[HMS News] PTA Meeting Tonight

[William Carozza]

PTA Members and all interested persons:

   We hope you will join us this Thursday evening at
6:30 pm at Harold Martin School for a very special PTA
meeting. We will be holding a Healthy Eating Forum
entitled "What's For Lunch" with guest speakers Tracy
Barker of the district food program; Jan Levesque,
School Nurse at MSS; Elizabeth Ridinger, RN, parent as
well as Dr. Susan Lynch who will discuss childhood
obesity. Please come with your questions. We hope to
see you there!
   Babysitting is always provided by National Honor
Society students from the high school.
   We are looking for suggestions for family nights
this winter. If you have any thoughts, please email
them to us or call Julie Morris at 746-4137 or Kathy
Donohoe at 746-3502. In the past we have done the
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium and Monarchs games, but
we are looking for new ideas.
   Thank you,
     Julie Morris
     PTA President

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Below are minutes from the October PTA Meeting:


Hopkinton PTA
Minutes for October 6, 2005

Present: Julie Morris, Kathy Donohoe, Joyce Rose,
Michelle Benson, Bill Carozza,
Chris Kelley, Kelli Cyr, Sally Turcotte, Debbie
Travis, Barb Jenkins, Sue
Batchelder, Eileen Reinacher, Arlene McGrath, Kathy
Barnes, Tammy Ehrmanntraunt,
Marcia Clark, Pete Gauthier, Trish Underwood, Dan
Guarente, Julie Guarente.

PTA President Julie Morris called the meeting to order
at 6:35.

Motion made by Sally Turcotte to pass September 8,
2005 minutes.  Seconded by
Kelli Cyr.  Passed.

PTA Bylaw Revisions:  Kathy Donohoe has finished the
PTA bylaw revisions. The
revised bylaws will be posted on the school web site
and will be voted on at the
next PTA meeting.

Budget:  Esther Gauthier has volunteered to review the
PTA accounts.

Funding Requests:  Request from Maple Street School
for $300.00 for the Beech
Hill Players Program.  An average of 15 Maple Street
Students in grades four to
six in conjunction with the Hopkinton Independent
School work on and perform a
play.  Motion made by Peter Gauther to table this
request until the November
meeting when further discussion could be had with MSS
Principal Michael
Bessette.  Seconded by Arlene McGrath.  Passed.

Request made by second grade teacher Trish Underwood
for $75.00 to purchase
tulips to be used in an interned-based science
project.  Motion made by Kathy
Donohoe for $75.00.  Seconded by Joyce Rose.  Passed.

Request from Hopkinton Middle High School Teacher Sue
Batchelder for $300.00 for
supplies to be used in the after school art club.
This amount would allow for
supplies for one school year.  Motion made by Sally
Turcotte for $300.00.
Seconded by Marcia Clark.  Passed

Request from Hopkinton High School Teacher Jim Kochube
for $200.00 to pay
admission into the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Motion
made by Eileen Reinacher
for $300.00.  Seconded by Sally Turcotte.  Passed.

Request from Hopkinton High School Teacher Pam Moskal
for $500.00 for the 8th
grade field tip to see five short plays at a theater
in Manchester.  Motion Made
by Trish Underwood for $500.00.  Seconded by Peter
Gauther.  Passed.

Request from Leadership Team for $900.00 to secure
services of Officer James
McLaughlin for an internet safety program to be
presented to all Hopkinton High
School and Middle School Students and an evening
presentation for the Hopkinton
community.  Motion made by Kathy Donohoe for $900.00.
Seconded by Michelle
Benson.

Fundraisers: The Cherrydale fundraiser has come to a
close.  No total of sales
at this point.  A second Cherrydale form will be going
home next week.  This
will be for frozen pies and cookie dough which will be
delivered in time for
Thanksgiving.

Our T-shirt fundraiser will be going out in November
with a delivery in time for
Christmas.  Trish Underwood has volunteered to
organize this fundraiser.

Family Nights:  Monarch family night will be November
5.  Seats are still
available.  PTA Vice President Kathy Donohoe will be
singing the National Anthem
at this game.

Trish Underwood will organize the PTA movie night to
be shown on October 21, at
Maple Street School.  We will be showing Monsters Inc.

Telephone Directories:  The PTA telephone directories
are in the process of
being printed and will be distributed soon.

Halloween Party:  Kelli Cyr is still looking for
donations and volunteers to
host doors at the Halloween Party on October 29.

Thank you to Peter Gauthier, for putting together our
PTA e-mail list.

Respectfully submitted,
Michelle Benson, PTA Secretary

Minutes are subject to approval at November meeting.



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Bill Carozza  | Principal
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Harold Martin School
271 Main St.
Hopkinton, NH 03229
p. 603 .746 .3473
w. www.hopkintonschools.org/hms/principal