Curriculum Night

Good Evening All

For those of you who joined us at the school for Curriculum Night - thank you and congratulations for attending your first PTL Meeting!  For those of you we missed please feel free to contact any PTL member, Teacher or Rosemary Warner for information on what you may have missed.

Please remember to sign up for your preferred field trip or school activity.  Your help is always welcome and appreciated.

Don't Forget Next week is our Give 24 Event:

Sonshine’s #1 Reason to Give:  Improve and expand the outdoor play area for Sonshine students!  This will improve physical education class time and recesses!!

 In just over a week, Sonshine Christian Elementary will participate in Give More 24!  We are so excited to participate in this 24-hour online giving marathon spearheaded by the Community Foundation of Southwest Foundation.  Thanks to this community event we have the opportunity to raise funds to improve and expand the outside play area for Sonshine students. 

Each gift given on September 21 will be multiplied thanks to the generosity of matching dollars and the opportunity to win random cash prizes throughout the day!!  Sonshine thanks the law firm of Busick Hamrick for their $500 donation and Gholia Bros. Trucking, LLC for their $250 donation to sponsor our matching gifts.  This means, so far, we have dollar for dollar matching funds for the first $750 donated!!  A gift of $25 is worth $50 during Give More 24! 

To make a gift on September 21, all you have to do is visit https://give-more-24.org/designee/sonshine-christian-elementary-school and make an online gift.  Or, please feel free to stop by the school from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to make your gift online. Don’t forget to support your favorite student by writing the name of their class teacher or class year in the notes section of the donation form – each class will be working hard to earn a cupcake party!!

In the meantime, be sure to like and follow Sonshine’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/sonshineschool.  Please also share our links to rally the support of your friends and family on September 21!  Thank you!!

I Am Family Choir

Good Afternoon Everyone

Faith Baptist Church and Sonshine Christian School PTL would like to invite you to join us for a special event.

The I AM Family Choir™ (formerly the Mwamba Children’s Choir) is an amazingly talented group of children and adults who share their culture, faith, and joy wherever they go and they are going to be joining us Sunday, September 17th at 11:00AM.  

For more information on the I Am Family Choir and their ministries please visit:  https://iamfamily.org

Give24 - Don't Forget to Mark Your Calendars

We're down to less than ONE month until Give More 24! launches and we all join in a day of generosity. And thanks to prize sponsors like The Convenience Group, operators of your local Minit Mart stores, your gift could go a little further. See how you can win its Last Hurrah! Prize and many others for your favorite nonprofits. give-more-24.org/prizes

PTL Meeting Minutes - 8/18/17

Minutes

Sonshine Christian School PTL

Date | time August 18, 2017 | 2:00 PM | Meeting called to order by Melanie Byma

In Attendance

Melanie Byma, Nichole Stern, Rosemary Warner, Jen Kampsula, Amber Lee, Kristi Bates, Becky Jones, Marcee Palmer, Kathleen Johnson

Open Board Position

Christy Simpson resigned her position as Secretary for the 2017/2018 year. 

Teachers and Parents encouraged to apply.

Principals Report -

·         Request of the PTL

o   Help Coordinate / put on the Lunch for the Mwamba Choir on September 17^th.

§  Pot Luck Style lunch

§  Need volunteers for food items

§  Ask those giving food to please stay and host the Choir

Updates on Current Business

·         Box Tops / Amazon Smile – Nichole Stern

o   Box tops added $15.40 over the summer

o   New total at $96.40

o   Would like to do a classroom competition this year with pizza party to winning team

o   Teams would be Lee/Bates and Jones/Palmer – teachers to work on team names

o   Annual Goal for Box Tops - $500.00

o   Amazon Smile – up and going – flyer will be added to PTL packet to encourage participation

·         Give24 – Jen Kampsula

o   Small competition between classes – Jen will develop a flyer

o   Everyone please like and share Sonshine’s Facebook Posts to generate traffic for the day of event

o   $250.00 of the matching funds has been secured

o   Need at least another $250.00 in matching funds to meet this requirement for the fundraiser

o   Event Goal is $2500.00

·         Fred Meyers – Rosemary Warner

o   Need to remind people to re-register their Rewards Cards

·         Office Depot / Drive4 UR School – Melanie Byma

o   Office Depot has been confirmed for 5% rebate to school quarterly for supplies

o   Flyer will be developed for PTL Packet

o   Drive4 UR School – Vancouver Ford not willing to help so Melanie is searching for another dealership to partner with for the Spring 2018 event.

