Support Club
This is our parent club and
anyone with a student at SMS is invited
to attend the monthly
meetings. We would like you to share your
ideas with us!!!
NEXT MEETING: November 28th at 6:30
OFFICERS:
Presidents: Michelle Russell and Kelly Wagner
Treasurer: Stacy Slifka
Secretary: Michelle Monahan
PURPOSE: St. Michael's School
Support Club is a combination of the previous School Auxiliary and the School
Development Committee. The group is made up of parents, teacher, alumni,
and parishioners and meetings are open for anyone to attend. The Support Club provides financial
opportunities for updates to occur to both the school building, as well as to
the curriculum. The Support Club raises funds through many activities
throughout the year. Below you will find
a calendar of fundraising events and meetings. Upcoming meetings will be
posted on the Schools Events tab as they are scheduled.
St Michael’s School Support Meeting Minutes
December 5, 2011
6:30pm
St Michael’s Church Basement,
Guest speaker – Rick Johnson from Public Health and Safety
discussed the City of
Kathy Spudich spoke on the
upcoming Cardinal season. She had to commit to doing it for next season, so she
did. The song will be God Bless
Principal’s message
Dec 9 No hot lunches, all students need to bring sack lunch and a drink.
Dec 10 Disney Holly Jolly Breakfast – some decorations will be left for School program.
Dec 16 All School Program at 7pm- Contacting a Santa was brought up. Stacy Slifka is to contact Art
Rensing, then Bill Moser, then Rick Hagans until we can find a Santa. It will be asked that the
families bring a canned good or non-perishable item for the food pantry to collect at program.
Dec 21 The Christmas parties will be held in the rooms. Room mothers are to get with teachers on times
and content. School will dismiss at 1:45pm. Carla Moore brought up possibly providing lunches,
but the cafeteria menu for the day is pizza. No further discussion. Winter break begins.
Jan 4 Classes resume.
Jan 20 Ski trip- Cavallo bus needed. Approx. $500-$550 in cost. Brought up for vote by Carla Moore,
seconded by Kelly Wagner, motion passed.
January 29-Feb 3 Catholic Schools week- suggestions of crazy hat/ hair day, jammies & sports day.
Treasurer’s report was given by Stacy Slifka. Checkbook starting balance $3099.78, money coming in totaling $11,448.51, money going out totaling $5,200.94, leaving the ending balance of $9,347.35. See attachment for details.
Carla Moore brought up that the Cafeteria inspector has said we need a certified Food Handler on staff everyday in the cafeteria. This is the third and final warning. Diane Schmidt and Don Brown have offered to take the online class. Cost will be $99 per person. Brought up for vote by Carla Moore, seconded by Kelly Wagner, motion passed.
The Teacher’s Wish List was also brought up.
· The addition of more Kindles was mentioned.
· Ms. Barrett’s request for additional white board was revisited. Dana Neuhaus stated she could not get an extra, so the vote was brought by Kelly Wagner to get it, seconded by Sheri McBride & Kathy Spudich, motion passed.
· Insulation for the ceilings on the second floor was brought up for a vote. Maximum expenditure for $1500 brought up by Kelly Wagner, seconded by Beth Sievers, Amy Milcic, and Michelle Russell, motion passed. Brad Neuhaus will be co-coordinating the effort. Volunteers needed to help.
· New Math Curriculum was brought up by Carla Moore. Sheri Mc Bride brought up the subject that public school kids can earn high school credits due to their curriculum. Carla Moore had stated in the past they said it was not offered to parochial schools, but since the person in charge has changed and she would check into it again, and also see what Math Curriculum they are using. Also noted by Kathy Spudich was that the Algebra taught at our school was not as advanced/thorough as the public school.
· Michelle Russell questioned if anyone was looking into the online grade and assignment access for parents. Carla Moore stated they were still looking into it and cost.
Beth Sievers discussed the cookie bake fundraiser. The need for extra chocolate chips and flour was passed on to the school parents. Any help available on Friday for baking will be appreciated. Carla Moore volunteered her kids to help ice and decorate cookies. There were 276 dozen cookies sold.
