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June 10th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   
   
• Financials are right on track.
• Income came from book fair coupon books and Schwann's.
• Expenses were for staff appreciation and playground fund.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• PRT has received a number of Thank You notes. A recent one from Joyce Price was routed.
• Sally Foster is a go for this fall! Our rep is Tim Prust and Tammy Wacek will be chairing with a committee of Brenda Wagner and Dawn Gold.
• It was agreed to let the Badger Ridge Student Council (which consists partly of CKCS students) have the entertainment book market. Previously, we had sold about 30 book which didn't add up to big $ and it is viewed as a goodwill gesture to let Badger Ridge Student Council have the business.
  
  
4. Digital Editing - Bill Lemberg
   
   
• Bill was going to do a demo of some Digital Video Editing equipment that PRT has committed to $300 toward purchasing more equipment, but Bill didn't make it.
• The additional equipment has a price tag of $19,000.
  
  
5. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
   
   
• Interviewing continues.
• Positions filled are First Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade Teachers, and two Special Education Teachers.
• Still need to fill Middle School Math teacher and Special Education Assistant.
• No matches were found in the first round of interviewing for the Director position. The second round of interviewing is beginning with four new candidates.
• End of the year activities have been keeping things busy including field trips to Great America and the Dells.
  
  
6. PRT Meeting Schedule - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• Alternative times were discussed for the PRT meeting which would enable the Governing Council meeting to start earlier. The group opted for status quo (second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m.) for a couple reasons. If it were on a different night this would require additional evening commitments on the part of the folks that attend both PRT and GC. The incentive of wrapping up the PRT meeting by the time GC starts has helped keep the PRT meetings on track.
• It was agreed to keep the Book Fair w/ the Science Fair in the evening on May 2nd.
• A request was also made to have Muffins w/ Mom and Donuts w/ Dad for the Fourth and Fifth graders. Kathy Pielage will follow-up to see if this can happen.
  
  
7. Volunteer Recruitment for PRT - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• About twenty volunteers so far including some new parents with incoming Kindergartners!
• We still need a Back to School Night chairperson among other misc. positions.
  
  
8. GC and PASS Board Election Results - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• Elections are complete and the new elected officials were getting oriented.
• Of the 225 ballots, 83 were returned. This was thought to be about the same percentage as previous years. Ideas to increase participate included voting at the Science Fair and web or e-mail ballots.
  
  
9. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• The equipment is ordered!
• Build day is set for Saturday, August 3rd. We need volunteers!! Contact Karen Christianson if interested.
• We still need $500 to pay for the equipment we have ordered. As a secondary goal we would like to raise an additional $1,200 to buy a bank of swings which was the number one requested item in the kid's survey.
  
  
10. Staggered PRT Exec Board Terms - Kathy Pielage
    
    
• To facilitate smooth operation of the PRT organization, staggered exec board terms are being introduced. A new Vice-President and Secretary will start this fall. The Vice-President position is a one year term as VP and then a one year term as President. The Secretary position is a two year commitment. The Treasurer position will also be a two year commitment with the current term expiring summer 2003.
• Karen Christianson will check if she has an electronic copy of they bylaws so they can be ammended.
  
  
11. Logoed Apparel - Patrick McCormick
• CKCS Logoed Apparel was offered two years ago.
• It was discussed that it is time to offer it again to help boost school spirit and possibly to raise enough money to buy each teacher/staff member a shirt as a gesture of appreciation.
• Sara McCormick will be looking into getting this going for the start of the school year.
  
  

May 13th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   
   
• Financials are right on track.
• The book fair and box tops brought in money this month.
• Money was spent on Weekly Readers and mini-grants for letter writing and a middle school incentive.
• The Celebrate Learning evening came in with expenses under budget!
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• After the spring program PRT gave flowers to Pat Siemen, Susan Dotson and Jessica Monk for the extra hours put in for rehearsal. Flowers were also given to Bonnie Valley to recognize the extra time she devoted to the Art Display at the Science Fair. It is the committed staff that makes a great school!
  
  
• Teacher Appreciation Breakfast was held May 1. We are receiving Thank you notes from the teachers. Thanks for Tammy Wacek for Coordinating these meals for the last 2 years. Nancy Connnelly has volunteered to coordinate Teacher Appreciation Breakfasts for next year. She will be working with the parents of Badger Ridge Middle School so that all teachers will be recognized. Panerea Gifts Certificates were given to those CKCS teachers who only work in the afternoon. We have received thank you notes from these two teachers Janet Hunderdosse and Lisa Gleboff.
  
