February 2023 PTO Meeting

Attendance sheet–sign in please Please speak up at any time if you have any questions/comments!

Welcome- Mrs. Larsen

Principal's Report- Mrs. Larsen

Treasurer’s Report 

Old News to Review and add updates for 23-24

·  $163 profit from Boyd Shirt Sale

Upcoming Events/News

1. Freddy’s Night – February 9th

· 7201 Military Ave

· 5 PM – 9PM

· Robo call night of

2. DiGiorgio’s Sportswear School Spirit Wear –

· Spirit Wear Store Open March 20th – March 31st

· Booth at Parent Teacher Conferences

· Display pictures of each item, QR code with link to store, flyers for families to take home (send March 20th)

3. Rocket Car Wash Fundraiser – March 1-30

*Do the entire month

*60 % of sales towards school

4. Conference Dinner – Snack Bar Wednesday & Nacho Bar Thursday (“You’re the Best #BarNone”) Javi’s tacos consideration $9.50 per person

· drinks and snack sign up genius for parents

· Bake Sale Items

· PTO table with Rocket Carwash purchase opportunities

5.Fun Run- Spring (April)

· Boosterthon Information

· $2,000 and 25% of sales

· Guaranteed $5,000 profit

· Rain out option (dance fit) inside building

· Run-a-thon occurs during the school day

· Kick off April 17th and event would be April 28th

· Consider allowing for families to adopt a runner

· Ideas to create grade level bandanas for students to wear and then carry over to field day

Teacher Appreciation Week May 1-5th

· Sign up genius for parents

DiGiorgio’s Sportswear School Spirit Wear

Attendance Incentives for parents: Offer prizes for parents for 95% attendance (gift cards for gas, groceries, etc.)

REMINDERS

● Volunteer Opportunities – there are multiple opportunities to volunteer and help support at Boyd! Stay tuned for further discussion and request.

● 2022-2023 PTA Meetings

○ Following Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm in the Boyd Library

■ March 7th

■ April 11th

■ May 9th

********************************************************************************************************************************************

Boyd January 2023 PTO Meeting

Attendance

· Communicating to families the importance of good attendance

· Rewarding students who have outstanding and perfect attendance

· Idea to educate families on too sick for school (when and when not to come to school when sick)

Celebrations

· Gingerbread night and bookfair very successful

· Book fair profited $1100 for student and teacher incentive purchases

· Book fair sold around $5,000 in books

Upcoming Fundraisers

· February family night at Freddie’s (date to be determined possibly Thursday, February 3) 72nd and Military

· March Rocket Car wash

· April Runza Family Night

· May Fun Run- considering hiring a company to facilitate

· August

· Consider t-shirt booth at back to school night

Parent Teacher Conference Dinner

· Nacho Bar (Qdoba, Chipotle, Romeos, Hy-vee)

· Romeos

· Global Gathering Catering

Staff Appreciation Week (May 1st-5th)

· Theme ideas: Hollywood, Hawaiian tropical,

· Consider parent sign up to donate money or items for teachers

*********************************************************************************************

Boyd Nov 2022 PTO Meeting

Please sign the attendance sheet. Please speak up at any time if you have any questions/comments!

Welcome- Mrs. Larsen

Principals Report-

• The Fall Festival and parade were loved by all
• Fall Conference Meal- Thanks to all who donated
• Staff meals were provided with PTO funds

Butter-Braid Fundraiser- Mrs. Beaber

•  Began Monday, October 17th
•  Letter to families was sent out October 14th
• A list of items was developed for students to earn after selling a number of ButterBraids.
• Boyd students sold 658 butter braids with a profit of $3,899.50.
  • Funds will be used for teacher appreciation week, classroom supplies, and beaver best/dojo point rewards

Boyd Wear

• Online store for families and staff created for Boyd Wear (Shirts and sweatshirts with Boyd Logo)

Volunteers Needed

• · We are looking for a volunteer for Wednesday, November 16th to help pass out/sort butter braids for families to pick up

Upcoming Events/News

• Bake Sale December 1st
• Donations from families/staff regarding bake sale items, pre-packaged and store purchased
  • Funds earned will be utilized for staff appreciation gifts multiple times throughout the year, treat cart for staff, food for Spring conferences, and staff appreciation week in May

Gingerbread House STEM Night-December 1st 5:00-7:00pm

• Donations of candy needed
• Title 1 will purchase graham crackers
• Every student who attends Gingerbread House Night and attends the book fair will receive a $10 voucher to be utilized at the Book Fair (Boyd student participants)
• Parent volunteers needed to prepare bags of goodies to build their Gingerbread House (week of November 28th) anytime during the day or after school
• Families have been asked to bring their own frosting
• Frosting will be on hand for families without

Book Fair- November 28-December 2

• Need volunteers!
• Grand Event Wednesday, November 30th for grandparents (students will have breakfast and shop the bookfair with their grandparents.
• If interested in volunteering for the book fair contact Mrs. Cologne (Helen.cologne@ops.org)

Upcoming Fundraisers 

• Fun Run- Spring
  • Add to December planning
• Read-A-Thon-
  • Plan in November
• Restaurant Family Night- January
  • Contact to Runza
  • Contact to Freddy’s
•  Rocket Car Wash-Spring 2023
  • Add to agenda for December

Winter Program- Boyd Presents.. Let’s go to the Movies (movie winter themed songs)

· December 14 afternoon: 2:00 A-I

· December 15 morning: 9:30 J-R 2:00- S-Z

December 1st Parent Coffee at Boyd 9:00-10:00

• Go over Remote snow day Teams sign on
•  Abraham Library will be here

Boyd Spirit Wear- DiGiorgio’s Sportswear

• Orders sent out for conferences?
• Volunteers needed for sorting and distribution of Boyd gear when arrives

Misc. announcements

• When visiting Boyd during the school day parents will need check in and escorted to and from classrooms. This is due to safety
• Please keep visits to school to around a 15 minute range because we do not want visits to cause classroom disruptions.
• Drop off in morning: Please drop off students in the morning at 8:30 or later as our staff is not on duty until this time.

