What topics would you like to have covered in our CMS-PTO Talks?
Please send your ideas to communications@cms-pto.org
CMS-PTO Meeting: Sept. 4, 2019
The next CMS-PTO meeting of this school year is Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 6:30pm in the office conference room. All are welcome!
Disneyland ticket winners!
Congratulations to the Canabou family for winning four Disneyland tickets in our drawing! Thank you for supporting our students, Canabous!
CMS-PTO meeting: August 21, 2019
The first CMS-PTO meeting of this school year is Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 6:30pm in the office conference room. All are welcome!
Meet and Greet with the new CMS principal, Dr. Lashier
CMS-PTO is hosting a Meet and Greet with CMS’ principal, Dr. Jennifer Lashier, on the first day of school, Thursday, August 15. Join us outside the Event Center/new gym (on Helena) after you drop your kids off. Dr. Lashier will speak at 8:15am. We hope to see you there!
Want to win Disneyland tickets?
Visit the CMS-PTO table at the Back to School Bash on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. If you make a donation to CMS-PTO at the Back to School Bash, your name will be entered into a drawing for 4 Disneyland tickets! It’s that easy! See you there!
CMS-PTO 2021-22 flyer
Welcome to a new school year!
CMS-PTO is excited about the start the 2019-20 school year! Thanks to generous family contributions last year, we were able to provide funding for numerous classroom materials, activities, community events, and improvements to the school climate. See details at https://cms-pto.org/what-we-fund/
If your family can donate this year, we can do even more for our students and CMS!
It’s Staff Appreciation Week!
An easy way you and your student can say “thank you” to the CMS staff is by writing notes. Kids can give their notes directly to staff members or they can leave them in a box in the office. There are so many people who make CMS a great place for our kids – teachers, instructional assistants, office support staff, librarian, custodians, cafeteria staff, administrators, and others. Let them know that you appreciate them! Click on the link below and use the template for your notes.
CMS-PTO March Meeting Minutes
- Meeting called to order at 6:31pm
2. Secretary: Motion to dispense with reading of last meeting’s minutes. Second. Vote. Motion carries. Motion to adopt the last meeting’s minutes as written in email distribution. Second. Vote. Motion carries.
3. CMS-PTO Election Update: Need new VP Programs, Secretary. Bernie moving from VP Programs to Co-VP, Fundraising. Combine Secretary/Parliamentarian role (Heather Marklein to reach out to Julie Crane .
4. Officer Committee Reports
President’s Report
Dr. Baker Meeting Wednesday, March 6
Review & Update on CMS-PTO Election & Timeline: election next meeting. Anyone who is interested in running (or rerunning for a position needs to let May Bakken know ASAP.
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Update (AVP Jean Wang : changes proposed re: Bernardo with
SRTS team. Talked to Sunnyvale SRTS coordinator. Reviewed suggested routes. Discussed area by Starbuck’s, Trader Joe’s, Wells Fargo; going to adopt recommendations for CMS students to use same routes as publicized by Montclaire Elementary. Reevaluating traffic issues on Helena. Reevaluating path by the Union 76 gas station. Jean Wang working on
distributing maps and pamphlets to various schools for their distribution.
VP Communications Report: discussion of ways to improve Communications for next year to reach school community. Right now limited access to parent community. Want to add an “opt out” form in school materials. Better visibility of CMS-PTO on CMS web site. We should publicize the CMS-PTO donation to new band equipment – flyer, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
VPs Fundraising Report: biggest push needs to be at back to school events. More credit card swiping, giveaways. Lots of opportunities for parents to give. Need to find people to take over fundraising position. Also push Box Tops donations during back to school period. Fundraising table at Spring Fling, with iPad, chip scanners. One more Dine Out event. Give flyers to teachers to distribute/post in their classes. Need list of fundraising events completed this year, so we can start planning for next year. Same with events. Will soon have planning session for next year to flesh this out.
Co/Treasurer’s Report: Helen: $88,031 in total donations. Corporate matching up 40% over last year. Total contribution increased by $20,000. See attached report.
VPs Community Programs Report:
CMS-PTO Talk: Summary of past speaker session.
• Discussion: How can we get more people to register for and attend CMS-PTO talks? Opt out email form.
Mike C: 4 speakers per year. List dates even if you don’t have speakers chosen. Publicize select CMS-PTO Talks on Nextdoor or Yahoo! Groups.
• Topic ideas: preparing for high school. Panel: entering middle school. Panel: entering high school. Angst moving screening with Dr. Leena.
• TBD Gaming Addiction Dr Ili
• Wed, May 8th: CMS-PTO Talk: Financial Advice
• Wed, April 10th: CMS-PTO Talk: Joyful Parenting N Elisabeth Stitt. Author and owns Joyful Parenting Coaching
• Spring Event update: Spring Fling event. Games and what teachers are going to do are set. Dance presentation. Will ask Maddie Lehman re: leading group warmup. Have Mexican food truck. May Bakken to ask Kona Ice. Flyer to put in teacher’s mailbox. Need PTO table for donations, etc. Raffle off Disney tickets.
Principal’s Report: Jeanine – Yosemite trip. New accommodations.
New Business: Teacher Appreciation Week. CMS-PTO appreciation breakfast. Need to determine date. Informal CMS-PTO board planning meeting 3/13 at May Bakken’s house.
Meeting adjourned: 8:00pm