. . . . the connection between home and school!

PTO Meetings

This year our PTO officers will get together every even month for planning meetings.  On the odd months, the PTO will hold an open meeting for all to attend.  Committee Members will report at the beginning of each meeting to give updates on various activities, events, and fundraisers.  A presentation will follow these reports. 

We hope you will join our PTO this year in helping make the connection between school and home!

Fundraising Events

Market Day

Market Day is the original food cooperative that helps raise funds for schools by donating a percentage of profit made directly to the school.  The food from Market Day is restaurant quality, and everything is guaranteed to your satisfaction!  Order forms are sent home through the family folders.  If you would like to join our Market Day, call the school office at 578-2742 for an order form or go online at www.MarketDay.com and you can order there.  Mark St. Joseph School, Crescent Springs as your location for pick-up!  Thanks for your support for St. Joe's! 

Box Tops

Please turn in all box tops from General Mills and Betty Crocker products at anytime to the school office.  Thanks for your support!

Board Members Present: Susan Barth, Ms. Brown, Beth Campbell, Amy Darpel, Trisha Gamel, Laurie Kanter, Amy Malone, Mrs. Mayberry, Lynn Poston, Laura Rohling

Members Present: Donna Krumpelman, Kathy Krumpelman, Sally Wessels, Robin Legg, Tammy Litzler, Ana Williams, Diane Russell , Iman Bastawros, Ronni Smith

Amy Malone opened the meeting with a prayer.

Laurie reported the new ending balance as of 9/21/06 to be $16,816.10. The deposit for McDonald’s was $160.80. PTO contributed $285.00 to purchase the pedestal for the St. Joseph statue given by last year’s 8^th grade class.

The PTO will serve punch and cookies at Grandparent’s Day September 29, 2006. Thanks to everyone who has agreed to make holiday cookies and to the Markovichs for providing Dominos boxes to transport the cookies.

The Grandparent’s Day performances will be broadcast on the cable access.

Susan Barth asked if the PTO would pay for $600 of AR quizzes for new books that have been purchased by the school library. Amy Darpel made a motion to approve the purchase and Trisha Gamel seconded the motion. The motion was approved. A list of all the accelerated reader quizzes that are available at St. Joseph is on the school’s website under LINKS.

Beth reported that she and Ms. Brown have arranged fund raisers at local fast food restaurants on every Tuesday of the month. On the first Tuesday McDonald’s will donate 10% of all business from 5:00 – 8:00. On the third Tuesday Burger King will donate 10% of all business from 5:00 – 8:00. On the second and fourth Tuesdays the owner of Quiznos, Bob Bishop, has agreed to donate 10% all day from any purchases made if the customer has a St. Joseph flyer with them. He is providing the flyers. Please support these businesses that are being so generous to our school. Remember to use gift certificates!

Beth has been busy planning the first Ladies Night Out on Friday November 10, 2006. It will be Bunko and Beverages. Bunko is an easy to play dice game. There will be appetizers, drinks and Door Prizes. It was suggested that the Ladies Night Out in the spring be a game show night.

An International Day of Peace was observed at school on Wednesday September 20, 2006. The sixth grade made pinwheels representing different counties that were brought up at the school Mass as prayers for world peace were read. At noon the whole school gathered at the flagpole to pray for peace and put the pinwheels out on the school grounds. It was a very moving experience.

Both the faculty and students are hard at work preparing for Grandparent’s Day on Friday September 29, 2006.

Students will be walking to "De-feet" the heat on Friday October 20, 2006. Money raised by the walkathon will go into the air conditioning fund for the school.

Interim reports will go out in 2 weeks for students in grades 3-8.

Mrs. Mayberry expressed thanks for the new playground equipment purchased with proceeds from the sale of Spirit Wear. The kids love the new balls, jump ropes, hula hoops, plastic buckets with ropes to walk on etc.

The teachers expressed their thanks for the luncheon and gift certificates they received on their inservice day prior to the start of the school year.

The first Family Bingo is Friday October 6, 2006.

Raffled 3 door prizes throughout the meeting.