  NDSU will also be helping, we will be bringing the Bug Guy who also does a weird science presentations though the night. We will also have other activities from some of our teachers.  Going to be a great night! Light snacks. Free will Donations.

Conference Meal Sign up is full!

 Book Fair Signup still open

Year End Party-Games to Go are set up!

Mebership Report-no changes

Financial Update- MVA. 5^th grade needs to come up with what their Legacy Fund will buy.

We may have a new option for fundraising details to come.

Leora and Mr S will research and will present in next meeting.

VP Update:

Dine to Donate: Applebees March 7^th 11-8pm

Skate Party: April 29th

Current Volunteer Needs. Steam night info coming and we still need 3 more for bookfair. 

1^st Grade presentations

Mrs Tibbits and Mrs Voss are here with Kerigan and Madison

 Reading: Working on predicting. Sometimes in text you can be reminded other stories so you can guess or predict what will happen. 

Math:  Piloting the program the district will use next year. 

Science: Learning about the Sun. Usually in science will read a nonfiction and then an experiment.

Writing: Does writers workshop. Working on problem writing. Writing about problems and resolutions. Also working on editing.

Box Top Contests is done Getting $260 in box tops. Winning classes: Greening, Voss, Goettle, Lura, Strommen,  and Dronen all get a popcorn party. 

Working on yearbook. Pictures are coming in and being reviewed and working with Scherlings. Looking good. Cover contest will start soon.  Books will be finalized in April so ready to go in May.

Meeting Adjourned.

Next Meeting is April 9^th at 6:30 pm 

PTA Minutes for Feb 12^th

Welcome and Conducting by Jerrilyn

Dr Johnson:  PTC coming up  March 11/12 and Kinder registration march 25^th and 26^th  Lego league did great in GF.  Rick week has been going well.  Amy Sola with Cherrydale. Cherrydale has been going though many changes, that could mean changes in employees and reps we work with.  Amy may be having another fundraising opportunity. PTA will need to look in to options for fundraising. 

School Supply boxes will be offered in the spring. Boxes will vary in cost.

Membership. No Change.

Financial Reports: Discussed funds for Lego Club and needs for other clubs. MVA.

VP Update:

DTD Night: March 7^th at Applebee’s

Uncle Madio’s may be an option. 

Skate City Feb 25^th 6-8pm

Always more volunteers.

Third Grade Presentations:

In Math and Science working on bridge building. Learned engineer design process. Discussed what kind of structure wanted to build and then discudded what they needed to build.  Then Tested and adjusted as needed. Measure features of bridge such as strength. Used Seesaw to record ans share. Also studied maps.

 In ELA working on starting a unit of fairytales and opinion writing.   

New Business:

Movie Night? Need to cancel with other events coming up.

Steam night March 19^th. Ptential being able to use a Service out of Bismarck. Would need to change night to 3/26 but would be a great night. And could be a good welcome for kids with kinder registration.

Spring Box Top contest 2/27 wining class will get popcorn party.

Book Fair and PTC Meal planning

Plans for Year End Party

Adjourned by Jerrilyn

Next PTA meeting will be March 5^th at 630

Meeting 1/8/9  6:30pm Conducting Jessica

Previous Meeting Minutes have been Emailed out. MVA, tonight’s Minutes will be emailed out before Friday.

Mr. Schneck report:  Had blue ribbon ceremony went well and we even made the news. 5^th grade Ski trip was a success minimal injuries.  Officer Pearson is moving to north side. Getting  Officer Dora Roll. Excited to get to meet her.  5^th grade plastic bag recycling project coming up.  WE are one of two WF schools selected to participate. Start saving plastic bags…help us win.  More info to come. RICK week starts Feb 11. Lego league comp is coming up at NDSU open to public. 

Old business…school supply boxes still getting information.

Membership stays the same

Treasurer Report: MVA

VP: dine to donate not till next month

        Winter family movie night 1/29

       Skate City Night-Feb/March

       Volunteer Needs-SHS is amazing but Parent volunteers are needed. PTA BUCKS to incentivize??

Class Presentations: Kinder

Mrs. Wolden and Ellison works on starfall easy math and read books to students and leads students to read and play music and create

Mrs. Braunagel talked about Number corner for fluency and the use of ten frames

Mrs. Greening and Reese-talked about book bags to bring home books to read and practice sight words  and text to text connections

New business

TNT-Would like to partner with PTA to provide coffee to staff at Freedom on Giving Hearts Day as a thank you to our staff and invite them to donate to TNT.  After this partnership would like to offer an open gym night. Cost would be $15 a person, PTA would get a cut. No decision was made.

Movie Night: No decision was made as wo what movie to show

Yearbook: Need a head of committee to get this done. Jessica?

Fundraiser Ideas Needed!!!!   Fun Run?? Mr. Schneck to get ideas from another school for how to run this.

 Meeting Adjourned by Jessica

Next Meeting Feb 12 @ 6:30pm

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