ST. JOHN BREBEUF PARISH/SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
    BOARD MEETING MINUTES February 3, 2010

The meeting was called to order by P/SA Vice President, Mark Mall at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Ministry Center – C1.  In attendance was:   Treasurer – Kathy Wargo, Secretary – Debbie Zarembski, Accounts Receivable – Jackie Ermilio, Program and Planning – Claudia Kanarowski, Liaison – Peggy Papachristodoulou, Publicity – Mery Zuniga, Assistant Principal – Veronica Cash, Spirit wear – Amy Klinger and Campbell’s Soup Labels Linda Sora. Jerry Cichon and John Jurcenko from the School Board were also in attendance for a portion of the meeting.

Absent was: Volunteers – Jean Mall, Hospitality – Sue Schoenfeldt, and Battle of the Books – Nina Healy.

The meeting began with a prayer.

Jerry Cichon spoke about having a joint function with various parish organizations to coincide with the P/SA Fun Fair held on May 8th. The P/SA was in agreement with this idea and will send a representative to the planning meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 10th. Representatives from Athletics, Holy Name Society, Catholic Women’s Club, Knights of Columbus, Golden Agers, Youth Ministry and Boy/Girl Scouts will attend this meeting.

PRESIDENT’S/ VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Mark reported the following:

• World’s Finest Chocolate fundraiser will run from January 31 – March 31.
• CheckAwards are being sold "Buy One, Get One Free."
• Our next P/SA board meeting will be held on April 14th instead of April 7th due to Easter break.
• We will be looking for P/SA Board members for the next school year. Open positions are Vice President, Treasurer, Publicity, and Special Activities.

TREASURER’S REPORT

• Kathy provided an update on the P/SA budget.
• Kathy is also running the Mom/Son Night which will be held February 13th from 6:00 – 8:30. The DJ from the Daddy/Daughter dance will be used.

SECRETARY’S REPORT
Debbie passed out thank you notes from the teachers for the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon.

VOLUNTEER’S REPORT
No report. Jean was absent.

HOSPITALITY REPORT

No report. Sue was absent.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES REPORT

The Bite of the Month club was discussed for the upcoming months:

• February – Peggy is coordinating CiCi’s Pizza which will be held on February 25 (11am – 10pm) with 15% of all sales going to the P/SA.
• March – Jean will coordinate Chuck E. Cheese night.
• April – Potbelly’s will be featured.
• May – Debbie will coordinate, the restaurant not decided as of yet.

PROGRAM AND PLANNING
No report.

ART ON PARADE REPORT

• Mery will coordinate with Christine Aragon the Art Show which will be held on April 29th. Emails have been sent to Notre Dame and Resurrection students to display their work as in the past.
• More paper is needed and will be purchased.

PUBLICITY REPORT
Mery will take photos at the Mom/Son event.

LIAISON’S REPORT
Peggy reported the following from the School Board meeting:

• During Catholic Schools Week, 14 new families visited the school.
• The recent SJB Science Fair produced 25 students who are qualified to continue on to regional competition.
• The school has two Mondays off this month.
• A new budget was decided with a 5% increase in tuition for one child. Extended Day tuition increased by 50%.
• An expanded Preschool program is planned for the next school year.

VICE PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Terra Nova testing will be held during the first week of March.

CAMPBELL'S SOUP LABEL REPORT
Linda reported that we have 26,000 points to use from the Campbell's Soup label collection.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010, at 7:00 p.m