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May 2024 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board is busy with end-of-year events and planning for next school year. Read the latest meeting minutes here. Join us on Tuesday, May 28 for the last community meeting of this year and vote for next year’s Board and budget.
April 2024 Community Meeting Minutes
The April Community Meeting included updates from Principal Matt Smith and your Tumwater PTO Board. The Board also held a listening session to plan for next year! Highlights include:
Additional information about the school’s “off and away” cell phone policy.
Information about upcoming school events.
An update on all of the amazing community grants that were funded this year.
PTO Committee updates.
Upcoming volunteer opportunities.
The Treasurer’s Report.
Read the full minutes & click through the slideshow to learn more. Remember to check out the action items for parents/guardians and upcoming school event dates.
We look forward to seeing you at our last Community Meeting of the year on Tuesday, May 28.
Questions? Email the PTO Board (board@tumwaterpto.org)
March 2024 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board and Principal Matt Smith reviewed Community Grant Applications and awarded funding to an additional three projects! Your generous donations funded a total of 15 projects ($20,750) in this school year. Read the latest meeting minutes here.
February 2024 Community Meeting Minutes
The February Community Meeting included special guest Sunset High School Principal Elisa Schorr and updates from Principal Matt Smith and your Tumwater PTO Board. Highlights include:
Updates about MYP accreditation and spring conferences.
An overview of community grants funded in the first two of grant application reviews.
PTO Committee updates, including Art Literacy, OBOB, Staff Appreciation, TEMPO, and Eighth Grade Celebration.
An update on the Rising Tides fundraising campaign.
Upcoming volunteer opportunities.
The Treasurer’s Report.
Read the full minutes & click through the slideshow to learn more. Remember to check out the action items for parents/guardians and upcoming school event dates.
Also, mark your calendars for the next Community Meeting on Thursday, April 18.
Questions? Email the PTO Board (board@tumwaterpto.org)
November 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board and Principal Matt Smith reviewed Community Grant Applications and awarded funding to eleven projects! Your generous donations funded $16,873.36 in grants in this first of three grant reviews this school year. Read the latest meeting minutes here.
October 2023 Community Meeting Minutes
The October Community Meeting included updates from Principal Matt Smith and your Tumwater PTO Board. Highlights include:
Information about student clubs and upcoming school events.
An overview of the PTO’s goals for this year.
PTO Committee updates, including Art Literacy and TEMPO.
An update on the Rising Tides fundraising campaign.
How to sign up for volunteer opportunities.
The Treasurer’s Report.
Read the full minutes & click through the slideshow to learn more. Remember to check out the action items for parents/guardians.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, November 2 for our next community event, an adult education event on puberty.
Also, mark your calendars for the next Community Meeting on Thursday, February 15.
Questions? Email the PTO Board (board@tumwaterpto.org)
September 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board is busy planning for this school year. Read the latest meeting minutes here. The first PTO Community Meeting was on October 5. (Minutes for that meeting will be posted soon.)
How can you get involved?
Volunteer! For more information, click here.
Join us on Thursday, November 2 at 6:30pm in the school Commons to hear podcasters and parent education speakers Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett offer science-based explanations and share their pointed advice on how to talk about puberty.
Mark your calendar for the next Community Meeting on Thursday, February 15 at 6:30pm.
August 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board is busy planning for a new school year. We look forward to seeing you at the two kick-off events for this school year: the Ice Cream Social and the Welcome Coffee!
We’d love to speak with you at these events or any other time about how you can get involved in our school community.
Read the latest meeting minutes here.
June 2023 Community Meeting Minutes
The June Community Meeting included updates from Principal Jill O’Neil and your Tumwater PTO Board. The Board also reviewed this year’s successes and plans for next year with current and incoming families. Highlights include:
Meeting next year’s principal, Matt Smith.
Information about end-of-year school events and volunteer opportunities.
PTO Committee updates.
Community votes to approve the 2023-2024 PTO Board, the 2023-2024 budget, and minor updates to the PTO bylaws.
Thanking PTO volunteers for all they do, including committee chairs and outgoing Board members: President Hannah Wood Donohue, Vice President Kelly Kinzer, and Treasurer Heather Vonk.
Read the full minutes & click through the slideshow to learn more. Remember to check out the action items for parents/guardians.
We look forward to seeing you at our welcome events next school year!
Questions? Email the PTO Board (board@tumwaterpto.org)
May 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board is busy with end-of-year events and planning for next school year. Read the latest meeting minutes here. Join us on Thursday, June 8 for the last community meeting of this year and vote for next year’s Board and budget.
April 2023 Community Meeting Minutes
The April Community Meeting included updates from Principal Jill O’Neil and your Tumwater PTO Board. The Board also held a listening session to plan for next year! Highlights include:
Information about upcoming school events.
An update on all of the amazing community grants that were funded this year.
PTO Committee updates.
Upcoming volunteer opportunities.
Read the full minutes & click through the slideshow to learn more. Remember to check out the action items for parents/guardians.
We look forward to seeing you at our last Community Meeting of the year on Thursday, April 20.
Questions? Email the PTO Board (board@tumwaterpto.org)
March 2023 Board Meeting Minutes
Your Tumwater PTO Board and a volunteer staff member reviewed this year’s last round of Community Grant Applications and awarded funding to an additional two projects. Your generous donations have funded over $16,000 in grants so far this year! Read the latest meeting minutes here and join us at the next community meeting on Thursday, April 20.