1. Meadowland Elementary
PTO Plan

2. Your PTO’s FOCUS Fun / Be Positive! Organize Communicate Understand
Simplify

3. Welcome English Welcome Pashto ښه راغلاست Burmese ကြိုဆို
English Welcome
Pashto ښه راغلاست
Polish Witamy
Portuguese bem vinda
Punjabi ਸਵਾਗਤ ਹੈ
Russian Добро пожаловат
Spanish ¡Bienvenido!
Telugu స్వాగత
Thai ยินดีต้อนรับ
Turkish Hoşgeldiniz
Urdu خوش آمدید
Vietnamese hoan nghênh
Bengali স্বাগত
Burmese ကြိုဆို
Bosnian dobrodošli
Cantonese 歡迎
Farsi خوش آمدی
French Bienvenue
Gujarati આપનું સ્વાગત છે
Amharic እንኳን ደህና መጣህ
Hindi स्वागत हे
Hmong Zoo siab txais tos
Hungarian Üdvözöljük
Japanese ようこそ
Arabic أهلا بك
Malayalam സ്വാഗതം

4. Goals 1…2...3 Secure School Board vote for renovation by 2018
Help meet staff support requests
Chromebooks, Scholastic guided reading short reads, assemblies & copy paper
Simplify volunteering

5. Stepping Stones Update Bylaws Complete audit
Make it easier/faster to communicate
Complete audit
Set budget and calendar for the year
Make renovation petition
Seek volunteers, 500+ signatures
Find grant opportunities
Create volunteer ‘easy’ cards

6. Volunteer easy card: Front
How many volunteer hours it should take 3
About this many hours to do this (outside the event itself)
Volunteer
title
Food organizer
International Night
Date / Time of
event
Event/activity
name
15 October 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM
PTO contact info

7. Volunteer baseball card: Back
Importance of what you do: Our school community is very diverse, with families from over 27 countries! This event celebrates this through our cultures’ food.
Importance
Description of how you help:
- /contact parents (list provided) to find out who can bring what
-Follow-up with those who respond
-Make sure food is labelled (allergies)
Details

8. Opportunities to help our School
Committee chairs:
Fundraising, Bingo, Family Fun Night
General Event support:
Set up and take down
Cashier
Food coordinator
Create/copy flyers
Events (coordinator, plus other support):
Book fair [1, 2, 4]
Family Fun Night [1, 2, 3, 4]
Bingo [1, 2, 3, 4]
Silent Auction [1, 2, 4]
Ice Cream Social [1, 3, 4]
Teacher Luncheon [1,3]
Talent Show [1, 4]
Muffins for Mom & Donuts for Dad [1, 3, 4]
International Night [1, 3, 4]
Other:
Classroom support
After School Programs
School Renovation support (attend school board meeting, etc)
Spirit Wear
BoxTops for Education coordinator
Teacher/staff appreciation coordinator
Donation finder (gift cards, food/water for events, etc)
Restaurant fundraiser coordinator
Odyssey of the Mind
Amazon Smiles [just use link]