Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
June 7, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Attendees: Stephanie V, Jodi S, Gail H, Principal Kosmala, Kristen B., Leah Robb, Courtney Meeboer, Gina Lascink, Kate Cockrill, Joelle Alexander.

Preliminary Business

• • Approve Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved – Jodi moved to approve minutes, Gail 2nd
  • No additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

Monthly Report – Gail and Jodi:
$61,479.02 – checking
$45,235.73 – savings
Jodi reviewed the budget vs actual YTD by line item.
We need to submit a new list of who can be signers on the Key Bank account. Make list once new board is elected.
Funding commitment letter shared and approved.
Jodi moved to approve, didn’t catch who 2nd
Sun School requested $500 add to budget for BIPOC male event.
Stephanie moved to approve, Courtney and Kristen 2nd
Gail will reach out to Nicole to let her know.
Rolling locker volunteers needed sometime the week of 6/20. Stephanie will find volunteers.

Principal Report
Ms. Kosmala

• • Jump start will be held on August 30: 6th graders will come by themselves on the first day of school next year. 7th and 8th graders start on 8/31
  • September 8, 2022 would be assembly date where fundraiser can be kicked off
  • Volunteers needed for picture day, awesome fun night (tentatively Nov) and possibly for a book fair in Nov.
  • Ms. Kosmala reviewed teacher/staff changes
  • Adding ½ time block teacher for 8th grade
  • Had Culture Day. Past year budget has been $7k. They had $5k left from last year and spent that down this year. We currently have $6.5k in budget and need to revisit if we need to bump that up for next year.
  • Leadership and AVID classes have been added
  • There are currently 1.5 licensed special education positions open and 2 classified positions.
  • Class sizes will be between 29 and 33 next year.
  • District ordered five new teacher carts.
  • 8th grade promotion will be on Friday, June 10

Voting for 2022-23 Jackson PTA Board

President: Amy Gupta
VP: Jodi Steele
Treasurer: Jeston Black
Secretary: Gina Lascink
Co-Volunteer Coordinator: Kate Cockrill
Co-Volunteer Coordinator: Courtney Meeboer
Membership: Leah Robb
Gail moved to approve nominees, Jodi and Courtney 2nd

Other

PTA board will hold a meeting for the old board to transition to the new board.
PTA meetings will likely be back in person at the Jackson Library next year.

Meeting adjourned at: 7:24 pm

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
May 3, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Attendees: Stephanie V, Jodi S, Gail H, Principal Kosmala, Kristen B.

Preliminary Business

• • Approve Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved – Gail moved to approve minutes, Stephanie 2nd
  • No additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

Monthly Report – Gail and Jodi:
$53,977.42 – checking
$45,235.34 – savings

New Business

• For the 2022-23 funding commitment letter or possibly for this June, we will need rolling lockers to be in the budget. $250 will cover gift cards and a meal for the volunteers. Stephanie moved to add the $250 line item to the budget and Gail 2nd
• Will vote on open PTA positions for next year at next meeting. Continue recruiting for positions.
• RAT Race – Thursday, May 5
  Add ask for one more volunteer 12:45-3:34

Old Business

Principal Report

Ms. Kosmala

• Planning to hold a calendaring meeting to get dates on the calendar for next year. Meeting is 5/13 from 4-5 p.m.
• 100 kids are signed up for Awesome Fun Night on May 13
• Communicating expectations on protests to students
• Message will be going out on cell phone use
• Will be doing in person Jackson tour for 5th graders on 5/12 and 5/25 this year from 6-7 pm
• Will be doing Oaks Park for 8th grade promotion this year.
• 8th grade promotion will be on June 10
• A Colorado High School will be coming to Jackson later this week to learn about the Artful Learning program.

Committee Reports

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

Meeting adjourned at: 7:05 pm

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
April 5, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Attendees: Stephanie V, Jodi S, Gail H, Maria W, Joelle Alexander,Principal Kosmala, Kristen B.

