St. John Lutheran School

Parent Teacher Fellowship

September 23, 2008

1. Monica Taylor opened our first Open Forum Meeting with a devotion, prayer and introductions of the PTF Board and Presenters. 
2. Business Meeting:
   
   1. August’s minutes were read and M/S/C to approve.
   2. Principal’s Report:  Principal Leffler reported that enrollment was currently at 204 students (up 1 from last month).  He announced that Picture Days were going to be this Thursday and Friday, 9/25 and 9/26.  The 8th grade trip to Gettysburg/Washington DC would be held 9/28-10/3.  The  6th and 7th grades would be traveling to the Creation Museum on October 1st.   He also announced that there would be no school on October 2 and 3 as teachers would be attending the CID conference.  October 9th  was Little Lamb Parent Growth Night, and October 19th  the Intermediate Choir was scheduled to sing during church.   There would be no school on October 20th as a Teacher In-Service Day was scheduled.  Students would be attending a production at Centennial on October 23rd, Little Lamb 4’s Guys Night Out was scheduled for October 23rdl, and October 24th would be the end of First Quarter.  Report cards would be sent home October 31st.  Ralph announced  he would be leaving for vacation through October 12th.  Mr. Niemann would be the Teacher In-Charge while he was away. 
   3. Open Forum Presentations:  At this time, Mr. Leffler also delivered a presentation on the topic of Scholarship Programs and Financial Aid.  Karen Rohrer delivered a presentation on the topic of School Pop for Mary Slack, as she could not attend.  Renee Nagy and Lesley Ellison delivered a presentation on the topic of Scrip, and Monica Taylor discussed PTF’s 2008-2009 Fundraising Goals. 
   4. This ended the Open Forum portion of our meeting .  We took a break for refreshments and reconvened at 7:30 p.m.
   5. Treasurer’s Report:  This was presented by Linda Prom, Treasurer.  M/S/C to accept.
   6. Committee Reports:
      
      1. Volunteer Coordinator:  Karen Rohrer reported that Teacher/Staff Birthday Treat Day would be October 15th.  The Zeedyk and Pitcher families would provide the treats.  We would be celebrating the birthdays of Pam Haase, Ronda Craig and Jerry Loyet.  Karen also discussed the details of Stacy Folkmann’s baby shower. 
      2. Scrip:  Lesley Ellison reported that she and Renee were actively looking into adding local vendors.  They had spoken to the women in charge of the Scrip program at Judah.   Lesley also announced that she and Renee were looking into keeping some cards “in-stock” in the office and weighing the pros and cons of such.  It was discussed that they would form a committee to move forward with these pursuits.
      3. Box Tops:  Lynn Marassa was unable to attend; however, it was announced that there were three winners in the last drawing and another contest was upcoming.
      4. Market Day:  Diane Pelafos was unable to attend.  No report.
      5. HVC/County Market/Target:  Leah Seten was unable to attend; however, it was discussed that we did not have to individually re-register as Leah had already done so for us. 
      6. Logo Items:  Monica Taylor reported that logo item sales were going well.  She would be ordering sweatshirts for winter, and sales forms were available in the office.
      7. Pages for All Ages Book Fair:  We had not yet received a date from Faith Block.
   7. There were no reports from congregational representatives.
   8. Old Business: 
      
      1. It was discussed whether or not to add the position of Content Coordinator to the PTF Board.  M/S/C to accept. 
      2. We discussed and agreed not to send a separate PTF gift to Stacy Folkmann’s baby shower as our members could participate through our children’s class Room Reps. 
   9. New Business: 
      
      1. We discussed having the Market Day Pie Sale profits be donated to the 7th grade class’s Washington DC trip.  M/S/C to accept.
      2. New board member, Patti Pryz , suggested contacting Noodles and Co. about scheduling a day where 10% of the restaurant’s daily revenue  would be donated to St. John.  There was much discussion on this as well as contacting other restaurants for similar requests.  It was agreed that while we would not set dates with other restaurants for similar requests at this time, we could look into opportunities that are in our community for such fundraisers.  Also Patti would go ahead and coordinate a date with Noodles and Co.
3. The meeting was adjourned with prayer.