Disney Holly Jolly Breakfast was discussed by Kelly Wagner and Beth Sievers. As to date 275 reservations were made and several people are on standby. Kids are being volunteered to help set up tables and chairs. Decorations are going to include Disney inflatables, a Mickey silhouette for picture back drop, Christmas trees and other decorative trees. And decorations that can be left for the Christmas program are appreciated. Jamie Kinder and Julie Sievers will be taking photos that will be uploaded to a online account such as Snapfish for parents to order and purchase. Mickey and Minnie will be played by two high school girls that volunteered. Beth Sievers motioned we pay each girl $50 in the form of gift cards to be purchased by Stacy Slifka at First national Bank, seconded by Amy Milcic and Sheri McBride, motion passed. Grades 5-8th to get homework pass for volunteering to work. Mentioned that kids could wear their green shirts that say “thank you for supporting our school” on back. Anyone with extra ears for the kids to wear is asked to donate them. The schedule for volunteering was divided into two shifts so parents could eat & party with their families. Shifts are 7:45-9:30am & 9:30-11am.
Sports were extensively discussed. Kelly Wagner mentioned she felt we had a lot of missing revenue of the concession stands due to the fact we had very few home games. Stacy Slifka stated that the concessions of last year allowed them to get some uniform and equipment needs met along with paying for the referee fees. Kelly mentioned that Bob McBride and Brandon Wagner would volunteer to try to schedule some games, both home and away for next year. It was going to be brought to coaches and parents for a discussion. Kathy Spudich mentioned a coed league. Jamie Kinder voiced concern about parent complaints; games too far, don’t want to have to work concessions, practice and game times. Sheri McBride mentioned the possibility of hosting a tournament. Past failure of such venture was mentioned and subject dropped. Kelly Wagner mentioned trying to get into a league where the kids would play eight or more games. Several people weighed in on the games and scheduling. The majority suggested it go out to parents for input. Subject brought up about the idea of not having second graders playing with the bigger kids. Coaches had voiced the concern for safety and behavior/ maturity issues. Children were too unruly and disruptive when they were not playing. The decision to let the third and second grades play was discussed. They were asked to play after parental questioning and because of the number of players being low. It was suggested that parents need to be present during games. The sports banquet was brought up. The coaches receiving the same gift as last year along with having the children make a speech about what the coaches mean to them and/or have taught them was suggested by Michelle Russell, Kelly Wagner and Sheri McBride. Motioned for budgeting gifts by Michelle Russell and seconded by Kelly Wagner, motion passed.
Sheri McBride introduced the idea of an event for the Heart Association. She proposed in the spring we host a community event that could contain: Jump Rope for Heart, Hoops for Heart, Ambulance on display, Subway hosting a nutritional eating booth, heart healthy concessions and possibly a Boy Scout stand. The possibility of coordinating with the Women’s Council and making this in place of our field day was also brought up. Sheri McBride brought to vote an allocation of $300 startup money, seconded by Beth Sievers, motion passed. Sheri McBride offered to coordinate the event.
Kelly Wagner stated that she would like to see the kids donate to other causes. Checking with the food pantry to see what items they need was suggested. In lieu of $1 for tango sales, maybe bringing in items for the pantry would work for a day, and then dress down day where they pay to wear jeans was also suggested. Dana Neuhaus coined the name “Casual for a Cause”. Carla approved once a month to dress down.
Kelly Wagner brought up the idea of taking the kids to work
a soup kitchen to see what it is like to be a kid who has nothing. Other
suggestions were: adopting a family, volunteering at orphanages or crisis
centers. We are having Father contact the people in
Also having a holiday meal for the underprivileged was brought up, but no definite plans were made.
Kelly Wagner mentioned Octoberfest Auction item ideas for the classrooms. Unique items were suggested: Spaghetti plate and a dinner hosted at your house, handmade tree skirts, aprons, handmade nativities and blankets.
Meeting adjourned by Kelly Wagner, closing prayer by Father and closed at 8:25pm.
In attendance: Beth Sievers, Ali Barks, Stacy Slifka (treasurer), Kendra Meyer, Michelle Russell (co president), Kelly Wagner (co president), Carla Moore (Principal), Sister Catherine Marie, Amy Milcic, Tracy Favre, Kathy Spudich, Dana Neuhaus, Jamie Kinder, Julie Sievers, Sheri Compton-Mcbride, and Melissa Nolan.
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