  
• Thank you to Pat Siemen who directed a beautiful Sping Program. Thank you to Susan Dotson, Jessica Monk and Ian Gaylor for your support in helping to make this program such a success. A thank you to Beth Phillips who arranged for cookies and punch to be served after the performance. Culvers and Millers need to be thanked as well for providing the food.
  
  
4. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
   
   
• Congrats to Cami Kieler, 5th grade and Katelynn Kermicle, 6th grade who attended the State Math Tournament! Katelynn finished third in individual scores and Cami finished twelfth.
• A new student from Florida recently joined CKCS.
• Dr. Guziewski became part of a Science Fair experiment by participating in a taste test.
• May 3rd was the all school musical which was a great event, but it there wasn't quite enough time. This event will be in the evening next year along with International Night so there won't be such a time crunch.
• Congrats to Kami Keeler and Katlyn Kermicle for going to the state math tournament!
• May 8th Field day had good weather. The older kids were providing guidance and helping the younger kids.
• First grade, fifth grade and cultural liason positions have been filled.
• Candidates are being interviewed for fourth grade, middle school and special education.
• Mom's and kids alike enjoyed Muffins with Mom day.
• Budgets are being adjusted to accomodate the almost half million dollar district-wide budget reduction being done to facilitate more funding for staff merit increases.
• $1,000 Spanish grant was received from the Department of Public Instruction.
• Work is being done with the Individual Education Program to place special education students.
• Bank of Verona facilitated a seminar for educators to hear what skills are needed in the work place and what types of opportunties such as internships are available for students.
  
  
5. Sally Foster Replacement Brainstorming - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• The consensus was to stick with the fall Sally Foster fund raiser. It was thought that people have come to expect this fund raiser and plan to purchase their wrapping paper at this time. It may be too much risk to switch the type of fund raiser or even vendors.
• Other ideas were also discussed such as selling picture frames when school photo orders are placed. Some concern was expressed that picture frames aren't a consumable product and therefore might not generate the annuity of revenue that wrapping paper does. It was also thought that the frames would need to differentiate themselves with something like the school logo on them.
• There are tons of other fund raising options/ideas, but a lack of volunteers to take the ball and run with it.
  
  
6. Volunteer Recruitment for PRT - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• The volunteer forms will go out via back pack express. These forms help us to formulate committees for all the activities that PRT does throughout the year.
• There are still plenty of opportunities to get involved!
  
  
7. Nominations for GC and PASS Board - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• The ballots were mailed out and must be postmarked before May 17th in order to be counted. Ballots will be tabulated on May 24 with results sent out in the Courier.
  
  
8. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• We've been turned down by both Hasbro and Lands' End on our grant applications.
• We currently fall $7,000 short of the $22,000 needed to improve our playground.
• Fund raisers such as selling popcorn at Hometown days was discussed, but these will delay installation of the playground equipment until Spring 2003.
• The need to apply for more grants was also suggested.
• PASS is offering to match parental donations dollar for dollar up to a total of $3,500. Donations are tax deductible.
• To install the playground equipment by this fall will require coming up with the $7,000 by June 7th.
  
  
9. Calendar Planning for 2002-2003 - Kathy Pielage
• A draft schedule for the upcoming school year was shared. The schedule needs to be approved by the School Board yet.
  
  

April 8th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   
   
• Income from Target is looking better than it is due to a check coming in this year from transactions that happened last year.
• Mini-grant expenditures occurred this month for items such as counselor's game, movie tickets, small playground items such as jump ropes.
• Pizza Hut SCRIP was purchased to buy all the pizza for the night of the Science Fair. Pizza Hut offers a 9% rebate.
• An idea to advertise SCRIP for the back to school time was mentioned along with the idea of purchasing some SCRIP to have on hand so people wouldn't have to wait to get their SCRIP.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• A procedure for purchase of books with money generated from book fairs has been established.
• The book profits from the Book Fair will be ordered out of the Scholastics Catalogue with input from Carol Gautsch, the LMC director and the CKCS teaching staff. Carol Maxon, the CKCS LMC assistant will combine the suggestions, check the current collection to make sure the book is not already in the collection. Carol Maxon will place the order. She will check the order when it arrives and let PRT know what titles have been added to our collection.
• About 40 residents attended the School Board Candidate Forum cosponsored by PRT. For future reference, the public library has video tapes available shortly after a community event such as this. The tape is also shown on the local cable channel too.
• A big thank you goes out to Lori Flemming who organized the book swap! Thanks to her committee Karen Lindley, JoAnne Elfman, Hattie McLean, Linda Veneman!
  
