Since last Tuesday I have painted more of the library, we now have a yellow stripe and a blue stripe.  Just 5 more to go!  Unfortunately, I re-injured my arm painting today and am benched from painting.  Hopefully, the volunteers I enlisted today will come through and we will start the school year with freshly painted walls that are complete! 

We also had another new student play date this morning.  Over 20 children came with many complaining that they did not hear about the play dates easily.  We have to rethink our method of contacting new families for next year.  As I don't have their names or addresses, this makes it difficult! 

I also had a meeting with the principal of our school, the secretary, the PTA VP2, and one of the teachers.  We went over our calendars for the year and double checked dates.  We added an event of Mathlete Day.  Our school serves two populations and everything the PTA needs to be inclusive of both the exceptionally gifted children and the children with moderate cognitive impairments.  Because of this, our school has never had a field day.  Many families are disappointed by this but I think that we found a way to host a field day for everyone.  Mathelete Day will combine math with sports activities and physics.  We will customize a roster for each class with activities appropriate for everybody's capabilities. 

I was also asked to clean up the workroom in the school.  ACK!  Eight years of leftovers from eight years worth of activities.  I need to sort, organize, store and toss many, many items. 

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to attend PTA training put on by our state PTA council.  It went from 8 am to 4:30 pm.  It lasted about 3 hours too long if you ask me.  Very interesting topics were covered but maybe in too drawn out a fashion.  They spoke about membership for 2 hours.  How we can get more members.  You could practically see the dollar signs in their eyes.  More members = more money!  ACK!  That was so not for me!

One more meeting this week.  On Thursday I meet with the PTA board and we will run through our budget for next year.  We plan to add a line item for a new scholarship and a line item to pay the office back for the office supplies we use throughout the year.  During the first PTA meeting we will vote to approve or amend the budget.