PTA Meeting Slide Show & Meeting Minutes- May 16, 2023
P.S. 34 Oliver H. Perry PTA, Inc.
President: Julia Kotowski
Co-Treasurers: Brian Binsack & Jolie Ruhe
Co-Secretaries: Lilith Dollard & Molly Giliotti
PTA@ps34pta.org · www.ps34pta.org
PS 34 PTA Minutes
Date: Tuesday May 16th, 2023
Time: 6:15 pm
Location: PS 34
Agenda:
· Principal’s Update
· Old Business
· Fundraising Report
· Treasurer’s Report
· Budget Proposal
· Polish Language Book order
· Art Party Update
· Committee Updates
· Q & A
**PTA/SLT Elections were held prior to the PTA meeting. Please see separated minutes for this portion of the meeting.**
Lilith Dollard, co-secretary opened the meeting. All other board members, except Brian Binsack were present.
Mr. Beugoms gave the Principal’s Address
· There are a lot of events coming up from now until the end of the school year. Mr. B encouraged all families to look at the school calendar for more information.
Treasurer Report:
· Jolie shared the monthly Treasurer Report. (details of this can be found in the slideshow)
New Business:
· Budget for the 23-24 school year was presented.
Notes on proposed PTA budget for 2023-2024:
Enrichments
LEGO Robotics will be incorporated into STEM classes so that is no longer a PTA-funded enrichment
Expanded Marquis Dance for more grades (Pre-K- 4th grade) and ballroom dance for 5th grade
Added chess for grades 1-5, based on the popularity of chess after-school. This will be taught by ICN, the coaches who run the after-school chess program. This chess class will be free and during the school day for all students in those grades.
Added a line for extracurricular program support, this can be used for costs like Debate team t-shirts and supplies, expanding the Girls on the Run program, and any other extracurriculars that come up.
School Support and Community Building
Increased funds for parent & community events
Added supply expenses for cluster teachers as they build out classrooms/programs
Increased funds for teacher expenses (up to $150 per teacher)
Increased funds for teacher and staff appreciation
Polish Language Book Order:
· PS34 received a generous grant of $5,000 from the Pulaski Businessmen Association to support the purchase of Polish Language student textbooks.
· PS34 school is unable to purchase the Polish language books directly from the Polish publishers (b/c DOE won’t allow wire transfer to Poland)
· PS34 is requesting the PTA wire the funds (about $3,300) for the book order and the school will immediately reimburse the PTA
· PTA approves/agrees with this plan in order to ensure our DL students have the learning materials they need
Art Party Update:
· Ticket sales- $5,825
· Art auction- $9,568
· Gift basket auction- $2,408
· Total: $17,801
Upcoming Events
· June 3rd: 3 Sisters Planting Event in the garden
· June16th 4-7 Spring Fling/Dance
· June- PTA Volunteer Thank You Picnic
Committee Updates:
· Dual Language Committee: Kathy Kajosi discussed the West Point trip and the Polish Movie Night. Also made suggestions for other community events such as a Sip N Paint Night for parents in June.