BROOKE
ELEMENTARY
HOME & SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
THE NEXT MEETING IS
AT
THERE WILL BE NO
MEETING IN DECEMBER
MONTHLY
MEETING MINUTES FOR
Number of people
attending: 18
1. CALL TO ORDER: Suzanne Mosebrook called the meeting to order
at
3. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT reported by Dr.
Mackel:
§
Current
enrollment at Brooke is 431.
§
Thanks
to the Teacher/Staff Appreciation Committee for the Halloween luncheon.
§
Thanks
to Tracie Hackett and Pam Ciresi for a great Dance-a-thon. We received many positive comments about the
event.
§
Sprinkler
engineers have been reviewing our system.
We are still on track for Summer 2008 installation.
§
Completed
the following field trips:
o
Miss
Zummo and Mrs. Messer’s classes continued their community-based field trips on
October 11 and 18.
o
On
October 11, Kindergarten went to Weaver’s Orchard.
o
Fourth
grade classes had their Environmental Education field trip on October 11 and
12.
o
First
grade went to Adventure Aquarium on October 30.
o
Fourth
grade traveled to the
§
Assemblies
o
Fourth
grade attended a pet therapy assembly on October 19.
o
An
all-school Bully Free Assembly was held on October 26.
o
First
grade will attend a nutrition assembly on December 5.
§
Field
Trips:
o
Fourth
grade is going to the High School to see a performance of The Diary of Anne
Frank on November 14.
o
Second
grade will go on the Herr’s Potato Chip Factory Tour on Thursday, November 29.
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Upcoming
Events:
o
Jack
Bala was born on October 30.
o
We
have two new long-term substitutes; Sherry Kepler is subbing for Mrs. Bala and
Jennifer Lehr is set to substitute for Mrs. Romanelli.
o
Walking
Club is up and running.
o
Parent/Teacher
Conferences will take place on November 19, 20 and 21.
o
There
is no school from Monday, November 19 through Sunday, November 26.
o
Our
first
o
Holiday
Happenings is Saturday, December 1.
o
Third
Grade’s Holiday Concert is Wednesday, December 12.
o
Winter
break is Monday December 24 through Tuesday, January 1.
3. PRESIDENT’S REPORT by Suzanne
Mosebrook:
- Thanks to Brooke
Sunshine for providing refreshments for tonight’s meeting.
- Thank you to
April Smokowicz and Ruth Horwatt for a great Basket Bingo.
- Thanks to Tracie
Hackett and Pam Ciresi for organizing Dance-a-thon.
- Still looking
for a Beautification chairperson.
Have 12 people helping with this committee, but would like a chair
to organize activities.
4. SECRETARY’S
REPORT by Liz Brull: Approval of the
October meeting minutes was motioned by Janice Johnson and seconded by Kim
McLaughlin.
5. TREASURER’S REPORT by Pam Ciresi:
- Copies of the
Treasurer’s Report were available during the meeting. The account balances as of
Commerce Checking $15,439.77
Commerce Savings $27,776.34
Total $43,216.11
- Our liability
account stands at -$7,528.93.
- A motion to accept
and approve the budget was made by Kim McLaughlin and seconded by Joyclyn
Faust.
6. VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT by Tracie
Hackett:
§
We
need volunteers!! Wednesday Folders and
Market Day really need more volunteers to make these areas move smoothly.
§
Holiday
Happenings, on December 1, will also need lots of volunteers.
§
The
§
If
no one objects, we’re going to sell the Brooke cookbook at the Book Fair for
20% off.
§
Linda
Grossman, the Hospitality Chairperson, is moving; we need someone to take over
this position.
7. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
§ Basket Bingo – April Smokowicz and Ruth Horwatt
Ruth thanked everyone
for their help with this event. Thanks
to Christine Mentzer for filling baskets, Raelene Jeffers for organizing the
food, Linda Grossman and the Hospitality Committee for the baked goods and
especially Barbara Halphen for all of her hard work.
