9/28/20 PTA Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Janet Giron, PTA President, at 7:03 pm on Monday, September 28, 2020.
The minutes from the August 7, 2020 General PTA meeting were approved as read.
Attendance: Bianca Belmonte-Sapien, Janet Giron, Angela Lerner, Mikel Wagner,
Alfreda Begay, Alesha Dillander, Belgee Chandler, Brenda Segovia, D. Dinaro, Erin
Saunders, Ernesto De Lilla, J. Johnson, Ken Johnson, Lani McCarson, Megan Ramirez,
Rebecca Starrett, Scott Kircher, Jamie Kircher,Wendy McCourt, Shari and April
Principal’s Report by Ms. Belmonte-Sapien:
Thank you to parents for attending the meeting.
Students’ Progress Reports will be released by September 30 th.
Students are doing a good job attending classes and using the learning support times
provided by their teachers.
The school applied for and received funding for 10 extended learning days. These days have
been added throught the school year and can be seen on the calender on the school website.
There will be no Fall Break as these will be extended learning days and school will end on
June 3 rd .
The school has re-established its Equity Council and begun a School Advisory Council.
These councils will meet once a month, most likely before the PTA meeting.
The school’s Governance Council meets on the 3 rd Thursday of every month. Parents are
welcome to attend. The next meeting will be October 15 th .
The school staff has participated in Covid safety training. Covid screening for students will
also be implemented.
President’s Report given by Janet Giron:
The chrome book pick up was a big success thanks to the hard work of the staff. The PTA
was able to pass out uniforms and goody bags to the students.
More donations for the uniform closet are needed.
2 people are needed for the by-law revision committee. The by-laws need to be revised and
submitted to New Mexico PTA by Friday, October 2.
The PTA’s Adopt a Teacher Program has been very successful. Parents donate money to
“adopt” a teacher each month. The PTA then provides lunch or another treat to each staff
member. This month the lunch is being provided by a parent who owns a catering company,
so in this way we are also helping support small businesses in our community. A few
donations are still needed for October.
The school supplies fundraiser was also successful. 51 bundles of supplies were sold.
Membership – we now have 16 members. Go to the Memberhub link on the Facebook page
to join.
Treasurer’s Report given by Angela Lerner:
The bank balance is $11,970.89. We have $8,000 in carryover.
The actuals have been posted on Facebook.
The budget has been posted and will need to be voted on tonight.
Fundraising:
There will be no Fall Festival this year but we are working on a plan for a trunk-or-
treat/car parade at the school near Halloween. Participants would remain in their cars.
Janet Giron is working on procuring pumpkins locally. These will be distributed to
students with the potential for an on-line pumpkin decorating contest with prizes.
A committee of 2 or more people is needed to help Alfreda Begay with fundraising.
Restaurant fundraisers are always popular. We will look into doing more of them this
year.
An online auction is another idea. We would solicit local businesses for donation of
items that could be auctioned.
Mikel Wagner is looking into setting up a GotSneakers.com fundraiser.
GotSneakers.com would provide marketing material and postage paid bags and we
would collect sneakers to send in. They pay $3 apiece for new sneakers, $1 apiece for
wearable used sneakers, and 25 cents for sneakers that would need to be recycled. Drop
off could coincide with the Halloween event.
New Business:
Mr. Johnson spoke about his GoFundMe event for Music. A goal of $1,500 was set in order
to pay for a music theory program which will allow students to learn music theory online
and at their own pace. $2,300 was raised.
We will need to add Music as a new line item under Fundraising so we can accept
donations, purchase the music theory program with the GoFundMe proceeds, and use the
extra money to support other music events like the end of year performance.
Alfreda Begay moved that under Fundraising in the budget we add line items for School
Supply Bundles, Music, and Adopt a Teacher. Angie Lerner seconded the motion. All voted
in favor and the motion was passed.
Alfreda Begay moved that the proposed 2020-2021 PTA Budget be approved. Angie Lerner
seconded the motion. All voted in favor and the motion was passed.
Other:
The only sports which will played this fall are Golf, Cross-Country and Volleyball. Please
contact Coach DA for information.
The next PTA General Meeting is set for Thursday, September 9 at 7:00 pm via Zoom
The meeting was adjourned at 7:52pm.