Middletown High School



Introductions/Opening Remarks: President, Bob Sinagra, welcomed everyone to the meeting. Mike Pitruzello was unable to attend. Bob noted that our teams have been having a great winter season. Indoor Track is very close to 1st place. Wrestling has 14-7 record. Girls Basketball could qualify for States. Boys Basketball is 10-3, with a big game tomorrow. The Swim Team is undefeated and planning their trip to Florida. The Dance Team has won 2nd place in their last 2 competitions. The Cheerleading Team has been practicing diligently for upcoming competitions.

Those present were: Kathi Wickham, Sue Sinagra, Bob Sinagra, Jim Condon, Laura Gambino, Joe Gambino, Donna Marino, Kim Shepard, Nadine Turner, Nicole Green, Victoria Wright-Mayo, Cheryl D’Amico, Janice Spada, Karen Bixby, Cheryl Murdock, Nan O’Brien, Susan Dunn, Heidi Foster-Cho, Kathleen Srubas, Alice Fugger, Kathi Linares, Pat Meskill, David Strohm, Sharon Riley, Tess D’Agenais

Secretary’s Report: Kathi Wickham – A correction was made to the note on the concession stand inspection. It should refer to the indoor stand, not the outdoor stand. A motion was made to accept the January ’09 minutes; it was seconded and the minutes were unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Sue Sinagra - The treasurer’s report for January was distributed. Sue is still looking into money market accounts at other banks due to drop in interest rate at the credit union. A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s report; it was seconded and the report was unanimously approved.

Banquets & Awards: Donna Marino – The next banquet is 3/20. Donna will be out of town; she asked for someone to help at 4 p.m. until she returned. Donna also asked for someone to consider partnering with her for next year, as she will be a senior parent. The partner could take over the following year.

BANQUET SCHEDULE FOR 2008/2009

|Winter Banquet |Friday, March 20 – 6:00 |

| Alternate/snow date |Sunday, March 22 – 5:00 |

|Spring Banquet |Friday, June 12 – 5:00 |

| Alternate/snow date |Sunday, June 14 – 5:00 |

Dragon Duals: The concessions were well-run, with good food and a great menu. Some ideas of things to change for next year include lining up the serving tables away from the overhead fans; continue to sell during clean-up (made over $150 after we were closed). Sharon Riley requested that Cheerleading Group be assigned that event next year for concessions.

Winter Concessions – Take note of the dates and try to get your volunteers lined up early. Please be sure to have at least 4 volunteers per team, and be there 2 hours prior to the start of the game.

|Date; Game start time |Event |Assigned Group |

|02/05; 7:00 p.m. |Girls Basketball |Baseball |

| | |Boys Basketball |

|02/10; 7:00 p.m. |Boys Basketball |Girls Basketball |

| | |Cheerleading |

| | |Girls Indoor Track |

|02/12; 7:00 p.m. |Girls Basketball |Crew |

| | |Dance Team |

| | |Boys Cross Country |

|02/16; 7:00 p.m. |Girls Basketball |Girls Cross Country |

| | |Dance Team |

| | |Crew |

|02/20; 7:00 p.m. |Boys Basketball |Football |

| | |Frisbee |

|02/24; 7:00 p.m. |Boys Basketball |Golf |

| | |Boys Soccer |

|02/26; 7:00 p.m. |Boys Basketball |Girls Soccer |

| | |Softball |

Friends of:

Baseball: David Strohm – Several of the boys are now participating in the Indoor Baseball Winter League in Farmington, as well as the weekly Strike Zone Clinic. Strength and conditioning training continues after school three days a week. The boys will be involved in two fund raising events over the next two months. On January 17th, the entire team will visit local businesses to secure sponsors for the baseball program book. Also, on February 16th, the boys will be working at Cold Stone Creamery 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Please come out and support the team that night, as 25% of the sales go to MHS baseball.

Boys Basketball: Tracey Stanley – There will be a joint fundraiser with Boys and Girls Basketball: a pasta dinner to be held 1/22 from 6-8 p.m. @ MHS.

Girls Basketball: Victoria Wright-Mayo – Senior night has been changed to 2/12. Spirit Night is 2/16.

Fall Cheerleading: –

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Winter Cheerleading: –

Crew: Karen Bixby/Cheryl Murdock – We paid off the newest boat! Coach Beth said we will buy new oars this month.