Preliminary Business

• Approve Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved – Jodi moved to approve minutes, Gail 2nd
• No additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

Monthly Report – Gail and Jodi:
$53,633.86 – checking
$45,234.97 – savings
Budget for RAT Race is $1,000 expenses, bringing in $8,000

New Business

• • Will have some (possibly all) open PTA positions for next year. Begin recruiting for positions now and nominations will be made at the May meeting. Will add JagWire and Facebook notices that we are looking to fill positions.
  • RAT Race – Thursday, May 5
    • Winning class gets donuts or ice cream bar.
    • Will look into Stripe or School Pay for online payments.
    • Office has 800 envelopes for forms for each child. Each child can write their name on the envelope when they receive it.
    • One period for each great: 5, 6, 7 with the teacher they are assigned to for that period: 5th period starts at 12:54.
    • Students assigned colors based on what teacher they are with during that period, and they are assigned to an area on the track based on the color.
    • Kristen and Stephanie will meet to discuss volunteer sign-ups

Old Business

Principal Report

Ms. Kosmala

• Degraded fan belt blew smoke through the building on the last Friday before Spring Break.
• Last week there was a protest against Don’t Say Gay Bill
• Currently getting ready for state testing that begins at the end of the month.
• Planning 8th grade promotion for June 10 with a trip possibly on June 8.
• Moving into the spring, will begin bringing additional teachers into doing Bernstein units.
• There will be two virtual and two in person tours for incoming 6th graders: May 12 and May 25.
• Tomorrow night, 4/6, is SUN Night at Jackson.

Committee Reports

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• • No School 4/8 Teacher Professional Development Day

Meeting adjourned at: 7:10 pm

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
March 1, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Attendees: Gail Hammer, Jodi Steele, Kristin Beauchamp, Ally Keo, Ms. Kosmala, Ana Stermer,

Preliminary Business

• • Approve Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved
  • Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

Monthly Report – Gail and Jodi –
Balances: 56,780.25 Checking, 45,234.59 Savings

New Business

• • RAT Race Thursday Date changed from 4/28 to 5/5. What time1-3. 12-3:30 for volunteers. Kristen is going to ask for 10 volunteers. We have 3 who have already contacted me. Donations can be cash or online donations thru Stripe.Ms Kosmala has old forms and is going to email them to me. We will start advertising and asking for donations for the RAT race right after Spring Break.
  • 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony will be in person – More details to come and we are looking for 8th grade parents to put on this event. Some sort of social event at the school can be planned to celebrate their movement on to high school
  • Awesome Fun Night – this is being planned for the first week of May and will have a DJ, dance space, open gym, magic competition, the staff will volunteer some talent. There will be a small charge at the door and kids without funds will still be admitted. Volunteers are needed. Sharon Barns would be a contact person for details about how many volunteers are needed.
  • Staffing – Initially there were cuts but 2 of the positions were reinstated including the vice principle and teaching staff
  • Forecasting for next year will start soon and yearbook will be a new class for 8th graders
  • Masking for outside ended today 3/1 and we are waiting for updates for the school masking plans since the mandate ends 3/12.

Old Business

Fundraising updates Teacher to the Mountain

Principle Report

Ms. Kosmala

Committee Reports

Volunteer Needs – volunteers for SUN school Pantry email sent to Kristen and Nicole. RAT Race is not moved to 5/5 and we will take 10 volunteers from 12:30-3:30. Looking for someone to take lead on this. Looking for 8th grade parents to help plan the social aspect of the 8th grade graduation.

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• • Spring Break 3/21-25
  • Friday 4/8/22 – end of Quarter / Professional Development

Meeting adjourned at:

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
February 1, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Attendees: Michelle H, Stephanie V, Alissa M, Principal Kosmala, Gail H, Jodi S., Maria, Nicole W – SUN, John, Lisa Z,

Preliminary Business

• Approve Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved – Alissa moved to approve minutes, Michelle 2nd
• Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

Monthly Report – Gail and Jodi –
$57,780 – checking
$45, 234 – savings

New Business

• • Fundraising updates – Sending a Teacher to the Mountain
    • Eagle Crest for Spring Break to a staff members, we are going to do a raffle for teacher appreciation – will ask on FB/JagWire for in kind donations for a raffle. All staff will receive two raffle tickets that they can use to submit for prizes including the rental house. We want to give each staff member a coffee gift card including two raffle tickets

• • RAT Race – Are we doing this and renaming or leaving it as is or not doing the fundraiser at all?
    • Yes! Thursday April 28th approximate goal of $10k?

Old Business

• • SUN School – Nicole Williams was going to send us a needs list for the Sun Pantry. Link will be emailed out via JagWire and added to FB once complete. Also there are lunch groups that may request some funding
    • Community resource fair – served 84 people!
    • Still taking signups for SUN school classes
    • BIPOC boys lunch twice a month – looking for a man to lead the group

Principal Report

Ms. Kosmala

• The Community Support day went great!
• Planning 8th grade promotion – begin the discussion of possible planning
• New Principal’s secretary Jose starting on Mon 2/7
• Mr. Wilson’s class will start a ‘metamorphosis’ unit for Bernstein; the common project will be ‘pattern-based’

Committee Reports

Volunteer Needs – Are any needed- If so please let Kristen Beauchamp know

• 8th grade panoramic photo – March 31st – need help ‘wrangling’ and organizing the shot. Susan will check to see how many people we will need to let Kristen know how many folks to ask for

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• No school 2/21 – Presidents Day
• Spring Break 3/21-25
• No School 4/8 Teacher Professional Development Day<>/li

Meeting adjourned at: 7:35pm

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
January 4, 2022

Introductions

6:30PM – Stephanie von Ahlefeld, Gail Hammer, Nicole Williams, Ms. Kosmala, Kristen Beauchamp

Preliminary Business

• Approve December Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved
• Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda – 1/29 Resource fair- all day in drive through.

