PARENTS AS PARTNERS
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Facilitator: Kelley Charland
Present: Kelley Charland, Lisa Dyke, Geoff Dyke, Gary Moreau, Laurie Singer, Dorothy Dickson, Gabrielle Smith
GUEST SPEAKERS: Gary Moreau speaking on behalf of the Speak Up program and the ADL gardens. He was asking for help with funding raised bed gardens at ADL. There will also be garden sculptures. Root vegetables will be planted for use in the cafeteria at ADL in the fall. He will prep the area for the gardens over the April break and construction will begin after the vacation by the 8th grade students. Funding in the amount of $630.00 was approved by the group for 6 4x8 8” high beds and 1 6x12 8” high bed. The theme of this program is Sustainability.
Gabrielle Smith, CCSU Prevention and Wellness Coordinator re: Community Supper and conversation about bringing more local foods and products into the school meals. Invited all CCSU parents and students 6th grade and up to attend this event next Thursday, April 12, 2012. Currently only about 20% of food in the school meals comes from within Vermont and a 30 mile radius outside of Vermont. This program seeks to include local farms to produce a higher percentage of local foods in the school meals program.
PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS - Has a decision been made on the Assistant Principal’s position? The position had about 30 applications to begin. Laurie whittled that down to 14 and then the committee narrowed that number to about 7 whom they wanted to interview and ultimately there were two finalists who each met with ADL staff, parents and students over the course of two days. A finalist has been chosen and that name has been forwarded to the Board for their approval. A decision will be made on April 16th and then the name will be made public.
Today the 7th graders piloted an online portion of the NECAP writing sections. It went pretty will with only a few minor glitches. There will be no scored results, but the writings will be returned to the Language Arts teachers for them to review with the students.
FINANCIAL REPORT - as of 3/30/2012 there is $2821.64. This reflects an expense of $18.00 for stamps used on letters soliciting prizes/donations for the Staff Appreciation Week raffle and the deposit of a check from Hannaford’s Helps Schools in the amount of $369.00!!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- April 12-14- ADL Musical, “The Music Man Junior”
- April 12- Expanding Farm-to-School and Local Foods into School Meals presentation, 6-8 pm, EHS cafeteria
- April 18- Fine Arts Festival, EHS
- April 19- 7th Grade Parent/Guardian night
- April 20- Dance
- April 23-27- School Recess
- May 4- Johnson State Jazz Competition-TBD if ADL will be participating-it conflicts with the Presidential Fitness Day
- May 7-11-Staff Appreciation Week
- May 9 &10-8th Grade Science NECAPS
- May 11-Dance
- May 12-ADL Beautification Day-Postponed as the gardens probably will be all set by that time. To be picked up again during next school year, 2012-2013.
- May 17-6th Grade Parent/Guardian Night
- May 18-7th Grade Trip to Montreal
- May 21-INSERVICE DAY FOR STAFF/NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
- May 24-Spring Concert
- May 25-Memorial Day Assembly and Barbecue
- May 29-8th Grade Montreal Trip-French Immersion Day
DANCE DATES: 5/11
PAP DATES: 5/3 AND 6/7
FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS
- GASP- About 160 students attended. The profit was just under $400. A date of
- March 15th has been set for GASP for 2013. Do we need to book DJ and/or obstacle course now? Laurie will check with Barb to ensure we have reserved both the DJ and obstacle course.
- How did the 8th grade only dance at EMS go? Good, but more chatting than dancing!
- Conferences were well-attended. Did they go well? Very well.
- Chorus Concert was well-attended and very nice. Mr. Moreau announced prior to the concert that Conny and Maria will not be at ADL next year (very sad) and we are looking for a couple of parents to take over the refreshment duties for the concert evenings. Have there been any volunteers yet? No volunteers yet. Mr. Moreau to announce this again at Spring Concert and in a newsletter he is sending out. If no one steps up, Kelley will find two volunteers at the start of next school year, 2012-2013.
- Staff Appreciation week, May 7th-11th is coming together nicely. Wendy Johnson and Sarah Zobel are assisting me with the plans. Again, if anyone wishes to help or put together an event/activity, please let me know. I am also needing items for raffle prizes for that week. I need about 50 more small items. Please let me know if you have something to donate or spread the word to your friends with students at ADL.
- I have emailed my “How-to” pages to Paul (McLaughlin) for 8th Grade Promotion Night and Spaghetti Dinner and Staff Appreciation. Maria Dramstad emailed the directions for concert refreshments to be included, as well. These are now on a Wiki page that can be viewed by parents who might need these to refer to in the future for planning of these events. We hope to also have these documents for GASP, the Book Fair and sweatshirt sales. How are these coming along? Dorothy will be emailing the GASP and Book Fair “how-tos” to Paul shortly. Kelley will contact Conny again to ask if she has done the one for sweatshirt sales.
- Beautification Day this year is cancelled. To be picked up again next school year, 2012-2013.
Kelley to send invitation to parents for Memorial Day Assembly and BBQ to Laurie for inclusion in the Progress Reports due to be sent out in a couple of weeks.
Next meeting date is 5/3 at 6:30 pm. I hope to see you there and hopefully, we will have some of next year’s 6th grade parents to join us! I have sent out a blurb to Bette Martin at Fleming to have included in the Fleming Flyer through June 1st inviting next year’s 6th grade parents to join us at our May and June meetings.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN YOUR BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE! ALSO, PLEASE GO ONLINE AND RE-ENROLL YOUR PRICE CHOPPER ADVANTEDGE CARDS FOR THE YEAR 2012. THANK YOU!
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