Wednesday, September 8, 2010 PAC Meeting

6:30-8:30 p.m.   Room 22

• Welcome back & introductions

• Treasurer’s Report

• Presentation by Mrs. Czech on Preschool plans

• Committee descriptions (see back of this page) & pass sign up sheet

• Vote on PAC Logo

• Teacher requests/funding for classroom supplies

• Fall Student Appreciation Day

• Parent/Teacher conferences Nov. 10-11 (PAC provides meals for staff)

• Establish major goals & donations for the year   Ideas anyone?  Requests on table include $500 for all-school assemblies.

• Avon Fundraiser (kicks off in Oct. this year)

• Market Day

• October Staff meeting (former Staff Open House) Oct. 4^th (PAC will serve ice cream to the staff and explain PAC & how to make requests)

• Assign Helping Hands list coordinator

• Assign Flag Football Bake Sale coordinator

• New Business

Free child care will be provided by Freedom High School National Honor Society students during the meeting.  Questions? Comments? Please call Melissa Westemeier at 687-1671.

Next meeting date: Thursday, October 7, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Room 22.

Check out www.freedompac.org or join Freedom Elementary PAC on Facebook to stay informed and involved all school year!

It’s easy to make a buck.  It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw

In brief: Freedom Elementary PAC is our school’s PTA/PTO.  Its goal is to support our school, students and teachers.

Officers:  President plans & distributes meeting agendas & minutes, runs meetings, oversees PAC committees and events, communicates with principal, prepares 1^st school newsletter article

Vice President takes notes at meetings, types up meeting minutes, prepares monthly newsletter articles, runs PAC meetings if President cannot attend

Treasurer writes out checks, balances checkbook & bank records, furnishes monthly report at PAC meetings, supplies cash boxes for events

PAC Committee Descriptions:

Greeting Committee (all year)—write thank you notes to workers at PAC events and to staff

Sock Hop (evening event in February)—hire DJ, schedule event, schedule chaperones, purchase & coordinate refreshments, organize any other activity for that night, publicize event

Family Fun Night (evening event in late winter/spring)—recommend what to do; make all arrangements for event, including chaperones, refreshments, publicity

5^th Grade Celebration—organizes party for 5^th graders in cafeteria the last day of school.  This involves planning for snacks and a video

Brain Bowl (PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st & 2^nd Grade fund raiser in Feb.  This is an in-school event where students collect pledges and answer grade level questions to “earn” pledge money)—formalize questions, prepare question & pledge sheet packets, schedule workers, collect pledges, run photocopies

Nature Center (all year)—organize special events, coordinate biannual clean up

Staff Appreciation (3-4 times/ year)—arrange for meals during teacher conferences, coordinate teacher appreciation week treats, honor staff at last day of school

Student Appreciation (2 times/ year)—coordinate purchase & distribution of snacks

Technology Committee (all year)—educate and advocate for better use of technology in our school

AVON Fundraiser (fall)—assist with processing orders, collecting money, delivering & organizing products for pick-up

Market Day (1 hour/month)—help unload & set out orders in school cafeteria

Flag Football Bake Sale—coordinate bake sale during flag football games on fall Saturday mornings at school

Back-To-School Kits (spring)—coordinate publicity, ordering & delivery of kits

Artist-in-Residence (fall/winter)—work with Mrs. Rudolph and other teachers to coordinate program by organizing schedules, providing hospitality & publicity