PA Meeting – 10/7/22

Meeting recording

Thank you to all who joined our October meeting. Below are the time stamped links for the recording along with notes.

*Classroom Parents: Please feel free to use this information in your communications with parents. Copy and paste or tailor to your classroom’s needs as you see fit.

St. John Commission: Matt Diefenbach, Commission Chair, joined us to share about the School Commission’s work. The School Commission is an advisory board that provides guidance, suggestions, and input to the Admin team. Individuals are appointed to the School Commission with the goal of creating a group with diverse perspectives and experience representing the school, parish, and community. You can see who currently serves on the School Commission on page 6 of the Family Directory. You can contact members of the School Commission if you have information, questions, or concerns you think should be brought to the group’s attention. If you have questions regarding the Commission itself, you can contact Matt at matt@turnstyle.studio.

BBQ Debrief: Thank you to the volunteers and vendors who helped make the Back to School BBQ such a success. What a wonderful way to kick off our 100th year celebration. Over 900 people attended, and we had more than 80 volunteers. We also talked about a few aspects of the BBQ that could be improved for next time.  

The Endowment Dinner: Have you bought your tickets for the Endowment Dinner yet? If not, tickets can be purchased here by October 14th. You won’t want to miss this one. Those attending will be the first to see the new school logo which will be unveiled at the event. Check out this video featuring St. John students and their suggestions and guesses about the new logo.  The Endowment Dinner will celebrate our school’s 100 years as well as honor Michele Thornquist, former Development Director. The event will be on Saturday, October 22nd in Egan Hall and will include a cocktail party and sit-down dinner catered by Ethan Stowell Restaurants. We are looking for volunteers to help make this event a success. If you are unable to attend the event, consider donating directly to the Endowment fund.

Our 10th Annual Jog-a-thon raised over $105,000 with our kids running over 975 miles over three days. Thank you to our volunteers and for everyone who donated. We will celebrate on Thursday October 13th with a free dress day, our first assembly of the year, the Springfree Trampoline drawing, and more. Join us on the blacktop at 2:30p.m. to watch the 5th graders Punish the Principals with water balloons.

PA Guest Speaker Series: Ms. Shaw, our school counselor, will be our first PA Guest Speaker of the year on October 12th at 7:00p.m. She will speak about the integration of our Second Step curriculum across all grade levels at St. John. The event will take place virtually and will be recorded. Zoom details are available here.

PA Roles: Thank you to all of you who are serving in a PA role this year. We know many of you have met as grade level teams, established budgets, and have started scheduling social events. Keep up the good work. If you have questions, please reach out to our PA Co-Chairs, Allan Quiaoit (mrqishereforyou@gmail.com) and Sara Dean (sara@shamelessmom.com). Also, check out the new Resources page on the PA website.

Next PA Meeting: Friday, November 4, 2022, 8:30a.m.