PTA/FOB MEETING IN JUNE 2012

The next PTA meeting is Tuesday - June 5th at 6.30pm. Please mark you calendars and come. We will be voting on budget items for the next school year. Minutes from the meeting will be posted here after it is held.

PTA/FOB MEETING FOR MAY 2012: MEETING MINUTES

PTA/ FOB Meeting May 1st 2012 6:30pm Beethoven Elementary School Library

Welcome and thank you PTA President Kathy Vigil

Opening Pledge by FOB: Friends of Beethoven President Jeff Manpearl

PTA Items:

1.     Principal’s message, via Ms. Mills: Thank you to all the parents for all you do day in and day out.  Beautification day was energizing to see all of the volunteers! Please mark your calendars for May 24th Volunteer Lunch so we can show you our appreciation.  The 2nd to 5th grade do their CST testing next week, the test is not timed they have from drop off to recess, about 10am.  Most students finish the test in about 45 mins each day.  Please make sure your children get a good night sleep, eat a good breakfast and make sure its quiet in the hallways.  Make sure your children are at school on time, once testing begins the doors are locked.  June 19th is the official last day of school and it is a ½ day.  For the 5th graders Ms. Zullo will schedule graduation and let parents know.  By the end of May, the teacher’s matrix will be done, we will know if any teachers get recalled or lost.  Sat June 2nd is another enrollment date, so please share with any new prospective Kinders and post flyers at local preschools. 

2.     Minutes Approved for April, motion by Julianne and second by Donna.

3.     Treasurer’s report: Teri Rowland, beginning balance as of April 10, 2012 $5,964.33.  Ending Balance as of May 1 2012: $6,491.43

4.     Teacher’s Appreciation week: May 7- 11th is teacher appreciation week. We are asking every child to bring in a flower for their teacher on Tuesday - May 8th. On the morning of May 9th, we need one parent from each class to bring the teacher a cup of coffee and a pastry. Please coordinate with your room parent.

5.     Mother’s Day Sweets, May 14th, PTA invite for all Mother’s right after drop off!

6.     PTA 2nd Term Elections for 2012-2013 Positions: unanimous vote, none opposing for all the current positions held to be continued for next year.  There are some chair positions open, such as co-chair for bear scare, gift-wrap fundraiser chair.  More info will be available beginning of school year.  If anyone would like to step up for any open positions please feel free to contact Kathy or Jeff.

7.     Box Top- Ashley we just received a $500plus check there will be another big push with forms going out in folders before end of school year.

8.     FOB: Friends of Beethoven Items

9.     FOB Treasurer’s report: Donna Ayers, Beethoven will be getting into a joint use agreement with AYSO.  Good news from john Ayers via Donna.  As of May 1st, 2012 our balance is $72,846.48  We still need to raise about 15K to fulfill our commitments for 2012-13.  We will most likely raise that with Silent Auction our biggest fundraiser coming up.  Big discussion about the specific allocation of FOB funds, that will be our meeting in June, where Denny will attend.  Please come and vote if you would like input on how FOB funds are spent.   For Title 1 funds, which are about 77K, we get from the district it is important to attend the ELAC and CEAC meetings.  They are every month, there was discussion on moving it to evenings so we would get more participation.  Suggestion for a verbal wrap up and report from the two meetings brought to the FOB meeting.  Also for the minutes from the two meetings should be posted online for people to read.  The Buzz will re-announce the importance of participating in these meetings through the year especially in the beginning when voting happens on allocation of Title 1 funds.

10.  Pledge Drive is at 28K and about 35% participation.  Suggestions on increasing participation, more incentives, like Whacky Wednesday, or other fun free activities to get kids motivated and parents motivated.  We need a 100% participation, it is not too late to contribute. We need to raise at least $15K this year to continue programs next year. So please consider donating money to our school.  Remember check your employers if they will match your contributions.

11.  Beautification Report: Kathy and Jeff thanked all that participated, an amazing amount of work was done, this scale of work will not be needed for another 5 years hopefully.  Big thank you to Kathy and Jeff for coordinating and making it all happen.