Treasurer’s Report

Gail and Jodi – Report out on account balances Checking $58,234 Savings $44,523 Total $103,467, cash donations, 200 library PTA Clothing 500., Social Justice coming through. Technology update requests. White boards need to be mounted. Ms. Kosmala will submit some requests. Student Aid fund:

New Business

SUN School – Nicole Williams is going to send us a needs list for the Sun Pantry. Link will be emailed out via JagWire and added to FB once complete. Also there are lunch groups that may request some funding.

Old Business

Any upcoming fundraising updates – None

Principle Report

• Ms. Kosmala – 2 days back at school. Watch for emails for PPS District communications on masking in and out. 4 lunch’s 20 eat 20 play.
• Sweat pants / Pants needed for mud accidents
• School Messanger: Send things to Ms. Kosmala (Susan Locey is no longer at JMS)

Committee Reports

Volunteer Needs – Are any needed?

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• • No School – MLK 1/17
  • No School – Teachers Professional Development 1/28
  • Spring Break 3/21-25

Meeting adjourned at 7:09 pm

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
December 7, 2021

Introductions

6:30PM – Present: Stephanie, Michelle, Gail, Jodi, Joelle Alexander, Anna, Lisa Zauner & Maria

Preliminary Business

• Approve November Meeting minutes – meeting minutes reviewed & approved
• Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda – quick discussion added about virtual Bernstein event

Treasurer’s Report

Gail and Jodi – Budget Review

• Vote on revising the budget to include the water bottle fundraiser.
• Water bottle fundraiser brought in $1750 – we have over $100k in the account, how much fundraising should we continue to do
• Motion to modify the annual budget to reflect the water bottle fundraiser – approved
• Discussion on doing a check-writing campaign in late Winter to keep our momentum going – Michelle will meet with Ms. Kosmala about an audio visual presentation; will also meet with Alyssa Maxwell to brainstorm and plan
• Discussed carrying amounts from year to year
• Discuss Annual Audit – Lisa – goes through questions to determine if we’re in good standing. Discussed that we need to add a current cash balance from the treasurer to each meeting’s minutes.
• Current cash balance: Checking: $59,728.20; Savings: $45,233.47

New Business

Current members: 92 members, 7 leaders

Old Business

• Review water bottle sale results – $1700 profit, about 80 waterbottles sold
• Any upcoming fundraising updates

Principle Report

Ms. Kosmala – not in attendance tonight

Committee Reports

Volunteer Needs – Are any needed?

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• No School – Winter Break December 20-31
• No School – MLK 1/17
• No School – Teachers Professional Development 1/28

Meeting adjourned at 7:28

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
November 2, 2021

Introductions
6:30PM

Preliminary Business

• • Approve October Meeting minutes
  • Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda Starts Tomorrow 11/3 Bernstein Learning – Kids more engaged. Business model-Give funds back to the school. Slides that the kids saw today – Artful learning. 2 sizes of bottles available. Sale orders due 11/15-19. They will be there in the AM to pick up orders. 8:454-9:15 1 volunteer in the AMs. Kristen will put an ask out for that. Top selling student will get a prize. Sort by 1st period teachers is getting the packet. The item makes for a great holiday gift. Personal or gifting. Small 20 oz $30, 30 oz $40. Volunteers needed for tracking the orders to get the # of orders sold. How many gold packages are needed-Need to check to see that the money matches the order. Order form is kept. Conrad can build an Excel spreadsheet to show tally’s.
  • Steph send Anns info to Jodi and Gail.

Principals Report

Ms. Kosmala – Water Bottle Fundraiser – Anne Marquand, Proposed work with the ADL – No place for hate ADL – Contract. Presented last Wednesday. 3 – 2 hour training sessions. Work across the whole school. They will present to their Peers. Interrupt and be upstanders within the community, against Marginalization. Work plan with ADL. Interesting social media gossip accounts. 3 accounts reported to instagram. Hard for students to separate from that. Continuing to work with that. Success lessons 1st Wednesday of the month – with the students district lesions and school specific. Oraganizing around that. Counseling lesson. Empathy, Compassion, and Consent. Problem solving. Safe internet use. Conversations about consent. 1st period
End of the quarter 11/5. Students are prepared and challenged but are It ilooking like some student do not have a learning loss. Artful learning. Parking and drop off situation. No u-turns on 35th. Request for Ms. Kosmala to send out a communication about pick up and drop off. Safety talk. Cross walk needs to be repainted and new signage.

