Archive for December 2015

Good evening!

Thank you to everyone who made it out to Ireland’s Four
Courts this evening for Campbell’s restaurant night.  It was a great turnout. And, thanks again to
Campbell parent, Dave Cahill for hosting a wonderful evening. 

Following are highlights from last night’s PTA
meeting.  Attached are the full minutes
and the Treasurer’s Report for the month of October. 

PTA
Meeting Minutes

November 10, 2015

6:30 p.m. – 8:25 p.m.

Number
of attendees: approximately 25

Announcements/Important
Dates

• Square1Art
  orders are due this Friday, November 13^th.  Orders can be made online (www.square1art.com) or by sending in the
  form and payment to the school. 

• Freaky Friday
  School Dance is this Friday, November 13^th from 6:30 – 7:30
  p.m. in the Campbell School Gym: 
  Kids can wear mixed match clothes; snacks will be available for
  sale; fun activities include dancing, a movie, raffles; bring a can of
  food to donate and get a free raffle ticket.  Cost is $1 for kids and $2 for parents.




• Thank you to all of the volunteers and participants who
  helped make Campbell’s first Health Fair a success.

Treasurer’s
Report and Funding Requests (Nathan Zee)

• See the attached Treasurer’s report.

• Two funding requests were approved:  (1) popcorn maker and bags for $250; and (2)
  $350 speaker fee for a psychologist to present to the PTA on child brain
  development and strategies for parenting and teaching

Fundraising
Update (Kathy Cordon)

• Pledge Drive continues up through December 11^th
  to qualify for the incentives.  So
  far, we are at $1600.  Our goal is
  to raise $4200.   Any amount is welcome. 




• Box Tops: 
  don’t forget to bring in box tops to the office  

Communications/IT Update (Amy Yenyo)

• PTA Meetings:  We
  are looking into various options that would allow parents and others to participate
  in PTA meetings remotely (telephone conference; videoconferencing etc.)

• PTA Website:  We
  are redoing the PTA website to make it more user- and mobile device friendly.  More to come.

• Google Drive:  We
  are setting up a google drive to file PTA documents.

 Program:
 Campbell’s Progress and Survey Results (Maureen
Nesselrode)

• Ms. Nesselrode gave an informative overview
  of the 2015 SOL scores and how they compare to previous years.  She also discussed the EL Implementation Review
  Scores and the Site Survey.  For more
  information, see the full minutes or go to the Campbell Website – click on “About
  Us” and then “School Data”

Open
Discussion Item

• Heather Wood-Mendoza and Bill Mendoza spoke
  passionately about the negative impact that the Redskins name has on their
  children, children of Native American origin, and on all children.  There was a request to continue the
  discussion and assess how the school, PTA, and non-Native Americans can get
  more involved in addressing this concern. 
  The PTA is looking into a forum whereby the Mendoza’s can raise their
  concerns and recommendations with a broader community.