12.  Movie Night: The next movie night is May 11th. The movie will be Tin Tin. We need food donations, such as licorice and chips, etc for the event. If you can contribute - please contact Dianna Tate. 

13.  Silent Auction:  There will be a silent auction meeting this monday morning (May 7th) after drop off - everyone is encouraged to attend and participate in the planning. The event is June 2nd at our local Westside Vineyard Church (corner of Centinela and Venice Blvd). If you want to participate in the pasta contest for the event, please contact Kathy Vigil at katkitti@aol.com. Also please start seeking corporate donations for the auction. The donated items make the event successful.

14.  Relay For Life is May 19th at Culver City High School. It is a 24 hour marathon to raise money for cancer. Please contact Kathy Vigil and Ashley Halverson if you want to participate with Team Beethoven.

15.  June 8th is the staff appreciation luncheon.  For staff appreciation we will be serving Bennies Taco's, we will be looking for parents to bring fruit and desserts.

16.  The next family night out fundraiser is at The Pasta Factory on Washington Blvd (across from Islands) from 5:00 - 10:00pm on May 23. It is a fun way to catch up with friends, while earning money for the school.

17.  Our next PTA meeting is Tuesday - June 5th - please mark you calendars and come. We will be voting on budget items for the next school year. 

PTA/FOB Meeting in April 2012: Meeting Minutes

Beethoven Street Elementary School PTA/FOB Meeting Minutes:

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:30pm Beethoven Library

Welcome & Thank you buy PTA President Kathy Vigil

Opening Pledge by FOB co-presidents Dianna Tate and Jeff Manpearl

PTA Business:

1.     Principal Message, delivered by Ms. Mills in Dr. Ford’s absence.  Thak you to the parents and staff on the outstanding work the past month: We did receive a recertification as a CA Distinguished School.  There will be a banquet/ award ceremony where some Beethoven staff will attend.  Thank you to the parents and volunteers for the phon-a-thon.  There will be a reading and writing workshop for the staff coming up to help improve test scores, CSTs (CA State Testing) The test results from the Gate/Otis test will be available after June.  In September your teacher will know which students will need advanced curriculum.  If you have an opinion or concern regarding the early start school year in mid August, please call Steve Zimmer’s office.  Last Day of school still not determined yet, could be June 19th?  The Teacher’s Matrix is completed between now and May 31st, and is submitted on June 1st, 2012.  We will lose one teacher, who the 3rd grade teacher has not yet been determined.  Please speak to your own teacher as to who they can recommend the best fit for your child for the next year is. 

2.     Minutes Approved for March 2012 meeting, Julian and 2nd Andrea.

3.     Treasurer’s report Teri Rowland via email, Ending Balance (as of April 10, 2012) $ 5,964.33

4.     Living Museum, the 5th Graders will reenact historical events and characters from the revolutionary times on April 19th.  The other grades will sit in the hallway to watch.

5.     Open House- Tuesday April 17th, 2012.  5th graders will be doing a Mexican Food Fun Raiser and Bake Sale.  Please visit your classroom to see what your children are doing and visit next years classrooms. 

6.     Teacher Appreciation Week  May 7th -11th, Kathy Vigil, with School Cents from the Westside Pavilion, the students will fill out forms with pictures and writing about what they love about their teacher.  The teacher with the most submissions will win a gift card.  During the week, we will have little treats such as breakfast, flowers and snacks for the teachers.  Please talk to Kathy if you would like to donate items and or baked goods.

 

FOB: Friends of Beethoven Business:

 

7.     FOB Treasure’s Report:  Donna Ayers: Our annual budget will be reviewed at the June meeting, for the following school year.  If anyone has any questions or comments or ideas on our upcoming budget and the programs that FOB funds please attend this meeting.  Kay in Dr. Fords office has been helpful in providing us documentation of the expenses that the school requests FOB funds for this past year. 

8.     Phone-A-Thon Report

9.     Book Fair- Mary and Alex Irvine:  running from April 16th through 20th.  Please sign up to volunteer on sheets posted outside of room 18.  Monday there will be a special pre school event to invite potential kinders to come to story time for milk and cookies.  Book Fair will also be open during open house for parents and teachers to purchase books. 

