5 p.m. Rectory
Prayer: Father Edward
In attendance: Elizabeth Tokodi, Molly Frye, Chris Brown, Janet Schilling, Rob Beardmore, Father Edward, Mike Faust, Josh Smith, Bri Moore, Kevin Knab
Absent: Tammi Bradley
Motion to Accept September Minutes: Motioned by Molly Frye and accepted as read
Home and School: Bri Moore reported. We recently sponsored the Mardi Gras pancake lunch and got beads for all the kids. We continue to do the restaurant fundraisers each month. We will be doing Bob Evans on March 26th, all day. We are also encouraging carryout to offices in the church and school community. We are doing Sarris candy online only for Spring. That will end March 22nd. The pepperoni rolls fundraiser starts next week. We will have a skating party on March 20 from 5-7 p.m. This is free for all school families, rentals and skating. Book Fair will be during the last week of April. We are sponsoring Field Day on May 15. We are now beginning to look at some e payment options for PTO platforms. We are also looking to do Google Forms for online applications for applying to the Home and School Board. We are also thinking it might be easier for home room parents. We are also going to be updating our by laws this Spring.
Boosters: Mike Faust reported. Boosters is going well. We will meet next week at 5:30 Wednesday if anyone would like to attend. We are currently in lower school volleyball season. We have two third and fourth teams as well as two fifth and sixth teams. They are having good seasons so far. The junior high season will be in Fall. There is a chance we will have enough of sixth and seventh to be able to field a volleyball team. The head coach is not going to be returning, and we need to get that replacement set. There is also baseball going on at the fields in Devola. There was a U12 team and maybe a U10 team that is playing. We had winter sports wrap up and hosted the junior high tournament and it went well. We are now current on all of the signs in the gym for advertisements and will continue that for next year.
Marketing: Tammi Bradley emailed her report.
- We will be screening 32 kids for kindergarten screening (Wednesday, March 11th). Parents are doing better at getting enrollment taken care of in a timely fashion.
- Registration/enrollment numbers are ahead of where they were last year. Elizabeth can share the latest reports/numbers from each grade level, but we are pleased with the early response and happy that those re-enrolling now see how easy the process is.
- Open House was very successful with 10 new families receiving tours and information.
- A Preschool Open House will be planned after spring break, as those numbers are low, but that is typical for this time of year.
- Feast of St. Joseph lunch and Mass – Thursday, March 19th. Parkhurst will be catering the lunch for us, and we are asking dads/grandfathers etc. to please sign their student(s) out if they will be providing transportation.
- Willy Wonka play/musical is scheduled for Friday, April 17th. The students and staff have been working hard on the production. Marketing materials are being created after the T-shirt design contest that ends next week.
- Volunteer Appreciation week ~April 20th-24th.
- Administrative Professional Day April 22nd.
- Spring Art & Music Show Wednesday, April 29th.
- Teacher Appreciation Week~May 4th – 8th.
- Nurse Appreciation Day~Wednesday, May 6th.
Finance: Elizabeth reported. We met and raised tuition across the board. It was a minor increase. The budget is looking good for the year and with grants and donations major projects were a non-factor for the budget. We have fixed the roof, we have had the boiler fixed, done some stair repairs, and some safety updates.
Principal Report: Elizabeth reported. We have really been pushing Bingo to try to get more people in the door. We have been doing little specials each week to try to bring people into the building. I’ve also asked parents to bring some food on Saturdays to Bingo to get two volunteer hours and has helped the bottom line on concessions with Bingo. Sunday Bingo has gone well and we will be keeping it through July. We have also been using LifeWise as one of our partners as well. The teachers will pick up one Bingo and use that money for classroom supplies.
Admissions is going well. We have 30 new applicants. And it looks like 190 returning. We have 17 signed up for Preschool. We have 26 in PreK. Kindergarten is at 30. 1st is at 27. 2nd is at 25. 3rd is at 20. 4th is at 15. 5th is at 20. 6th is at 18. 7th is at 17. 8th is at 10. We are going to be moving teachers around to fill as needed.
We are starting to look at the 3rd grade reading guarantee more heavily. There were changes in Ohio law for 2025/26 school year and we want to avoid putting them onto the RIMP plan. To avoid this, we will take K through 2nd graders and utilize a dedicated teacher going to a teacher’s room to give extra attention in the reading time space. It will allow for the differentiation with the kids, both up and down. We are working to come up with better plans for AR and Newsela and combining the two for the classroom effectiveness. I’m also looking at another writing program called “step up to writing”. This is a program that works kindergarten through 8th grade and steps them through the process from foundational principles up to research papers. We will use our current middle school vocabulary program down in 4th and 5th next year. I’ll also be working on the spelling curriculum and our homework policies.
We got our MAP scores back and are first in science and math. We were second in English as well.
New business: none
Old Business: New suggestions for board members. Jessica Fenton, Brad Merit, Maggie Ohneck, Catlin Ball.
Next Meeting: May 13, at 5 p.m. in the Rectory