The Maples Link
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Monday 15 February 2016
January PTA Update
Maples PTA
(Parent Teacher Association)
Regular Meeting
of the Committee
January 13, 2016
Maples Academy/Amaranth ON
January 13, 2016, 8:00am EST
Present:
Janet
Moore PTA Chair
Carrie
Ferguson PTA Treasurer
Susan Chow
(Minutes) PTA Secretary
Greg
Playford Maples Principal
Pauline
Oakley Parent
Kemi
Palmer Parent
1. Budget
Review
Carrie presented the
updated Budget statement for 2015-2016. A copy of the Budget
statement is available upon request.
2. Service
fundraiser
PTA continued to
discuss the ideas of ways to generate revenue to meet our goals to
cover our annual expenses. Some of the ideas brought forth were:
pumpkin sales during fall festival, PTA resume the full organization
of the fall festival, golf/spa tournaments, selling pies in the fall.
We reviewed the 1st
Movie night in November which was a great success and discussed that
this event will continue for February, April, May and possibly June.
Our goal is to raise
the shortfall throughout the academic year through various
fundraising events such as Movie nights & Casino Royale and other
possible events/functions. A separate meeting will be set for Feb
3rd to discuss further.
Casino Royale date
is set for May 13th – safe the date will be sent out
shortly
Bake sale - Monday
Feb 8th headed by Stephanie Milone. The goal is to encourage the
students to bring in baked items that they made themselves or with a
bit of help if possible.
Pauline Oakley is
going to arrange to provide “Starbucks” coffee for us to sell for
that event.
All proceeds will go
to “Choices”
3. Casino
Royale Night
Date set for May 13,
2016 from 7pm – 11pm. A separate meeting will be on Feb 3rd
to discuss further.
4. Date for
BBQ
Tentative date have
been set for the annual BBQ for Saturday June 11th.
April 6, 2016
May 18, 2016
All meetings are set
for 8am. Dates/times may change.
5. New
Business
No other business
December 2015 Update
PTA Update
Happy December Maples
Families! This is a quick note to outline what the Maples PTA is up
to. After a late start this year, I am really excited about the plans
we have for the rest of the year!
We started this year by
looking at the objectives of our PTA as outlined in the PTA
Constitution (who knew such a thing existed). Anyway, I found this
useful, so for our new and not so new families, I want to start by
outlining these objectives.
PTA Objectives
- To enhance and enrich the educational experience of all the students at the Maples Academy.
- To help promote the school’s “community” spirit and sense of belonging to the school.
- To help provide educational tools for all students.
What’s
New!
- Movie Night – We had our first ever PTA movie night last Friday evening. It was a great success with 35 kids at the school watching Elf. We are planning for movie nights January 29th, February 26th, April 29th, and May 27th. Thank you Sara Hurson for spearheading this.
- Facilitate Outreach with a Local Charity – This year, the PTA will help facilitate support opportunities for Choices Teen Shelter. To get started, the PTA will be serving Hot Apple Cider at the Christmas concert next week. All donations will go to Choices. Stay tuned in the New Year for a child operated bake sale. Also, there are classroom service opportunities that will be available, if teachers would like. Our goal is to help our children learn to respect and show compassion towards the needs of others, which is one of the IB principles. Thank you to Stephanie Milone for being the lead on this.
Update on the Old
- PTA is set to serve the students and staff a full turkey dinner on Friday, followed by a pancake lunch on Shrove Tuesday. This is a tradition that our kids look forward to every year. Thanks to Anthea Page, Jackie Demczur and Pauline Oakley for co-ordinating our special lunches this year.
- Our PTA BBQ is a great way to end the year and is always a fun afternoon. If this is something you would like to get involved in please let me know.
- Our first Casino Royale last year was a great night to socialize for Maples parents and teachers. We have started to plan this years’ event, but are looking for help!
- For the last several years, the PTA has been able to fully cover the cost of field trips, including busing. This is a great convenience that we would like to continue to provide for our families. However, you may have noticed that in the last couple of years the PTA has raised little money…in the New Year we will be looking for your ideas about a spring fundraiser so that this support can continue.
Our next general meeting
is scheduled for January 13th
from 8:00 to 8:45 am – all are welcome! If you are unable to
attend, but have something you would like added to the agenda or have
an idea that you would like supported by the PTA please e-mail me
janetmoore@bell.net
Wishing you and your
family a very Merry Christmas!
Janet Moore
PTA Chair
Thursday 19 November 2015
The Maples Link PTA Budget Meeting
Wednesday, November 25 @ 8 to 845am
All parents are welcome. The agenda for this meeting will be posted on this blog by the end of the day Friday, November 20.
A hard copy of the agenda will also be available in the office.
If there are any items anyone wishes to be added to the agenda please forward them to Janet Moore at janetmoore@bell.net.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Thursday 12 November 2015
PTA Minutes November 4th
Meeting November 4, 2015
Goal of meeting is pinpoint a purpose for the PTA in the hopes that we may involve more parents and in the end create a more active PTA. Carrie and Janet agreed to speak after on this.
The hope is that this may help us flush a few projects for the year. Ideas to date are;
1. An outreach program that will involve students. Stephanie Milone is interested in becoming involved in this. Janet will follow up with her this week.
