MINUTES

ST. ANTHONY’S P.T.O. MEETING

NOVEMBER 13, 2003

Meeting was brought to order by President Deb Martin.

Mr. Carey led us in opening prayer at 7.00 p.m.

A fundraising opportunity was presented by Marissa Corless for Usborne Books.

Minutes of the October 9, 2003 PTO meeting were approved.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT – Mr. Carey

1. The Fresno Fire Department presented their Fire Safety Assembly for our primary students. The focus of the assembly was fire safety in the home.

2. You can now E-mail Mr. Carey and other St. Anthony Staff at their school e-mail address. An example would be scarey@sasfresno.com for Mr. Carey.

3. ITBS results are back. They will be passed out in next Tuesday’s packet. We can contact our child’s teachers for explanation of the results.

4. Construction of our new wing is complete. There will be a dedication and we hope to move the students in on Tuesday of next week.

5. Our recent book fair was very successful and made $1,100.

6. The school has added many programs, including technology, reading, math, physical education and now we have added a school counselor. The PTO provides additional funding for a few of these programs.

TREASURER’S REPORT – Rollie Cochran

There is $65,066.49 available in the PTO account as of this date. $15,000 has been paid toward our $75,000 commitment to the school. Teacher and staff bonuses will be given out in December. $15,300 was the profit from the golf tournament for technology.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Deb Martin

1. Lisa Garver presented an opportunity for the school and parish community to come together at the Fresno Grizzlies Baseball stadium for a family night. Tickets would sell for $8.00 and St. Anthony’s would receive $3.00 per ticket sold. Wild Thing would visit the school.

2. Mom’s volunteering for parking lot duty have seen some substantial changes in parking

lot safety from last year.

3. A meeting will be held soon to discuss next year’s carnival. Carnival committee chairs are needed.

4. A president-elect is still being sought.

GUEST SPEAKER – Mr. Russell Raypon

Russell Raypon is our new school counselor. He was a student here and graduated in 1988. He has a degree in psychology. He handed out an outline for the pilot program, which has been under discussion for 4 or 5 years. The purpose of the program is to provide psychological and academic support with a Catholic-centered focus to the St. Anthony School community. This will be a collaborative effort between the counselor, teachers, and parents and will meet the needs of all students. He will be available at the school once a week. His philosophy is that there are problem situations NOT PROBLEM CHILDREN.

Mr. Carey led us in closing prayer at 8:25 p.m.

An Executive Board Meeting was held after the regular meeting was adjourned.

Maryann Lewis, P.T.O. Secretary