Freshman Council

Freshman Council 2021-2022

President: Robert Wasserman

Vice President: Justin Yu

Secretary: Ellie Buchanan

Treasurer: Evan Starr

Representatives: Faith Choi, Alessandra Sanelli, Philip Seto, Trevor Kirkby, Liam Gaynor, Keira Caleca, Anthony Luciano, and Joey Dargan

Meeting Minutes:

2021-2022 School Year=

5/6 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:45-8:00

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Liam
• Trevor
• Keira
• Ally
• Philip

Missing: Evan (he let me know ahead of time), Anthony, Joey, Faith (she let me know ahead of time), Justin

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) Big Council Meeting on Wednesday

• Mural update
• Spikeball is the night before
• $1200 in our account

2.) Class Cause Week is on Monday

• Buy decorations this weekend
• The bake sale is on Monday
• Spikeball is on Tuesday
• Bubakoos is on Wednesday
  • We need to show the flier on our phone

3.) Valley Cup is the Friday before Memorial Day

• Uncle Louie G will bring his truck at 2:45

4.) Money

• We have $1207 in our bank account

5.) Mural

• Our three painters are Nick, Sophia, and Ashley
• The background is painted

4/13 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:40-8:00

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Justin
• Philip
• Faith
• Keira
• Trevor

Missing: Evan, Ally, Anthony, Liam, Joey

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) Class Cause Week

• Spikeball on May 10th from 7-9pm
• Confirm this date with Mr. Buchanan
• Need to start thinking of fundraisers
  • Domani
  • Bake Sale
  • Chipotle
  • Panera
  • Bubbakoos

2.) Relay for Life

• We need more representation from the council

3.) Mural

• Need to start painting as soon as possible
• Need a council member present at all times whenever someone is painting

4.) Fundraising

• We made about $200 from the “purple pop up shop”
• The owner of Uncle Louie G’s is willing to set up a fundraiser with us
  • We could set the truck up by the exit of Valley Cup so everyone can buy ice cream as they leave the school

5.) PSA Video

• We submitted the video

6.) Money

• We have about $1200 dollars in our bank account

2/24 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:45-7:56

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Philip
• Ally
• Faith
• Liam
• Anthony
• Keira

Missing: Trevor and Joey

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) We should be getting the orders in for 2 weeks from our clothing sale

• We think we made a couple hundred dollars

2.) Relay for Life

• We need people to sign up
• We will find out information about it

3.) Spikeball tournament for class cause

• Find a date
• Send out email
• Get teams to sign up

4.) Mural

• We need to get the design and start painting it

5.) Future Fundraisers

• Domani Night
• Chipotle Night
• Cupcake and pasta food fundraiser

*We are not in debt* (we have about $270)

2/9 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:41-7:56

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Philip
• Ally
• Faith
• Keira
• Trevor

Missing: Liam, Anthony, and Joey

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) Event for Class Cause Week

• Spikeball tournament 
• 3v3 basketball tournament or knockout tournament
• Badminton tournament
• Speedball tournament 

2.) We need to advertise the clothing sale

• Put AD in PVTV
• Advertise at lunch
• Want the clothes by Valley Cup

3.) Mural

• We have 3 artists
  • Sophia, Nicky, and Ashley
• Our class cause is CASA
  • Look at the website for inspiration

4.) Purple Stuff for Valley Cup

• Sell beads and bandanas before Valley Cup
• People wear their purple T-shirts they buy from the clothing sale

2/3 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:44-7:56

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Liam
• Anthony
• Philip
• Ally
• Faith
• Joey
• Keira

Missing: Trevor

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) Our online store is now live with the Panthers merchandise and purple T shirt

• We need to advertise the store
• Send out an email
• Post on Instagram
• Email home parents
• We can get the order done by the next Valley Cup
• Incentive: if you buy the purple freshmen shirt you are entered in a raffle

2.) Before Spring Break: Buy food from Nick Gallo

• Make google doc with items you can buy
• Need lots of organization with this fundraiser