  
4. Governing Council/PASS Elections - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• One Kindergarten parent has expressed an interest in a three year term on Governing Council which leaves two positions on Governing Council and one on PASS.
• People are voted into a position in Governing Council or PASS and then a subsequent internal election process determines who holds what position such as President, Treasurer, etc.
• Nominations are due by April 19th!!
• Post meeting update: The nominees as of April 15th, 2002 are:
  1. Laura Schultz
  2. Joe McShane
  3. Michael Kosorok
  4. Becky Deal
  5. Celeste Matsushima

     Nominations need to be confirmed by the 19th of April. A ballot will be sent out in May. It is important that families look for the ballot in the mail, vote and send it to Kathy Pielage, 1767 Beach Rd, Verona, WI 53593. All ballots need to be post marked by the date indicated on the ballot.

  The Nominee as of April 15th, 2002 is: Dave Gold Nominations need to be confirmed by the 19th of April.
  

5. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
   
   
• Parents of prospective students have been touring the school.
  
  
• Placement of SPED students is in process.
  
  
• The Primary Focus assembly about the Six Pillars of Character was thought to be a big success by many.
  
  
• We've had a Second and Seventh grader join the school due to their families moving into the District.
  
  
• There were 50 students that applied for the upcoming Kindergarten class. We had 40 positions.
  
  
• Outreach Committee We need to expand our demographics and have an Outreach Committee that looks at ways to invite EEN students, families who receive free and reduced lunch and students with ethnic diversity. The Outreach Committee is part of the Governing Council and recommends that CKCS develop a cultural liaison position to help us connect with students in all neighborhoods.
  
  
• Recruitment for a new Director of CKCS has begun. April 19th is the deadline for applications. The ideal would be to get the new person started while Dr. Guziewski is still on the job to faciliate a smooth transistion.
  
  
• Kindergarten registration is on April 30th. The forms have been pre-mailed this year to enable parents to focus on getting to know the school.
  
  
• Six staff positions are The postings are in the office on the bulletin board. There are three teaching positions posted: Mrs. Eberhardt is moving out east, Mrs. Cramer will not be coming back next year, Mrs. Dotson is taking a year off. There is a new EEN position and the Director position available. The other posting is to increase hours for the LMC assistant.
  
  
• A new "Student of the Week" incentive program has been implemented. Each week the teacher of each class selects two children as Student of the Week for good behavior in a predetermined area such as Lunch Room, Phy Ed, etc. The area under review each week is not known by the students. Students of the Week receive a certificate and a pencil that says "Student of the Week".
  
  
6. Sally Foster Replacement Brainstorming - Lori Schulting
   
   
• Importance of this fund raiser was briefly discussed. The is PRT's main source of income for normal operations.
• Further discussion was postponed to May 13th meeting when Lori could attend.
  
  
7. Volunteer Recruitment for PRT - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• Volunteers are needed to fill several positions on PRT such as Secretary, Vice President, Fund Raising Committee leader, Book Fair, Staff Appreciation coordinator.
  
  
8. Nominations for GC and PASS Board - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• Redundant topic to the Governing Council Elections topic above.
  
  
9. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• THANKS go out to the Douglas Steward Company for making the first contribution to our Playground project!
• Our Generic Grant Application is now available on-line. Please work with or if you would like to submit a Grant request to your employer or any other organization that might be interested in helping out.
  
  
10. Science Fair - Kathy Pielage
    
    
• There are 120 students participating which is 18 more than last year. The students will set up there projects Friday during the day for the festival in the evening. There is a confirmation sheets being sent home and due back April 19th. The information on this sheet will let us know how to set up the tables, how many projects need to be displayed, what the title of the project is and how many Pizza's to order. Please look for this sheet in your child's back pack. There are 120 students participating which is 18 more than last year. The students will set up there projects Friday during the day for the festival in the evening. There is a confirmation sheets being sent home and due back April 19th. The information on this sheet will let us know how to set up the tables, how many projects need to be displayed, what the title of the project is and how many Pizza's to order. Please look for this sheet in your child's back pack.
  
  
• This event is also known as "Celebrate Learning" and will include Art projects in addition to Science projects.
  
  
• The evening includes a Pizza Hut dinner for a nominal fee on Friday, April 26th.
  
  
11. Book Fair - Ann Camillo
    
    
• This will start April 24th and end on the evening of the 26th. Children will be learning about some of the authors of the books and may watch a video about how a book is written and illustrated. The teachers have been asked to provide an extensive wish list. The book profit money can be used to purchase the books remaining on these wish lists after the parents have had a chance look at the list. Cash profits from this book fair will go toward the Playground Improvement Plan.
  