10. Beautification: Kathy Vigil: Saturday April 28th, 2012 from 9am-1pm.  Please come and volunteer to make our school beautiful. We need everyone to turn out to help. Recruit your friends and family. If you cannot make it, donations of supplies and monetary donations are also welcome.  Items that need to be donated are: Water, orange juice, fruit, muffins, bagels, kid snacks, Flowers, monetary or Home Depot gift cards for supplies. Bring your shovels, tools, brooms, gloves and wheelbarrows with a smile  Donations can be dropped off at the Parent Center.  Monetary Donations can be given to Kathy Vigil, Dianna Tate or Jeff Manpearl.

11. Silent Auction: Kathy Vigil, June 2nd 2012 Please continue to get items and services donated for the Silent auction.  There are about 50 items right now.

12. After School Enrichments: Ashley reporting for Jana Montgomery, a new session of classes will be starting in two weeks, so please look for the flyer in your child’s folder and sign up.

13. Movie Night: Dianna Tate scheduled for May 11th 2012 movie TBA

14. Culver City Relay for Life- Ashley Halverson, please come join team Beethoven and make it the best ever, its starts at 9am and goes for 24 hours to the next day, come walk for an hour or stay all day and night!  Lots of fun activities, there is a luminary lighting ceremony that is absolutely beautiful!

15. Valet Program May is 2nd Grade! Please sign up to volunteer with Natacha!

16. Thank you for all your support, our next meeting is May 1st at 6:30pm in the Library!

PTA/FOB MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 2012

PTA FOB Meeting Minutes: Tuesday March 6th, 2012, 8:30am

 

PTA

1.  Welcome and Pledge by FOB Presidents, Dianna Tate and Jeff Manpearl

 

2.  PTA President Kathy Vigil, Dr. Ford’s Principal Message, Today we are having The CA Distinguished Award re-accreditation. The prestigious award is given every 5 years to outstanding CA public schools. 

 

3.  Minutes Approved, motion by Julian Capata, and 2nd by Jeanna Kienzle.

 

4.  PTA Treasurer’s report no changes reported from last month

 

5.  Parent Center: Jeff Manpearl, In the CEAC & ELAC School funds, we have decided to utilize the school funds for Parents on improving the resources in the parent center. Proposed ideas are to improve storage, and usable meeting space. The parent center is utilized by organizations, such as after school enrichment classes, boy scouts, girl scouts, therapy classes, PTA/FOB meetings. In the past the funds were directed toward other areas. It is about $3,000 dollars in funds we can use for container storage, shelves, and cabinets. If anyone has any suggestions or would like to participate in making the parent center better, please contact Jeff Manpearl.  Donna suggested we might want to contact John Ayers about Measure Q money that could potentially be available to us.

 

Friends of Beethoven

 

6.  FOB Treasurers Report, Donna Ayers: Current Balance as of March 5, 2011 $70,387.92.  Remaining commitments for 2011-12 is $23,848.83.  Funds still needed for 2012-2013 commitments $25,695.25.

 

7.  2011-2012 Pledge Drive updates, Andrea Andrews, we are at about 25% of school participation,  on Wed. March 28th, 2012 we will hold a phone-a-thon at the Bizzy blond offices from 4pm to 8pm.  Please contact Wen-chia Parker if you would like to help.  Please bring donations of refreshments for the parents will be greatly appreciated as well.

 

8.  Library Vote, Kathy and Patti:  Presented an expense report for items to be spent on the library.  The new carpet has already been put into the library. Other items such as a new die cut machine and parts as well as carpet cleaning gave a total of $1,668.00, that was approved by majority vote to be spent to complete the entire balance of the expense report for the library.

 

9.  Mixed bag Sales, Fundraiser, Jeanna Kienzle.  Please hand in your orders by Monday March 26, 2012. 

 

10. Beethoven Night out at Islands Wed, 3-14-2012 from 5-10pm.  There are sheets available in the office or print them from our website. Kerry Olinger

 

11.  Movie Night: Dianna Tate, is Friday March 23rd, 2012 with PUSS N BOOTS.  Please contact Dianna if you can help out to make a dish, volunteer or donate drinks and or food.

