Start the new year off with a Parents as Partners meeting!  See what's coming up as 2014 gets off to a start.  There are lots of big activities on the way that we need help organizing and getting volunteers for.  Please come to our next meeting next Thursday, January 2nd at 6:30 pm in the ADL Learning Center/Library.  We promise to have you out by 7:30 at the latest!  We would love to have everyone!  

Happy New Year!!

Kelley Charland and Paul McLaughlin, Co-Facilitators
ADL Parents as Partners 

ANOTHER AWESOME BOOK FAIR AT ADL LAST WEEK!!!!!!

Another successful Book Fair is under our belts at ADL.  Total sales for the four day sale were approximately $2500.00 which included about $41.00 by All For Books.  This was used to purchase some books for the ADL Learning Center (Library) using the librarian's wishlist.  We thank everyone for their contributions to the All For Books program this year.
The winner of the Golden Ticket raffle was 6th grader, Aidan Haggerty and he won the book of his choice. Congratulations Aidan!

Thank you to the peer leadership helpers who helped with set up, organization, poster making and other odd jobs to make our fair a success.
And, thank you to the students who also made posters with Caitlin Classen prior to the fair.
The fair could not be a success without our parent volunteers who help keep it running throughout the week. Thank you to each of you for all your help!
Thank you to Caitlin Classen for all her help with the fair and all her work generating enthusiasm for the fair, too!
Finally, a HUGE thank you to our Book Fair coordinators again this year, Chris Catterton and Tracey Williams!  It could never have happened without all their hard work, expertise, coordination and enthusiasm! All of ADL thanks you both very much!  

Happy Holidays to all!
Kelley Charland and Paul McLaughlin,Coordinators
ADL Parents as Partners        

Hello ADL Families!

On Saturday, October 26th beginning at 9 am and lasting until approximately 11:15 am, we will be doing our Beautification Projects for this year at ADL.  We will be cleaning out the raised flower beds in the front of the school and adding soil to them as well as the raised beds in the back of the school.  We will be planting bulbs and any plants anyone would like to donate to ADL as you are cleaning out your own flower beds at home.  We are aiming for lots of color in the beds throughout the growing season.  Bulbs and soil will be provided, but again if you have any at home you are looking to donate, please bring along.  Bring your own shovels, rakes, gardening tools and wheelbarrows, etc.  When we are finished, a light lunch will be provided. Please bring your students with you, but do not drop them off for them to be on their own.  The students are great workers and this project will add to their pride in the ADL School.  Let's hope for a sunny day!  Hope to see everyone there!  Thank you!

Kelley Charland and Paul McLaughlin, Co-Facilitators
ADL Parents as Partners        

NEXT PARENTS AS PARTNERS MEETING COMING UP!!

The next Parents as Partners meeting will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at 6:30 pm in the ADL Learning Center (Library).  Beautification Day will be discussed as well as other important business.  Assistant Principal Amie Conger will be present to tell us about the newest draft of the discipline system at ADL. Please plan to join us!  We promise to have the meeting last only 1 hour, tops!

Hope to see you there,

Kelley Charland and Paul McLaughlin, Co-facilitators, ADL Parents as Partners  

Looking for volunteers to help with activity breaks during NECAP week, Oct 8-10

Hi, Parents,

Principal Laurie Singer is hoping to get some additional parent help during the NECAP testing window of October 8-10.  They're looking for some folks who would be willing to come in from 11:00-12:30 to help run/monitor activities for students -- maybe walking, recess, mat ball, art work, etc. The idea is that students get about an hour of activity as well as lunch for a nice break between the testing sessions. Help on one or more days will be appreciated.

If you're interested, please contact Mrs. Singer or Barb Edwards - http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/staff-directory/.

ADL Parents as Partners Monthly Meeting Minutes - August 29, 2013

Facilitators: Kelley Charland, tkmac22(at)hotmail.com, and Paul McLaughlin, nospam(at)mclaughlinfamily.us

ADL Parents as Partners Links:

• Our page on the ADL website: http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/parents-as-partners/
• Blog you can subscribe to: http://adlpap.blogspot.com (announcements and news)
• Knowledge base: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb (how-to documents)
• School calendar in Google format: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/calendar
• ADL Rideshare Request Form: http://tinyurl.com/adlrideshare

WELCOME

Attendees: Kelley Charland, Paul McLaughlin, Laurie Singer (principal), DeAnn Charron, Mindy Diebler, Nancy Bissonnette, Gabrielle Smith, Lorelei Rodgers, Leah Joly

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS:

We’ve had two days of school so far this year. We’ve grown by about 17 students since last year. (Anecdote about overflowing the bleachers this week.) One complexity is that the number of students with IEPs has jumped significantly (IEP=Individual Education Plan).

