Minutes from the St. John the Evangelist
School Board Meeting
May 4, 2010
Board Members Present: Trish Prodanovich, Jessica Saccameno, Tim Davidson, Sister Zachary, Colleen Kosiek, Leticia Martinez, Kathy Capra, Lizz LaRue, Father Bob
Guests: PTC Members Jenny Townsend and Liz Mindykowski
Call to order: 7:02 p.m.
Opening Prayer: Sister Zachary
Principal’s Report:
· - Terra Nova Tests for Grades 3, 5, & 7 will be mailed to the parents of those students this week. A copy of the local/national averages will be sent home to all school families with next week’s Wednesday Notes. Our students did very well.
· - Check the May Calendar for upcoming events (Walk-a-thon, Willy Wonka, the 7th Grade World Tour, etc.)
· - Kindergarten Graduation is on Thursday, June 3rd at 11:00 a.m. in the Parish Center and the 8th Grade Graduation is on Saturday, June 5th at 11:00 a.m. in Church.
· - The End of the School Year special mass will be at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, June 4th for Grades 1-8 (Kindergarten students are welcome to attend with their parents).
· - Our last day of school will be on Friday, June 4th with a 12:00 noon dismissal for SUMMER VACATION. Report cards will be distributed on this day.
· - The 7th/8th Grade class trip this year is on Wednesday, June 2nd to Chicago… Chicago Board of Trade, Federal Reserve Building, tour of the city, lunch at Millennium Park, performance of the Blue Man Group, and our last stop at Navy Pier for supper/shopping.
· - On Friday, May 28th at 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. is our school Talent Show in the Parish Center. We have about 65 acts/performances and you don’t want to miss it.
· - Thursday, May 7th at 1:30 p.m. in Church is our annual May Crowning and 8th Grade Ribbon Ceremony. Everyone is ‘welcome to attend’.
Pastor’s Report
· - The new pastor for St. John will be Fr. Ted Schmitt. He is very excited to be here and can’t wait to start in July. He spent a day at school on Friday, April 30. He had the opportunity to visit with all classes individually. Fr. Bob is pleased with the new priest, who has met all the staff, and believes it will be an easy transfer of leadership. There will definitely be changes coming with a new leadership. However, these changes should be gradual.
· - Father Bob’s farewell mass will be on June 12 at the 4:30 mass. A tent has been set up for the farewell reception after the mass. Everyone is welcomed to attend. The event will be catered by Father Bob’s cousin.
· - Next day Sunday, Father Bob will be officiating at all masses and there will also be coffee and cake after each mass.
New Business
Walk-a-thon:
· - As of today, $1,050 has been received.
· - Nine volunteers have signed up and 32 permission slips have been received. SMZ has stated that Carol has been collecting money and slips and someone has to step up to take over these duties. Jessica has volunteered to collect money and permission slips.
· - Tim Davidson said that 5 knights have volunteered for the walk. He will inform them that they need to be there by 12:15 p.m.
· - SMZ said that Officer Stastny and the D.A.R.E truck will make an appearance. A fire truck will try to make it unless there is an emergency.
· - Larry Gradisher will be the Tiger again this year.
· - Lizz LaRue will work with Jenny Townsend to send a reminder that permission slips are due on Friday, May 7.
· - PTC has 64 stuffed animals. A decision will be made as to which grades will get these stuffed toys.
· - Patty Mitchell has secured several donations: 200 each from Putting Edge, Messterpiece, Brunswick, Culver, and tickets to River Trail Park District.
· - Marlo will talk to Culver’s about getting Scoopie to participate in the walk.
· - Also received the following donations: Two one day family passes to the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum, 2 Cubs tickets for July 21, $25 gift card to Morettis, passes to Classic Cinemas, one month membership to the aquatic center in Streamwood, Dave and Busters, camping trip gear (sleeping bag, tent, lantern, 4 sleeps). These prizes will be for raffles and top earners.
· - Lizz will work with Tim on the lanyards for students to mark laps they walked.
· - The Greco Family and Valli Produce have again graciously donated fruit for the walk. We will need volunteers to help clean the fruit on Thursday.
· - Students must bring their own water bottle. A water station will be set up by the garage, along with a First Aid station.
· - Prizes will be announced on Monday after the walk. Lizz and Liz will do the raffle. A notice will go out to announce the winners.
· - An alternate plan has been chosen in case of rain. A dance-a-thon will be held in the Parish Center.
· - We will not have Walk-a-thon shirts this year. It was decided that if shirts will be sold for next year, then planning has to start at least a year prior to event.
· - Jessica has volunteered to take pictures. Lizz will e-mail her with contact info for the newspaper. Jessica will send article and pictures.
· - A wrap up meeting should be held after the walk to discuss what went right or wrong and to prepare for next year.
Miscellaneous:
· - It was discussed that there is a need for a separate committee to handle fundraising. School Board and PTC representatives can be liaisons to this committee; however, committee should not be comprised of School Board and PTC members.
· - An idea to have a grade parents’ chair an event: such as the 5th grade parents do the walk-a-thon.
· - There will be a Book Fee this year. Due to cutbacks, the State will not be giving us any book grants.
· - Book Day has a new name. Its Family Payment Day.
· - SJE did receive a grant for $7,700 from state and $3,500 from the Archdiocese which will be used for the Rowland Reading Program for grades K-2. PTC has agreed to pay for the remainder balance.
· - PTC will pay for the renewal of the MAP Testing Program.
· - Tonight was Trish Prodanovich and Jessica Saccameno’s last meeting. Trish has served on the board for 4 years, two as Chair. Jessica has been attending School Board meetings for 7 years, six years served as a member and the last 3 years as Secretary. They wish the Board luck and continued success.
Adjourned: 8:27 p.m.