 

12.  Beautification DAY, Kathy: Scheduled for April 28, 2012.  Levi Heath will be helping to coordinate with

the 200 church volunteers coming that day. We will be holding meetings in preparation for the big day. If you can come help out the day of please contact Kathy, or if you would like to donate water or breakfast foods to the parent center. If anyone has connections to get paint please let Kathy know, especially Marine paint that is needed for our benches and lunch tables. Motion and approval for maximum spending of $2,000 in supplies and materials for the beautification day at school.

 

13.  Auditorium Painting: Dianna Tate, Dr. Ford will find out if the District can come in and paint the Auditorium for us, because it looks like a bigger job than we can tackle on Beautification day.

 

14.  Holiday DVD: Kathy, the Holiday DVD is out, please order in the office, we will preview it at the Movie Night

 

15.  Book Fair, Alex and Mary Irvine:  Friday April 13th we will be setting up in a Luau theme.  There will need help all week following.  The book fair will also be open for Open House night.  We would like to do a special preview night for the pre-schools in the neighborhood.  Please contact Alex or Mary if you can help.

 

16.  Silent Auction: Kathy Vigil, June 2nd 2012 at the vineyard.  Please contact Kathy if you would like to help.  Donations for items for the silent auction still needed.

 

17.  Website: Alistair Jeffs: www.friendsofbeethoven.org  Please contact Alistair if you have any thing you would like on the website, postings, pictures, announcements. etc…

 

18. Coffee with Dr. Ford, Mila: Please come on Monday March 12th after assembly.

 

19. Other important Dates:

Spring Break April 2-6th, 2012

April 10th, Leadership meeting in Room 17 2:45pm, SSC council Meeting following

April 17th, Open House

 

NEXT PTA FOB Meeting Tuesday April 10th Library at 6:30 pm

PTA/FOB MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 2012

Beethoven Street Elementary School PTA FOB Meeting Minutes

Tuesday February 7, 2012

Welcome and thank you by PTA president Kathy Vigil

Opening Pledge by FOB presidents, Dianna Tate and Jeff Manpearl

PTA Items:

1.  Minutes approved for Jan 2012, motion Ashley & second Donna Ayers

 

2.  Principal’s message, Dr. Ford was not available. Teacher’s message from Ms. Mills, and UTLA rep, that there continues to be the budget crisis, the State of CA owes billions of tax dollars to LAUSD.  On the budget table is the 6 days to be cut from this school year so to end even earlier this June. Please demand that our school not be cut anymore, please call our local district 3 board member Steve Zimmer - 213-241-6387 or email at steve.zimmer@lausd.net or mail a letter to 33 South Beaudry Ave, 24th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017.  Other issues include the early start of the next school year in August instead of September.  Parents voiced this being a bad use of schools resources, it will cost over 800K to change calendars and implement change.  This is not good for the environment and energy bills for the school to operate on such hot days of the summer.   Parents need to make noise to be heard about our concerns, continue to voice through, telephone, email, fax to LAUSD board members.  There is information on the parent collaborative, by Bill Ring online.  Also being cut from the budget is the Adult Education as well as the Pre-K program SRLDP.  Attendance is very important, it costs about $33 for each student per day absent from school.  When students are absent, the school does not get funding. We lost over 71k last year from absentees. 

 

3.  New Parent Orientation, previously know as Kinder Round up, Jo Jeffs- Thursday Feb 16th 2012.  Please come help set up, help parent register and donate breakfast items such as muffins or juice.  Please see Jo if you would like to help out; please spread the word to the neighboring community and pre-schools.

 

4.  Reflections PTA, Kristin Duerr & Kathy, we had 12 students submitted and received 14 awards,  

A big congratulations goes out to the following WINNERS at Beethoven.

