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WEAGT MEETING – FEBRUARY 11, 2010
MINUTES: Present: Board Members: Sue Luck, Tonya Mihalek, Ryan Cummins, Joyce Hribar Fiebig; Administration: Betty Stevens, Amy Harker; Parents:
Sandy Foltz, Amy Soltesz, Cindy Strunk, Lori Wylie; Meeting began at 7:07 PM. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes from the January meeting were distributed and
approved. Comments from
Mrs. Stevens: Mrs. Stevens thanked
all for the parent support for the COSI event.
It was very successful and it has been tentatively booked for the next
school year. March is a very busy
month with many events including the Open Houses for all classes.
Mrs. Van Fossen had a baby girl and both mom and baby are doing well.
Mrs. Domizi took over the classroom and of course is right at home
teaching third grade. Comments from Mrs. Harker: Mrs. Harker distributed an article entitled, “Helping Gifted Students with Stress Management” which can be viewed at www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e488.html . Mrs. Harker regularly updates her website which can be accessed through the school website by clicking on staff, and under Mrs. Harker’s name it states “Zenith Coordinator” . Mrs. Harker also mentioned later in the meeting that high school students can benefit from visiting her website as well. There are available internships for summer time which are posted on her website. Deadlines are February and March. Treasurer’s
Report: Ryan Cummins reported that
$679 was appropriated in the budget for purchase of an ELMO for the 6th
grade classroom that did not have one as yet.
This purchase will be made from the technology line item of the budget.
Motion to purchase the ELMO was made by Ryan and seconded by Lori Wylie. Auction Report:
Sandy Foltz began by saying that she was having fun with the chairperson
duties. She detailed the volunteer work that needed to be done before
the auction. Sandy also mentioned that decisions need to be made soon regarding
booking the location for next year’s auction and other options as to
continuing the same format. President’s
Comments: Sue Luck mentioned that
the Independent Study meeting (to detail for parents the parameters of projects)
did not happen in February. This
will be discussed in March. Sue also discussed an idea whereby the school
district might accept credit for classes held at the Fine Arts school and other
learning facilities. These ideas
were discussed at the Ohio Association of Gifted Children conference. PTA updates:
Amy Soltesz mentioned that there are many upcoming PTA events including
the movie night at Washington, Open House, Book Fair, the Malley’s candy sale,
Muffins with Mom and the Chick-Fil-A event at the end of the month. Meeting
adjourned at 8:01 P.M. Submitted, Joyce Hribar Fiebig, Secretary |
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