New Business

·         Amtrak – Melanie Byma

o   Feedback needed to solicit train fare for Jones/Palmer field trip Spring 2018

o   Alternative transportation and Land Forms

·         Upcoming Meeting Schedule for Year

o   Proposed Dates presented and accepted

o   Calendar will be placed in PTL Welcome Packet

·         Hours of Service – Melanie Byma & School Board

o   Feedback sought if this would be accepted or how to present

o   Other schools require 30hrs minimum annually or a fee of $225.00

o   Some school do not have this requirement but have other fees instead that Sonshine does not

o   Prsented possibly start off with 1 event or 5 hr requirement or $50.00 fee

o   Fees collected to be used for scholarship fund

o   Item to be reviewed at October meeting

·         PTL Welcome Packet – Melanie Byma

o   Packet to include welcome letter, flyers for Office Depot, Fred Meyers, Box Tops, Amazon Smile, Calendar of events and meetings as well as ways to become involved

o   Packet to be printed and made available at events such as Back to School BBQ, Curriculum Night, Open House and with enrollment packet.

o   Flyers to be developed and placed around the school to encourage participation

·         PTL Bulletin Board – Nichole Stern

o   Idea of having a bulletin board to post progress, updates and flyers in School Foyer

o   Upcoming Fundraiser Ideas – All

§  Family Snack & Paint – at the school in the fall

§  Melanie to check with Kim Tener

o   Adult Snack & Paint

§  Kristi Bates will check with Boomerang about hosting this

·         Saturday Morning Café – Kristi Bates

o   See about offer childcare on site

o   It was a success for partnering / gathering teachers and parents

o   Slated for November 4 from 10:00 – 1:00PM

PTL Next Meeting

September 12^th – Curriculum Night

2017/2018 Year Kick Off Planning Meeting

PTL 2016/2017 School Year Recap

Minutes

Sonshine Christian PTA

Date | time June 6, 2017 | 3:30 PM | Meeting called to order by Melanie Byma

In Attendance

Jennifer Kampsula Wong, Becky Jones, Rosemary Warner, Christy Simpson, Melanie Byma, Gabriel Pratoussy & Nichole Stern

Approval of Minutes

The minutes were read from the June meeting and approved

Principals Report

·         Enrollment is Healthy and in a good place for 2017 – 2018 @ 47, budget is based off 56 students.

o   Have room for 9 more in the Kinder & K/1 classes

o   Please continue to recommend the school to friends and family. Word of mouth is the best way to get new students

·         New Teacher has been hired – Marcee Palmer; she will be teaching the 4/5 class

o   K – Mrs. Lee

o   K/1 – Mrs. Bates

o   2/3 – Ms. Jones

o   4/5 – Mrs. Palmer

·         Last Day of School June 9^th

·         Book Fair provides the primary finances for the Library

·         Back to School BBQ

o   Last week of August on a Wednesday night; will need help setting up and taking down

·         PTA Suggestion – create a “Welcome Packet” for the families that would include

o   PTA Flyer – Information about the PTA and how they can participate

o   Events to look forward to throughout the school year

o   How they can help support

§  Box Tops

§  Fred Meyer Rewards

§  Amazon Smile

·         Follow up Auction Meeting – will have more on final numbers after the meeting

o   What to do next year with items that were not bought at listed price at the auction

§  Auction them off online??

New Business

·         Box Tops – a letter will be sent out to parents to recap the success we have had with the box tops (Nichole)

o   $80.10 since January when it was launched

o   Email a reminder to continue to save them over the summer and bring them in

o   Box Top App – allows for instant credit, plus a bonus if you bring the tops in to the school

o   Do a contest between the classes to see which class can earn the most to win a prize (pizza lunch, ice cream social, etc…)

§  Create a chart to show each classrooms progress, keep the excitement going

o   What do we want the box top money to go towards – Teacher Appreciation week

·         Amazon Smile – Info was submitted and we are currently waiting on Amazon to update their site

o   If not on site by 6/22, Nichole will try to follow up with Amazon directly

o   Should be up and running by August/Sept time frame

·         Fred Meyer Rewards

o   Earn approx. $200 a quarter

o   Remind Friends and Family to renew their support

·         Day of Giving – PTA approved the $100 spend to register for event from funds remaining

o   Jennifer and Melanie will attend the training in July

o   Working on getting matching gifts from companies

o   What will the funds go towards – Physical Education: Track and equipment for back field

§  Goal: $5,000???

§  Info due by 9/14

·         Open House on March 8^th – PTA will be introduced and information will be shared on how to get involved

·         Survey Monkey sent out – results will be calculated and shared regarding best day, time and if child care is needed

·         Curriculum night Sept 12^th – PTA set up a table with information to share with parents/families with members there to talk to people and answer questions.

·         Ford Fundraiser

o   Test drive 4 – 5 models at school - $20 pp who is 18+ and test drives

o   Not a sales environment

o   Add a bake sale the fundraiser

·         Possible grant for Playground equipment – Melanie considering it and will provide more information

·         Executive Board for 2017 – 2018 will remain the same; unless someone steps forward wanting a position.

o   President – Melanie Byma

o   Vice President – Nichole Stern

o   Secretary – Christy Simpson

o   Treasurer – Gabriel Pratoussy

o   Grant Committee Chair – Jennifer Kampsula Wong

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Budget

·         End of Year balance - $161.85

·         Registration Day of Giving – ($100)

·         2017 – 2018 Beginning Funds - $61.85

Executive Board Next Meeting

2017 – 2018 PTA Planning Meeting - August 18^th @ 2:00pm, Executive Board