Blake High School PTSA

At the last After Prom Committee meeting, held on March 1st, the following items were discussed:

• Theme: We decided on “Into The Night” as the After Prom theme.
• Treasurer’s update: We are receiving responses to our Parent Letters but we still need a lot more donations.
• Current Fundraisers:
-Pizza sales have been going well. We have ~6 more left. If anyone wants to volunteer on Tuesdays at 2:00 please let Maura know.
-Fundraising letters were mailed. We have received donations from approx. 40 families and some businesses have sent donations and prizes.
-Dine-outs: Mama Lucia has been very successful. There is a dine-out planned at the Burtonsville Cheeburger on April 19.
• Bus Info.: We are offering one-way bus transportation from the Prom to the AP. Under the conditions that we have to have enough takers to fill(pay) for the bus. So far no takers.
• MCPPG: Heidi updated us on the last meeting. They discussed check in/out. Also there was discussion at the MCPPG meeting about the impact of “After Prom Only” students and if that defeats the idea of the MCPPG which is to make sure that students who go to Prom go to a safe, controlled venue after the prom. Everything is in the discussion stage now. There will be a MCPPG meeting in the future about how to identify students impaired by alcohol or drugs—everyone is welcome.
• Volunteers: Cathy Clark (jclark0007ATaolDOTcom) has started to collect names of parents interested in volunteering the night of After Prom. If you are interested in volunteering and haven’t yet let Cathy know by sending in your donation letter with your volunteer information please email her.
• T-Shirt committee: Theresa can now go forward with the T-shirt contest since we choose the After Prom Theme. She has already contacted Mr. Overman and has enlisted the National Honor Society to be in charge of the student voting. Currently we have one $500 T-shirt sponsor and are looking for more.
• Decorations: Mary Flynn already has some volunteers to help her. She will need a team of helpers that will work a couple days before the event to make things for the front entrance of Dave and Busters.
• Activities: Maura and Diane have signed a contract with the company we used last year for the same activities we had last year. We will have the photo keychains and the casino. We are still in need of a Casino Manager if anyone is interested! Marie Choppin has already ordered the tattoos, which were a big hit last year.
• Prizes: Jack and Lisa will start purchasing prizes soon. We will need volunteers on the night of After Prom to organize prizes and distribute them.
• Senior Parent Meeting: Will be on Thursday, March 25. We had several volunteers to sell raffle tickets (for a tuxedo, flowers, and manicures from Luxuria) and to collect volunteer forms and donation checks after the meeting. We could use additional non-senior parent volunteers. We are still working on getting the Tuxedo donation from Sears and the manicure donation from Luxuria—we did have a parent who might be able to help get the manicures.

The next AP meeting is April 12 at 7pm in the Career Center. Please mark your calendar now. Things are really starting to move ahead. Thanks so much for your continued support. We are 10 weeks and counting until the After Prom. Thanks to everyone for their help. Please email Maura with any questions (McMullens2ATverizonDOTnet).