SPA: Meeting and Agenda Minutes

April 9, 2012

Dan (Schwans) presented his fundraiser and explained that the payout is tiered. The more we sell, the more we would get with a cap at 20%. The average sale is between $40-$45. This is an easy fundraiser in that Dan and Schwans take care of everything. The kids sell it and Schwans will have trucks on site for the parents to pick up their orders. Payment is made to Schwans and then Schwans will cut us a check. Gift cards can also be sold anywhere in the lower 48 online and they will be shipped directly to the customer. There are no taxes or shipping involved in the fundraiser. The suggested time frame for this fundraiser is three weekends. Schwans will also donate ice cream that we may either give away or sell in the student store. We will aim for 23rd of August as a start date for this fundraiser.

Saliba
Thank you to everyone for their help with the Olympiad. We received feedback that this was the best one yet. Kudos!
AIMS is coming and we have a two week window to get everyone tested. The intended schedule is Mon-Thurs for testing and the following week will be used for makeup's. The training for staff will be April 10. The snack donation is greatly appreciated.

Old Business
McTeacher night was a huge success! We won the contest and brought in an extra $1000!!! Total raised for this one night of fun was $1800. Great job! Thank you to all of the teachers and staff that helped make this night the success it was. Because of the success we have with this fundraiser, McDonalds would like us to schedule an extra night next year for a total of two McTeacher nights. We will look at the calendar to see what is available. A concern with doing this twice is that we may lose interest.

New Business
Elections - Position of Vice President - Shawn Davison (incumbent) was re-elected. Congratulations and thank you for your continued support!
Treasurer - a big thank you to outgoing treasurer, Susan Siepker! Michelle Mixer was nominated and voted in. Congrats Michelle!

Treasurer's report
The budget for the 2012/2013 school year was reviewed and approved. Notable changes were the removal of Spell-A-Thon and Original Artwork and the addition of Schwans. In terms of expenses $2500 was added to the School Equipment and Supplies line item for a total of $7000 and a new line item was added, Sports, with a budget of $4000. Both of these additions will come from the previous years overage to help spend down our savings.

Committee Reports

There will be a check coming this month from Box Tops for over $1000. Great job!

Fall Festival may change. We are entertaining the idea of making this an evening event and outsourcing to a carnival company. There just aren't enough volunteers to keep going the way we have been. We would like to schedule it the same night as the haunted house to hopefully bring in a group that otherwise wouldn't attend one or the other.

Mr Kievet solicited the help of SPA in raising money for the upcoming principals honor roll trip on May 14. There are 35 eligible students that he is planning to take to Golf n Stuff. The total cost of the trip is $687.33. He would like to come up with a way that the kids could help earn the money. It was discussed and unanimous that these students have worked hard enough already to earn the trip and that they shouldn't have to work to earn the money. Since there will not be an astronomy night we voted and approved to move the $200 into the above and beyond line item. With that the request for $687.33 for the principals honor roll trip was approved.

Water Day - Middle school is going to the movies, but we still need to reserve the theater and the buses. The date is May 24th and Susan will talk to Cindy about the logistics and make sure everything is reserved. Susan will reserve the water inflatables.

Staff Appreciation - We would like to do this on the last day of school since it is a half day. We are looking into doing a luncheon so that the teachers and staff don't have to leave campus to get lunch and then come back to clean their rooms.

THERE WILL BE NO MAY MEETING. See you in August!

Meeting adjourned at 6:00