  
12. Calendar Planning for 2002-2003 - Kathy Pielage
• First Semester potential events include: Back to School Night, Bake Sale, Family Fun Night, Sally Foster, Book Fair.
• Second Semester potential events include: International Night, Concert, Science/Art Fair, Book Fair.
• The first draft of the calendar will be available at the CELEBRATE LEARNING FESTIVAL ON April 26.

March 11th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   
   
• Every line item doesn't match the budget but the bottom line is that we're on budget.
• Moving our remaining $2,870 start up cost to a line item for Playground Improvement was discussed. Playground Improvement is considered start up costs. Also, when we apply for Playground grants we need to show that we are also putting our own money behind the project.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• None discussed.
  
  
4. Governing Council Elections - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• PRT is responsible for advertising and running the elections for thepositions for Governing Council and PASS. This involves ads in the paper as well as a snail mail letter home to all parents.
• Volunteers are needed to assist in this election process. If you're interested in helping out contact 845-3396.
• The importance of staggering the PRT positions was also discussed. As a result the PRT VP and Secretarial positions are alsofor volunteers for the upcoming school year.
  
  
5. Mini-Grant Requests - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• A new Mini-Grant request has been submitted by the new Guidance Counselor. Kathy Pielage will be working with Dr. Guziewski to determine the appropriate funding source.
  
  
6. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
   
   
• Students recited the Pledge of Allegiance on WOLX in both English and Spanish. The bilingual performance was thought to be a distinguishing factor from other presentations.
• After school homework club on Tuesday/Thursday's for 4th grade and up has started.
• There has been some parental feedback about too much homework. As a result, the staff is composing a homework guideline trifold which will level set expectations on homework levels. Also, teachers are attempting to balance test dates so students don't end up with too many tests on the same day.
• "Virtual Schools" are starting to take shape. There is some debate as to whether these schools can be considered charter schools.
• Communication plan being discussed to advertise charter schools in a document that describes the options to Verona Area School District residents.
• Badger Ridge Middle School is sharing their keyboard and guitars with CKCS students.
• A question was presented about what the official policy is if kids forget their boots or snow pants. Dr. Guziewski will reply at a later time.
  
  
7. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• Some great equipment photos and the potential site drawings were shared.
• The existing playground would be improved to be AD&D compliant and would focus on the K-2 age group. While toward the back we would break new ground for a 3-5 age group playground.
• We're looking at a cost from $28,000 - $48,000. Fund raisers of all types are being considered such as the option to buy a piece of equipment such as a ladder or slide.
• A generic grant application has been developed. Feel free to submit this application to your employer or other charitable organizations. First pop or and e-mail so they can coordinate the Grant applications and maintain a master list of who we've applied to.
  
  
8. Science Fair - Kathy Pielage
   
   
• The Science Fair is growing! We had 102 students participate last year. So far this year, we have 119 students signed up!
• April 8th is the booklet will be sumitted to the printer. Sign up for the Science Fair prior to this deadline by contacting 845-3396.
  
  
9. Book Fair - Ann Camillo
   
   
• The Book Fair will run April 24-26th with the evening of the 26th being the Science Fair.
• There will also be a Playground Kick Off fund raiser at the Book Fair. We will receive $3.00 for every booklet of seven name/addresses that kids turn in. The people submitted in these booklets will receive a one-time book offering.
  
  
10. Wellness week school assembly March 14 - Kathy Pielage.
    
• PRT is providing breakfast/lunch for the presenters from the group Primary Focus. They are presenting "Choices Count" and "Character Counts."
  
  

February 11th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Hattie McLean
• Due to technical diffuclties, the details of the Treasurer's report weren't available. However the general update was that is had been a slow uneventful month.
• A special THANKS go out to Greg Tracy for doing the PRT taxes!!
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
   
• None discussed.
  
  
4. Mini-Grant Requests - Kathy Pielage
   
• A mini-grant for art department for about $200 was approved.
• Four new mini-grant applications have been received.
• A suggestion/question was made to PRT to just allocate a fixed dollar amount to each teacher rather than having the current mini-grant application process was discussed. The consensus was to keep the existing process for two reasons. One is that it encourages people to think about spending the money. Secondly, PRT has no guaranteed revenue stream.
  
  
5. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
   
• Tuesday/Thursday after school homework club is in the works. This would be initially targeted for 6-8 graders. Any kids will be welcome but some will be specifically referred to help them meet their academic requirements.
• Summer school will likely be in July on the same schedule as other schools.
• Enrichment classes (i.e. special interest clubs) have been meeting during recess. They appear to be a great success so far.
• Hiring committee has been active recently hiring a Guidance Counselor who will be starting half time soon. She'll will focus on K-5 and be in the school Monday, Wednesday and Thursday's.
  