Treasurer’s Report

Jodi Steele / Gail Hammer – Report & reconcile and request for someone to audit last year and each month of this school year (non signer) 24 net 12 netted 18K. Few small other income, membership dues. $380 Oregon PTA, PTA Dues 2,600, at 4,000. Budgeted expenses. Don’t owe Bernstein $1270 another 1270 due. Ahead 23730. Banking more than expected. Teacher and staff allocations. Left over funds 3395 check has been written. Counselor Support included. Admin fees, Bluehost, insurance. Annual Aduit from last year and the monthly audit. Send Lisa an email about Audit needing

Committee Reports

Volunteer Needs – Kristen Beauchamp October Staff appreciation – 77 Thank you cards and 10 Starbucks cards.

New Business

• Water Bottle Fundraiser Starts 11/2- Anne Marquand
• Update approve bylaws (screen share last years by laws)
• Future events Rat Race / Girls Night / Assemblies / Culture Day

Old Business

• Bernstein Artful Learning discussion about timing of fundraiser – Check writing – After the 1st of the year. Jan or Feb. Website for the fundraiser. Thermometer for the goals. After the holidays. Possible raffle.
• Popcorn / Cookie Sales – Update
• Sun Pantry (food/hygiene)- Updates – inventory needs posted in the FB group. Link reposted. Link – Susan to add the link.

Covid vaccine clinic – Ms. Kosmala said that there is room at the school. Ms. Groom from Markham has reached out to the district.

Adjourned at 7:41pm

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• No school – November 6th End of Grading Term
• No school 11/11 Veterans Day
• No school 11/12 Teacher Professional Development
• No School 11/22-26 (Conferences Mon. 11/22 &Tue. 11/23)
• No School – Winter Break 12/21-1/3

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
October 5, 2021

Introductions

6:30PM

Preliminary Business

• • Approve September Meeting minutes
  • Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda

Treasurer’s Report

• • Jodi Steele / Gail Hammer – New budget / Updates
    • Instead of the Bash, $15k projected for a check-writng campaign
    • Kept Rat Race the same
    • Increased restaurant fundraisers to 3 events for $1k
    • Fred Meyer/Amazon/Box tops – hope to surpass projected numbers
    • Alissa suggests a ‘fundraiser event’
      • General appeal
      • Fundraiser event
      • Potential raffle event
  • Keep Girls night out/Culture day
  • Will end the year in a $7k deficit
  • Total balance $86k
  • Alissa moves to approve the Budget with changing the ‘bash’ to a general fundraiser – all approve

Committee Reports

• Volunteer Needs – Kristen Beauchamp – Popcorn / cookie sales district button 10/15.
  • Alissa Maxwell offered to help Kara with exporting data for student prizes
  • Put together staff appreciation for October for coffee gift cards for teachers
  • Want to do staff appreciation January – May with different ‘events’
  • Kara needs help with Cookie Dough delivery/distribution
    • Sort into bags by grade & teacher
    • Got two volunteers, but need maybe 10 per day (two days of distribution)

• Membership – Maria Wilcoxson

New Business

• • Official election for new Vice President – Nominee Lisa Zauner
    approved!
  • Update approve bylaws (screen share last years by laws)
  • Future events Rat Race / Girls Night / Assemblies / Culture Day
  • Sun Pantry (food/hygiene)- Updates / Who is the current Coordinator?
  • PTA Ongoing Fundraisers Box top, Amazon Smile, FM Rewards
  • Popcorn / Cookie Sales – Kara Murray
  • Monthly PTA Updates due Friday before the PTA Meeting: Zoom codes and any other updates.
    • The estimated net is in line with our projections – $18k in cash/checks; $5k from online orders
    • Will get a more clear amount in the coming days
• No place for Hate – Scottie Nash from Anti Defamation League

Old Business

Bernstein Artful Learning discussion about possible fall event for fundraiser

• Bethany Nelson & Ms. Walker, Peter Slansky might be available to create a Bernstein website for a fall check-writing campaign
  Include a video a

JOT Form

Cookie Dough Sales – Updates

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• • No School – October 8th Statewide Inservice
  • No School – November 5th Teacher Professional Development
  • No School 11/22-26 (Conferences Mon. 11/22 &Tue. 11/23)
  • No School – Winter Break 12/20-1/3

Principals Report

Ms. Kosmala – Bernstein Artful learning info/goals

• • A couple of events coming up – moving forward with after school clubs and activities which depend on the community to make them affordable for families
    Folks with interests they want to share with kids (math, art, music, etc.)
  • Slated for new Chromebooks on October 21st, with distribution on October 22nd. Pallets will be delivered, unpacked Friday morning, and distributed on the 22nd. They want 2-3 parent volunteers to help with distribution. Between 10-3.
  • ALL students will go home with a Chromebook – even if they don’t have a device to turn in.
  • Social media & peer pressure are a problem right now.

Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
September 7, 2021

Introductions
Welcome new board members: Stephanie Von Ahlfeld – president,
Gail Hammer and Jodi Steele co-treasurers,
Michelle Hickman – Secretary
Returning members: Kristen Bauchamp – Volunteer Coordinator

Preliminary Business

• Introductions
• Approve Meeting minutes – had trouble sharing minutes
• Additions/changes to this Meeting Agenda
• Volunteer needs
• Looking for a VP – will post something on facebook about open position.
• Membership $20 – Check made out to Jackson PTA

Each September you need to pay your membership. No fee required to attend meeting, but you have to be a member to vote. Pink form went home in homeroom packets.

Treasurer’s Report
Kevin Wagoner / Jodi Steele / Gail Hammer
Current balance $89k. Letter to list out expenses we need for the next month before we have a chance to share the budget for the year and vote for it.

Blue host email fee $160
JOT/website fee
Mone minder $165
Corporate division $50
DOJ $90
Insurance $250
Zoom fee $200

Total $1,215

The interim budget approved – motion passed
Stephanie will look into Venmo options to pay online – we can pay directly through the PTA website

New Business

• • Official elections for new board members: President, Vice President, Treasurer’s, Secretary, and Membership

Alissa Maxwell motioned, Lisa Zauner seconds the vote. All in favor. New members voted in.

• • Beginning fundraising discussion – discussing transitioning from an in-person event to perhaps an online check-writing campaign in the Fall and a raffle in the Spring
  • Future events
  • Updating JMS PTA Website

Old Business

Committee Reports
Volunteer Needs – Kristen Beauchamp

Announcements

Schedule of Upcoming Events

• • No School – October 8th Statewide Inservice
  • No School – November 5th Teacher Professional Development

Principals Report

Bus transportation has been rocky! Happy with how last week went, but new schedules and routes made today, so there is still some confusion about bus numbers and routes.

The registration information in the packet – if you have changes to emergency contact information, or updated contact information, please update that as we are getting settled and organized.

We ar woking through a list of ‘swiss cheese’ model of COVID approach. A layered approach to safety. Kids are doing an amazing job of using masks and being safe.

Some students are still waiting on getting locker assignments/codes and/or new locks for lockers. Need some replacing. Will get that sorted by the end of this week.

Been lucky as a school that students and kids are being responsible and safe. We have not had any positive confirmed cases yet! We have ‘traffic’ flows in the building, and directional staircases to help direct kids safely.

Lunches look different. We have four lunch services. Two periods, with two sections in each. Aimed at having less students eating at the same time. Sixth graders eat first, seventh-graders split, and 8th graders eat last. Target is 200 kids per session. Kids are eating outside. We are building out some extra seating for students, and ordering folding chairs. They have access to cafeteria for water. Now recess is inside because the outside spaces is occupied. The gym and library hold students. Library holds 50 students. Bathrooms and water are still accessible with this plan during recess, rather than sending them out to the field for ‘recess.’

8th graders will get some training on contact tracing as they learn how they have to be more rigid about the way they move through the building.

Try8ng to get Chromebooks in for students so that kids don’t have to bring their own devices. We dont have a set date for when they will arrive at school for distribution.

Question about the Covid checklist opt-in form. What does the testing entail? If you opt in, they will send the kits to your house. On-site testing are the quick nose swabs for a student that is symptomatic. We will likely call you on the phone if your child is symptomatic that they self-administer. The isolated symptom space will only hold two students at a time. If a child is symptomatic at school, parents will get called to take the student home. K-5 schools will be receiving this service first. Still Waiting to figure out

Questions about safety/privacy about blocked content on the PPS issued Chromebooks. There will be blocked content, but students sometimes find ways around the blocks. Will confirm about ‘Securely’ app access – whether parents need to opt in or out

Last year the PTA supported our partnership with “no place for hate” club cirriculum/ and Anti Defamation League – approx $1,500 to do parent trainings

Meeting adjourned 7:47