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10 January 2012 LTE General PTA Meeting

LAKE TRAVIS ELEMENTARY PTAMinutes

General MeetingTuesday, January 14, 2014

Lake Travis Elementary School

Call to Order - 6:00 p.m.

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MEETING AGENDA

• Welcome – Angela Frankhouser• Call to Order – Melissa Nelson• Confirmation of Quorum – Shelly Penner• Pledge of Allegiance – Melissa Nelson• Acceptance of Minutes from November 12, 2013 – Oneida Gonzalez• Report of the Treasurer – Katie DeRosia• Report of the Executive Board – Melissa Nelson• Report of the Vice Presidents

– Membership – Lara Anton– Fundraising – Linda Briscoe

• Report of Standing Committees - Committee Chairpersons • Principal’s Report – Angela Frankhouser• Announcements – Melissa Nelson• Adjournment – Melissa Nelson

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ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES- Oneida Gonzalez, Secretary

• Minutes of LTE PTA General Meeting– November 12, 2013 - available on-line

• Motion– Motion required to approve the minutes of the Lake Travis

Elementary PTA meeting held on November 12, 2013. Ferree Rhodes

– Second Jennifer Wright– Questions/Discussion– Vote Passed

• All minutes are being posted on the web at for review

lte.my-pta.org

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TREASURER’S REPORT – Katie DeRosiaBANK BALANCES AS OF 1-14-14 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• CHECKING: $40,924.22INCOME:

Booster Club: $1,601.45 (This is for the month of Nov and Dec.)

Fundraiser Fuss Free: $78.61 (This is for the month of Dec)

Cookie Dough Sales: $1,309.59

Spirit Night: $373.80

Class T Shirts: $24

Hospitality Donations: $85.00

Total Income(11/01.13 – 12/31/13): $3,602.45

EXPENSES

Class T-shirts: $648.70 School Store: $142.00

Cookie Dough: $12,261.40 Taxes: $936.66

Mini Grants: $9,667.64 Office Supplies: $27.98

Grade Level Awards: $229.04 Total Expenses(11/01/13 – 12/31/13):$25,020.48

Hospitality: $413.70

Specialist Awards: $200.00

Challenge Lab: $493.36

TREASURER’S REPORT – Katie DeRosia

• 990 EZ tax form was filed for tax year July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013.

• MINIGRANTS: All have been paid and we received many very nice Thank You notes from the LTE Teachers and Staff for them.

OPERATING BUDGET IS APPROX $66,500.

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14 January 2014 LTE General PTA Meeting

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD- Melissa Nelson, President

• Executive Board met on November 19th, with quorum present.

• We will have several openings on the PTA Executive Board next year, mainly due to the rezoning within our district. Please consider becoming involved.

• Positions Include: President, Hospitality, Communications, Treasurer, and Carnival Chair

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Report of Vice President, Membership- Lara Anton

• 2013-2014 Membership Drive Totals:– Total Members: 355

– Faculty/Staff Members: 100% Faculty, 85% Staff

– Membership Cards have been distributed. Contact Lara if you did not get one.

Spring Carnival and Silent Auction

- Mondie McFaddin, Chair

• Carnival – Saturday, April 12th

– VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

– Sponsorship packets are available – Julie Ferguson (online also)

– Silent Auction packets are available

– Looking for Carnival Committee Volunteers Now!!

– Participating in the LTE Carnival as a sponsor or by donating an item for the silent auction is a great way to support our school! All profits are put back into LTE.

– Please contact Mondie McFaddin: mondiemcfaddin@yahoo.com

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REPORT OF VICE PRESIDENT, FUNDRAISING

- Linda Briscoe

• Cookie Dough Sales – Cara Cooper, Chair

– Thanks to everyone who participated. Right now we are at $8,800.00 for LTE. Remember that the online fundraiser is open through the end of the school year!!

• Box Tops, Randall’s, etc.. – Lisa Berneburg, Chair– LTE received $762.50 from our first batch. WOW!!

– Keep turning in the Box Tops! Next deadline is Feb 21st .

– Please help Lisa (and her helpers) by cutting on the line!!

REPORT OF VICE PRESIDENT, FUNDRAISING

- Linda Briscoe

• Fuss Free – Linda Briscoe

– Rock Star Sponsor • Any fuss free donation over $100 during the school year.