  
6. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
   
• We need $10,000 - $15,000 to become ADA compliant. Another $15,000 would be needed to add other structures to expand the playground capacity.
• Space for expansion is somewhat of an issue. We can't add in the back of the school because it would be too disruptive to those classrooms with windows outlooking that area. One idea mentioned was to move the fences in the front of the school forward to make room.
• We've applied for a Hasbro grant that was referred to us by Dr. Conzemius.
• Filling out this initial grant application with all of the substantiating info was alot of work, but now it can be reused for other grant applications.
  
  
7. Science Fair - Kathy Pielage
   
• Kids will have a second chance to sign up for a Science Fair project in March when the initial list of Projects is published.
• April 26th is the big night for the Science Fair and Book Fair.
  
  
8. Book Fair - Kathy Pielage
   
• "Diving Into Reading" will be the theme.
• Money earned from this event will be spent on books and possibly to jump start the playground fund raising campaign.
• A new fund raiser was mentioned. It is called the Reading Jamboree. Each family will be given a booklet to be filled out with 7 different mailing addresses. An order form to order magazines will be sent to these seven names. The names generated would not become part of a mailing list for Scholatics or any other sales offer. For each completed booklet the school playground fund would get $3.00. This would be an easy way for children to be part of the fund raising efforts.
• A coffee/breakfast will be held for the teachers to fill out their wish lists and to encourage research project related books to be included on the wish lists. What parents don't purchase, PRT will try to subsidize.
• Books will be shipped to PRT and then stamped to indicate they are property of CKCS. This will enable identification of CKCS books in the event we would ever need to relocate to a different facility.
• April 26th is the big night for the Science Fair and Book Fair.
  
  
9. Survey results for start time and busing - Hattie McLean
   
• The majority of responses indicated a preference for the 8:30 start time. For further details on the survey results contact Hattie ().
  
  
10. Idea generating session- Science Fair moving to every other year alternating with International Night.
• An option to hold the Science Fair every other year was discussed. No final conclusion was reached. From an academic standpoint it will be part of the curiculum each year to some degree even if there isn't and evening PRT sponsored Science Fair. On the home front, the Science Fair projects can be burdensome and the evening was viewed to be too long for kids to hang around their projects.
  
  

January 14th, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
• Kathy explained the financial transactions for the month. We are roughly on budget.
• Congrats to Mrs. Klitzsch-Anderson for winning a $10 Barnes and Noble gift cert from SchoolPop.com.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
• Book Fair - It turns out only about a dozen or less books weren't labeled as CKCS property. Efforts are in process to identify these books and label them appropriately and more importantly put processes in place to prevent this from recurring.
  
  
4. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
• Dr. Guziewski was out due to illness.
• There will be a district-wide meeting on space issues on February 16th in Badger Ridge 8:00 - 11:30. This will be a "listening session" for administrator to hear concerns.
  
  
5. Playground Update - Kathy Pielage
• Kathy Pielage and Karen Christenson are meeting with Dr. Conzemius on January 18th to discuss how to proceed.
  
  
6. Science Fair - Sue Wong
• Plans were discussed that included participation from the UW!
  
  
7. Special Interest Clubs - Sue Wong
• Sue got a strong response to the survey and plans to get started in February with chess, book and French during recess.
• This takes a comittment on the part of kids to attend and participate since volunteers are comitting their time to facilitate the clubs.
  
  
8. Pros/Cons of K-5 Late Start Time - Kathy Pielage
• Pros and cons were listed for the 7:30 vs. the 8:30 start time. It appeared there were more pros for the 7:30 start time such as space allocation, safer parking lot and better computer/library usage. However, the 8:30 schedule worked better for some families.
• The conclusion was to do a survey to get a better representative input from the population of parents and pass this info along to school administration.
  
  
9. Early Bus Arrivals & Cold Weather - Kathy Pynnonen
• Due to time constraints this topic wasn't discussed in detail. However, this is still felt to be an important issue to get resolved!

December 10, 2001
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
• Tax Deductible Donations - people can make tax-deducitble charitable contributions to the school. These can be made specifically for a project, if they would like.
  
• Kathy handed out a detailed treasurer's report. Sally Foster has not been paid yet, due to a miscalculation on Sally Foster's part. SCRIP continues to be ahead of budget.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage
• Book Fair
• Family Fun Night - we actually made some money!
  
  
4. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
• The early release plan that has been proposed for next year, has hit a road block. Most site councils have decided this is not in the best interest of the elementary schools. The high school is still contemplating an early release schedule.
• We had 2 student winners for the school bus saftey contest - Eileen Bayler and Brock Pavlik.
• He is averaging over 100 phone calls per month.
• Dr. Guziewski hopes to have a summary of last year's parent survey in the next courier.
• They have now broken up staff meetings for K-5 and 6-8 with joint meetings as well.
  