• Photography - 2nd Grade Award of Excellence - Samantha Carlson
• Photography - 1st Grade - Award of Merit - Havana Campbell
• Photography - 2nd Grade - Honorable Mention - Samantha Carlson
• Visual Arts - 3rd Grade - Honorable Mention - Oliva Kienzle
• Visual Arts - 2nd Grade - Award of Excellence - William Duerr
• Visual Arts - 2nd Grade - Award of Excellence - Kanoa Parker
• Visual Arts - Kinder - Award of Excellence - Makena Parker - 3 Awards won
• Visual Arts - 2nd Grade - Honorable Mention - Kanoa Parker

Seven Hundred and seventy seven (777) Reflections entries were submitted from 24 participating PTA schools this year, in the 10th District.  Out of these entries, 136 were awarded in ART and 82 in Photography.  In addition, the judges selected 23 Reflections entries to send to the California State PTA for further consideration.  Samantha Carlson - 2nd Grade moved on to State for her Photography. 

Thank you to everyone at Beethoven that submitted their ART work.  Remember we will have the contest again next year.  It would be amazing if we had even more entries from Beethoven. 

 

5.  Donor’s Choose: Dianna Tate, Thank you to all the parents who help fund the teacher’s projects on Donors choose.  Even though the Wassman Foundation gift cards are no longer available; There are still a few more teacher who still need funding, please help them reach their goals, also this month Chase is matching donations of $50 or more.

 

6.  Valentine Grams, Patty Segura, The 5th grade class is selling Valentine grams to help fundraise for the 5th grade activities.  Each year, the 5th grade pays for its many trips and culmination and they leave a year-end gift for the school and the up coming 5th graders.

 

7.  Box Tops and Education Labels, Ashley Halverson.  Please continue to collect box tops and cambell labels.  In the newspaper there was a bonus 100 points for education labels, please hand them in if you have them.  We will be doing a special collection for Feb and March to send in for this year.  Any labels handed in after March will get submitted for the following school year.

 

8.  Beautification Day, Kathy Vigil & Wen-Chia Parker, has been scheduled for Saturday April 28th.  We will be having about 200 volunteers from a Morman church that can help fix up our school.  If you have any ideas or suggestion or want to help, please contact Kathy or Wen-Chia.

 

FRIENDS of BEETHOVEN

9.  FOB Treasurer, Donna Ayers.  Balance as of Feb. 2012 is $72, 587.73.  Our total committed funds remaining for 2011-12 is $36,262.70.  Funds needed to be fundraised minimum for 2012-13 is $33,375.21

 

10.  Pledge Drive Update, Andrea Andrews, the participation for the school is about 22% we were at about 30% this time last year.  We did get more money this year but just from less people.  This year we only sent out two flyer requests.  We are planning a phone-a-thon to call up parents, neighbors, and local businesses and encourage them to donate to our school.  The Bizzy Blondes has offered to let us use their office space and telephones.  If you would like to help please contact Andrea.

 

11.  Fitness Challenge- Joanna Woods, Feburary 10th 2012, We need parents to volunteer for set up, during the time which your child’s grade is running the track and clean up and break down.  Please continue to bring go-gurts, cut oranges and water as a donation for the students.

 

12.  Mixed Bags - Jeanna Kienzle, this fundraiser or ordering fashionable re-usable bags is planned for March 5-23rd.

 

13.  Book Fair- Alex and Mary Irvine, April 13-April 20.

 

14.  Silent Auction, Kathy Vigil- June 2nd 2012, it will be at the Vineyard on Venice Blvd this year.  The theme is Italian cuisine.  Monday Feb 20th right after drop off there will be a planning meeting.  Kathy will be sending out Auction item donation forms if you or your office, or a local patron you use would like to donate products and or services.

 

15.  Website- Friends of Beethoven. Alistar, the revamped site is up and running, if anyone has any fun pictures of school events they want to share, please email Alistar.

 

16.  Innisbrook Gift Wrap Fundraiser needs a chair for next year, Anyone?

 

Monday Feb 20th no School President’s Day

Monday Feb 27th CEAC and ELLAC meeting Parent Center

Tuesday March 6th Leadership Meeting at 2:45 pm in Room 17,  SSC Council meeting following.

Thursday March 8th, School Spring Pictures 8:15am

• Next PTA FOB meeting Tuesday March 6th Parent Center 8:30 AM