The meeting was called to order by Debby Roberts, President.

The minutes from the meeting of October 7, 2002 were approved.

The Treasurer’s Report was presented.

Old Business

Ways and Means

There are 15-20 Entertainment Books remaining from the book sale. A motion was

made and passed to continue to sell these books at upcoming events. Gross

proceeds from the Gift Wrap Sale was $16,417.69 with net profit of about $8000.

The delivery of the wrap is expected the week of November 18 with pick up times

to be determined. Gift wrap can still be purchased on line at Sallyfoster.com

until the end of the calendar year.

The committee is considering having a Beach Party Dance in January depending

upon the DJ’s availability.

Student Activities

The committee is looking into the possibility of having a Holiday Festival to replace

the Fall Festival which was cancelled.

Yearbook

The cover design will be made by Lynne Daly. The presale will begin soon and the

books will cost $15.75 during the presale and $19.75 after the New Year.

After School Enrichment

The After School Enrichment Program will begin January 27 and continue for six

weeks. There will be no Mini –class during December.

Historian

Newspaper articles for the School Scrapbook are requested.

Volunteers

Volunteers are needed during the morning drop-off time to help those children who

come to school by car and to assist with traffic flow.

French Exchange Program

SCES has been pre-matched with a school in Paris. Twenty seven 5^th graders (14

boys and 13 girls) will come to SCES tentatively May 1-20. There will be a Parent

meeting on November 6 to discuss the exchange.

Membership

Teachers are still joining the PTA. Currently, 582 people have joined.

Programs

Storytelling Night will be on November 21 from 6:00-8:30 during the Book Fair.

Mrs. Sanborn will read to two different groups:K-2 and 3-5.

Hospitality

On November 14 there will be a breakfast for the teachers.

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Room Parents

By November 11 a box will be placed in each class to hold donations of canned food

and school supplies for the Christmas Mother Project. In order to support the Carol

Deaton Project children will be expected to earn money and donate it.

New Business

Mr. Bechtel announced that Field Day was a success. He also noted that on November 7

there will be a meeting held at Woodlake United Methodist Church to discuss Middle

School suicides.

The next board meeting will be a Holiday Pot Luck dinner on December 2 at 7pm, the location to be determined.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.