Meeting Minutes - May 2012

PARENTS AS PARTNERS

Thursday, May 3, 2012                           

Facilitator: Kelley Charland, 881-5816

ATTENDEES

Kelley Charland, Laurie Singer, Lisa & Geoff Dike, Elizabeth Logan, Dorothy Dickson, Paul McLaughlin

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS

Action plan for performance targets is nearing completion. Science NECAPs is next week for 8^th graders (no goodies needed from PaP, though we might provide mints). We have 116 8^th graders. We’re assembling teams for 6^th graders going to 7^th, and we’re working on welcoming 5^th graders coming up to 6^th.

FINANCIAL REPORT - as of 5/2/2012 there is $2294.14. This reflects a payment of $630.00 to Koenig Cedar Company for the wood to build the raised beds for the Speak Up program and a deposit of $102.50 from Box Tops for Education.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

·         May 9 &10 - 8^th Grade Science NECAPS

·         May 10 - 8^th grade Spaghetti Dinner, Team Alchemy Citizenship Gala Celebration

·         May 11 - Dance

·         May 17 - 6^th Grade Parent/Guardian Night

·         May 18 - 7^th Grade Trip to Montreal

·         May 21 - INSERVICE DAY FOR STAFF/NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

·         May 24 - Spring Concert

·         May 25 - Memorial Day Assembly (8am) and Barbecue (10:45am if you want to volunteer, 8^th grade lunch starts at 11:00, 7^th at 11:40, and 6^th at 12:00. Typically wind up by 12:30.)

·         May 28 - Memorial Day, NO SCHOOL

·         May 29 – French 8^th Grade Montreal Trip (French Immersion Day)

·         June 1 - Team Alchemy Boston Trip

·         June 6 - Great Escape Trip for Distinguished Musicians

·         June 7 - Jazz Band on Church St., School Report Night following PaP meeting

·         June 8 - Jazz Band on Church St., 8^th grade sleepover

·         June 11 - Spanish Immersion Day

·         June 13 - 8^th Grade Academic Awards Assembly ***(tentative)***

·         June 14 - Final Awards Assembly, 8^th grade Promotion Night, reception and semi-formal dance

·         June 15 - Last day of school. Step Up Day. No 8^th graders, but we’ll have our current 6^th and 7^th graders plus the 5^th graders incoming for next year.

UPCOMING PAP DATES: 6/7 (and that’s all for the year!)

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS

·         The DJ and obstacle course have been booked for GASP next year, March 15, 2013.

·         How did the Musical go? Went great. Sold out each night.

·         All the “How-to” documents have been sent to Paul McLaughlin for inclusion on our Wiki page for the following ADL events (https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/home): concert refreshments, sweatshirt sales, Book Fair, 8^th grade Promotion Night, GASP, 8^th grade spaghetti dinner and Staff Appreciation week. Kelley, Laurie and Paul have access to change these documents and others can be given access as needed to view them.
Paul should check to see if the link is on our web page.

·         The Fine Arts Festival was magnificent as usual! I hope everyone had the opportunity to attend.

·         7^th grade Parent/Guardian night was somewhat sparsely attended, but I felt the information was very relevant even though I have already had a student go through ADL. I especially liked the inclusion of normal behaviors for tweens. It was also very nice to meet our new Assistant Principal, Amy Conger.

·         How did the dance go? Went fine.

·         Staff Appreciation Week is next week and we have some nice events planned: Coffee and donuts, a breakfast, a cupcake and lemonade bar, a flock of flamingoes expressing gratitude with attitude, hand massages, goodies in mailboxes and an ongoing weeklong raffle. I think the Staff will love the week we have in store!

·         This year’s Beautification Day has been cancelled as we were planning to help with the Speak Up gardens, but Mr. Moreau has indicated that he feels that won’t be necessary as the students are working on them consistently now. Parents as Partners decided at the April meeting to give the Speak Up program $630.00 to purchase lumber to construct 6 4x8 and 1 6x12 raised beds.

·         Mr. Moreau has not had any parents come forward yet to handle concert refreshments beginning next year. He will announce this need again at the Spring Concert on May 24^th.

OTHER BUSINESS?

·         Congratulations!!! The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance program has named ADL as a Mix It Up Model School for its exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among students and throughout campus during the 2-11-2012 school year. ADL is one of 77 schools from across the country receiving the honor. “We are delighted to recognize each of these schools,” said Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello. “Mix it Up Model Schools have found innovative ways to create a school environment where respect and inclusiveness are core values.”

·         We are looking for volunteers to help serve food at the ADL Memorial Day BBQ on Friday, May 25^th from 10:45-12:30. If you can help out, please email Laurie Singer at lsinger@ccsuvt.org and let her know. Thank you!

·         We had approximately 2500 points awarded to ADL through the Price Chopper AdvantEdge program and they had to be cashed in by May 15^th. We gave these points to Tina Logan to purchase items that will be used throughout the entire school. This year she was able to purchase a 6 color assortment of glitter and a package of paint brushes.

Next meeting date is 6/7 at 6:30 pm. This will be immediately followed at 7:00 pm by School Report Night presented by Laurie, which is always full of interesting information and statistics about the school year. I hope to see you there!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE!

Tip: Save these over the summer. The next turn-in is in October.

GENERAL NOTES

You can find our knowledge base at https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/home