Town
of Lamoine, Maine
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Town
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Lamoine School Patrons |
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ATTENDING: Angie Butler, Chrystine Emeigh, Deb Pickard, Laura Parlee, Sharon Oliver, Linda Eaton
PRESIDENT – List of items we need to cover this meeting: (1) $ in check book – amount going into the playground fund, where we start the year, etc (2) Election/Re-Election of Officers (3) Playground Committee (4) Upcoming events / planning the year – Fundraising and Spending
1. Our current checkbook balance is $3473.90. After reviewing last years notes
from 5/6/03, since we raised more money than we thought we would, we had discussed
putting away $2000 from the profits earned 02-03 school year…Since that
was our thinking at the end of the year lets do it. Also regarding Funding Factory
(the ink / laser cartridge recycling program we have) Lisa just received a check
for $875.20. When Funding Factory was set up, that was supposed to benefit the
PLAYGROUND; therefore we’ve decided all proceeds from this fundraiser
will still benefit the playground. After deciding this, we will also put that
$875.20 towards the playground… So… if everyone is in agreement,
at total of $2875.20 from last years fundraising will go towards the playground.
Add to that the $5000 CD, and the Playground Committee should be able to start
off with $7875.20. This will leave PATRONS with a total of $598.70 to start
the year.
2. OFFICERS – All offices require but are NOT limited to a 1 year commitment.
Some people would like to keep their current office as long as we want them;
Chrystine would like to step down as President, but will remain an officer.
The following people were voted into office for the 2003/2004 school year:
· President – Angie Butler 667-7746 bbutler@acadia.net
· Vice President – Chrystine Emeigh 667-9348 chryssi@downeast.net
· Secretary – Laura Parlee 667-5263 lauraparlee@msn.com
· Treasurer – Lisa Branch 667-7434 seaketch@aol.com
· Public Relations – Sharon Oliver 667-3425 shannylake@hotmail.com
3. PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE – Laura is currently looking into placement of
the playground. Also, options of moving existing equipment when we add new pieces.
The first playground committee meeting will take place after Columbus Day Weekend.
4. MONEY NEEDED IN A SCHOOL YEAR – following are the items that we’d
like to do. They are not in any particular order of priority.
· $100 College Scholarship
· Honor Roll Recognition – this usually costs $50-$100 / year
· End of Year Teacher Care Packages. Last year we gave $50 to part time
teachers and $100 to full time teachers. That ended up costing aprox $1300…
we may or may not do the same amounts. It will have to be decided towards the
end of the year, when we see where the checkbook stands!
· Box Tops 4 Education Monthly winners. We should discuss changing the
way we reward the classes. Last year we gave $25 per winning class per month.
However, some months we may only bring in $30 in box tops… that’s
not very profitable. We should look at other cheaper, FUN, rewards for the winning
classes… such as an ice cream party… any ideas?
5. SPENDING OUR MONEY – We should have some sort of guidelines for when
a teacher or group comes to us for money… they should meet the following
criteria:
· Academics / Education should take priority over other groups
· Will this benefit more than 1 grade?
· 5 member vote… board members… if we don’t agree,
put it out to the rest of the group.
· If this is a group – such as band or soccer etc, what is that
group currently doing to fundraise? We will try to work WITH them, but not do
all the work FOR them.
· REGARDLESS – this will always be decided on a case-by-case basis!
6. UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR:
· OCTOBER – Halloween Party and Dance* (actually falls on Nov 1st)
· NOVEMBER – Pie Auction??
· DECEMBER – Take this month off… !!!!
· JANUARY – Formal Dance
· FEBRUARY – Meet the Candidates Night
· MARCH – Town Meeting also an open month for extra Dance if we
need it
· APRIL – Variety Show??
· MAY – End of the Year Dance
· JUNE – Honor Roll Awards, Teacher end of the year packages? Play
it by ear!
7. FUNDRAISING IDEAS:
· Pie Auction – There are a few different ways to do the auction.
Also could we do a spaghetti supper or casserole dinner first? Maybe combine
this with another group? Habitat for Humanity? They do a supper we do a pie
auction? Win Win for both groups? Laura will discuss this with Mary at the church.
· Variety Show – How about a Community Variety Show? This would
be good in the winter/spring. We could sell food at the event, great way to
get ourselves into the community!
· Pie Sale – to students and teachers. Maybe sell pie by the slice
once a month at lunchtime? Great way to make some money… maybe turn it
into a tradition????
8. HALLOWEEN PARTY – Friday, October 31ST 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM –
We will need to have Betty put a request for candy and prizes into the school
newsletter as we get closer to the date. What are we going to plan for games
/ events? Ages birth through grade 5
· Ghost Bowling – Sharon and Maury will take care of this
· Bean Bag Toss – Sharon has one she is donating to the school.
We should have plenty of been bags in the patrons closet.
· Cake Walk – Linda Eaton will be soliciting donations of cakes.
· Witches Cauldron – We still need to discuss how this game will
go, but we’ve got ideas.
· Candy Jar Guesses – Angie will do up a few jars of pre-counted
candy. We discussed possibly requiring a FEE (.25 cents) per guess.
· Craft Table – Chrystine will ask Pat Haugh for an idea…
something inexpensive.
· Relay Race – a gourd on a spoon? Maybe a marshmallow? We’ll
finalize later.
· Dinosaur Ring Toss – Laura will turn her big dinosaur into a
ring toss game.
· Fortune Telling Tent – lots of ways to do this too… Deb
will ask Brenda to help.
· SNACKS – The Lamoine Baptist Church Women’s Group will
provide Ice Cream. We should also have juice and possible popcorn.
9. HALLOWEEN DANCE / MASQUERADE BALL – Saturday, November 1st 6:30 PM
– 9:30 PM. As usual this will be for grades 6 – 8, and open to all
Union 92 students.
· Chaperones – we need 10 adults
· Concessions - Let’s only sell gum, chips, and small candy bars…
possibly nachos, punch and soda.
· Admission - $3 in costumer / $4 out of costume
· RULES – We need to have them clearly stated and posted. As the
dance gets going, let’s have the DJ - Bill (aka The King, Elvis) re-enforce
those rules.
Meeting adjourned at 8 pm. Next meeting set for Wednesday, October 15th at 6pm. We will finalize the Halloween Party and Dance then.