PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Attendance: Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Lily Wai-Lee, Jennie Yin, Angela Mui, Ramiro, Mr. Fong, Carmen, Yuki, and 10 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:55am Translator: Ana – Spanish
Joseph Li – Co-President
Joe – Welcome back. Two more months till the end of the school year.
Mr. Fong – Thank you to our parents, I can’t believe its May. We had our SLT meeting and I wanted to say I’m grateful to our parents. When I started, we had 1000 kids and now we have 500 plus students, but we didn’t loose any of our art programs. Thank you for the support of our parents and the Parent’s association. At SLT we talked about reduced class sizes. We were granted to open 4 more classes; the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade; general ed classes will be smaller but not the G&T classes. The general ed classes might have 15+ students in each class.
Joe – Thank you, Mr. Fong. We’ve been busy with the state ELA testing the last 2 weeks and the next 2 weeks with the State math test and Science test for the 5th graders.
Mr. Fong – we had full attendance for the 3rd graders; no 3rd grader was absent for the state test.
Joe – We have a lot to do this month and this upcoming month.
Parents’ Association opening & Review.
Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.
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These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in April; 9 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!
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This is the treasury report for review and approval; 12 people approved the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you!
Our goal meter is a little higher, we have 2 more months to reach our goal of 100%.
These are the ongoing fundraising throughout the school year.
2. The PA Funds these Programs and more
Here are all the costs of the arts programs the PA funds, as you see all the art programs are not cheap. All our fundraising efforts go back to the school and our students.
- NDI – 1st grade & 4th grade - $17,500.
Today we will have nominations for next year’s SLT & Parents’ Association board members.
2 positions for Co-Secretaries
We have 2 open positions for SLT members.
Joe nominates Carmen & Yuki for the 2 open SLT seats.
Jennie seconds that nomination.
Joe – you can self-nominate for any of the open positions. If anyone is interested, please swing by the PA room. Elections will take place next month. Let’s hope there will be more parent involvement for the upcoming year.
Mother’s Day sale is coming, and we need volunteers. Please have your children bring in at least $10, it will be an all-day event.
Book Fair – we’ll also need volunteers for this event. Book fair is during the mornings but if you can volunteer for even an hour it would be very helpful. Signup sheets are available on the PA room door. Please sign up when you can. Thank you.
Anyone has any questions or concerns?
Thank you! You can always come by the PA room 101 to chat with us, come to with any ideas, suggestions, or issues; our door is always open. You can also reach us by emailing us at PS.130pa@yahoo.com or by phone – 212-226-8072 ext 101 or reach Lisa at 917-821-7056 or visit our blog site at http://ps130pa.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Thank you everyone!
Closing time – 9:05am
