October Community Meeting Minutes
Cedar Park PTC Community Meeting - UNAPPROVED Minutes
October 18, 2021 via Zoom
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, from September 21, 2021 - APPROVED!
PRINCIPAL REPORT, Dr. Anderson
Great support for 5K fundraiser. Thank you to everyone!
Teachers are thinking about how to spend their $75 from PTC
Trying to see what the needs might be at the school with our extra funds. Wants to check with teachers as well as students! Student voice is something that helped them get the idea for library furniture.
Preparing for Pre-ACT for 8th graders. Application window just opened for all 8th graders.
An opportunity for students to participate in testing situations to support AP, SAT, etc. When students are sophomores, they can take Pre-ACT/SAT.
RC video just made and will go online soon to support recruitment.
Currently-enrolled RC students are guaranteed a spot for next year. No need to reapply for 22-23 school year.
Interested to get feedback from students around new schedules, no lockers, etc.
Lockers?
Locker-usage is related to COVID-regulations.
Question about hall monitors/parent volunteers - not a way that we have used volunteers at CPMS
School culture conversation
OFFICER REPORTS
President, Bettina Jeszenszky
Open Board Roles (2021-22): Vice President
Open Committee Leads: PACK Store, 8th Grade Send-off
Rachel Carson bylaw change to incorporate RC Director of Volunteers
Welcome Kellee Hernandez, RC Volunteer Coordinator - APPROVED MOTION
5K Committee - Thank you. A big shout out!
Tina Swanson, Kelly Ruhl, Nicole Lowry, Bettina Jeszensky
Director of Volunteers, Holli Shenfield
Email update_volunteer_locations@beaverton.k12.or.us in order to add your profile to Cedar Park Middle School.
All volunteers are required to be vaccinated. Upload your vaccination card to the BSD volunteer website.
From Shannon
Volunteers are allowed to come on campus before and after school.
Field trips or site visits - OK. They must show up at the location, rather than ride the buses with students.
Secretary, Tina Meier-Nowell
Ways to Stay Informed: Blog (www.cedarparkptc.org), social media, sign up newsletter/blog updates click HERE and go to “Feeling Left Out” on the right margin.
Treasurer, Nicole Lowry
Reviewed September expenditures
5K Fundraising update
$42,515 TOTAL!
Includes most of the matching funds. There may be more out there.
$900 Intel
$400 Apple
$980 Nike
Pledgestar $23,797K from pledgestar!
Corporate $16,250
Suggestions for New Line Items for budget RC
Hospitality $225 - Thank you to site visits and volunteers (increase)
Science Fair: 100 new boards, paper, binding: $1,100 (increase)
Boards would be reusable for a couple of years
Garden $1,000
Goal to vote at November meeting on these proposed line items
Participation:
6th Hustler
7th Frisch
8th Hall
Fundraising:
6th Schrader
7th Krutzik
8th McClelland
Pug Mill - Clay saver
Grant $1,200, PTC, BEF would like us to crowdsource the clay reconstitution machine.
BEF - can reimburse PTC or teacher can get check from them
OnPoint may be able to match what is put through the crowdfunding site!
NEW BUSINESS
Question about new schedule
Option for parent/student feedback?
Shannon will be soliciting feedback from parents and students in coming months
Clothes Closet
Clothing needs to be seasonally appropriate
They often have lots of clothes and often have to unload non-seasonally appropriate to other nonprofits
Asked if there are any specific needs for students - e.g. with sizes and specific needs?
Jenna S. can connect with Shannon
Fun fact - CPMS has its own closet in the attic! Girl scout troop often helps sort.
Read our October PTC Newsletter
September 2021 Community Meeting Minutes and Treasurer's Report
The Cedar Park PTC met via Zoom for the first community meeting on Tuesday, 9/21. Ms. Megan Clifford and your PTC Board were on hand to give updates on school/PTC news. It was great to have over 30 participants in our first meeting!
Topics included:
PRINCIPAL REPORT, Megan Clifford
Back to school night - virtual
Conferences in October - virtual
OFFICER REPORTS
President, Bettina Jeszenszky
Open Board Roles (2021-22): Vice President
Open Committee Leads: PACK Store, Art Literacy, 8th Grade Send-off
Welcome to Rachel Carson families: bylaw change may be necessary to incorporate RC Director of Volunteers
5K Updates
Book Fair - October 7 thru 18, 2021new online system to help students go cashless with the e-Wallet!
Director of Volunteers, Holli Shenfield
Email update_volunteer_locations@beaverton.k12.or.us in order to add your profile to Cedar Park Middle School.
Secretary, Tina Meier-Nowell
Ways to Stay Informed This Year: Blog (www.cedarparkptc.org), social media, newsletter (1x/mo)
Treasurer, Nicole Lowry
Year to Date Numbers
Reviewed expenditures at the end of the school year & beginning of the school year, thus far
Will follow up on how to connect with Amazon Smile for CPMS
Question from RC parents about how RC is built into PTC budget. More to come at our next PTC meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Parent interested in starting an ethics club. Looking for those who may be interested in supporting this club with an interest or professional experience in philosophy or ethics, but not required to be an expert.
Read through the unofficial minutes right HERE. Questions can be directed to Bettina Jeszenszky, PTC President.
Got books? The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is Coming Soon!
The week of October 7th-18th CPMS will be hosting the fall Scholastic Book Fair!
Check out the e-catalog and share it with your student so they can start working on their wish lists!
NEW! Make it easy on yourself by setting up an e-wallet to go cashless! Just set up an account for your student to use while shopping at the fair and avoid needing to send cash or a check! Read more about how it works by clicking HERE.
