PARENTS AS PARTNERS
Thursday,
September 6, 2012
Facilitator: Kelley Charland, 881-5816
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL EVERYONE!!!
Introduction of
attendees: Patty LaRose Kent, Nancy
Bissonnette, Elizabeth Logan, Tracy Williams, Chris Catterton, Jo Goff, Laurie
Singer, Kelley Charland, Dorothy Dickson, Paul McLaughlin
Financial Report: As of September 5, 2012: $2235.39
PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS
·
We’ve deployed “minis” (netbook
computers) to the 7th and 8th graders. This came with
education on acceptable use as well as how-to use. Teachers are going through
some professional development for technical resources (Google docs and apps,
Moodle, etc.) and suitable integrating into classroom.
·
Transition to Common Core Curriculum (in
which “Smarter Balance” will eventually replace NECAPs in a couple years).
Getting the minis this year lends itself to this transition.
·
Sports are under way. We have very high
levels of participation.
·
Discussion
of Feed My Hungry Children / With Love From Vermont Event on October 19-20th:
The “Feed My Hungry Children” will be here
to use our building on Oct 19-20. Goal is to package and deliver 150000 meals
at this location alone. They’re looking for 500 volunteers. People who want to
volunteer can visit http://www.withlovefromvermont.com.
For more info, contact Margaret Kane of FMHC (999-1053). There’ll be a bin to
collect food contributions which will go to Vermont Food Shelf. (We’ll also be doing our
own can drive that’ll go to Heavenly Pantry.)
·
There’s a survey coming up to provide
feedback for the schools, including ADL. Watch for more info around student-led
conference time.
ROLLING CALENDAR:
September:
11 – Student
picture day
13 – Open House
at 7 pm
28 – Dance at 7
pm (all grades) (do your best to drop
kids off at 7:00 and pick up at 9:00 sharp)
October:
8 – Audubon
Field Trip – 6th grade
9-11 – NECAP Assessments
12 – Tour d’ Essex
15 – NECAP
Writing Assessment (8th grade only)
16 – Student
picture make-up day
17 – Student-led
conferences – 3:30-9 pm
18 – Student-led
conferences – 8am-3pm **No classes for
students
19 – No School
22-26 – Red
Ribbon Week
26 – Dance at 7
pm
Dance dates: 9/28, 10/26, 11/16, 12/14, 1/25, 3/8 (8th
grade only with EMS and Westford at ADL), 4/5,
5/10
PaP dates: 10/4, 11/1, 12/6, 1/3, 2/5*, 3/7, 4/4,
5/2, 6/6 with School Report Night
*please note that 2/5 is a Tuesday
BUSINESS TO ADDRESS:
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Team Reps:
Team Nova: Jen McGovern
Team Alchemy: Christine
Guimmo
Team Discovery: Patty
LaRose-Kent
Team Wonder:
Team ??:
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Teacher Reps:
Team Nova:
Team Alchemy:
Team Discovery: Kathleen
Legg
Team Wonder: Jamie Caron
Team ??: Jamie Caron
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Volunteer Forms: Were included in summer newsletter.
Please fill them out and return them to Barb Edwards in the front office at
school or they can be completed online by September 27th. IF YOU VOLUNTEER TO HELP AT THE SCHOOL IN
ANY CAPACITY, YOU MUST GO ONLINE TO THE ADL WEBSITE AND REGISTER. IT TAKES ONLY
A FEW MINUTES AND CAN BE COMPLETED ONLY ONCE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS YOU MAY HAVE
STUDENTS ATTENDING. THIS ALLOWS FOR THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO BE ON FILE WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS MUST BE DONE EVERY
SCHOOL YEAR, EVEN IF YOU HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
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Paul
McLaughlin will again be taking our meeting minutes. Thank you Paul!!!
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Melanie
Cote will continue to post our meeting minutes on our webpage at the ADL
website. Thank you Melanie!!
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Please
go online and register or reregister your
Price
Chopper Advantedge card for this school year. The website is
www.pricechopper.com and you need to click on the consumers
link in the Tools for Schools section of the website. We earn points each time
the Price Chopper card is used for a sale and are able to “buy” school supplies
at the end of the school year with the points we have earned.
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We
will again be taking part in the Hannaford
Helps Schools program. Please be on the lookout for the cash register slips
that can be placed in our bin at the storefront this fall until just before the
winter holidays. Again, this is “free money” the school can earn simply by
shopping at the Hannaford stores. I am working on setting our school up for
this on the Hannaford website.
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Set
a date for 2012-2013 Beautification
project. What might the project be?
TBD. Probably something outside. Maybe
planting something on the front corner where some bushes were recently removed?
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We are looking for a Book Fair
coordinator for this year. The
coordinator from last year is signing on to be a mentor to this person or
persons as she now has a full-time job and is unable to be at school the number
of hours required during Book Fair week. She has the online tool kit already
and has confirmed the dates for this year, November 5-8. You can find
instructions at
https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb/scholastic-book-fair.
Tracy Williams and Chris Catterton
volunteered for this.
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Carol
Hutcheon will be the Costco shopper for
the snack cart and will also be manning it on Tuesdays. Thank you
Carol! I have Patty LaRose-Kent lined up
for another day, not sure which one yet and Woody Martel said he will work one
day if not enough current ADL parents sign up. Thank you Patty and Woody! We do still need one or more parents to
fill those slots. We hope to have the snack cart up and running Monday,
September 10th.
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Ann
Malle will be the Costco shopper for the
dances and will also be submitting the Box
Tops for ADL again this year. Thank you Ann!
FOLLOW-UP FROM JUNE 2012:
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How
did the Speak Up program raised beds/gardens fare over the summer? Did they end
up with enough money for both beds? All
set.
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How
did everything turn out for Promotion Night? I know we were lacking in
volunteers from the 7th grade for the management of the drinks and
refreshments. It went fine.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION?
Next meeting
date is 10/4 at 6:30 pm in ADL
Learning Center.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TURN IN
BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE! THANK YOU!
ADL Parents as
Partners links:
