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Minutes from Hynes Lakeview PTO #1 Membership Meeting

August 28, 2025

The second quarter meeting of Hynes Lakeview PTO membership was called to order at 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 28, 2025 in Hynes Cafeteria.

PTO Officers and School Administrators present. See noted presenters detailed in minutes recorded by Emily Mueller.

President: Kicked off meeting (Ryan)

Shade structure update
- We are getting a shade structure!
- The structure is over the amphitheatre
- It is designed and approved by NOLA Public Schools
- Currently assessing vendors
Communication Updates
- Parent Square – apologies if not complying with dark mode on your phone
  - NEW: PTO weekly update goes out to parents every Thursday (instead of multiple times a week)
  - NEW: PTO Website
www.hyneslakeviewpto.org
Password: hynesweb

Groupme’s are available for each grade
Send PTO feedback on our communication as we don’t want to clutter your lives.
- hynes.pto@gmail.com

Grandparents and Special Friends Day
- Thursday, September 12th
- Thank you to our generous sponsor, Derek Grantz with Senior Healthcare Advisors, LLC!
- More info coming soon!

Gala (Shannon and Lisa: co-chairs)
- Theme – “In Hynesight: A runway to the past”
- When – November 8th
- Where – Messina’s at the Terminal
  - Save the date will come home in the Wednesday folders

Gala Auction Update (Alli)
- No class project or basket this year
- Ran through Live Auction and Silent auction highlights
  - “Please give us your stuff (for auction)” – Alli

Gala Sponsorship (Kassie)
- Let Kassie know if you have a company that is interested in sponsoring or donating an item to the auction
- Sept 9 is the sponsorship print deadline

Bowlero (Denise)
- NEW: Event for Hynes boys
- Save the Date: 11/15
- More to come!
First Day School Supplies (Brenda)
- Thank you to everyone who volunteered and donated to the First Day school supplies – raised nearly $3k!!
Hynes Spirit Store (Shannon)
- NEW ITEMS: Such as, neck fans, festival chairs, hair accessories!
- Items can be purchased online

Uniform Exchange (Brenda)
- Thanked the Uniform committee for their hard work
- To be noted: You may bring gently used uniforms to the front office for the uniform exchange. A laundry bin is near the front door to collect uniform donations. Please do not send in completely worn out/ripped/badly stained uniforms.

Class Captains (Coordinators – Jacqueline & Eileen)
- Purpose: Captain helps ensure info gets out to parents
- Each class has more than one parent volunteer – except we need volunteers for 6th and 8th grade traditional classrooms
- Let the PTO/Coordinators know if interested

Hynes Men’s Committee (Anh)
- What do they do?
  - A lot of heavy lifting!
  - Thanks to the members who volunteered to put out mulch
- Ask: Volunteers for Back to School BBQ!

Guest Speaker: Dr. Lacey Ellis
- Dr. Ellis is the founder of Acorn Pediatric Consulting and is a licensed psychologist
- Please see slides for detailed presentation from Dr. Ellis which referred the book, “The Anxious Generation” and covered the parent/child issue of addiction to phones and social media

Principal Update (Dawn)
- Celebrations
  - Thank you – PTO and families, Les Amis and Hynes Men’s Committee for their work in August (play yard, Early Childhood Picnique, Cheers and Tears, Blood Drive, Volunteers for Supplies (uniforms)
  - Thank you – PTO for sponsoring a Back to School Happy Hour for staff and the upcoming Happy Hour for parents
  - Thank you – to all who attended the first PTO meeting of the school year and showing support for the PTO and Hynes faculty and staff

L4S Members
- Purpose: Drive goals and decisions for the school. Additional staff leaders who help teams work collaboratively
- Members are:
  - Amanda LaGarde, Heidi LaGarde, Rachel Koch, Alex Mossing, Jean Baptiste Gervreau, Samantha Marocco, Tracey Sam, Thomas Wright, and Kellie Dejan

Saddle Up For New Adventures
- SFA Wings 5th addition – updated reading program!
  K-2 Gallopades – new social studies curriculum
- Lower School joins the HOUSE-
  - It’s a program that joins the PBIS system
  - 2nd and 3rd are in their own Houses
  - There are House competitions
  - Earn “Critter Coins” – students are recognized for good decisions
  - Kicks off 8/29
K-3 Match Universal Screener
- Helps ID where their lowest points are to get them on level
Zearn K-8
- Compliments Eureka Math
1-5 Grade Amira Support
- Reading support put in enrichment classes to continue to grow in reading
If you do a Zearn mission at home – let the kiddos do it by themselves because the teachers watch the scores in class and will assess

Leap results
- Named NOLA-PS Top 10 School for Overall LEAP Performance for 2024-25!
- 85% of K-3 students scored at or above benchmark on DIBELS.
- K-3 Literacy Goal was met!

French Delf Results
- 96% of Hynes 5th Grade students scored on level or above on the DELF
- Acknowledged dedication of French families and their support

School wide goals for 2025-2026 (Susan)
- By May 2026 –
  - Attendance goal: 94% of students will demonstrate on time school attendance with less than 10 tardies for the school year
  - Behavior goal: 95% of K-8 grade students will attend PBiS

Roots Round-Up: Library (Susan)
- About: Just for readers, grades 1-5
- Date: September 18, 2025, 5:30pm-6:30pm
- Invite in slides

Community connections team through our public library
- ABC mouse free through library
- Tutoring programs available
- Book flicks are their available audio books