  
5. Playground Update - Karen Christianson

• Student Survey Results - The kids were very interested in more swings and climibing equipment. They also had a vivid imagination as to what else should be on the playground.
• Immediate Improvements - Some immediate improvements that will be happening are a map of the United States will be painted on the blacktop (per the request of the kids). We will need parent volunteers for this.
• Equipment Inventory - Kathy Pielage and Sue Wong did an equipment inventory at the other elementary schools. We have signifcantly less equipment than the others, but based on enrollment figures, our perenctage is fine. The only thing is that we have all of our kids on the playground at once, which is higher than the other schools.
• Extra Recess and parents helping - Kathy Pielage
  • We definitely need more than 1 parent at this extra recess. The other discussion was to have some kind of basic recess training for the parents. The teacher's aids could give a brief overview of what the parents are expected to do at recess and things to look for.
    
    
1. Science Fair - Sue Wong
   • Sue has made many phone calls to the UW regarding presenters for the kick off of the science fair. Hopefully, we will have something nailed down shortly. Some of the areas we are looking at are physics, chemistry, and biotechnology. This will be mandatory for the 4th and 5th graders, volutary for the K-3, and the 6-8 graders will also be participating.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
• Kathy handed out a detailed treasurer's report. We are roughly on budget. Sally Foster was below plan but some of the SCRIP accounts are ahead of budget. The PRT dues are behind budget as well.
  
  
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage

1. Bike Racks
• 2 more have been purchased and installed. They are located next to the existing bike racks at the school.
2. Lunch Room Reward Mini-Grant Request
• Some parents had concerns over the program. Apparently the rumors have been flying around that kids were going to get paid cash for behaving in the lunch room. NO requests have been made for any mini-grants to reward the classrooms.
  
  
1. School Update - Dr. Guziewski
• Dr. G has been very busy. He visited the kindergarten classrooms and read them a book about the principal from the black lagoon.
• We are now at full staff. The phy ed position has been filled.
• The student council is up and running with the help of Mr. Gaylor.
• There has been a new cement slab put in in front of the school. This extends the yellow no parking lines in front of the building. This has been done to ease the loading and unloading of the special needs buses.
• The drop off and pick up of students is going well.
• There seems to be an increase of detentions after school. It seems to be a bigger problem with the K-5 kids.
• We had 2 new students join us due to move in into the school district. A 2nd grader and a 6th grader.
• He has begun the process of looking at the parent surveys. Hopefully we will have a good summary in the next couple of months.
• The kids will be having a Code Red drill this week.
• THe school district is talking about having 1 early release day every 2 weeks. This would take effect with the 2002-2003 school year. They are just in the talking stages at this point and looking for input from the parents.
  
  
2. Family Fun Night - Gail Hintz
• Sandy Hoel gave an update on the progress of this evening. It should be a lot of fun with pizza, games, a moon bounce, bingo, crafts and plenty of prizes. Doug the Jug will be performing from 6:45-7:30 in the cafeteria/step room. She is still in need of people to help set up and clean up.
  
  
3. Book Fair - Ann Camillo
• The book fair runs this Wednesday -Friday with the purchase time being at the Family Fun Night. The seventh graders will be able to purchase books on Thursday. The proceeds from the book fair will be used to help with the purchase of the Weekly Reader.
  
  
4. Playground Update - Karen Christianson
• Karen has made progress on the new playground equipment. She has met with Principal Carvin from Country View to see how they went about their survey and process. A suggestion was made to have the kids involved any way possible. Would like to have some games painted on the black top by the basketball hoops. We need to get volunteers to help with this project.

 

5. Playground Supervision (1:30-2:30) - Kathy Pielage
• The teachers have made a request for parent volunteers to help with palyground supervision in the afternoon. The kids need to get outside between 1:30-2:30. The need is only for 1 or 2 parents to help with this.
  
  
6. Student Council

1. Grant Request
• The student council went to the state meeting at a cost of $150. Mr. Gaylor attended with the kids.
2. Button Sales at Book Fair
   • The fifth graders have worked very hard making patriotic buttons to sell at the Family Fun Night.
     
     
1. Science Fair - Kathy Pielage
   • It's time to start planning the science fair. Kathy Pielage will be meeting with Chris Uelman to plan. We need some parent volunteers to help make this a great night.

October 8, 2001
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   • Kathy handed out a detailed treasurer's report. We are roughly on budget. Some fund raisers like the bakes sale and SCRIP are slightly ahead of plan while Sally Foster was below plan.
   • Recent expenses have been for some soccer balls and child care during orientation.
     