Boys Cross Country: Alice Fugger –

Girls Cross Country: Susan Dunn –

Dance Team: Janice Spada / Karen O’Leary – The Dance Team has the following schedule for competition: January 17 at Oxford High School; January 31 at Woodland High School; February 7 at Torrington High School; February 28 at Branford High School

 Football: Eric Marszalek – Nothing to report

Frisbee: Kathi Linares – Frisbee-Illiano’s Day/Night is Monday, January 19th (Martin Luther King Day) and will be all day.  10% of the daily sales will be donated.  This is for dine-in or take out at the South Main Street location.

Golf: Kathi Srubas –

Boys Soccer: Dale Aldieri –

Girls Soccer: Tess Dagenais – Nothing new to report.

Softball: Karen Mosca –

Boys Swimming: Pat Meskill – The team has won their first 2 dual meets against East Lyme and Berlin. Middletown's medley relay team broke the East Lyme pool record at the 12/17 meet. On Dec 26 our annual Alumni meet was held in front of a full house; it was great to see returning swimmers and old friends. The team is winding up ad sales for their ad book which will be available at all home meets. Plans and deposits are being made for our Florida training trip scheduled for the February break.

Girls Swimming: Heidi Foster-Cho – The team thoroughly enjoyed their evening at the Sports Banquet and post dinner marathon mutual admiration session…..once again, the last team left in the building that night!  Great season…Great group of girls…great coaches!

Boys Tennis: –

Girls Tennis: Brenda Michanczyk – Nothing to report this month.

Boys Indoor Track: Halina Adamiak –

Girls Indoor Track: Mary Coady -

 

Boys Outdoor Track: Corrine Sternberg –

Girls Outdoor Track: Rene Grant – Nothing to report this month.

Volleyball: Linda Bartolotta –

Wrestling:  Sherrie Grigerek –

Old Business:

Concessions: There is a big difference in business when there is a basketball game and swim or wrestling practice on the same night. The volunteers are doing a great job, including cleaning up the gym after games.

New Business:

Spirit Night: Donna Marino – This is a big night. There are more people attending than at a regular basketball game, including players from the middle school, Prof Gallito. The Dance Team is present. Concessions will be much busier.

Concession Stand – Having a cash box with bill separators would be helpful. We have been looking at various ways to prepare the mozzarella sticks and nachos/cheese.

On Sat. 2/7 WWMS has their wrestling tournament at MHS. They can’t use their gym due to water damage. They will use our concession stand, but they’ll bring their own supplies.

Sat. 2/14 there is a basketball event. John Geary has contacted us about also using our concession stand area.

2/21 there may be a Girls Basketball conference game. 2/28 there may be a Boys Basketball conference game. Concessions will be open these nights. If they are scheduled, Bob will contact us for volunteers. We will also conduct a 50/50 raffle, with the proceeds going to the Balsamo Scholarship Fund. The goal is to have 4 $500 scholarships for some seniors.

Mike has offered the use of MHS gym to CIAC for some games. This is another possibility for concession income.

On 3/27 the Rotary Club is sponsoring a basketball tournament with teams and players from throughout Middlesex County. Girls play @5:30 and boys play @ 7:00.

Ron Brown (of Prof. Gallitto) approached MHS Booster Club about serving at their end of season banquet (as a fundraiser). Bob will ask if boys and girls would be combined in the same night. If we were to sell meals at $10-12/person, we could make about $3/person profit. It was suggested that they use WWMS cafeteria as it’s easier to manage serving lines. We would need at least 20 volunteers.

Project Graduation: Project Grad is soliciting donations. Last year the Booster Club contributed $500. A motion was made and seconded for the MHS Booster Club to contribute $500 to Project Graduation. It was approved unanimously.

2/28- Multiple events:

The date of a possible Boys Basketball quarter final is also the date of the Musical performance. We will need to utilize all parking lots and post signs to direct people. Bob will speak with Mike.

Outdoor Track Invitational:

The question was posed as to whether there is a track invitational event this year. This is always a big concession event. We should know more for the next meeting.

Next Meeting: The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 4, 2009 @ 7:00pm.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. It was unanimously approved.

Respectfully Submitted,

Kathi Wickham, Secretary

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