Spring Meeting Highlights

• There were no nominations for officers. We need a secretary and two VPs, both for a two -year term.

It is been an assumption that each family serve on the Home & School Board at some time during their child(ren)’s tenure. Please make time in your busy schedules to make this work.

Being president of H&S does not and should not mean you are the Volunteer of the Year. If everyone pitches in and helps, it is much more enjoyable and not so daunting. Come on, parents!

• There have been some changes to the budget, which are outlined on the back of this newsletter.

• It seemed to be the consensus that everyone is worn out from all the fundraising. A committee was formed to investigate different fundraisers. Lisa Emler, Cindy Miller, Barb Hesselberg and Rick Raatz volunteered to form this committee.

• 14 children came to the meeting to play in the Kindergarten room and were looked after by several Seventh Graders. Thank you to them and to Mrs. Reischel for their generous donation of time and resources.

Thank you to everyone who attended. Your input and discussion made it a very productive meeting!

Greeting Cards for Sale $1.50 each

If you need a birthday, First Communion, wedding card, sympathy card or any kind of greeting card, there is a selection of hand-made cards for sale in the school office. 100% of the profit goes toward Home and School. So far we have sold $74 in cards!

School Garden

Our seeds have sprouted and are growing! Yeah! for our first accomplishment. Let’s hope the weather cooperates and permits the planting of our vegetables for the Chili Luncheon. Plan to dig on May 16th, weather permitting.

Thank you to everyone who turned in cardboard egg cartons. We still need some essential items:

Hose and sprayer
Plastic barrel for rain barrel
Chicken wire, rebar or fence posts
Shovels, hoes, garden rakes
Small plastic plant containers

We will likely have some extra plants available for sale. We will keep you posted with the details in the coming weeks.



School Garden Planting
Saturday, May 16th at 9:00 AM
Behind the 4K Building

Family Name: _______________________

Number Attending: ___________________

Phone Number: _____________________

Can you bring any of the items needed:
_________________________________________________________________________________________




St. Jerome Home and School Meeting Minutes April 22, 2009

1. The meeting was called to order and opening prayer lead by Rick Raatz.

2. Attendees: 16 parents, 5 Home & School Board members, Principal and staff members.

3. Introduction of Home and School members and new staff members:
Jamie Cotter introduced Miss Katie Ciske 4K teacher, Mrs. Mary Kohn 1st grade teacher, Miss Pam Giebel 7th grade teacher, Miss Jennifer Douglas 8th grade teacher and Ms. Lynne Hogan substitute 3rd grade teacher.

4 Approval of September 24th 2008 Meeting Minutes: Motion made by Sue Droessler to approve September 24, 2008 meeting minutes Joe Hammer seconded the motion.

5. Treasurer’s Report: Motion made by Joe Hammer to approve amended budget, Adrienne Van Norman seconded the motion with correction to remove duplicate line item for Family Fun Night.

6. Principals Report: 4th and 5th grade classes wish to extend their thank you to H & S for the opportunity of having an overnight trip to Upham Woods. Spring field trips are under way. 4K, 5K and 1st grades went to Hartford and saw the play Max and Ruby. 2nd and 3rd graders will be seeing the Pippi Longstocking play. 6th and 7th graders will be going to ProMega and Z104 and the 8th grade class will be going to Chicago.

Carnival of Sharing: This event is being organized by the staff members of St. Jerome School. The purpose of the carnival is to help Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Crombie and Ms. Weisensel with defraying the cost of their medical bills. The carnival will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2009 following the 4:30 p.m. mass.

9. Old Business: Bucky Books to be used for 2009/2010 school year fundraiser. Motion made by Adrienne Van Normal to approve the fundraiser, Cindy Miller second the motion.

10. New Business: Rick Raatz to spearhead a Fundraising Committee. Joining Rick will be Lisa Emler, Barb Hesselberg and Cindy Miller. The main function for this committee is to review our current fundraisers seeking which ones are more advantageous to our school and children or to come up with a better solution.

Outstanding Debts: Currently there is a debt totaling $715.00 from non-payment of Home and School Playground Fees ($235.00) and Opt-out dues ($480.00) for Fall Fund Raiser.

11. Budget: After a thorough review of the budget it was agreed to remove some items and reduce the amount of dollars for others with one item to be raised. Each budgeted item removed, reduced or raised was motioned and approved on.

Items removed from the budget: 4th of July Float, Math League will now be funded by the parents of the students participating. Catholic Schools Week T-Shirts,

Budget Items Reduced: School and Church staff gifts (Sunshine Club) from $700.00 to $200.00, Halloween Party from $400.00 $100.00, Harvest Dinner from $700.00 to $300.00.

Budget Item raised: Playground dues from $40.00 to $50.00.

12. New Home and School Board Members: Seeking nominations and election of Vice-Presidents and Secretary. These are two-year terms with Vice President shadowing Presidents first term then taking over as President the second term. Secretary is responsible for meeting minutes, assisting with Home and School functions, preparing meeting agenda and newsletter.