Meeting Minutes – May 2, 2024 – CHS Parent Student Faculty Association

Communications High School – PSFA Meeting

May 2, 2024

Call to order at 7:11pm by Colleen Stemetzki

Executive Board Members Present:

Colleen Stemetzki, Co-President Brenda Connolly, Corresponding Secretary

Hope Pressler, Vice President Melissa Skrocki, Recording Secretary

MaryAnn Doyle, Treasurer

1. 1. The Gift Auction was a great success! Thank you all.
  2. Driver’s Education raised enough money to cover caps and gowns for the seniors.
  3. Teacher’s Appreciation Week: The PSFA will be providing cookies, lunch and a $25 gift card for all teachers.

1. 1. Janelle Checkett & Patti Riddle – The Gift Auction raised $20,565. Janelle and Patti have agreed to co-chair the gift auction next year and have asked for volunteers for the committee. If you are interested, please email vpfundraising@chs-psfa.org. Thank you so much for to the Breakers for hosting the event!
  2. Hope Pressler – The PSFA had a successful merchandise sale at the Freshman Orientation and will be ordering new merchandise once the school settles on the new logo.

1. 1. We are working to try and raise the participation rates. She proposed that any family who joins before August 31, 2024, they would receive a CHS t-shirt. The PSFA held a vote on this proposal and it was unanimously approved.
2. Scholarship Committee – Guidance Department provided the eligible students with the applications. They are chosen by the district and announced at the Senior Award Night.

1. 1. Color Wars is coming up. Please look for a Signup Genius to volunteer to assist.
  2. The PSFA will host a bagel breakfast for finals on June 17 and 18. If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Lisa Lippincott at hospitality@chs-psfa.org. As many of the events are either very early in the morning or in the evening, this role can be filled by a working or non-working parent.
  3. If you are interested in getting involved and chairing Hospitality, Lisa would welcome any questions.

1. 1. The Color War is a student run activity where teams are chosen which include all grade levels and is a day full of contests. The PSFA organizes and purchases the food for the day and provides any assistance requested by the teachers or students. This year the Color War will be held on June 7. Only parent volunteers that are involved in PSFA will considered for Color War volunteers.
  2. The PSFA is looking for volunteers for the 2025 committee chairs and would welcome someone to shadow the chairs for the day. This is a position that can be held by a working or non-working parent because it is a low key position until shortly before the program.

1. 1. The PSFA is looking for Committee Members to join the PSFA in the following roles: Co-President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Color Wars, Hospitality, Membership, and Merchandise.

1. 1. The PSFA treasurer uses Quickbooks, but it is currently on the treasurer’s desktop. This is no longer supported and we need to upgrade to Quickbooks Online. The current cost is $30/month. We understand that the cost may change overtime. A motion was made to make the expenditure for the Quickbooks Online. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote of the PSFA membership present at the meeting in favor of the expenditure.
  2. Mr. Stangle is the advisor of Skills USA. CHS had a student win in the Photography category. The student would like to go to Atlanta, GA for the national competition for 4 days in June. The student anticipates that the cost will be $2,200. The district will pay 1/3 of it. There was a motion that the PSFA will provide 1/3 of the cost not to exceed $750. The motion was approved by unanimous vote of the PSFA membership present at the meeting.
2. Next Meeting: The next PSFA meeting is at 7pm on June 6 at CHS.