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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)
Slides from 2/15/24 Community Meeting
Thank you to everyone who joined us for last night’s community meeting! Sunset Principal Elisa Schorr gave a great presentation and provided such thoughtful and helpful responses to the dozens of questions parents shared. A copy of the slides are available here. Keep an eye out for a blog post with the meeting minutes soon.
2/15/24 Community Meeting Agenda
MINUTES: See www.tumwaterpto.org/business for updated Board & community minutes
PRINCIPAL REPORT, Matt Smith
Jan/Feb updates
A Look Ahead
SPECIAL GUEST
Elisa Schorr, Sunset High School Principal
OFFICER REPORTS
President, Lee Carson and Laura Jensen
Approved Community Grants
Committee Updates: Art Lit, OBOB, Staff Appreciation, TEMPO, 8th Grade Celebration
2024-25 Officers: Shadows Needed
Upcoming dates: Solo/Ensemble Night (2/29/24), April Community Meeting & Listening Session (4/18/2024), Theater production dates (May 9, 10, 11 + 16, 17, 18)
Vice Presidents, Julie Dibble and Lisa Teuber
Final Rising Tides Numbers
Thank you to all donors!
Secretary, Eva Novick
Communication: TMS Newsletter, Blog, Facebook, & Instagram
Minutes online: www.tumwaterpto.org/business
Volunteer Coordinators, Kristi Nelson & Katia Kaeser
Volunteer Thank Yous: Art Lit, Student Socials, Staff Appreciation, OBOB & TEMPO
Upcoming Opportunities: Art Lit (February), Staff Appreciation (March)
Volunteer Tips & Tricks
Treasurer, Amy Heang
Year To Date Numbers
NEW BUSINESS
ACTION ITEMS & ADJOURN
Next Community Meeting & Listening Session: Thursday, 4/18/24 @ 6:30pm
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.
Parent education event about all things puberty
JOIN US, 11/2 in the Tumwater Commons
Gather at 6:15 (arrive, mix & mingle)
Presentation starts promptly at 6:30p.m.
Virtual presentation by parent education speakers Cara Natterson, MD & Vanessa Kroll Bennett. Check out this video for a sneak peek!
Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it: it starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cell phone in hand. Talking about puberty and the host of thorny adjacent issues is, in a word, awkward. But it’s also critical for the health, happiness, and safety of today’s kids. Bewildered adults have begged for reliable and relatable information about the modern adolescent experience, Pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson and puberty educator Vanessa Kroll Bennett answer their call. They offer guidance for the modern realities you didn’t experience in your own youth but nonetheless need to understand, covering everything from body development to gender identities, social media to easy-access pornography. Together they wrote This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained, host The Puberty Podcast, and parent six teens between them. Come hear them offer science-based explanations and share their pointed advice about how to talk about all of it.
Together we'll gather as a community, learn from experts and connect with fellow parents navigating modern puberty in all its awkwardness.
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.
Welcome Coffee on Aug. 28
All parents/guardians are invited to the Tumwater Commons from 9:45-10:45am on Monday, August 28 to enjoy coffee, pastries, and each other's company, hosted by the Tumwater PTO.
This is a drop-in, casual event. Pop in for a few minutes or stay the whole hour. Say hello to old friends and meet new friends.
Board members will be there to answer questions about Tumwater and getting involved in the school community.
Hope to see you!