Pierce School PTO Minutes - November 2006

Pierce School PTO

11/8/06 Minutes

Attendance: Karen Szeto, Ellen Ball, David Weinstein, Tammy Texeria, Nicole Lapidus, Joshua Frank, Pipier Smith-Mumford, Valerie Emmerich, Com Miller, Debra Abrams, Amber Sermabeikian, Debra Costello, Martha Huntley, Ingrid Lederman, Eileen Regis

1. Treasurer’s report
   • $800 for library visitor/author
   • $164 for snowball microphone for audiences—captures large area sounds
   • $140 Support for the highly successful international dinner
   • $300 Support for field trip
   • $200 Recess equipment
   • $174 Algebra software—green globs—for use with smartboard
   • Helped with Julius Caesar
2. March 3 will be the auction date. Deborah Costolloe and Martha Huntley will cochair the event.
3. Dec 2 & 9 Henry Bear will donate space if we wrap the presents and we can collect donation people give. Henry Bear will also match the donation with a gift certificate to Henry Bear. We need 8th grade students and adult volunteers to help with wrapping.

This short PTO meeting was followed by the Principal’s Forum on Courageous Conversations. The focus of this conversation was the Equity Project and how we talk with other adults about the difficult topics of race and class.