Hopkinton PTA

Minutes for November 4, 2004

Harold Martin School, Hopkinton NH

President Julie Morris called the meeting to order at 6:30. Also present were: Colleen Symonds, Trish Underwood, Mike Bessette, Steve Chamberlin, Bill Carozza, Jim Marshall, Peter Gauthier, Alicia Cross, Corrine Lajoie, Linda Walsh, Bridget Christie, Kathy Donohoe, Joyce Rose, Cheri McManus.

Motion passed to approve October 7, 2004 minutes.

Budget:

Profit from the Cherrydale fund-raiser was $5,200.00.

Funding Requests:

$150.00 request from the 2nd grade for avian adventures program. This amount will cover the cost of the program for all second graders. $150.00 passed.

$250.00 request from High School Art Club for admission costs of field trip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 50 students will be attending at $5.00 per student. $250.00 passed.

Fund-raisers:

Ski Helmet orders are due on November 5th.

Orders for T-shirt/sweatshirts are due on November 12th. Sample shirts are hanging in the schools.

Because we did not sell these items for profit, we will be able to do another fundraiser. We will be organizing the kids artwork fund-raiser for this spring. We have several different artwork programs to choose from and will discuss these options with the school principals.

The cell phone fund-raiser was very successful. We collected 100 to150 phones which we will collect a minimum of $3.00 per phone for.

A date for Fun Fair will be set in January. Julie morris will chair this event. Past chair, Kim Rouleau, has retired from this postion after many years of hard work and success. We thank her for all her efforts.

Halloween Party/Parade:

The October 30th Halloween party was a Huge success. Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time.

Telephone Directories:

The HMS & MSS telephone directories have been distributed. One per family was provided to those who chose to be included in the directory. If you did not receive one, you can request one by contacting the PTA through e-mail @ HopkintonSchoolsPTA@yahoo.com.

Movie Nights:

MSS will be hosting a movie night later in November. Movie is still to be chosen.

PTA will host a movie night in December. Trish Underwood and Peter Gauthier will organize the showing of A Christmas Story to be played on the Friday December, 3rd.

Family Night:

Family night at the Monarchs will be on November 6th. 153 from the Hopkinton Schools, selling out our school section, will be attending. Thanks to Dave French, Monarch T-shirts are being provided to all attending this event.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:00.

These minutes are subject to approval at the January 6, 2005 PTA meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Michelle Benson, PTA secretary