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PTO - Parent Teacher Organization

All parents and guardians of students enrolled at Red Pine Elementary are members of the PTO and are encouraged to attend the monthly meetings.

PTO Board Members

President: Amy Bailey
Vice-President: Jen Satre
Secretary: Beth Kaiser
Treasure: Amber Fagan/Melissa Arnott

PTO Fundraising

The PTO will conduct fundraisers in accordance with District 196 and school fundraising policies. District policy 801 states: "Fundraisers may only occur if the fundraising activity is directly related to student welfare, services or activities and if the activity is approved by the school principal for a school purpose and approved by the superintendent for a district-wide purpose."

MATCHING FUNDS

Matching funds could double or even triple your contributions! Check out your employer’s matching funds program. Taking a few minutes to complete the paperwork can increase PTO funding and have a huge impact on our ability to enhance the Red Pine Elementary experience for all students.

PTO Meeting Schedule 2024-2025

*All meetings are from 8:00-9:00am in the RP Media Center*

  • Friday, September 13th
  • Friday, October 11th
  • Friday, November 15th
  • Friday, December 13th
  • Friday, January 10th
  • Friday, February 14th
  • Friday, March 14th
  • Friday, April 11th
  • Friday, May 9th

PTO Meeting Minutes

  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May

2025-2026 Open Positions:

President (2-year term)

• Leader of the Board and key contact for Red Pine administrators & staff, board members & chairs

• Presides at PTO Meetings and ensure efforts are being directed toward meeting the PTO goals & objectives and facilitate discussions.

• Coordinates work of all members & committees to ensure duties are being fulfilled.

• Ensure coverage of volunteer positions that are not chair positions (ex: Twins Game Coordinator)

• Leads setting the budget in partnership with PTO Board including gathering necessary information from grade/specialist leads.

• Point of contact for funding requests, reviews with board for approval

• Main point of contact for Events Chair/Committees

• Works closely with the Communication Chair to provide necessary information.

 

Secretary (1-year term)

• Document & maintain PTO Meeting Minutes

• Works with Red Pine Staff liaisons to share meeting minutes & post on school website.

• Send Thank You cards on behalf of the PTO.

 

2025-2026 Open Committee Chair Positions:

Events

• Lead, recruit & organize committees to plan, organize & execute PTO Sponsored Events

• Event Committee (per event) would be responsible for: planning event details, securing volunteers, booking entertainment/resources, set-up/tear down of events, keeping PTO board & communication chair updated on needs, working with treasurer on purchasing/reimbursements.

• Partner with PTO Board on budget for each event, determined at the beginning of the year.

• Partner with Communication Chair on planning upcoming needs/asks (ex: flyer creation)

• Note: This person would NOT need to be involved in every event, ask of this person is to ensure there is appropriate committee coverage to run successful events

 

Fundraising

 • Determine & lead the Red Pine PTO Fundraising structure & fundraising events. Note: Currently the PTO has 1 large yearly fundraiser with a couple small additional ones throughout the year. This chair would oversee making fundraising recommendations to the board & upon approval leading the efforts to operationalize.

• Create & oversee a committee(s) to help plan & execute fundraisers.

• Partner with PTO Board on yearly fundraising goal & provide thought leadership on best ways to support Red Pine needs.

• Main point of contact for fundraising company & liaison between school and company (if a 3rd party fundraising company is used)

LINK to Learn about Volunteer Opportunities:

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=88CH9iaRvUW5lLlt-KGckXpfqQosaZJAiEQoMedM5M1UNFdXQThKV0dNMkkxT0FYNFZaUUtHSVA3TC4u&origin=QRCode&qrcodeorigin=presentation&route=shorturl

 Election Process:

December PTO Meeting:  Share Open Positions for upcoming year.  All positions will be a two-year term.

January PTO Meeting: Take nominations / gather interest for open position(s).

February PTO Meeting: If more than one person interested per position, all nominees can share a statement of interest and voting by secret ballot will take place.

Mid-February – end of April: Transition time

May PTO Meeting: New Board officially takes over