Posted by Lauren Benech on 6/12/2023 to
Minutes
- A motion was brought to the floor to vote the May meeting minutes in. The vote was passed and the June meeting began.
- Principal (Mrs. DiTrani)
- Discussed indoor activities while air quality alerts prevent students from playing inside.
- Jump Rope for Heart rescheduled from Monday, June 12th.
- NJSLA testing has been completed for the first time in 3 years.
- Class Trips have all been completed.
- Fun Friday has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 20th.
- The school is winding down activities. There will be some teacher reassignments in the fall.
- Principal interviews begin June 15th.
- Board of Ed Rep (Phyllis Gerber)
- Student Registration
- District/Miscellaneous
- Tom Fleming Sunset Classic-information for sign up on the website.
- June 29th will be the 34th running of this race
- Please come out and support the runners along the route and also be aware of the many road closures to keep the runners safe.
- NJSLA 2023 Information
- Testing is now complete, thank you to all for your cooperation and patience as we administered state testing for the first time in three years.
- Thank you Mayor Michael Venezia and the entire Bloomfield Municipality for
providing our students with such an informative, interactive, and positive
Youth Government Day.
- Juneteenth celebration information
- BHS/BMS
- Congratulations to our BHS Essex County Scholars- Peter Osondu and Marcella Rendon-Chaves. Peter will attend MIT and Marcella will attend NJIT in the fall.
- Huge thank you to the Brookdale Shoprite for their extremely generous donation of $10,000 towards BHS Project Graduation!
- BHS Senior, Andrew LoMonte, received the MSU Theatre Night Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Play" for his role as Everyman in the BHS production of EVERYMAN.
- BHS Seniors celebrated Prom on Thursday, May 25. Congrats to our 2023 Prom King and Prom Queen: Jayden Evans & Maiya Thomas.
- Elementary Schools
- Thank you to all who made the annual DARE/LEAD picnic possible. This is our first once since the pandemic and the students had an absolute blast!
- Please check individual school websites for the end of year celebrations
- Please see individual school websites for supply lists for September
- Important Dates
- HSA Meetings are on the District Calendar
- BOE MEETINGS 6/13/23 & 6/27/23
- District will be closed on Monday, June 19th as we observe Juneteenth
- BHS Graduation will be Thursday June 22nd, please see school calendars for Kindergarten, 6th grade promotions and 8th grade graduation ceremonies
- Friday, June 23, 2023 last day of school for students.
- Teacher Rep (Deb Nole)
- Thank you so much for Teacher Appreciation Week treats! Every day was wonderful and very appreciated!
- Thank you for the assembly today-students really enjoyed it!
- Vice President (Emily Hallenbeck)
- Congratulations to Mrs. Ditrani on her retirement and thank you for everything!
- Thanks to all of our committee chairs and members for all of your hard work this year!
- We are saying good-bye to some 6th grade families: The Arana family, the Catala family, the Cetl family, the Claps family, the Cole family, the DaPonte family, the Delphin family, the Fiveland family, the Giller family, the Gonzalez family, the Joven family, the Koutsouris family, the Lardner family, the Lenora family, the Mohammed family, the Nole family, the Padilla family, the Patel family, the Recynski family, the Ruopp family, the Salgado family, the Santana family, the Singh family, and the Wilson family.
- Best of luck to our Treasurer Nat Scotto and her family with their upcoming move! Thank you for your hard work!
- Committee volunteer Google forms will be sent out next week. Please see committee descriptions provided. We welcome your time and talents!
- Treasurers (Jenn O & Nat Scotto)
- Treasurers' Report
- June 20th is the deadline to submit for reimbursement. Please cash your reimbursement checks ASAP!
- Corresponding Secretary (Krystal Yip)
- Thanks to all Class Parents for the Teacher Appreciation week posters! They looked great!
- Recording Secretary (Lauren Benech)
- Meeting is being recorded.
- Next meeting is TBD in September. Check our website for dates!
- Committee Updates:
- FUNRaising
- All done for the year! See you next year!
- Color Run
- We raised more than ever before! Thanks to all who participated and sponsored our runners!
- Thanks to our volunteers!
- Enrichment
- Last assembly was today (Wacky Science)--was great fun!
- Giving Garden
- Planting was done in May
- Looking for volunteers to help out with watering and harvesting Look for sign-ups soon!
- Someone Special
- We made about $2500k
- Spring Social
- Thanks to all who came out for a fun night and a BIG THANK YOU to all of our volunteers!
- Scholarships
- Congratulations to our recipients, Alex Wolfe and Jake Sendao!
- Thanks to our committee!
- Fun Friday
- Now "Terrific Tuesday" on June 20th.
- If you need to change your volunteer slot, please reach out!
- 6th Grade
- Graduation party was last week - kids had a great time!
- Out of pocket cost for students was only $35.10. Thanks to all who helped raised money for the students!
- Legacy gift will be a "Spirit Rock", and the committee will need assistance moving it. Please reach out to Kate Wilson if you have access to a forklift.
- Graduation is June 15th. 5th Grade class parents are called upon to serve refreshments, set up and clean up. 3-4 Class parents are needed.
- Year Books were delivered and will be handed out day after graduation.
- Library Committee
- The Library Committee will be working on cleaning up the library and helping Mrs. D'Avanzo get it ready for the fall. Committee members have been contact, but if you'd like to help, please reach out!
- Vote on proposed 2023-2024 Budget
- 12 yays
- 0 nays
- Proposed budget was passed.
- A motion was brought to the floor to close the meeting, and the June meeting was closed. Have a great summer!
