The John Muir PTC

PTC  Meeting Minutes

March 8, 2011

Six lovely ladies in attendance.

Suggestion to make the April PTC Meeting in the evening to coincide with a movie night for the kids on campus.

Northwest Nature Shop offers a fundraising evening where JMS can get a percentage of their profits on a given day. Aura is confirming the date for this, but has had verbal confirmation that it will probably be in May. Yogurt Hut also does an event like this, Aura will check into this a inquire if it would be a Wednesday when Duane is already leading the music group there.

Courtyard Days coming up: April 8,  K-4 graders, April 21, 5-8 graders. Lots of parents needed.  Major courtyard clean up.  Parents please bring in 6 packs of annuals and perennials.  Pond, Pavers, Cob oven, Wall all need attention.  Please see Pat, Tim, Maribeth for specific projects. Throughout the month of April is get the courtyard up to par time! You can also pitch in when you can, by weeding, mulching, etc. There are a lot of great tiles in storage that could still be used in courtyard for mosaic project—Anyone interested?

Financial Report: Lauren. We currently have $9,554 in the account.

We passed a motion to fund Joyce’s position (Art Focus and Outdoor Coordinator) and Sue’s position (drumming) for the rest of this year.  This will cost the PTC just more than $1000 in additional funds. Afro Cuban drumming is very important; it uses both hands, brings kids together, attracts kids who aren’t usually interested in music.

Ashland Schools Foundation-April 7^th is our date to participate in the phone call event.  It would be wonderful for everyone to work together to benefit our whole school district.  Please sign up for the night!  Or choose another night that is better for you. There is wine, dinner served, etc. it can be a really fun night if we all sit together.

John Muir Birthday Bash April 22 FUNDRAISER

An additional 2000 tickets were printed today (bringing our total of printed tickets to 5000).  Tables are going well—remember to emphasize that we are a public school and that the money goes to the arts and outdoor education. Fundraising meeting on Mon. March 6^th-formed an outline of what the evening will look like.  There are lots of fun ideas.  Ticket sales are going well; let’s keep the push going over the next couple weeks!

Reflections on how much we love Lithia Park.

Aura donated lots of cute material for Pat’s class to make napkins add to the JMS general supplies.  Sewing machines welcomed.  Let Pat know if you’re available to help with this project.

Next PTC Meeting April 12^th @  6:30 p.m.  at the school. Bring the kids for a movie and popcorn. If you have a suggestion for what movie you’d like to see played, email Tracy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it