Lonoke Primary School - Parent Advisory Council

Officers:

Jennifer Elmore, President

Laura Rooney, Secretary

Renee Perkins, Treasurer

Melissa Pool, Fundraising Chairwoman

Meeting Dates:

December 2004 - None

January 17, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. - Lonoke Primary School

February 28, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.- The program will be on Internet Awareness, presented by the Office of Attorney General. Please mark your calendar early for this important and informative meeting.

This meeting will be a joint meeting with the Elementary PAC and will be held in the Elementary Library.

P.A.C Meeting Minutes

November 15, 2004 - 6:30 pm

Present:

1.) Ross Moore

2.) Jennifer Elmore

3.) Melissa Pool

4.) Rhelinda McFadden

5.) Gina DeBerry

6.) Pam Blackard

7.) Lisa McKenzie

8.) Lilly Turner

9.) Betty Fletcher

10.)Renee Perkins

We discussed the cookie dough fundraiser. It was a success. Plans are being made for the pizza parties on the 19th for the kindergarten and 1st grade top sellers, and on the 22nd for the pre-k and 2nd grade top sellers. The blow-up equipment has been secured for field day, to be held on April 19, 2005. We earned a profit of approximately $12,500 from the cookie dough sale. The next fundraiser will be the McDonald’s cards, in the spring.

We currently have a balance of $12,779.09 in our account. Different items to purchase were discussed, such as more playground equipment, including Little Tykes brand, books, a fence, and a “hard” surface for hopscotch, etc.

Gina DeBerry sent the box tops in. She reported that we should receive a check for $208.20 around Dec. 15. The next time to mail in is March 31. We are in the middle of a contest until Dec. 10 to see which class can send in the most box tops. The popcorn parties will be held on Dec. 13 for the top selling class in each grade. Jennifer Elmore will check on getting us registered for the Tyson program.

Teacher appreciation was discussed. Karen James handled the previous teacher appreciation. Pam Blackard would like to have a nice Christmas meal on December 10. We discussed the possibility of securing small poinsettias for everyone. We decided to do the ELF voting at that time, for the basket to be given away at the Christmas musical on Dec. 17.

Betty Fletcher spoke about having a joint PAC meeting with the elementary school in February, and having a spokesperson from the Attorney General’s office present on internet awareness for families with young children. We decided to do this.

Upcoming events include:

Nov. 17-2nd grade field trip to see Polar Express and McDonalds or Burger King

Nov. 18-Thanksgiving meal

Nov. 19-Kindergarten and 1st grade pizza party/top sellers from fundraiser

Nov. 22-Kindergarten field trip to see Polar Express and Pre-K and 2nd grade pizza party

Nov. 23-Character Ed rally

Nov. 24-26-Thanksgiving holidays

Nov. 30-Pre-K and 1st grade field trip to see Polar Express

Dec. 2-chamber luncheon

Dec. 6-10-Book fair

Dec. 7-Christmas literacy program

Dec. 6-8-2nd grade classes field trip to Coca Cola house

Dec. 9-Christmas meal

Dec. 10-Christmas movie

Dec. 15-17-early out

Dec. 17-Christmas musical and parties

Jan. 10-12-Body Walk exhibit

The next meeting will be on January 17, 2005 at 6:30pm.

This meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted by Renee Perkins, Treasurer