REMINDERS

● Volunteer Opportunities – there are multiple opportunities to volunteer and help support at Boyd! Stay tuned for further discussion and request.

•  Upcoming volunteer opportunities- classroom support during the Fall Festival

2022-2023 PTA Meetings

 2nd Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30pm in the Boyd Library

■ November 8th

■ December 13th

■ January 10th

■ February 7th

■ March 7th

■ April 11th

■ May 9th

Oct PTO Meeting

Attendance sheet–sign in please
Please speak up at any time if you have any questions/comments!

Welcome- Mrs. Larsen 

Principals Report-

• Upcoming Events in 2^nd quarter:
• Red Ribbon Week October 17-21 (Spirit Week)
• Conference Meal/Bake Sale- (during conferences)
• Donations from families/staff regarding bake sale items, pre-packaged and store purchased
• Funds earned will be utilized for upcoming events/staff appreciation
  • treat cart for staff
  • upcoming conferences in spring
  • teacher appreciation gifts multiple times throughout the course of the year
  • staff appreciation week (May)
  • yard signs or bumper stickers (parents can purchase)

• Staff Meal provided- Thursday, October 27^th
  • Manjia Italiana (Gluten Free, Multiple options in Pizzas Chicken Alfredo, Pasta w/Marinara, 3 dozen Rolls)
  • Drinks- Kathy will provide
  • Desserts
  • Salad options /salad dressing
  • Plates/napkins/silverware- (Linda will provide)
  • Pre-packaged goodie bags for teachers (need help assembling them)

Fall Festival- October 21, 2:00-4:00 pm

Parade to begin at 2:00pm, walk around the neighborhood, re-enter Boyd Elementary with parties in classrooms

Volunteer Opportunities:

• Station on the Fall Festival parade route
• Support of parents in the classroom
• Looking for candy/trinket donations

Donations Needed:

• Individual classroom donations for fall festival games
• Candy
• Individual classroom donations for games, snacks, and prizes
• Linda looking into a letter to ask for donations from local businesses

Gingerbread House STEM Night-December 1^st  5:00-7:00pm

• Donations of candy needed
• Title 1 to purchase graham crackers
• Each student who attends Gingerbread House Night and participates will receive a $10 voucher to be utilized at the Book Fair (Boyd student participants)
• Parent volunteers needed for Book Fair as well as distribution of supplies
• Parent volunteers needed to prepare bags of goodies to develop their Gingerbread House
• HyVee/Bakery- scoops of frosting cups
• 3^rd activity Gingerbread stories (multiple versions) and an activity to support it, decorate a large Gingerbread house or writing etc.

Book Fair- November 28-December 2

• Conducted during the first week of December
• Grand Event Wednesday, November 30^th for grandparents (November 30)
  • Breakfast with grandparents

Upcoming Fundraisers to plan for:

1. ButterBraid Fundraiser- Beaber

• Begins Monday, October 17^th
• Initiate letter to provide to families to be sent out by this Friday, October 14^th
• Online store -Beaber to create
  • Develop a list of items students can earn after so many ButterBraid’s being sold
  • Set a goal and some sort of incentive ($3,000)

2. Fun Run- Spring (2023)

• Add to December planning

3. Read-A-Thon-

• Plan in November

4. Restaurant Family Night

• Contact to Runza
• Contact to Freddy’s
• Chic-Fil-A
• Jimmy Johns
• Godfather’s

4. Rocket Car Wash-Spring 2023

• Add to agenda for December

Boyd Spirit Wear- DiGiorgio’s Sportswear

• Orders sent out for conferences?
• Volunteers needed for sorting and distribution of Boyd gear when arrives
• Online ordering and a paper option
•  Water bottles with Boyd logo???

Questions-

REMINDERS

• Volunteer Opportunities – there are multiple opportunities to volunteer and help support at Boyd! Stay tuned for further discussion and request.
  • Upcoming volunteer opportunities- classroom support during the Fall Festival

• 2022-2023 PTA Meetings
  • Following Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm in the Boyd Library
    • November 8^th
    • December 13^th
    • January 10^th
    • February 7^th
    • March 7^th
    • April 11^th
    • May 9^th

Attendance: 

Briana McLeod Larsen

Amanda Cordoba

Helen Cologne

Lindsey Beaber

Linda Collins- Donavan and Davaria

Kathy Hubbard- Jensen Hubbard

Robert Colvin- Lydia Colvin

All Boyd families are hereby invited to participate in Boyd activities and PTO meetings starting on September 6, 2022. Meetings will take place on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30-6:30. All meetings will be held in the library. 

Officers:

President: Mrs. Larsen

Vice-President: Mrs. Beaber

Secretary: Mrs. Moffatt

Treasurer: Mrs. Cologne