• 100% of your donation goes to LTE.

• You will receive a car decal and recognition.

• Tax deductible.

– Fuss free donations are accepted in any amount all year. Thank you to those who gave Fuss Free donations during the Cookie Dough Drive!!

• P Terry’s Spirit Night Tonight!!! Head on over after the performance. 10% of all sales are given to LTE

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14 January 2014 LTE General PTA Meeting

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES

• Volunteers – Janene Angulo– Total volunteer hours through November: 3,941.5

– Total volunteer hours through December: 4,604

– Volunteer of the Month for December – Pera Espinoza– Volunteer of the Month for January – Cara Cooper

– Staff of the Month for December – Mike Villegas

– Staff of the Month for January – Mary Senn

– IMPORTANT: Log your hours!!! Please go to www.lte.my-pta.org to log your volunteer hours or e-mail Janene Angulo at janeneangulo@austin.rr.com

– Nominations for Volunteer and Staff of the Month can be sent to Janene Angulo, Volunteer Chair

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEESVolunteers: Janene Angulo

• Best Club Members (Volunteers who have given 100+ hours of their time to LTISD) – thru end of December 2013

Oneida Gonzalez

Melissa Nelson

Laura Guerrero

Janene Angulo

Alison Blake

Cara Cooper

Loida Benitez

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14 January 2014 LTE General PTA Meeting

REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES

• Communications – Kellie Carson and Paloma Rodriguez-Valencia

– LTE PTA website is: www.lte.my-pta.org.

• Please REGISTER, so you get MEMBER ACCESS

– Look what is new on the website under the E-Store tab!!! You can now purchase Spirit Wear shirts, Water Bottles, and make donations on the LTE PTA website.

– Web-site currently has the following:

• Friday Feast Volunteer Sign Up

• Spring Carnival Sponsorship Packets and Silent Auction Packets

• Spirit Wear!!

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REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES

• Hospitality – Laura Guerrero– Shop the Market was a huge success. Thanks to everyone

who brought a baked item.

– “Friday Feast” will be January 31st and is hosted by third grade. We need your help to make this lunch a success!!

– Please sign up on the website to bring an item.  

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REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES

• Squire Booster Club – Ferree Rhodes– LTE Spiritwear – Blowout sale during Science Fair night, Jan.

28th. All hoodies, long sleeve and short sleeve shirts will be on sale!! Look for the PTA table.

– School Store – Constanze Heitkoetter, chair - Open every other Friday during the lunch hours, 11am-1pm! Contact Constanze, if you are interested in working at the school store each Friday! Open Jan. 17th and 31st

– Fridays are SPIRIT DAYS at LTE!! Wear your LTE shirts to show your school pride! LTE spirit wear t-shirts are still available in the school store.

News From Around the District

• Hudson Bend Middle School will be hosting a “Principal’s Coffee” on Wed. Jan. 22nd from 9:00-10:00 am. This meeting is for incoming 5th grade parents & families who are transferring to HBMS. Please help spread the word!!

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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL- Angela Frankhouser

Updates Given

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ANNOUNCEMENTSAND

ADJOURNMENT

•  January:– 1/17 – SOS Day; School Store – 1/20 – Student Holiday – 1/25 – Friday Feast with 3rd grade hosting– 1/28 – Science Night and Spirit wear Sale!!– 1/31 – School Store, PTA Staff Luncheon hosted by 3rd grade, and Jan.

Birthday Celebrations

• February:– 2/7 – SOS Day– 2/11 – Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night– 2/14 - Valentine’s Day Parties, School Store– 2/28 – Feb. Birthday Celebration and School Store

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ANNOUNCEMENTSAND

ADJOURNMENT• IMPORTANT LOCATIONS FOR INFORMATION!!!• www. lte.my-pta.org - LTE PTA’s website! PLEASE sign up to

request access to website! Then login for important information including sign ups, forms, calendar, etc.

• www.ltisdschools.org/lte/site/default.asp - LTE’s official website!!!• http://www.ltisdschools.org/laketravis/site/default.asp - LTISD’s

website!!!• http://www.laketraviseducationfoundation.org/ - Lake Travis

Education Foundation• http://www.txpta.org/ - Texas PTA’s website!!!• https://www.v-volunteer.com/ - Website to log all of your volunteer

hours!!!• Meeting adjourned @ 6:15 pm