Attending:
Jonathan Nolan
Karen Hinchliffe
Katie Mahoney
Jane Wellehan
Linda Pinkham
Frank O Smith
Jim Kessler
Ken Farner
Jenna Vendil
David Grant
Mike McCarthy
Potluck Dessert
The group discussed the potluck dessert — Favorite Family Desserts. Bringing the recipe was suggested for fun and health. The event is schedule from 6:30 – 7:30 on Nov 5. The following people agreed to show up at 5:45 to set up for the event: Jim, Jane, Katie, Linda, and Ken. Jonathan agreed to organize the event.
Candidate Forum
The PTO hosted a candidate forum which will be televised on TV3 on this Friday through Sunday at 5 pm. The event will also be available from TV3’s streaming video website.
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Attending:
Jonathan Nolan
Mary Anne Lloyd
Frank O Smith
Ken Farber
Carl Hesselbart
Katie Mahoney
Linda Pinkham
John Currie
Jane Wellehan
Gretchen Berg
Ellen Monaghan
Anne Riesenberg
Dave Grant
Ed Suslovic
Dessert Potluck in Fall
Nov 5 was proposed for a community dessert potluck. Dave G agreed to check with the King school community to see if that date will work for the school. The group discussed ways to draw families to the event. Consideration was given to ways to draw diverse groups to the event.
Discussion of Mission Statement and the Projects for the PTO
- To support KMS through fundraising and parental involvement;
- To gather families together for fun events that deepen our ties to each other and the King Community;
- To provide opportunities for the parents to be informed about community and middle school issues;
- To advocate for King in the Portland community;
- To have fun achieving our goals.
The group discussed the big ideas about how the PTO can support the school. The topics included: sponsoring expeditions, support for building projects, events that celebrate teachers, having faculty id specific things that would support their efforts, food provided for parent-teacher conferences.
The meeting ended with a review of the commitments:
Dessert potluck; soup and sandwiches for conferences; end of the year appeal; celebration of learning, community potluck, bridge fest.
Our next meeting will be Oct 20 from 7 – 8:30 pm
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The group meets in the KMS library. All are welcome.
The agenda for this meeting includes:
1. An October ? harvest community party.
2. End of year tax deductible appeal to the community
3. A February bring a dish community dinner
4. School auction and talent show
5. Celebration of learning sponsorship drive
Any ideas – additions – omissions
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Attending:
Frank S
Mary Anne L
Gail L
Jonathan N
David G
Mary-Jean
Jim K
Ellen M
Jane W
Mary
Talent Show / Auction:
PTO expressed appreciation for the effort of the King staff in organizing this event. Everyone is looking forward to it. Members of the PTO have collaborated with Sue Carlson to support the event.
Celebration of Learning:
The group made a commitment to evaluate sponsorship opportunities for next year’s event.
Other fund raising ideas were discussed including a spring plant sale, selling seats at the site seminar to the public, recycling opportunities for the school, shaw’s 1% rewards.
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King will not have a concession stand on Feb 7 as previously announced.
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Attending:
Frank S
Mary Anne L
Mary M
Gail L
Jonathan N
David G
Mary-Jean
Kathryn M
Ellen P
Ellen M
Jane W
Helen P
Winter Rush:
The PTO has committed to participate in the WinteRush on Feb 7 at Post Office Park from 11 – 3. The King will sell hot chocolate and food provided by the city. Dave Grant agreed to look into a banner from King. The group also needs three folding tables (Dave will see if King has) , and a cash box (which Jane will provide).
The crew for the event includes Jonathan, Gail, Farbers, Liz F, Kristen A, and Nori G. Jonathan will send out another email to try to get a couple of more volunteers.
International Community Dinner:
February 26th 5:30 to 7:30. This is a no fee, bring a dish, community builder. The goal is to engage with of the King community and learn more about each other.
MJ shared some of the translations of the flyers. Dave agreed to check in about how we will get the word out in the school community to all kids and parents. MJ agreed to get the flyers to Dave by the 30th. Dave also agreed to look into whether on not the school has coolers.
The group agreed to meet on Feb 24 to problem solve any last minute items.
No Cake Bake Sale:
The group discussed the next steps in dealing with the checks from the fund raiser. The first discussion was around how to create an account for the money or whether it wouldn’t be better to let king deposit the money and keep track of it for the PTO.
The question of how the money is distributed was discussed. The group decided to run the question by Mike McCarthy for suggestions.
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Two projects are on the near calendar in addition to this months PTO next Tuesday January 20 at 7PM in the Library.
1. Winter Rush: Saturday February 7th the King PTO will represent KMS at Portland’s first winter festival; think ice sculptures, music and winter fun. All the concessions at this event are supported by Portland Public Schools. King will sell hot chocolate from 11 to 3PM at Port Office Park, taking home $1 for each sale. We need eight volunteers for the event and the Nolan family will provide 3 plus entertainment. This should be a fun way to represent King in the Portland community and make additional money for the school.
2. International Community Dinner: February 26th 5:30 to 7:30. This is a no fee, bring a dish, community builder. The goal is to engage with of the King community and learn more about each other. With Joe Farrell’s help, students and community members will perform in a cabaret setting.
We’ll talk about both of these items in more detail at next Tuesday’s meeting. If you can’t make this PTO meeting but can help for a few hours on Saturday the 7th, please contact me. We need to stand up with the rest of Portland’s Public Schools at the Winter Rush event.
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We are thrilled to announce we collected just over $2300 in our first annual fundraiser. This is a great start and gives us the fuel to start supporting the school in tangible ways.
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These look like three great after school workshops in photography, documentary, and music for your kids and mine. I’ve put them on the blog under a new category: Activities for kids. Please read on if interested. Keep reading →
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