Principal Report
- 18 Kids received positive pups
- Girls on the Run wrapped up with their 5K
- 4K and K have their Christmas concert in December
- Staff jean day
- There will be a 12 day countdown to Christmas
- Freedom Elementary State report card shows FES is Exceeding Expectations
Treasurer Report
- There is $15,805.21 left to spend after budgeted items are deducted
Cookie Dough Fundraiser
- 170 students participated
- $12,153.53 profit from fundraiser
- Class with the highest sales was: Bougie (having their reward Wednesday at 1:30)
- Class with the most participation: Wilson (having their reward Tuesday 1:30)
- Prize drawing (participants received one ticket for every 10 items sold): Madison Bombinski→she won a hoverboard
Spirit Wear Sale
- Items tentatively coming in the week of December 5, but not certain
- There will be a sign-up genius sent out to help with sorting when items do arrive
- Sorting will take place at Buzz’s mid week of Dec 5- will send out sign up
- Set up pick up at tentatively Buzz’s Dec 12 3-7 The rest to school to send home with students or for those that chose not to send them home we will contact as we had in the past
Shout Outs
- There were 30 shout outs put on Facebook–some were duplicates making a total of 23 names
- 5-$20 gift cards will be drawn for the 23 names
Skate Night
- 137 skaters
- $140 profit
Teacher Wish List
- Teachers are being sent a google doc so they can continually update
- This link will be shared with classroom families
- In the future PAC may place a tree in entryway at conference time with ornaments with items requested by staff
Student Appreciation
- Color changing water bottle option high cost–we will consider at another time
- Reusable snow bag with Freedom logo–thoughts of too many bags that are the same may confuse students
- $1 book from scholastic–may consider this in the future
- snack–December 23 we will hand out candy canes to go with the Count Down to Christmas Candy Cane day
Dance **Family event**
- February 10 6-7:30
- Beach party theme
- TJ the DJ is booked for this night
- Google Form or Survey Monkey will be sent out to find out participation numbers to help figure out how much food to purchase
- Budgeted $2,000
Fun Night **Family event**
- May 17
- TJ the DJ is booked for this night
- We will begin contacting the food trucks in January
- Fox Valley Food Trucks Association–look into this option because they will arrange the food trucks for the event
- Let local restaurants know about this event so they can prepare just in case
- PAC will sell water and beverages
Bylaw Review
- There was no need to change anything at this time
Officer Positions
- Please keep in mind the three officer positions will be open for next year–consider taking on a leadership role
Requests that have come in to approve
- One School, One Book–approximately $3 per family→PAC will purchase the books for this event
- The book will be a Paddington book (PAC bake off will happen around the same time as the event)
- The guidance counselor and art teacher will be teaming up to create a “Kindness Rocks” rock garden→PAC will purchase the rocks for this activity
New Business
- John Seegers will be receiving a card with $50 and a framed wordle
- Different grade levels will be asked to stock the break room for different months (4K November, K December, 1 January…) →Judy will email the grade levels each month to let them know
- Book Fair appreciation→Pat sent a kind thank you email regarding all the help received from PAC during the book fair
- Artist in Residence will need volunteers to help the week of and to help with firing all the clay pots in the kiln
Next Meeting: Monday January 16 at 5:30 in the staff lounge
**PAC does not meet in December