     
     
3. Old Business - Kathy Pielage

1. Crossing Guard for Kettle Creek
• The crossing guard is now staying until 8:30 to cover CKCS students crossing at a later time due to a later school start time.
2. Bike Racks
• No bike racks are available. They will need to be purchased. Action Item: Dr. Ed Guziewski will work w/ Dr. Conzemius to purchase bike racks.
• It was thought a good location for them would be outside of the fence in front of the playground area.
• Post Meeting Update: the bike racks have been ordered!!
  
3. Kids' Crossing
• Feedback external to the meeting was predominantly against PRT funds being donated to Kids' crossing indicating that we should focus on our own school and that one non-profit shouldn't donate to another non-profit. There was also some supportive feedback that thought it would be good public relations for the school.
• The topic was further discussed and then put to a vote. The results were seven to five in favor of donating $100 to get a brick with the schools name on it.
4. Back To School Night
• All went well including a successful bake sale. Thanks to everyone for their participation!
5. Sally Foster Results
   • Income from the Sally Foster fund raiser was a little under plan. For more info including order pick up info visit the Sally Foster page.
6. Staff Appreciation
   • It was a success! Again thanks go to everyone that helped put this event together!
     
     
     
4. School Update - Dr. Ed Guziewski

• There's never an idle moment.
• Dr. Ed Guziewski has been thru visiting each of the classrooms as well as interacting with the kids before school and at recess. He plans to learn each student's name.
• Staff vacancies have been getting filled with the exception of the phy ed position that remains
• Some bus discipline issues were addressed.
• School tour was given to 14 international visitors.
• Prep work has been done for the upcoming Kindergarten orientation for parents of incoming kindergartens in the school year 2002-2003.
• Prep for staff performance appraisal process is also being done.
• The issue of losing classroom time due to new schedules is being researched. The thought is that we actually aren't losing time due to shorter lunch and later dismissal time.
• Concern about the walking distance/time to load buses especially during winter months was raised. Dr. Conzemius indicated this topic is in discussion. No solution at this time.
  
  
  
4. Mini-Grant Request: Lunch Room Reward System - Leslie Gilbert.
   • Leslie presented responses from all the staff to PRT questions regarding a mini-grant request in the amount of $500 to fund lunch room good behavior rewards such as pizza party. Click here to view the document.

 

5. Playground Improvement Update - Karen Christianson.
• Karen has partnered with Dr. Conzemius so PRT and the school district can work synergistically to improve our playground situation. Click here for the full update.
• Two to three more people are needed to achieve our goals on this initiative. Please contact if you're willing to help out.
  
  
  
6. PRT Classroom Parents attendance at PRT meetings - Hattie McLean.

• Not discussed due to lack of time.
  
  
  
4. PRT Role in Terrorism Recovery - Hattie McLean.
   • Hattie plans to work with the Student Council to organize a fund raiser for the American Red Cross. The thought is to use the button making machine to make patriotic (possibly flag) buttons which we could sell to generate funds.

September 10 , 2001
Meeting Minutes

I. Mission Statement

Kathy Pielage Read the PRT mission statement.

II. Treasurer Report

Kathy Pynnonen handed out a detailed report and gave a verbal report of recent transactions.

III. SchoolPop.com Wish List Review

Seventh grade teacher Ms. Domoracki's wish list was reviewed. There were different perceptions about how the new SchoolPop Wish Lists would work in conjunction w/ the existing mini-grant program. The conclusion was that teacher's should first put together a SchoolPop wish list if their items are available. Then, if the teacher needs to send an e-mail to indicating which items they would like PRT to consider purchasing. Kathy Pielage will follow-up w/ Ms. Domoracki to find out what items on her wish list she would like PRT to consider funding.

IV. Sally Foster

Patty Lehner gave an update on this year's campaign. We are looking for another successful year. Details can be viewed at http://veronackcs.com/prt/sallyfoster.htm.

V. Playground Improvement

Patrick McCormick gave an update for Karen Christianson who was in Italy. Karen had interviewed the school district building and grounds person as well as Country View PTA contact. Per advice from the Governing Council, Karen will be partnering with Dr. Bill Conzemius to get the school district's assistance (administratively and financially) to improve our playground. Your help is needed too!! Please send an e-mail expressing your interest in lending a hand.

VI. Misc Needs

Bridget Rabb explained the need for more bike racks and a crossing guard for kid's coming from Kettle Creek. Pat McIntosh, acting Director, will follow-up on both of these items.

