• Walk-a-thon 
  • Great event! Well received by faculty, staff & students
  • Thank you to Traci Bartello for excellent planning! 
  • Pedometers were a big hit! Thanks to BCBS of WNY for the donation 
  • Most successful fundraiser in 4-5 years 
  • Goal of $10,000. Final report of donations will be given after Fall Festival.
  • Ideas for next year - prizes for most $ raised, most pledges
  • Several classes wrote Thank You notes to the PTO
• Picture Day 
  • Organizing volunteers, lunches
  • Full volunteer form goes home 9/25
• Walk Your Child to School Day 
  • Looking for possible apple donations
  • Due to higher prices may need to purchase
• Fall Festival 
  • Tent will be set-up Wednesday at 4pm
  • Looking for (portable) lighting
  • Still looking for volunteers
    • High school students may be recruited for Community Service hours
  • Outdoor events include: ice cream cones, tractor rides, pumpkin bowling, gourd rolling & field goal kicking
  • Indoor events include: Costu-Rama and Community showcase (8-9 booths of local activities)
  • Need waiver for Tractor Rides
  • Over 40 baskets/gift certificates have been donated for Auction
  • Also will hold a Teacher Raffle for students. Selected teachers will win a Parkdale Pride sweatshirt
  • Garden Club will help decorate
  • Lots of interest in Pie Eating Contest. Little Loop football coaches will participate.
•  Scholastic Bookfair 
  • Possible sales tax issue?
  • Planning for set-up / take down
• Holiday Cheer
  • Need Chair person
• Spanish at Parkdale
  • 55 students signed-up
  • 6 week sessions will be offered 3 times during the school year
  • Lessons are built on a 5 year cycle to avoid repetition
  • Class sizes will be under 15 students / based on age group
  • Attempted to keep price low
• DPC Meeting - October 9th @ Noon - Superintendent's Office
  • Need 1 representative from Elementary PTO 
• New Fundraising Idea - Terracycle
  • Presented by Tiffany
  • Visit http://www.terracycle.com/ for more information
  • Upcycling items such as Capri Sun foil and glue sticks brings $ to school
  • Items such as cell phones and laptops are worth more points
  • Must form a brigade to collect certain products
  • Depending on items may ship for free or have to pay
  • Estimated earning of $100-200

• Left-over funds from last year - $2,000 from ICE, $900 from Principal's Fund
• Last year's $2,800 from Buffalo Ski Club passes helped raise money
• Sold 19 water bottles and 7 2011-12 yearbooks at recent events
• Spirit gear sales raised $286
• Membership drive has raised $2,090 so far
• Target Red Card brought in $660 last year
  • Only 31 parents / friends are registered
  • We need to increase involvement in this program!!!
• Supply Squirrel
  • 70 packages sold / raised $232.10
  • Most parents liked program - nicely packaged / convenient
  • Need to clarify shipping - Originally shipping was supposed to be free
• $20 allocated for Bulletin Boards

• Relocation Drill went well. Walk-a-thon seemed to prepare kids. 
• Still a large number of drop-offs. This tends to decrease later in the year.
• Mixing grade levels for recreation / lunches is inevitable due to requirements. 90 minute uninterrupted time blocks of instruction are mandated for ELA, 60 minute blocks for math.
• 4th Grade band is split into two groups this year. 80 students will consolidate for concerts
• A memorial celebration for two staff members lost to cancer will be held in the spring.

• Webstore to sell spirt gear online? Will investigate before Christmas.
  

NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, October 22nd in the Parkdale Cafeteria at 9:15 AM.