21ST CENTURY PUBLIC ACADEMY PTA
\nEXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES<\/p>\n
Meeting called to order by Crystal Salas at 5:45 pm on Monday, September 10, 2018
\nAttendance: Juliann Salinas, Crystal Salas, Jennifer Withrow, Mary Armendariz, Antoinette
\nSuina, Janet Giron, Sharon Hart, Adrian Montoya, Francesca Kegler, Lovey Fritts, Mary
\nTarango
\nNominations for Secretary- Janet Giron was nominated by Jennifer Withrow and 2 nd by Sharon
\nHart and passed. Janet accepted.
\nTreasure Report-
\nPTA Budget for the year was posted on August 10, 2018 and was posted for 32 days. Sharon
\nwants to make a separate line item for the trash bag fundraiser on the balance sheet.
\nBeginning Balance: $5,624.09
\nIncome: $746.32
\nWhich includes interest, dues for 14 new PTA members, direct donation (1 family),
\nselling of swag bags and uniforms, and snack bar.
\nExpenses: $1,233.08
\nWhich include storage rental, beginning of the year needs, and teacher appreciation
\nlunches during in-service days.
\nEnding Balance: $5,137.33
\nMotion was made by Jennifer Withrow to accept the budget with the change to add trash bags as
\na separate line item and was 2 nd by Juliann Salinas. Budget passed.
\nVice President Report-
\nThe Science department has asked for the following items for the 2018-2019 school year.
\n1. $150 paid to Explora for Family Science Night
\n2. Family Science Night Friday: February 1 st 2019, 5-7pm in the cafeteria- PTA will sell
\nfood as a fundraiser during the event and provide door prizes with tickets for drawing of
\nprizes.
\n3. School Science Bowl: Friday December 7 2018 at Midtown Hampton Inn (Tentative
\nlocation)- PTA to provide cookies and drinks during the event and prizes\/certificates for
\nwinning team members (20 total-5 from each grade level).
\nJanet Giron will check into having Sandia National Labs sponsor Explora Family Science Night.
\nVote on funding is tabled.
\nMotion was made to approve hospitality and prizes for Science Bowl by Jennifer Withrow and
\n2 nd by Juliann Salinas. Motion passed<\/p>\n
A request was made for any other nominations for Board positions. There were no other
\nnominations.
\nFundraising-
\nPTA will offer Parents Night Out. This year it will be used as a fundraiser and PTA will charge
\na fee of at least $5 per child (food extra). There will be a cap on the number of children,
\nChildren must be potty trained. Possible date before Christmas. Dates, times, and fee TBD.
\nPossible fundraiser once the gym is built is to have a family movie PJ night and sell concessions.
\nSocial Committee Report-
\nFall Festival will be held on Friday, October 26, 2018 from 5:30-8:30pm. The theme will be
\nWizard Wonderland. Local area businesses will have trick or treating and other fun activities for
\nfamilies. A planning meeting email will be sent out.
\nSpring Fling will be a sock hop theme.
\nPrincipal Report-
\nEarly release September 26, 2018 at 12:15 for I-Ready training for teachers.
\nI-Ready is the new software that will be used to test students in ELA and Math. MAPS testing
\nwill still be used for science and social studies.
\nSIS (APS) Student information system should be available for our school for free sometime this
\nyear. This program will make it easier when children move to another APS school.
\nDrop-off and Pickup has greatly improved since the first day of school. Bus pickup and drop-off
\nhas gone smoothly. Mrs. Tarango will continue to monitor the bus and the number of students to
\nmake sure all is running smoothly with the bus transportation. If parents have any questions or
\nwould like to be added to the group app about west side bus pick up they can contact Crystal
\nSalas at crystalcsalas@gmail.com. Parents who are dropping off and picking up at St. Joseph on
\nthe Rio Grande need to be aware of the construction that is going on in order to keep all children
\nsafe.
\nStaff is allowed to park in the 11 spaces at the Human Services building and parents are allowed
\nto park there during drop-off and pickup.
\nWe currently have 296 students. We had a great first week!
\nMrs. Tarango has contested the C grade we received. In PARCC, we out-performed the state,
\nAPS, and the 8 state consortium in every single category except 2. We scored 57% proficient in
\nScience, APS average was 40%, state average was 44%. She is waiting to hear back from the
\nPED.<\/p>\n
State auditors will be at the school the week of September 17th.
\nNew Business-no new business
\nOur next meeting will be Monday, October 8, 2018 at 5:30pm
\nMeeting was adjourned at 6:38 pm. It was moved to close the meeting by Jennifer Withrow and
\n2 nd by Sharon Hart.
\nISC gave a Safe and Secure presentation about keeping your kids safe on the internet. The
\npresentation was also given to all students. The presentation was recorded on video and a link is
\nattached:
\nThe PTA presentation is loaded to our YouTube Channel. Here\u2019s the link:<\/p>\n