Post meeting update: There is a crossing guard to cross Country View from 7:30 to 8:30 at Hemlock. This requires children from Kettle Creek and Gateway Estates to walk west one block to and come back one block east to get south to school. The bike rack issue is still being worked on.

VII. School Update

Pat McIntosh, acting Director started her update by expressing her excitement in the opportunity to work with CKCS. Pat along with other staff are outside monitoring pick up/drop off to keep it safe for the kids. It is very congested. People are encouraged to have kids ride the bus or have parents car pool. Some concern was raised by parents about the environment on the buses due to overcrowding and foul language. Parents need to call the bus company with specifics. The bus company is also looking into improvements. Some parents indicating that they've seen improvements on their bus routes this year.

Some staff positions have been filled such as LMC assistant while others still remainsuch as music and phy ed teachers.

VIII. Misc Topics

• October 4th is the staff appreciation breakfast. A bagel breakfast including Badger Ridge staff is planned.
• Picture day went well. The new photo company agreed to donate photos for the library rolodex like the prior company did.
• Suggestions are needed on how to improve the first day orientation. E-mail suggestions to . Some observations were that people easily missed presentations due to the scheduling and that it was easy to get info overload.
• PRT is sponsoring a bake sale at back to school night on September 27th. Contact Karen Beckerleg to find out details on how you can help out.

IV. Kids' Crossing Donation Request

Maggie McCardell gave a presentation on the project. Assistance is needed in the form of volunteers, financial donations, and snack donations for the build. CKCS parents are signing up for the Sunday, September 29th 12:30 - 5:00 shift. Details can be viewed on-line...

http://www.fitchburgcreativeplayground.com/

 

August 13, 2001
Meeting Minutes

I. Mission Statement

Kathy Pielage Read the PRT mission statement.

II. Consent Agenda

The June meeting minutes were approved.

III. Treasurer Report

Kathy Pynnonen handed out a detailed report and gave a verbal report of recent transactions.

IV. Web Site

An update was given on our enhanced section of the school's web site. A concern was raised about publishing pictures on the web site. The consensus was that this is covered under the media opt out form in the registration packet.

V. School Year Start Up

Greg Anderson gave an update on start up activities and responded to questions.

• The 45 minute registration will include 30 minutes of teacher presentation and a 15 minute wrap-up by Greg.
• A video will be available on bus services. No on-site rep this year. Routing info will also be available.
• On-site child care will be provided.
• A draft school day schedule was handed out. CKCS students will have the first lunch period. Due to staffing challenges the afternoon recess may be cut.
• Kid's can come into the lunch area of the building as soon as 8:00 a.m. They will line up outside by class as they have in the past. Greg or aid will be outside supervising.
• Working toward bus pick-up and drop-off in the same location, but it isn't shaping up that way. The kids may have to walk down by the High School to get on the bus.
• Friendly bus names such as "Tea Pot" will still be used even though all ages thru High School will be riding these buses.
• Before school child care provided by the Y isn't looking good. Only four parents have expressed an interest. A minimum of ten are required for the program. This is being coordinated by An alternative is to get a shuttle bus that would take kids to/from Room To Grow and the Caring Center.
• A concern was raised about middle school kids being assigned to elementary lockers. Greg was unaware of the situation, but will follow-up on it.

VI. First Day Orientation

Kathy Pielage is coordinating the PRT table and also the August 24th Welcome Lunch for Staff. Assistance is needed to follow thru on some of the details for the lunch.

VII. Fundraisers

• schoolpop.com

This is a new affiliation to leverage on-line shopping.

• Entertainment Books

These are being offered as a service at registration. They aren't viewed as a big money maker.

• Sally Foster Gift Wrap

This one is expected to again be our bread and butter this year. The program launches in September.

• Schwans

If you're a Schwan's customer, sign up and a portion of your purchase will go to PRT. You need to sign up again even if you were signed up last year.

• General Mills Box Tops

  This is on on-going fund raiser. Collect those box tops!

• SCRIP

  We have a new on-line order form that can be shared with anyone in your e-mail address book. Lands' End has also been added to the list of options. Lands' End employees can use these certificates and still receive their employee discount.

VIII. Playground Improvement

A vendor assessment of our current situation was routed and next steps were discussed of Karen Christianson driving this forward including a discussion at the September 10th Governing Council. Some feedback has indicated that the burden for raising at least part of the funds will be on PRT.

IX. Kids' Crossing Donation Request

Hattie McLean discussed a request for PRT to donate funds to the Kids' Crossing Playground project. There are different levels of "thank you's" such as engraved bricks. Oregon's PTO donation of $1,000 was noted. Hattie will bring more details to the September 10th PRT meeting for a decision.