The meeting was called to order by Janet Giron, President, at 7:01 pm on Monday, November 9, 2020.
The minutes from the October 12, 2020 General PTA Meeting were read and approved as corrected.
Attendance:
Bianca Belmonte-Sapien, Janet Giron, Angela Lerner, Mikel Wagner, Alfreda Begay, Shane
Johnson, Dorene DiNaro, Megan Ramirez, Sarah Gabaldon, and Tiffany Johnson
Principal’s Report by Ms. Belmonte-Sapien:
\uf0b7 Thank you to parents and PTA officers for attending the meeting.
\uf0b7 Report cards went out on November 6 th via Plus Portals. Thank you parents for your hard
work in helping at home to make online learning successful for your children.
\uf0b7 Students were surveyed about online learning. Students mainly expressed a feeling of
tiredness. The teachers will use this information in staff planning meetings.
\uf0b7 Information about the Scripps Spelling B was sent out. It is open registration to all students.
The event will be all online this year.
\uf0b7 Science Bowl will be starting on November 10 th.
\uf0b7 Many online afterschool clubs for students are going on now. Information about when clubs
meet will be put on the school calendar
\uf0b7 The lottery is now open for next year. 1 St , 2 nd and 3 rd grades will be added to the school.
\uf0b7 A virtual open house will be held on January 23 rd..
\uf0b7 School tours can be scheduled anytime by contacting the office.
President’s Report by Janet Giron:
\uf0b7 The school’s Governance Council meeting will be at 5:30 on Thursday, November 19 th via
Zoom. A link to the meeting will be sent out via email.
\uf0b7 The Adopt-a-Teacher program is still taking donations.
\uf0b7 Yearboks are currently on sale. You can email pta@21stcenturypa.com for a link to
purchase one. Picture Day is tentativley scheduled for the end of January or early February.
If you have pictures of events or clubs to be included in the yearbook you can send them to
Mr. Peckens: jpeckens@21stcenturypa.com .
\uf0b7 There were no new PTA members this month.
\uf0b7 The drive by Halloween event was very successful.
\uf0b7 The next event will be a community donation drive from December 7 – 11 th to benefit both
our familes in need, our community partners (APS Clothing Bank, Roadrunner Foodbank,
Storehouse and Koats for Kids) and the PTA. Donations can be made at the school Monday
December 7th through Thursday December 10 th from 8pm – 4pm or by appointment. The
culmination of the event will be a drive through event on Friday, December 11 th at the
school from 8am – 12pm, when the National Guard will be on hand to help. We will be
accepting dry goods, canned food, frozen meats, new socks, used clothing, gently used or
new coats, used tennis shoes and cash donations or gift cards. Please separate the coats from
the clothes as these will be donated to KOAT Koats for Kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treasurer’s Report by Angela Lerner:
\uf0b7 The bank balance is $12,129.33.
\uf0b7 Recent deposits were $62.18 from Scrips, $32.78 for Adopt-a-Teacher, and $2,300 for the
music GoFundMe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fundraising:
\uf0b7 3 bags, or 72 pounds, of shoes have been sent in to GotSneakers.com. We should receive the
money earned for them around the 15 th of November. A 4 th bag is almost full and ready to
send, so we can continue to collect used sneakers.
\uf0b7 Alfreda Begay is continuing to look for restaurants to partner with for fundraising events.
There was no New Business.
The next PTA General Meeting is set for Monday, December 7th at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:36 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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