Valley Forge Middle School PTO

Parent-Teacher Organization for VFMS

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Contributors – Anjali Gupta & Amy Terlecki

         Compiled and edited by Kusuma Muglurmath

Meeting commenced at 7:00 PM 

In attendance were:

  • Un Kyong Ho
  • Amy Terlecki
  • Lucy Bennet
  • Amy Saylor
  • Anjali Gupta (treasury)
  • Kusuma Muglurmath
  • Versha Shah
  • Anjali Gupta(cultural)

Call to order:

President’s Update: Un Kyong Ho

  • A few board members are exiting
  • The board discussed recruiting new members for the next year
  • There is a need for a new President, VP of Fundraising and Secretary
  • A new post must be created for Vice President

Socials Update: Amy Saylor 

  • Teacher Luncheon went very well 
  • Teachers appreciated PTO efforts
  • Take home pizza was a great hit
  • Graduation preparations are going on
  • 24 pizzas, paper goods and silverware have been ordered
  • If the 8th grade graduation is moved to the next day, there will be logistics issues
  • We will need backup volunteers for the event

Fundraising Update: Versha Shah

  • All recent fundraisers have gone well
  • Locker shelves fundraising and spirit wear fundraisers come at the beginning of the year

Treasury Update: Anjali Gupta

  • Amazon smiles
  • Non profit organization will not have to pay sales tax – our purchases should not be charged with sales tax
  • Golden apple grant money went over budget
  • Cultural arts money is left over
  • Salon series money is left over 
  • Golden apple grant last year was closed at $1600
  • Audion payment is still pending.
  • Donation checks have been issued for TECare, FLITE and ARCH ($50 each)
  • Amy and Lucy’s reimbursements will be processed for luncheon (now already done)
  • Philadelphia union check still pending.

Cultural Arts Update – Amy Terlecki 

  • We have an event on the 9th of June for 5th grade, Kit’s Interactive Theater 
  • She is doing an assembly about Egypt where she pretends to be an Egyptian queen.

Communications(PTO blast) – Lucy Bennett

This week quite a few blasts went out with changes in graduation time

Meeting concluded at 8:30 PM

This was the final VFMS PTO meeting for the 2021-2022 school year