PTO Meeting Reminder

January 14, 2010 @ 3:00

Items to discuss:

* Barnes and Noble Book Fair

*Spring Fundraiser

Babysitting is provided.

We hope to see you there!

Volunteers Needed for Community Partners Sign-Up

Friday, October 16th, we need volunteers to sit at tables outside of Smith's and Albertson's to encourage and remind people to link their cards to Tiebreaker Elementary. This has to be done every year and it is a large part of our fundraising income each year. We need volunteers for the following times:

Smith's - Friday, October 16th

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (2 people)

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (2 people)

Albertson's - Friday, October 16th

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (2 people)

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (2 people)

If you can help, please call Jeana Hansen at 604-4759 or e-mail her at jeana@fatgecko.com. Thank you!

PTO Meeting Agenda - Thursday, October 8th

1)  Principal's Report

2)  Treasurer's Report: We have $21,274.28 in our checking account and $1,053.34 in savings. Of this money, $1,600 is allotted for class parties and we still have to pay for Cookie Dough.

3)  Teacher Report

4) Fundraiser Report: Lisa Hunsaker - We collected $19,269.94 for cookie dough, but out of this money we still have to pay for it.

5)  October Events:

9th - Macaroni Theater (Amy Stenquist)

19th-23rd - Red Ribbon/Spirit Week (Mattie Weatherly)

19th-23rd - Scholastic Book Fair (Glennette Hillyard and Kimberly Wynn)

21st - Family Fun Night (Misha Britton and Natalie Grover)

22nd - Muffins with Mom (Mattie Weatherly)

29th - Halloween Parties (Jennifer Carlson/Room Moms)

6) $.25 Friday (Brenda Patterson)

7) Carnival Discussion

8)Accelerated Reading (Brett Holyoak): We need suggestions and/or connections with businesses for prizes. We are in need of ideas for two of the larger prizes. Please call Brett Holyoak at 528-7509 if you can help or if you have any ideas.

9) Community Partners (Jeana Hansen): We will have tables set up for Tiebreaker at Albertson's and Smith's on Friday, October 16th and we need help manning them. We need people to work two-hour shifts at each location as follows:

Smith's - Friday, October 16th

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (2 people)

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (2 people)

Albertson's - Friday, October 16th

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (2 people)

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (2 people)

If you can help please call Jeana Hansen at 604-4759 or e-mail her at jeana@fatgecko.com.

PTO Budget for 2009-2010 Approved

The following budget was approved at the PTO Meeting Today:

Accelerated Reading Program - $3,000

Art Supplies - $500

Babysitting at Meetings, $180

Back-to-School Night - $150

Bank Fees/NSF Charges - $45

Class Parties (over what was collected), $200

End of Year Assembly, $250

Family Fun Nights, $1,500

Gifts, $200

Hand Sanitizer Refills, $550

Kindergarten Graduation, $75

Macaroni Theater, $350

Meeting Refreshments, $100

Office Supplies, $300

Patriot's Day Observance, $100

Playground Equipment, $1,500

Postage, $75

Registration Food, $75

Registration Magnets, $338.07

Spirit Week, Donuts with Dad, $300

Spirit Week, Muffins with Mom, $300

Spirit Week, Other, $150

Teacher Appreciation, $1,200

Veteran's Day, $175

Total Budget = $11,613.07

Smith's Earn & Learn Program

Smith's is another one of our Community Partners, and Tiebreaker can receive up to 5% of your purchases when you use your Fresh Values card when you shop. All you need to do is link up your card with Tiebreaker, and remember to use it when you shop at Smith's. Here's how to do that.

Enroll our school online here. Click on SIGN IN/REGISTER. Once you sign in, or register if you haven't accessed the site before, click on MY ACCOUNT at the top right side of the page. Then, go down to Community Rewards Information and click on EDIT EARN & LEARN INFORMATION. Next, you should be able to enter Tiebreaker Elementary with our Organization Number, which is 82857. To finish, click on SAVE CHANGES.

You can also enroll by calling 1-800-764-8897 or by e-mailing your information to earnnlearn@sfdc.com. You will need to include the following information:

• Your Fresh Values Card number (located on the back of the card)
• Our school name, city and state: Tiebreaker Elementary School, Idaho Falls, ID
• Our organization number, 82857 
  

You will have to re-enroll your designated school each new school year. If you haven't enrolled this school year, please re-enroll.

Unlike Albertson's, you can only designate one school to support with each card number. For more information, go here.

Albertson's Community Partners Program

One way that Tiebreaker receives fundraising income is through Community Partners. Albertson's is one of our Community Partners, and Tiebreaker receives up to 4% of your purchases when you use your Preferred Savings card when you shop.

In order to link your Preferred Savings card to Tiebreaker, you will need the following information:

• Your 11-digit card number (located on the back of your Preferred Savings card)
• The 9-digit phone number associated with this card.

With this information handy, go here and link up.

Once you log in, click on SIGN ME UP and enter our Organization ID Number which is 49000103266.

You may have up to four different organizations you contribute to, and you may also choose what percentage of your donation goes to each organization. You may also choose to remain anonymous with your donations.

You have to re-enroll your designated school each new school year. If you haven't enrolled this school year, please re-enroll.

Please remember to use your Preferred Savings card when you shop and up to 4% of your purchases will be donated to Tiebreaker Elementary School.

Art Donations Needed

The Art program at Tiebreaker is provided by parent volunteers and the supplies can be quite costly. Therefore, we've come up with a wish list of items we go through quickly. We're very grateful for any donations for art supplies that you might be willing to give. Here is a list of our current needs.

Large containers of  washable  paints in the following colors: black, white, green, blue, and brown. Staple's sells these 16 oz. bottles for $4.79 each. Wal Mart also carries large bottles of paint. 

Large containers of Elmer's White Glue, such as this gallon size for $15.79 at Staple's. Please, no glue sticks or small bottles of white glue. We go through white glue too quickly to use the smaller sizes and they clog easily. The glue sticks aren't strong enough for most of our art projects.

Large sheets of white construction paper, 12" x 18". Staples sells a 50-pack for $4.79. We go through this paper very quickly, so we can always use a lot of it.

Others items are as follows:

• small paintbrushes
• sponges
• 3 oz. disposable cups
• small paper plates
• old shirts to use for paint shirts

We appreciate any donations that you might be able to make for our art program, and thank you!