3.) Mural

• We have 3 artists
• Ashley Diaz
• Nicky D
• Sophia Varghese

1/29 Meeting

No notes were taken since I was sick and not able to attend the meeting

12/22 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:45-8:01

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Liam
• Anthony
• Philip
• Ally

Missing: Faith (she is sick and let me know ahead of time), Keira, Trevor, Joey

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) T-Shirt Update

• The guy Steve wants a different file type
• Need to send logo as a PDF
• The company is swamped around the holidays so the order is delayed
• Goal: to have the store open when we get back from break or the second week in January

2.) Food Fundraiser

• First one should be Domani
• Need to research out to Domani to find a date
• Could hold multiple in one week

3.) Bake Sale

• Hold one after school when we get back from break
• Dates: 6, 13, 20 (every Thursday in January)

12/8 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:46-7:59

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Trevor
• Faith
• Liam
• Keira
• Anthony

Missing: Ally, Philip, Joey (Ally and Philip let me know ahead of time)

Tasks/Upcoming Events=

1.) Trivia Night is on Tuesday

• Have water, drinks, food, and snacks to sell:

-Water= $1

– Gatorade= $2

– Candy= $2

– Chips= $1

• Make announcement during lunch on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday about trivia night
• Need to send an email to the whole school
• Prizes: 

– Top Prize= $25 gift card?

– 2nd Prize= Candy?

– 3rd Place Prize= purple bandana? 

2.) T-Shirts

• Requested T-shirt order from the guy
• Purple tie-dye, PV logo on the front, new Panthers logo on the back with class of 2025
• Sell for about $25
• Need to open the online store ASAP
• Need to be first to market with new Panther logo

– Black sweatshirt

– Crewneck

3.) CASA Shirts

• Can reach out to them after winter break

4.) Bake Sale

• After winter break (January or February)

11/30 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:43-7:58

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Trevor
• Joey
• Ally
• Faith
• Philip
• Liam
• Keira
• Anthony

Reflection on Valley Cup:

• Good job in Valley Cup
• We won the relay
• Need more spirit at the actual event and the dress up days during the week

Tasks=

1.) Class T-shirts

• Class T-shirt design is good
• Store will try to be open by the end of the week, if not by the holidays
• Online store open for 2 weeks

2.) Design green hoodie or T-shirt with the same design as our T-shirts to sell to the entire school

• Be the first grade to design merch with new Panthers logo

3.) Trivia night is December 14 at 6pm

• Post on instagram to spread the word
• DelSanto is running it 
• Made posters and need to hang them up to spread the word
• 5 people per team, $20 per team
• Can sell things during the event 

– Sell water for $2

• Top 3 teams get prizes from sponsors

– Treasurer needs to find sponsors for prizes, would get tax form or $15 gift card from the place

• *Need to figure out how sell tickets and where people are signing up for trivia night*
• *Need to figure out how to collect money*

4.) Ideas for fundraisers in the future

• Food night (Chipotle or Domani fundraiser)
• Bake sale (put in for that ahead of time)

– How often

– What day of the week

– Who’s baking the food

– Who’s selling 

11/16 Meeting

Duration of Meeting= 7:43am-7:57am

Attendance= 

• Robbie
• Ellie
• Evan
• Justin
• Trevor
• Joey
• Ally
• Faith
• Philip
• Liam
• Keira
• Anthony

Tasks=

1.) Need to design shirts, open store, and sell shirts by December break

• Open store for 2 weeks
• Use SteveGuy for T-shirt orders
• Combine PV Logo and CASA Logo

*Need to reach out to CASA to make sure we can use their logo* 

2.) Need to start first fundraiser

• Trivia night
• Chipotle fundraiser
• Sell chocolate bars or candy
• Sell roses

*Once a month have a fundraiser*

3.) Valley Cup

      –     Dress up days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

      –     Need to figure out who will dress up for most spirited 

      –     Send out email to sign up for Valley Cup events

      –     Need backups for all events