November 2019 PTO Meeting Minutes






Chestnutwold Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

General Meeting Agenda: November 6, 2019



  • ChCK Trait: Empathy: “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  • Thanks: 

    • Jen Cichowski and Kim Long (Young Writer’s Day)

    • Beth Clauss (Taddeo’s and Clothing Drive)- $100

    • Latanya King, Amanda Phily, and Lauren Moynihan (Trunk or Treat)

    • Lalasa Mohr (Bake Sale)- $500

    Jamie Hawthorn (Town Tap)- $465

  • Teacher’s Remarks: Thank you!

    • American education week: week of November 18th- observe your child’s math or LA class. Details to come. 

  • IDC (inter district council) Update: 

    • Theme was steam learning. Trying to improve steam and stem learning.  Audit of science las year. Engineering and computer science courses are now available. 

    • School board meeting available online to view for February and September. 

    • Math curriculum now in audit phase.  

    • Looking into a new software for lunch accounts. 

    • Facility reservations- IDC to review this further. 

    • Each school to present op 5 issues and bring to Dr. Ruchee whom will discuss this with the principal. 

    • Next meeting- haverford education foundation will be there. They host the twilight run and offer grants for PTO’s, schools, etc. 

  • Treasurers’ Report

    • $20,870.67, about 1000 down 

    • Deposits- $3,863.15: art club, roots and shoots, quizzo, dance a thon

    • Expenditures- $4,394.66: young writers day around $1,000, classroom enhancements around $2000 

  • Easy Money Announcements: 

    • $156 from box tops

  • Chairmen Announcements 

    • Book Fair: Natalie Silver- needs volunteers to help set up! Theme is blizzard. Every kid will go to book fair during library time. Flyer with more details to come home soon. 

  • Upcoming Dates/Events

    • Online Spirit Wear Sale: November 1st-17th 

    • Quizzo (an Adult Social): November 8th, 7-10pm (Sold Out)

    • Learning Express Holiday Sale Fundraiser: November 11-15

    • Brain Show (game show): November 27th, 6:30pm- need volunteers to monitor the hallways

    • Scholastic Book Fair “Arctic Adventure”: December 2-6

    • Taddeo’s winter plant sale: December 6-8, mention Chestnutwold at checkout

  • Next Meeting

    • No general meeting in December. If you have any updates or questions for the board, please email us and we will discuss at our exec meeting! 

    • Next meeting January 8, 7:30 pm 

  • Questions/Comments/Concerns