PTO

 

PTO Meetings take place at 3:45pm. The 26/27 PTO Meeting schedule is as followed:

 

 

August 19, 2026

September 9, 2026

October 7, 2026

October 14, 2026

December 9, 2026

January 13, 2027

February 10, 2027

March 10, 2027

April 14, 2027

May 12, 2027

May 26, 2027

 

Mission: It is the mission of the Skycrest Elementary School PTO to serve as an active forum, strengthening communications and involvement between the school staff, district staff, students, families, and the community to achieve excellence in education.

 

Minutes

 

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Time: 3:45

Location: N1 - Staff room

 

1. Treasurer’s Report
   1. Overall - $22,589.75
   2. See’s Candy
      1. Total Sales: $5381
      2. Profit: $1789
   3. Jog-a-Thon
      1. Donations - $1543
      2. Costs - $181.40
      3. Total Profit - $1361.60
   4. Busses
      1. We have yet to receive invoices for all of the busses for field trips
         1. Total amount owed for buses is an unknown amount with out invoices
         2. We have approved 5 busses (see previous minutes) and could be approximately up to $1750
   5. PBIS - $389 - amount for PBIS to use for character posters for classrooms to support behavior management on campus
      1. $500 originally approved - $110 remaining for prizes
      2. Student ticket store is being set up for students to use tickets earned for good character to “buy” prizes
      3. Colleen Ughachukwu came by to thank the team for the money donated
2. Principal’s Report
   1. First Grade May day walk, Wednesday May 6 - delivering flowers and notes to neighbors - community awareness and appreciation. 
   2. Ice Cream celebration for end of testing
      1. 3-5th will have full ice cream sundaes for the end of CAASP testing
      2. K-2 will have something different to acknowledge learning and iReady testing
   3. Peace Pole installation and presentation Wed. May 20
   4. Year Book signing date: Suzy will double check and provide
3. Jog-a-Thon Recap
   1. Donations half the amount as usual. Volunteers were also less than usual. 
   2. Need to manage the volunteers who want to help set up to assign jobs beforehand so that parents know what to do and who and how many we have for cutting and passing out otterpops. 
4. Assemblies
   1. We paid for the Laugh Factory assembly - $2495
   2. If we use the same company again they will give a $100 credit to our next assembly. 
   3. Make a plan at the beginning of next year for what we want to do
   4. Work with Suzy to decide which, what, who and when. Suzy has money set aside also for assemblies for next year.
5. Teacher Appreciation
   1. Suzy is doing catered lunch from Dos Coyotes
   2. Suzy is sending home a flyer for parents to have ideas for how to appreciate their teachers. 
   3. Does PTO want to do breakfast for teachers instead of lunch? 
   4. We can get some kinds of breakfast items to provide every morning May 5-7, leftovers for Friday the 8th. 
6. 5th Grade Promotion ideas
   1. Family movie night
      1. Give out ice cream and pop corn
      2. Chantel will look into ice cream donations
      3. Follow up with the 5th grade team to see what they are thinking
   2. Candy Lei’s for approximately 80 kids
      1. Team will choose a date to get together to make
   3. Balloons for promotion ceremony
7. Transitions for Next year
   1. Lori is retiring, this will leave the treasurer position open
   2. Isis Richard is willing to take on the Secretary position from Melissa Kinkead, Melissa is willing to take on the treasurer position. 
   3. Voting will take place at the April meeting to decide final board positions. 
8. Upcoming Skate Night
   1. May 21 - Disney 13
   2. Next year
      1. August 13 (first day of school)
      2. October 29
      3. March 11
      4. May 27
9. Yearbooks
   1. We have officially sold around 55 yearbooks as of 2 weeks ago. We have to sell at least 100 to maintain our contract. Al ordered 120 year books.
   2. Lori will follow up with sales
   3. Depending on how many presales were made, we will have to sell the difference to make up the cost. 
   4. If we do the family movie night for 5th grade we can try to sell them then. 
   5. Isis Richard is interested in taking on yearbook for next year

 

Board members in attendance: Chantel Gordon (president), Melissa Kinkead (secretary), Lori Hubble (Treasurer), 

 

Members in attendance: Izmene Velderrain, Isis Richard, Suzy Landyut

 

Others:

 

 

 

 

Mission: It is the mission of the Skycrest Elementary School PTO to serve as an active forum, strengthening communications and involvement between the school staff, district staff, students, families, and the community to achieve excellence in education.

 

Agenda

 

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Time: 3:45 PM

Location: Staff room

 

March Minutes

 

1. Treasurer’s Report
   1. Overall
   2. See’s Candy
   3. Jog-a-thon
   4. Busses
2. Principal’s Report
3. Jog-a-thon Recap
4. Assemblies
5. Teacher Appreciation lunch
6. 5th Grade Promotion
7. Transitions for next year
   1. Voting for board members
8. Upcoming Skate Night
9. End of year
10. Other/Additional