The meeting was called to order at 6:37 p.m. on April 3, 2012 by President Karen Wojtowicz.
In attendance were: Officers: President Karen Wojtowicz, Vice President Sue Griscavage, Treasurer Linda Hoy, Secretary Suzanne Kuijpers and Advisor Mr. Shirvinski. Parents: Danee Ryter-McCoog, Beth Nevius, Gloria Seroskie, Jen Dunkelberger, Christi Moncavage and Kristene Baldwin.
Sue Griscavage gave the Vice President's Report. She explained the schedule for Teacher Appreciation Week:
Meatball Monday-Kindergarten and 4th Grades will be donating items for this day
Tuesday Tea-A breakfast of sticky buns, bagels, coffee and tea will be served to the teachers
Treats For Wednesday-Chocolates and hoagie coupons will be given to the teachers
Taco Thursday-Tacos and brownies with items being donated by 1st and 3rd Grades
Fruit Salad Friday-Fruit Salad with yogurt and granola with items being donated by 2nd Grade
Sue further explained that she will be contacting the homeroom moms to have parents send items in for these days. This week will be celebrated the week of April 30th.
Linda Hoy gave the Treasurer's Report. The general fund balance stands at $14,580.42.
The Class Funds are as follows:
Kindergarten: $100.00
1st Grade: $2,234.58
2nd Grade:$2,318.09
3rd Grade:$988.53
4th Grade:$1,766.69
The Treasurer's Report was approved with a motion from Danee Ryter McCoog and a second from Christi Moncavage.
Suzanne Kuijpers gave the Secretary's Report which consisted of a review of the March Minutes. There was a correction from the previous correction: The February Minutes were correct when indicating that the top homerooms listed were a combined total of Box Tops and Labels For Education. The top 3 homerooms for the contest as of March are : Mrs. Gratti (4538), Mrs. Spotts (3894), and Mrs. Rhodes (3081).
The Secretary's Report was approved with a motion from Gloria Seroskie and a second from Christi Moncavage.
Mr. Shirvinski gave the Principal's Report. He spoke about the Knoebel's field trip planned for May 30th. Mr. Shirvinski spoke with Buddy Knoebel about new prices which are $11.00 for Kindergarten through 2nd grade and $16.00 for 3rd and 4th grade as well as adults. This will not include the Sky Ride and Haunted House. The higher prices will increase our total by only around $100.00. He further added that the last school day will be June 1st with dismissal at 10:30 a.m..
Mr. Shirvinski then spoke about the Spelling Bee which will be held on April 12th.He said that participating students were given 2 tickets each so they can invite parents, etc..There will be traditional spelling bee rules.
Mr. Shirvinski explained details of a meeting taking place at Bucknell University on April 11th at 7:30 p.m.. The meeting will be a townhall meeting that will allow for discussion of the impact of the governor's 2011-2012 budget on public school education. School directors, administrators and the public are invited to this meeting. The meeting will focus on the severe budget cuts to the education system. The meeting will take place at The Forum, Room 272, Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
Another topic in the Principal's Report was field trip clearances. Chaperones who will be going on any overnight trips with students, must have their clearances. This does not apply to the elementary school as they do not do overnight trips.
Mr. Shirvinski explained that there is now a state regulation that requires a nurse to accompany students on field trips in order to dispense medications. If the parent of a student requiring meds. is not available to attend the trip, the school nurse or another RN or LPN must be on the trip. If a nurse would not be available, the trip would have to be canceled. Mr. Shirvinski added that all field trips for the school year have been covered with an RN and none will need to be canceled. A question was asked if another RN could step in if the school nurse is not available and Mr. Shirvinski will be checking on this detail.
Karen Wojtowicz discussed Old Business. She said that HART Movie Night was a success. She thanked all those who volunteered that evening. She noted that approximately 150-200 people attended Movie Night and they were given popcorn and drinks and enjoyed The Smurfs.
Under New Business, Karen spoke about A.R. incentives. G.C. Hartman students have achieved their goal and now Mr. Shirvinski will become a human sundae.The date for this event will be announced soon. May 25th will be a bowling party for A.R. and there is also an upcoming Hoagie Party.
Mr. Shirvinski noted that there are 101 students who have registered for Kindergarten for next school year.
Karen discussed the fact that the positions of HART Secretary and President are open for next school year. She said that papers will be going home with students as well as emails asking for nominations for these positions. There were no nominations for President at the meeting . Kristene Baldwin received a nomination for Secretary with a motion from Christi Moncavage and a second from Jen Dunkelberger. Voting for these positions will take place at Family and Community Night.
Mr. Shirvinski reminded those present that the class rooms would not be open for Family and Community Night, however, there will be various school work on display that night.
Linda Hoy talked to everyone about the upcoming Hartman Hustle. The fundraiser event will take place on May 1st and the event is open to parents who want to come during their child's walk times. She said that there are lots of raffle items that children may win if they have gotten donations of any amount. They will be picking winners for these items on the day of the event. The following are walk times for individual grades for the Hartman Hustle:
Kindergarten: 9:30
1st Grade: 10:00
2nd Grade: 10:30
3rd Grade: 11:00
4th Grade: 11:30
Linda told everyone that students who have $15.00 in donations, will receive a tee shirt. Those in attendance of the meeting voted on the color of the tee shirt which will be white. Also those at the HART Meeting, voted on the picture which will be on the tee shirt. The design that won was done by Gina Gratti. Tara from Fit For Funds will be contacting both the paper and tv station to see if they will attend our Hartman Hustle. Linda said that we received a lot of donations from area businesses for prizes, etc. so we will need to send out many thank you cards.
Mr. Shirvinski made a motion to request a check in the amount of $1875.00 for the First Grade field trip to Hershey Zoo. This was approved first by Kristene Baldwin and a second from Christi Moncavage.
Karen reminded everyone that our last meeting of this school year will be on May 2nd at 6:30 p.m. in the library.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. with a motion from Kristene Baldwin and a second from Christi Moncavage.
