Officers in Attendance:

Julie Fago
Karin Cyganovich
Kelly Lukasavich
Annette Kopp

ER Staff in Attendance:

Mrs. O’Bryan

Number of Members Present: 15

Kelly opened the meeting with the pledge & welcomed everyone.

Principal Business:

  • Explained the district & building goals. Part of this is to increase engagement for students, parent & community. As part of the Falcon Force Recognition program, the committee is asking for $500 to:
  • purchase stickers saying “Ask me how I earned Falcon cash today”
  • purchase 10,000 post cards that staff will mail home when a child does something in line with the beliefs (goal is for every child to receive 1 through the mail during a school year- it is a tangible reward & can increase communication between parent & child)
  • Discussed the implementation of a “Parent Buddy” system for new families to our district. This person is someone the new parent could reach out to. The mentor parent would be sure to invite the new one to events etc. Each mentor parent would have 5 or less new families to mentor. If anyone is interested in chairing this program let a BEN officer know

Treasurer’s Report:

  • Current balance is $25484.02
  • Some miscellaneous checks came through such as: Shop-a-Roo ($245.31), Red Robin ($14.38) & Tops ($325.74)
  • Nora thanked BEN for supporting the 5th grade field trip to the Challenger Living Memorial in Lockport

Recording Secretary’s Report

  • Shared minutes from the Sept. meeting. There were no open actions

 

Motion to Approve Officer Reports: Annette K. & 2nd by Karin C.

Chair Reports:

  • Kelly L. talked about Picture Day retakes. They will be Nov. 7th Yearbook order deadline is Nov. 17th
  • Entertainment Books: there are 17 still not returned. Approximate profit of $5462
  • Book Fair sales were way down ($2000). This is possibly because a Scholastic flyer went home the week before. Next year they will try to postpone that
  • Spirit Wear sale sold $2100 worth of apparel
  • Campbell’s Labels end this January
  • The Mum sale net $1878 in profits
  • Theresa talked about the Errick Road Bash. They currently have $1600 in pre-sales. The event is November 18th at the Adam’s Fire hall starting at 6pm. Jack’s restaurant is providing food. There will be 4 hours of open bar, finger foods & a DJ. They are looking for help doing table pieces & wrapping wine bottles. In addition, wine & food donations are appreciated. They will sell tickets on Halloween day when many parents come for the parade.

Other Business:

  • BEN website is on a new server. There is a universal drop box that anyone can use for pictures.
  • Poinsettia sale will be pre order only by Nov. 17th
  • Holiday lunch will be Dec. 8th at 12:30pm. Location is still to be determined
  • Snowflake Shop is looking for volunteers for Nov. 28th, Nov. 29th & Nov. 30th
  • Bulletin Board will be a Falcon. Each student will be able to decorate a feather
  • Julie asked if you hear anything negative about BEN to not feed into it. Everyone is volunteering their time away from their kids. We are all there for one thing, the kids.

Motion to close: Annette K. & 2nd by Julie F.