September 9th meeting 2025

1. Welcome & Introductions 

• Greetings from PTO board and members
  • Principal – Ayesha Station
  • PTO Officers
    • President – Latisha Burrell
    • Vice President – TBD
    • Secretary/Treasurer – Kathy Hubbard
• Introductions from attendees. Attendees signed into the meeting and provided contact information

2. Principal’s Report

• Upcoming Events
  • OPS Two-Hour Late Start – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
  • Literacy Night – Thursday, October 2, 2025 (time?)

• • • PTO table to recruit members/collect membership dues
      • Share benefits of being a PTO member
        • Community
        • Contribution’s to your child(ren)’s school
        • Having a voice in decision-making
        • Dues contribute to school purchases/events
      • List planned expenses with the funds
      • Pictures of past events
    • Literacy Night is before our next PTO meeting. Latisha Burrell will coordinate coverage/planning for the PTO table.
    • One Book, One School (meeting this week to determine activities)
      • Separate books for K-2, 3-5 (Scholastic)
      • PTO involvement in literacy
      • Kick-off: Introduce book and create activities
      • PTO/Staff may vote on book(s) from select choices
      • Periodic check-in with activities through Gingerbread house night (Projects displayed)
  • No School – Friday, October 3, 2025
  • Fall Festival/Trunk-or-Treat

• • • • Fall Festival – Date?
        • This is low-key.
        • In classrooms with art/craft, game, etc.
      • Trunk-or-Treat – Thursday, October 30, 2025 (5:30-7:00pm)
        • Staff, families, and/or community partners can volunteer to decorate car or donate candy.
        • Concessions (hot chocolate/cider/popcorn/chips/water)
        • Contest
      • Parent – Brandon Louis
        • Volunteer to get coffee for staff
        • Donate popcorn from Huskerland Popcorn
          • Other items to get may be m&m’s, candy corn, licorice bits, small bottles of water, etc.
      • Sign-up genius will be needed for both classroom goodies and Trunk-or-treat (car or candy only) @Lindsey Beaber
  • Conferences – Week of October 13^th

• School Priorities
  • Scholars vs. students
    • Boyd is now using the term “scholars” instead of “students”, reinforcing the Importance of education, critical thinking, learning as “serious business.”
  • Building skills in language and literacy, such as speaking in full sentences, reading comprehension, and writing.
  • Attendance
    • 29% chronic absence last year. Goal is to get down to 19%.
    • Monitoring smaller groups of scholars every 6 weeks (possible support from PTO to make phone calls, etc. regarding attendance… Boyd is brainstorming ideas and working with an outside group the district has hired.)
    • Pizza with Principal at lunch time

• • • • Give students a voice to speak with the principal and target specific groups affected by absences.
      • Talk about attendance in a way that isn’t punitive
      • Donations for pizza
      • We will revisit this next month.
    • Scholars with 100% attendance so far received Dum Dums this week. Could use donations to the attendance treat cart.
  • Moonshot – Literacy
    • Read every day (From a book, not a device.)
    • Less screentime (Studies show an increase in childhood screen use can indicate ADHD/ADHD symptoms in children who otherwise may not have been predisposed to it.)
  • Community Outreach
    • Boyd is looking for community partners, matching donations (possibly through OPS Foundation.)

3. Teacher’s Report

• Think about sharing Boyd/Teacher Amazon wish lists.
• Classrooms can send out “Join the PTO” flyer over ClassDojo.

4. Treasurer’s Report/Fundraiser Ideas

• SY 2024/25 expenses not yet subtracted from the SY earnings.
  • Kathy Hubbard will work with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell on reconciling the PTO budget.
  • CNO = Cook’s Night Out fundraisers

• Fundraiser Ideas
  • Lindsey Beaber looking into Pastry Puffins/Butterbraids fundraiser

• • • Pass out forms during conferences, pick-up during Gingerbread night
  • Resume Cook’s Night Out fundraiser again this year. Kathy Hubbard will coordinate dates with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell and begin reaching out to restaurants.

4. Bylaws/ Membership Dues

• Ms. Station shared information on the PTO agenda and the Bylaws of the Boyd Elementary PTO.
• Membership dues
  • Voted yes for $10.00 membership due (Non-payment does not exclude participation in PTO)
  • Use QR Code (managed by the OPS Foundation)

4. Closing Remarks

• Action Items/Next Steps
  • Classrooms sending out “Join the PTO” flyer over ClassDojo.
  • Latisha Burrell will coordinate coverage/planning for the PTO table at Literacy Night.
  • Lindsey Beaber will coordinate Sign-Up Genius’ for events/donations.
  • Lindsey Beaber looking into Pastry Puffins/Butterbraids fundraiser.
  • Kathy Hubbard will coordinate dates for Cook’s Night Out fundraisers with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell and begin reaching out to restaurants.
  • Kathy Hubbard will reconcile 2024/25 budget with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell.
• Next Meeting: TBD for October     

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Boyd PTO October 7th Meeting

 Gingerbread Night

· Look at multi-cultural books (one book…) Scholars get their book on Gingerbread night.

 Culminating project at Multi-cultural Night

 Disney project in Spring (3rd-5th)

· Mr. Lytle and other Boyd staff leading project.

· Ultimate goal is to have musical programming in future, slow pull from Omaha Performing Arts after initial support.

· Practice until February, Mondays & Wednesdays 4:15-5:45pm

· PTO financial support may be needed.

· Performance day support will be needed.

 Performance dates: February 26, February 28 (Looking into Beaver Best performance, ticket to show earned by school performance.)

· Cassie (PTO) – volunteer help as background in Technical Theater

· Minimum cast is 40 scholars.

3. Treasurer’s Report/Fundraiser Ideas

 CNO = Cook’s Night Out fundraisers

Boyd Elementary – PTO Funds

Event Date Revenue Expense Balance

CNO – Freddy’s 11/19/24 303.43

CNO – Jimmy John’s 12/17/24 84.06

CNO – Chick-fil-A 01/21/25 302.25

CNO – Runza 02/18/25 425.00

Pastry Puffins 03/11/25 1,860.00

CNO – Freddy’s 03/25/25 85.39

CNO – Chick-fil-A 04/15/25 354.00

TeacherAppreciation 05/2025 1,361.93

Pastry Puffins 11/3/2025

CNO – Freddy’s 11/18/2025

Totals 3,414.13 1,361.93 2,052.20

 Fundraiser Ideas

· Cook’s Night Out (CNO)

· Godfather’s option? Ms. Station will forward email/information to Kathy Hubbard.

· CNO updates provided.

o Firm date for Freddy’s on Tuesday, November 18th from 5:00-9:00pm.

o Haven’t heard back from Chick-fil-A (Kathy Hubbard -two emails, will call). Will reach out to Runza.

o 50% PTO

o 50% after school activities (e.g. Disney musical)

o Pastry Puffins

· Begins Monday, October 20th, ends November 3rd. All order forms must be turned in by November 3rd, submit by November 6th.

· Delivery Monday, November 17th before Thanksgiving break.

· Need PTO support at end of fundraiser (counting money, entering information online)

4. Closing Remarks

o Action Items/Next Steps

· Michelle - post candy donation flyer

· Popcorn donation from Huskerland - Brandon

· Beaber resending out sign-up genius/message on Class Dojo for volunteers/donations

· Conference table Thursday 4-6pm Briana and Miami

· Fundraising Godfather’s option? Ms. Station will forward email/information to Kathy Hubbard

· Cook’s Night Out planning - Kathy Hubbard

Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 11, 2025