This month’s Community Club meeting was held on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. The following is a summary of the information provided at that meeting.
Principal’s Report: Dr. Trimmer announced that the date for the District’s 5K Run/Walk has tentatively been set for May 1st. This event will be a fundraising opportunity for the District, and we are hopeful that many of the Evergreen families will participate. Dr. Trimmer further advised that Evergreen is in the process of registering students for the 2010-2011 school year. Finally, Dr. Trimmer announced that Evergreen has been nominated to be designated as a California Distinguished School. Our application has been submitted in response to the nomination, and the next step will be for a County representative to come out and interview parents and other members of the community about the school. The award winners will be announced in March.
Teacher’s Report: Mrs. Gorsuch reported that the week started out well with the Jamba Jump event. All the kids had a great time. Today they celebrated the 100th Day of School. The rest of the month promises to be busy as well as they prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, and President’s Day.
Coordinating Council: This month’s Coordinating Council meeting discussed the District’s 5K Run/Walk, scheduled for May 1, 2010. They also discussed the upcoming President’s Brunch event, held for the Presidents of the various Community Clubs throughout the District.
Talent Show: The Talent Show preparations are underway. Tryouts are this week, and rehearsals will follow once the participating acts have been identified. The Talent Show will be held on March 12th, with a daytime performance for the school the day before.
Walk-A-Thon: The Walk-A-Thon event will be held on April 2, 2010.
Website: Although the website itself continues to be updated regularly, we are currently having problems sending out emails to parents to advise them when updates are available. We are hoping to resolve this problem as soon as possible. Until then, parents are advised to check the website regularly for updates.
Yearbook: Flyers for yearbook sales have gone out. They were only sent out to students who have not yet ordered a yearbook. Dedications will be sold, with information on dedication sales going out as soon as possible. Photo CD’s are due from all Room Parents no later than February 17th.
Barnes & Noble Book Fair/CPK: On March 3rd, Evergreen will be holding a book fair at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Chino Hills. Special performances are planned, including the Kindergarten classes singing while accompanied by Dr. Trimmer playing the banjo. There will also be Storytime, with books read aloud by many of our own Evergreen teachers. Evergreen will receive a portion of all the sales from throughout the store — books, movies, music, and even the cafe — for the day of March 3rd and for 6 days after. Following the book fair activities, we are hoping families will head over to CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) for dinner, as they have also agreed to give us a portion of their proceeds (20%) that evening.
Cash Registers: A suggestion was made that the Community Club could benefit from the purchase of 1-2 cash registers for use during our fundraising events such as the Holiday Boutique. One of the Community Club members has researched register prices, and found that we can find them as low as $99. She further advised that those same registers could be found as low as $50 when they were on sale during the Christmas season. The Committee agreed that the registers could be helpful, but felt there was no need to purchase them immediately if we could secure a better price by waiting until they went on sale. A motion was approved to spend up to $100 on the purchase of 1-2 cash registers.
Paper Cutter: One of the paper cutters in the school work room is damaged beyond repair. A motion was approved to purchase a new paper cutter for the school.
Bank Change: The Community Club Treasurer advised of problems occuring at our current banking institution. Specifically, the Community Club account is getting hit with service fees that could be avoided by changing to another bank. A motion was approved for the researching of alternate banking institutions, and the movement of the Community Club account should a better option be identified.
Recycling: During last month’s meeting the decision to end the Be Evergreen recycling program was announced. This decision was made based on the continued lack of volunteers needed to kep the program running. Since that time, Dr. Trimmer has identifed two possible options for having our recyclable materials taken off campus. The first is that the District has agreed to have their Grounds Dept. pickup and recycle the materials for us. A second option was presented by a Diamond Bar resident who has offered to have senior citizens come to the school to collect the materials and take those materials to be recycled. The recycling proceeds would be returned to the school in both options.
Original Works: Monica Wilson made a presentation for a fundraising opportunity using her company, Original Works. Original Works takes original student artwork and puts those images on a number of different personal items (keychains, refrigerator magnets, mousepads, sketchbooks, etc). The parents would have the option of purchasing any items they wished, and Evergreen would receive approximately 33% of the total sales. Ms. Wilson left brochures with the group to review. The Community Club will discuss this fundraising idea at a subsequent meeting.
The next Community Club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 2nd. We hope to see you all there!