§ Book Fair – Dana Rosenblum and Tracie Hackett
Book Fair is November
12 – 16, open till 7:30 every night except Friday. Make sure to check out the Teacher Wish Lists. Everything is 20% off the list price. Pizza Night is Thursday, November 15. We’re also participating in One-for-Books
again this year; the organization to which we are donating has not yet been
decided.
§ Box Tops and eScrip – Gina Ciocco-Schmitt
Brooke collected 6000
box tops for the Fall submission. We
will be receiving a check for $600 in December.
Thanks to all the families who sent these into school.
§ Dance-a-Thon/Movin’ N’ Groovin’ Night – Tracie Hackett and
Pam Ciresi
We raised
approximately $6,700; our goal was $6000.
160 students (37%) attended, with 30% of Brooke families
contributing. Tracie and Pam attended
Royersford’s Dance-a-thon, which was held the week before ours, and got several
ideas for next year. Dr. Mackel
mentioned that we may want to invest in a coat rack; everyone liked this
idea. The coat rack used this year was
borrowed. If you would like to help out
with next year’s event, or have suggestions, please let Tracie and/or Pam
know. They will start organizing the
event earlier in the year next year.
§
Need volunteers for
this, as well as a chairperson for Santa’s Secret Shop. Aprons are here for volunteers to wear; we’re
also making buttons for them. If you are
available to post flyers in local businesses, please let Christine know. We’re placing ads in Community Courier, The Trend
and maybe The Mercury. A Holiday Happenings
Committee meeting is being held immediately following tonight’s H&S
meeting.
§ Market Day – Kim McLaughlin, Marlo Oslon & Jenn
DeRosa
Kim reported that we
raised $1,164.02 in October. We really
need volunteers! We don’t want people to
have to wait in line for double-check or they might reconsider ordering. Need volunteers from 6:00-7:00 PM to unload
the truck and from 7:00 – 8:00 PM to double-check the orders at pick-up.
§ Restaurants – Pam Ciresi
Texas Roadhouse Spirit
Night is Monday, December 3; can do take-out as well as eat-in.
§ Spirit Wear – Suzanne Mosebrook
Merchandise is being
ordered from Frank Jones in Norristown.
She doesn’t have samples, but will get them. Hoodie is navy blue with “Spring-Ford Rams”
on it. Other items say “Brooke”. Suzanne is looking into cardigans for the
teachers: Barbara Halphen stated that
the teachers are taking care of their needs.
The flyer is done and would like to have it in the Wednesday folders for
11/27.
§ Teacher/Staff Appreciation – Joyclyn Faust
We will be providing
dinner for the teachers on 11/19—pasta night-- and 11/20—deli night. Food needs to arrive at Brooke by 3:00 PM. It does not need to be homemade.
§ Wednesday
Folders
– Tonia Leonard & Cindy Begg
Cindy reported that
they need more volunteers. Also, can we
reduce the amount of leftover papers? We
had 600 pieces of leftover hand-outs after the folders were completed last
week. Barbara Halphen said that we have approximately
335 families, plus 75 extras per item in folder. Kim McLaughlin will reduce the Market Day
copies to 500.
8. TEACHER’S REPORT:
§ Betsy Smith needs
sizes 8, 10, and 12 pants and shirts to use in the nurse’s office.
§ Thanks for the
Halloween luncheon.
9. NEW BUSINESS:
§ SNAP – Janice Johnson
and Tracie Hackett will be working on a Luau mask for the post-prom party from
Brooke. Janice is the contact person and
attended the last meeting.
§ Tracie Hackett said
that Mrs. Rickard thought of asking grandparents to volunteer at Brooke. We’d like to put up a table with a sign-up
sheet or form with list of possible volunteering opportunities at Brooke. This should be available during visitation
this week.
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS
§ Book Fair – Monday,
November 12 through Friday, November 16
§ Market Day –
Wednesday, November 14
§ Pizza Night – Thursday,
November 15 with sittings at
§ No School – Monday,
November 19 through Friday, November 23
11. ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at