Chase Street Elementary School PTO

Here’s the link to report traffic incidents
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cHFzT0ZlX3Y3eWZsTUdKcThrWWxzSHc6MA

There will be a permanent link to this form on the right-hand side of the page from now on. Thanks!

The PTO recently discovered that the Kroger program which donates money to the school based on your purchases with a Kroger Plus card is no longer working. There’s a new program which is more of a competition based on how the school is “active” – physically, in the community, etc. For more information, check this out.

To participate in this program, we need to document how “active” we are, and the PTO is getting organized to do so. In the meantime, keep watching this space….

Have you heard talk about how GA Natural Gas customers can sign up for this program that gives free money to the school? True Blue Schools. The address is www.trueblueschools.com and you can also find a link in the list of handy items over there on the right-hand side of this page.

So sign up, okay?

In the next couple of days, this site will feature a link allowing parents and community members to report traffic incidents and concerns so that we can collect them all in a single place and the PTO can take action as needed.

So, as you’re walking, biking, skating, driving, or … well, however you get to and from school, pay attention to things that could be fixed.

Thursday, 4/16/09 ~~ General PTO Meeting

Officers Present: Jami Cashin (Co-Pres.), Jenny Wise (Co-Pres.), Rachel Julian (Secretary)

Participants: didn’t count – 20?

place: CSE media center

1. Call to Order

2. Teacher Appreciation Breakfast 5/4/09 @ 7:30am
Volunteers needed to provide food and drinks for this event.

3. Poetry Picnic, Thursday, April 30, 2009
5-7pm Katherine Downs is coordinating (parent side) and Mrs. McElveen (teacher side). We need volunteers to man the booths and run things like our Poetry Walk (instead of Cake Walk), face painting. This is a covered dish event. There was discussion about doing a pig roast donated by a PTO family. All classes working on poetry.

4. Parent Coffee May 1st
Our last coffee of the year. Myra Moore is doing flyers for Monday folders. Jenny has secured Panera bagels and cream cheese (thank you Jenny!) — the teachers get the leftovers which is awesome! Russell Gabriel has volunteered to help with this.

We are also selling 1000faces coffee http://www.1000facescoffee.com/ $3 of every $10 bag goes to the PTO!! Thanks so much to Benjamin Myers of 1000faces coffee.

5. PTO Officers for 2009-2010 School Year
Due to rezoning, we will wait to elect new officers for PTO in the fall (just as we did last year b/c of our PTO being so new and the move to the new school bldg). Nominating Committee: Stacy Smith, Myra Moore, Russell Gabriel, Adam Kurtz.

6. Spring Open House on May 14,2009 6-7pm
This is a school event not a PTO event similar to what was done in the past for incoming K students.

7. School Board Budget Hearings:
There was a discussion about the upcoming budget hearings and the idea of us exploring other options in the 10 page budget besides 1st grade parapros being cut. It was decided that we would try and go as a group to the 28th Alps Road Elem. budget hearing.

8. GA Natural Gas Customers:
Go to www.trueblueschools.com. Ga Natural Gas will donate money to CSE if you are a customer and chose CSE as your school.

9. New website: www.chasepto.org
Awesome new website thanks to John Pence.

10. Adjourned
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Upcoming Events
Thursday, April 30th @ 5pm – Poetry Picnic
Friday, May 1st – Walk/Bike to School Parent Coffee 7:30am
Monday, May 4th – PTO Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Thursday, May 7th @ 6:30pm – PTO mtg and 7 PM Spring Musical
May 14th – Froggy Friends Day
May 15th – CSE Field Day
May 20th – report cards go home and last day of school

Go to www.trueblueschools.com and choose Chase St.   It’s free and easy.  Each person who signs up earns $85 for the school.  Spread the word!