2. Maintain and grow school community for students, possible parents. Greg suggested monthly movie night.
3. Special projects; butterfly garden
We need to update budget and have budget meeting during November. Date set for November 25th.
We discussed that to create a sustainable PTA the funds need to be generated each year for monies spent.
We ended with financial business. The school is donating monies raised during the fall festival to the PTA, with 50% going back to the school re: an academic fund. We discussed that according the constitution each member of the executive will have a vote going forward.
Next steps:
1. Talk to Carrie and Susan about PTA Objectives
2. Talk to Greg about movie night…find someone to do it. Sarah Hurson.
3. Talk to Stephanie Milone about outreach program and butterfly garden.
Wednesday 13 May 2015
You
are invited to the Maples Link 1st annual Casino Royale on Friday
May 22, at The Maples Academy.
Join
us for an Evening of smooth music, fantastic food, and casino fun. This
event is not a fundraiser, it is simply a fun night out with parents from the
school and friends in the community.
Put on your party
dress get ready for an evening that is sure to impress. The evening will
kick off with a hot and cold hors d’oeuvres catered by our local Lavender Blue
Catering.
·
Potato and Artichoke Latkes
with Crème Fraiche
·
"Our own mini Sausage
Rolls" with honey mustard on the side
·
Cajun Sweet Potatoes with
chipotle mayo
·
Crab stuffed Mushrooms
·
Mini mushroom tartletts
·
Smoked Salmon canapés
·
Chicken skewer with a
peanut sauce
·
Asian Beef skewer with a
ginger mayo
There
will be three gourmet food stations, dessert, magnificent jazz
entertainment and a fun casino.
·
Pate and pepper jellies, cheeses, fruits, artisanal
salamis, pickles, antipasto and crackers
·
Shrimp Cocktail
·
Chilled Beef Tenderloin with mustards and horseradish
·
Chilled Beef Tenderloin with mustards and horseradish
·
Crusty buns and creamy whipped butter
·
Vegetarian Sushi Platter
·
Fine French and California wine
·
Hockley Valley Beer
Casino
Royale Details:
Casino Fun Night - Blackjack, Roulette, and Poker
·
$60 admission gets
you: Dinner, live entertainment, $500 in fun money or 5 raffle tickets, an
alcoholic beverage, and a chance to win some fabulous prizes.
·
You can purchase
more fun money, $10 dollars for $100 in fun money.
·
The event will
start at 7pm and go till about 10pm with the raffle drawings following
immediately.
·
Every $100 you
have in fun money gets turned in at the end of the night and you get a raffle
ticket which can be put in the basket of your choice.
·
There will be
great prizes: catering packages, fine wine, cosmetic products, home lighting
and hotel package for a night in Toronto.
·
We have hired a
company to come in with Blackjack tables, Roulette Table, and Poker table and
the dealers for a fun night out. If there are any profits from the Casino they
will be donated to ‘Logan’s Hope.’
·
So come out and
enjoy something new and fun.
Please
phone the school to confirm your attendance or request more tickets by next
Tuesday the 19th of May. 519-942-3310. Checks made Payable to The
Maples PTA.
There will be a donation box for Logan’s Hope at the
Casino Royale.
We encourage you to invite friends!
Wednesday 22 April 2015
Community involvement has always been an integral part of The Maples. The Maples Link would like to play a role in facilitating the school in reaching out to our community. The Milone Family is initiating a fundraising campaign for a local Orangeville boy and The Maples Link is proud to support this amazing cause. Information regarding volunteer opportunities, fundraising initiatives, and the dates and times of these events will be posted on our parent participation sidebar on this blog.
Please read the attached letter from Ben Milone to understand more about this fundraising campaign…….
Logan McNab is an 11
year old boy just like me. I came to know Logan 5 years ago when his
mother was a nanny for my baby sister. His mother talked a lot about
Logan with me because we were the same age. I was really surprised
when I met him that he was in a wheelchair. He has cerebral palsy.
With a lot of work from his family and therapists, we were excited to see him
take his first steps when he was 9 years old using a walker.
Unfortunately, some kids with cerebral palsy get really tight muscles and
ligaments. Logan has this problem and so he now is unable to walk
anymore. There is a surgery that can help him with this condition
however it is only offered in the United States. OHIP has agreed to cover
a small portion of it. His family has to pay the remaining $100,000.
I am physically
active any chance I can get. I can't imagine not being able to walk and
run and would take any chance I could if someone told me a surgery could get me
on my feet again.
I would like to do my
part to fundraise money to help Logan's family reach their goal so that he can
have this surgery.
These are my ideas
which I have discussed with Mr. Playford:
1. Having our
school donate the money collected from one of our casual days towards this
cause.
2. Hosting a bake sale
– on Friday May 22 at our school. Please support by bringing a
loonie or toonie to buy a delicious baked good.
3. Host a
bottle drive – Please ask your parents, families, neighbours, sports teams to
give you their empty wine, beer and liquor bottles. I will have a box set
up in the front hall for you to put them in. My parents will take them to
the Beer Store for me and the refund will be put towards this fundraiser.
We can all do our
small part to help Logan walk again. Thank you for helping support this
important cause.
Ben Milone, Grade 5
P.S. Here is his website in case you need more information. http://www.gofundme.com/Logans-Hope
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