January 6th, 2009

Executive Board Reports: January 2009

Jaclyn Trotta, 1st Vice President - no report

Carole Bercher, 2nd Vice President – no report

Sonya Sulton, Treasurer – Beginning Balance $40,705.96, Deposits $12,440.61, Disbursements $5,527.98, ending Balance $47,618.59

Beth Lauria, Corresponding Secretary – distributed the mail

Diana Pisacone, Recording Secretary – no report, everyone please be sure to sign in.

Andraia Miller, Council Delegate – no report

Gay Campisi, President – Attended the Superintendents meeting with Mr. Ehman, there are proposed decreases in our State Budget by the governor; several meetings will be held over the months to come to discuss this topic.
On the following dates @ 7PM New York Avenue Development Meetings for the 2009/2010 Budget

• Monday 2/2
• Thursday 2/26
• Thursday 3/5
• Wednesday 3/18
• Tuesday 4/14

There is a Community Forum with our community leaders which has stated there is an increasing use of HEROINE it is easily accessible and it is CHEAP, making it more appealing to the children. It is distributed in little packs that are attracting the children with Batman/Spiderman etc symbols on packets; they are trying to put together a meeting to educate us the parents on what it looks like, stay tuned for further details.

Also, there are TEXT MESSAGING ABBREVIATIONS available on the school website, know what your children are saying in the world of TEXTING!
Anita w/ SEPTA - next SEPTA meeting January 12 @ 7:30 they will be discussing Speech, Occupational and Physical therapies. Also, BEST BUDDIES has been a great success in the middle school!

Committee’s Report:

Sue- Sports Night 2/27 Smithtown HS East time to be determined, volunteers are still needed to help out.

Jen with the Playground Committee sponsoring a Golf Outing May 11th Breakfast and Lunch sponsorships needed.

Sponsor a “T” , Flags and several other ways available to support this event and the Playground Committee.

Student Council – Food Pantry had tremendous donations, but more is always needed.

Snowman Project- was once again a great success with a wonderful response from all of us!

Mr. Graf – Over 200 families donated for the Snowman project, thank you ? There were a few issues with the inclement weather dismissal, with the timing of the release of students, he is working on correcting that issue in order to avoid any problems in the future. Looking forward to the upcoming School Fair on Saturday, February 7th from 10-3 bring the family and come join in the fun. ELA’s are being held this month for grades 3rd, 4th and 5th. Our Science Fair is Thursday April 2nd, all projects will be on display for all of the grade levels. Seven more smart boards were installed in the school, there is on going training for them and we are expecting another three this weekend.