How to Get Involved - Roosevelt PTA

Membership Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, September 16th | 6:00 pm | Roosevelt Elementary PRC

• Welcome & introductions

• Childcare will be provided at all general PTA meetings this year

• Goal of our PTA:  engage with families and make school a great experience for families, students, staff

  • We do this through events, enriching experiences during the school day (field trips, field day, etc.), and supporting the Roosevelt staff

• Ways to get involved:

  • Show up at meetings

  • Watch ParentSquare (flyers & monthly newsletters are also sent home in backpacks)

  • Talk to your student’s teacher about volunteering in the classroom

  • Set-up, clean-up and help during our events

  • Staff appreciation donations

  • Join a committee

• Description of each committee by the committee chair

• The first Enrichment Committee meeting will be October 7th at 7pm at Overflow Taps

• Bear-a-thon will be on October 3rd

• We encourage everyone to sign up for Box Tops & Fred Meyers Reward Program

• Perks of joining the PTA - discounts for Washington State PTA members

General Membership Meeting - Roosevelt PTA

Tuesday, September 16th | 7:00 pm | Roosevelt Elementary PRC

• Welcome & introductions

• Review of the agenda - Tracy Caruso

• Meeting minutes from June 11th, 2025 were read aloud and approved

• Treasurer’s report - David Sadowsky

  • Our standing rules require us to have enough funds in the bank for our PTA to run for 1 year.  We currently have that plus some cushion.

• President’s message - Aaron Darragh

  • New Roosevelt school building information:

    • Hired construction company and they’ve started the pre-planning

    • Columbia & Carl Cozier are also going to be rebuilt

    • Land swap between Carl Cozier & the city is causing a bit of delay

    • Supplemental Operations levy & Facilities Maintenance levy coming up to vote on!  Link to info on district website.

    • Community input opportunities will happen again this year

  • IB School

    • All units of inquiry are built, all have been taught at least once.  These are reviewed and adjusted each time they are taught.

  • Jen Schmidt is our new admin assistant in the front office

• Committee report-outs

  • Communications - Missy Asplund

    • Website updates, keeping social media up to date, sneak peek updates about Bingo

  • Enrichment - Kim Syltebo

    • Tomorrow is MLL help session, priority registration for chaperones starts at 7pm tomorrow

    • Still needs 2 chaperones (ukulele & multimedia art)

    • Open registration starts Thursday 9/18

    • Classes are typically 8 weeks long

    • Next enrichment meeting is Oct. 7th @ 7pm

  • Events - Ashley Priest

    • Fall Family Night - November 6th

    • Committee meeting will be planned for early October

  • Fundraising - Tracy Caruso & Cassie Henefin

    • Bingo & Brews

      • Picking up prize donations this week - help is welcome!

      • At Stemma West

      • Sign-up genius will go out asap

    • Bear-a-thon

      • Will be on October 3rd

      • Packets will go home with students on 9/25

      • Families are encouraged to come watch their kids run laps

      • We will need help with clean up, set up, marking laps during the event, and putting packets together before hand

      • Tina will talk to Craig at Fairhaven Runners to get clock and flags

      • Schedule for grade-level time slots will be released soon 

  • SPED Family Support & Advocacy - Emma Dingus

    • Social story for Bingo & Brews has been created

    • Checked in on new families at Tea & Tissues making sure they have what they need

  • Yearbook - McKenna Adams

    • Format already exists for newsletter ads

    • Coleen has volunteered to help with yearbook fundraising!

  • Open PTA board positions:

    • Staff Appreciation Chair - Molly Bushen volunteered and was appointed by Tracy Caruso

    • Co-enrichment Chair - remains open

    • Co-president - Nominated Jessica Parks 

      • Tracy Caruso asked those in attendance if anyone else would like to be considered for the role - no one raised hand

      • Vote taken by show of hands - ALL in favor!

• Opportunity to present new business

• Encouraged everyone to spread the word about coming to meetings and be a part of the PTA

• Reminder:  Wednesday 9/24 is picture day