Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
December 3, 2019

Introductions
The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm on December 3, 2019, by President Jessica Christiansen. Board Members Kathy Jennings, Michelle Marsden, Heather Kramer, and Kristen Beauchamp were present.

Preliminary Business
Marci Forbes motioned to approve minutes from October 2019. Michelle Marsden seconded the motion. 

New Business
Jessica proposed to cancel January’s meeting. All members agreed.
Bird Houses – there are still some remaining. Jessica is looking into a place to store/display them for parents to purchase. Looking to put them up for sale on the website again 2020.

Treasurer’s Report
Checking -12/3/2019
$61,484.93
Savings – 12/3/2019
$44,774.60

Committee Reports
Bash budget is right at $6,000. The gross income was $32,316.00. Jessica feels like it is getting harder to meet the base gross for what we are looking to make from the Bash. 

Bash Sales:
$760 Tickets at Door
$550 Beach Raffle Tickets
$1250 Wine Pull
$425 Notecards
Bird Houses
$2400 Dessert Dash
$13000 Paddle Raise (made an additional amount of money after the video was shared at the auction after the paddle raise)
Heads and Tales
Last Bid Win

Year-End Annual Appeal – PTA is not going to host an annual appeal this year, instead Jessica wants to connect with Elley from SUN School to assist with an annual appeal ask for her program. 

Upcoming Events

Jan 2^nd – PTA Clothing – need 5 volunteers for this.
Jan 10^th – JMS Pizzacato Night
Jan 27^th – January Staff Appreciation – We have someone to lead this. 

New Business

We need to begin discussing replacement of board members for fall 2020. Position will start in May of 2020. Eighth grade parents typically don’t serve on board. Jessica is stepping down as board president for 2020-2021. 

Neighborhood Community Trail Volunteer Day – neighborhood will help update this.

Principal’s Report – Susan Kosmala

1. Social Service Fair was a great success. 
2. Awesome Fun Night on 11/22/2019, 6:00pm – 8:30pm. We had over 200 students attend. 
3. Conferences – many sixth-grade teachers had over 90% participation went. 
4. Testing – January is testing season. Students will participate in the second of three benchmark assessments. It will give teachers a better understanding of what students have mastered in the areas of reading and math and what they still need to work on. This will give the teachers an idea of what the students are mastering and what needs to be retaught. This testing takes about three days out of the student learning time, which was a hard sell in the fall. The testing is open for the entire month of January, teachers will choose when the assessment will take place in their classrooms.  

The next PTA meeting is scheduled for 01/14/2020.

Meeting adjourned at 6:58pm

After tonight’s meeting Lisa Weiner from Handmade Parenting will present “Anxiety in Adolescents.