1.
Welcome
a.
Jil Hartman provided
Strawberry Shortcake for the meeting.
b.
Childcare provided!
c.
Deanna Kraak, incoming
Parent Group President for 2018-2019 thanked Jil Hartman for her years of
dedicated service, commitment, enthusiasm, and passion for the students at
ZQuest. Jil was presented with a bouquet
from Edible Arrangements and a gift card.
Thank you Jil for everything that you have done for ZQuest. Jil will continue to serve ZQuest in other
capacities.
2.
Vice President Vote
a.
Candidates: Dee
Worley, Rene Koenig, Nicholas Holland.
b.
Each candidate gave a speech about themselves,
their background and why they were interested in the Vice President role.
c.
A ballot vote occurred and was tabulated. Dee Worley will assume the role of Vice President for
the 2018-2019 term.
d.
The candidates were all thanked for their
willingness to volunteer to serve the parents and students of ZQuest. We still
have ways for them to be involved in many other ways!
3.
Volunteer Leaders Recap:
a.
Parent Ambassadors -No report.
b.
Box Tops for Education Coordinator- Anne Kollen- No report.
c.
Shoparoo Cheerleader- Mindi
Windemuller. No report.
d.
Color Run Leader- Mindi
Windemuller, Felicia Holland- No report.
e.
Fork it Over Leader- Kyle
Murray, Sarah Mullins, Kari Thoreson.
No report.
f.
Quality Car Wash Leader- Tom Smolinski, Krista Schopmeyer.
Tom gave a report that the Quality Carwash Fundraiser made $924.00. This amount was significantly less than last
year’s fundraiser, which was attributed to the change in the way that the
fundraiser is structured by Quality Car Wash.
There was interest in trying another fundraiser with Quality in the fall
and we will examine ways to make it more profitable.
4.
End of Year Celebration Planning
a.
Planning is underway for the End of Year
Celebration Day (Field Day) scheduled this year for Wednesday, June 27. Kyle Murray is soliciting ideas via the Parent Group
Facebook page and has a survey there for parents to give input on what
activities their kids liked most about the last 2 years. The idea of checking
into local camps who might be able to be hired to facilitate a Field Day was
also discussed. Nicholas Holland knows someone in management at Camp Geneva and
he will contact this person to see if this is a service that they offer.
Contact Kyle if you have any questions, suggestions or ways that you can help.
b.
Kyle Murray is
working on fundraiser ideas for 7th and 8th graders. They have not had much
time to begin to fundraiser since we started the idea of the classes
fundraising yearly to save for paying for their big Washington DC trip. Contact
Kyle if you would like to help.
5.
Planning for upcoming 3 months
a.
Review May
i.
Observance: Memorial Day Parade. Scheduled for Monday, May 28, 2018.
ii.
Social Activity: Teacher Appreciation Week May
7-11, 2018.
1.
There is a Signup Genius to help with this
event. Go to the website www.zquestparents.com and click on the
Sign Up Genius Central Link. Individual ambassadors
are organizing appreciations for the teachers of their classes. Check with your Parent Ambassador if you need
more information.
iii.
Fundraising Events: K-4th Pizza Fundraiser
1.
Organizer(s): Jennifer
Kroll, Sarah Mullins. The
kindergarten through 4th Grades are in full swing, using this as a PBL and
fundraiser. Students are signed up to
help at the event, and have been learning things and using skills related to it
during class. Kindergarteners have been
having a restaurant, learning about the Service industry, making menus
etc. Other grades have been doing posters
and publicity. There is a Signup Genius
both to attend and to help with this event.
They can be found by going to www.zquestparents.com and clicking on the
Signup Genius Central link.
b.
Plan June
i.
Celebrations: End of School Celebrations-
June 27, 2018
1.
Organizer: Kyle
Murray. See above.
ii.
Social Activity: Pop-Up Park Playground
1.
Organizer: Jennifer
Kroll, Kristin DeWitt. More info
to come.
iii.
Fundraising Events: The Color Run
1.
Organizer(s): Mindi
Windemuller, The Color Run Cmte
c.
Plan August
i.
Social Activity: Pop-Up Park Playground
1.
Organizer: Jennifer
Kroll, Kristin DeWitt . More info
to come.
ii.
Enrichment: Curriculum Night
1.
Organizer: Leslie
Rindfliesch. More info to
come. In the planning stages.
d.
Plan September
i.
No discussion about this.
6.
Educational Speakers for next year: Jennifer Kroll and Sarah Mullins are working on
bringing in speakers on a variety of topics for the coming school year. It is
desired to have speakers on topics that are of high interest to parents, such
as internet safety, ADHD, etc. A survey for parents is being created to get
information on which topics would be of the most interest. A survey for
teachers is also being created to get information on which topics that they
would like parents and/or students to have more knowledge in, and which topics
they would be interested in attending themselves. There is a possibility that
high-interest events could be opened up to other PTO groups in the district.
7.
Parent question on a STEM teacher. Anita Saenger noted
that Holland Public Schools has a position for a STEM teacher. It is a specials class that students attend
on a weekly basis, like art, gym, spanish and music. She inquired if this was a possibility at
ZQuest. Leslie responded
to the question by noting that at ZQuest, teachers incorporate (and are
learning to incorporate more) STEM activities into their PBL lesson plans. If ZQuest wanted to further explore the route
of a stand-alone teacher, then a current specials class would most likely need
to be dropped d/t lack of time.
8.
Robotics for ZQuest Inquiry- A parent asked if Robotics after school would
be a possibility for ZQuest. Leslie responded that we would LOVE to have this as an
option, but it would require a parent to facilitate and run the program. Thus far, no one has volunteered for this.
Middle School students are eligible to join any Creekside Middle School clubs,
and they do have a robotics club. Other
options are a parent volunteer to arrange for an existing club at the High
School or Middle School level to come to ZQuest and do an after school
Enrichment activity. Any parent wishing
to volunteer for this can contact Deanna Kraak.
Next Meeting:
September (To Be Determined), 2018. 6:30-8:00pm (all meetings are
also publicized as Facebook Parent Group Events).
