Davis MS PTO Meeting Minutes

September 25, 2019 7:00 pm

Attendees:  Natalie Rich, Clifford Rich, Ginger Kockentiet, Asch Mikhail, Ann Perez, Jason Snyder, Tiffany Marr, Tiffany deSilva, Tisha Rinker, Julie Felts, Noreen Marando

Principal’s Report—Ann Perez

• We have 1044 students in the building which creates some space challenges and hallway congestion. We continue to look for ways to mitigate these challenges.  Counselors have done a great job of balancing the classrooms to be at 27 or below.
• We have a many student opportunities at Davis that many people are not aware:
  • Junior Teen Institute (feeds into Teen Institute at Scioto)
  • National Junior Honor Society (only middle school in the district to have a NJHS chapter)
  • Girls Who Code Club
  • Davis Difference (6^th graders celebrating learning differences)
  • Yearbook Club
  • Math Counts (competition club)
  • Davis Singers
  • Drama Club
  • Davis Alliance (gender identity and fitting in)
  • The Rox (Ruling our Experiences)
  • Power of the Pen (7^th and 8^th graders)
  • Irish Way Advisory (student voice in the building)
  • Dublin Food Pantry and Our Own Davis Food Pantry (to discretely provide nourishment to food insecure kids over the weekends)
  • Interact
  • Fiddle Fusion

Secretary’s Report—Noreen Marando

• Noreen presented the minutes from the August meeting. Natlie Rich made a motion to approve the minutes.  Clifford Rich seconded the motion.  All were in favor.

Treasurer’s Report—Asch Mikhail, Ginger Kockentiet

• Current balances:
  • Checking $19,781.14
  • Savings $31,422.93
• Review of 2019/20 budget items / updates

President’s Report – Tiffany deSilva

• Review of Executive Board and Committee Leadership Status. We have some committee positions that will need to be filled next year (current volunteer will no longer have a student at Davis.).  Tiffany and Tiffany to work on a descriptive list of positions to post to the website. Annual Fall Fundraiser
• Fall Fundraiser/Dance-a-thon update:
  • 29% participation as of the date of the meeting
  • $19,457 raised to date
  • Last day for donations is October 4^th
  • 99Pledges – the online donation tool – will take 10% of online donations as their fee (this was the best / most convenient tool)
• Outreach and Engagement
  • Fall Festival is set for October 24^th. We will need volunteers – look for a signup.
  • Meet and Greet Spirit Wear Winner – Zaria was the winner guessing 363 candies (the correct amount was 362!)

Upcoming events

• No School—October 11
• PTO Meeting—October 16 Noon
• Fall Festival – October 24
• Parent Teacher Conferences/PTO Sponsored Dinner – October 30

The meeting was adjourned at 8:05