PTA Slideshow & Meeting Minutes - February 8, 2022

PTA Minutes for Meeting of February 8, 2022

Kathy Szwarc opened the meeting.  All executive board members were present.

Mr. Beugoms’s Principal Address:

  • Omicron surge challenges within the school

  • Low attendance period over, now up to 95%

  • Black History Month - BLM Week of Action - next week is Respect for All Week. 

  • Students are planning activities and themes related to Black History. 

  • Kindergarten registration: strong enrollment, including the dual language.

  • Middle School Applications

  • Pre-K enrollment period, lots of school tours planned

  • Archeology of Self workshop for families

  • District curriculum month

  • Scholastic Book Fair the first week of March

  • Feb 25th - 25 boards to be installed in the classrooms. Thanks to Counselor Levin. 


Old Business

Kathy:

  • PTA raised $10,300 through the vaccine referral program

  • Read-A-Thon coming up March 7-13th, 2022, prizes being finalized

Treasurers Report

  • Rachel Walker presented the January 2022 Interim Report

  • Income breakdown  

  • Expenses breakdown

  • Budget vs Actual

New Business

  • Middle School deadline is March 1, 2022

  • Upcoming District 14 Workshops:Information on Parent Square

  • Help Ms. Deise fundraiser

  • Upcoming school tours 2/11 & 2/18 - register in advance

Committee Updates

Dual Language Update by Julia Kotowski:

  • The committee is trying to start a Polish Book Collection and is looking for book donations.

  • Mr B spoke about the acquisitions of books and resources from Poland and thanked the teachers 

 

Outdoor Learning by Kevin Hayes:

  • Call for volunteers to build out a storage unit, benches and table on the McGuiness side.


Gardening Committee

  • Marzena shared photos of the new Kentucky Coffee tree on Eckford Street.

  • Working on an expansion of the garden with the Whole Foods grant. Please contact Marza or via email if interested: donaoroz@yahoo.com or marzenawolert@gmail.com

Anti-Racism & Cultural Awareness 

  • Next meeting on Zoom 

  • Black History Month: collecting books for the school and they can be dropped off at the office.

  • Archeology of Self workshop

  • Please contact culturalawareness@ps34pta.org

  • There was also a google form shared in the chat to help collect parent feedback on upcoming events and workshops. https://forms.gle/3Lu3cGEpUnhgjJR17


Meeting concluded 

Q&A


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