The kickoff assembly was great, and the students did a wonderful job. The peer leaders did a skit to introduce the social contract. The students are building their social contract for the year. When done, all the students will sign and commit for the year. In the past, the kids have signed a large sheet of paper. This year, however, each student will write a short statement on a slip of paper, and we’ll collect those papers for display. The statements will also be available at the student-led conferences.

Another part of the first assembly was a time to describe the activities you could get involved in, and they had a time where each student physically moved to a part of the gym to be next to a sign for some activity to be involved in. No one was allowed to just stay on the bleachers. Full-blown club sign-ups should start as early as next week.

One other note is that the sixth graders will be adding to the 1-to-1 device program, and they’ll be getting Chromebooks. This group won’t be carrying them around just yet, but we hope to grow in that direction.

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of August 22, 2013, we have a starting balance of $2516.84.

ROLLING CALENDAR:

September:

9/2: Labor Day - No School

9/11: School Photo Day

9/12: Open House 7pm

9/20: Dance 7-9pm

9/24: Ropes course for team Discovery

October:

10/8-10/10: Tentative NECAP testing dates

10/12: Ropes course for team Nova

10/14: Tentative 8^th Grade Writing NECAP test date

10/14: Audubon field trip for the 6^th graders (great trip to chaperone!)

10/16: Early release for students 12 pm, Student Led Conferences 1-8 pm

10/17: Student Led Conferences 8-3 pm

10/18: No School

10/18-10/19: “With Love from Vermont” volunteer group project that packages meals to distribute to needy. (This was a popular event last year.)

10/25: Dance 7-9 pm

10/26: ADL Beautification Morning (planting bulbs, cleaning out raised beds)

Dance dates: 9/20, 10/25, 11/15, 12/13, 1/24, 3/7(8th grade only with EMS, Westford at EMS), 4/4, 5/16

PaP dates: 10/3, 1/2, 2/6, 4/3, 6/5 with School Report Night

NEW BUSINESS:

• Team Reps:
• Team Nova: (open)
• Team Alchemy: Christine Giummo, and(open)
• Team Discovery: (open)
• Team Infinity: DeAnn Cheron and (open)
• Team NRG: Christine Giummo, and Leah Joly
• Teacher Reps:
• Team Nova: (coming soon)
• Team Alchemy: (coming soon)
• Team Discovery: (coming soon)
• Team Infinity: (coming soon)
• Team NRG: (coming soon)
• We currently have these coordinators in place:
• Box Tops coordinator - Elizabeth Skinner
• Sweatshirt sales coordinator - Renee Dezotelle
• Costco shoppers for dances and the Snack Cart - Melanie Tupaj and Elizabeth Logan, respectively (subs welcome)
• Book Fair coordinators - Christine Catterton, Tracey Williams and a parent rep for both Teams NRG and Alchemy-Christine Giummo.
• We are still in need of Team Parent Reps, Snack cart volunteers, concert refreshment coordinators.
• Coordinate someone to purchase mints for NECAP testing-need number of students total and number of 8th graders only.
• Would love new person to take our meeting minutes and someone to post them to the PaP link on the ADL webpage.

Follow Up Business:

• Lunch to be provided at Beautification Day? Yes, we’re going to do this.
• Dates for the Scholastic Book Fair are November 11-14, 2013-these dates been confirmed again
• We’re looking for ideas for parent information nights. What are people interested in hearing about? (examples: Media influences on 6-8th graders or Internet safety).
• We have someone doing Mindfulness Training with the ADL staff. Interested parents can also get in on this. (Contact principal Laurie Singer.)Please remember to continue to turn in Box Tops to the front office.

Once again, we are signed up in the Price Chopper Tools for Schools program. Please go onto to www.pricechopper.com to enroll your Advantedge card points to be assigned to ADL and we will receive enough points at the end of the school year to “purchase” some art supplies that the entire school gets to use. 

Our next meeting date is October 3, 2013, at 6:30 pm In the ADL Learning Center. Please join us! 

Hello ADL Parents and Guardians,

Next week we will embark on yet another school year at ADL full of activities and events that are fun-filled for our students!  These activities and events take a lot of planning and coordination.  Please join us at our first Parents as Partners meeting for this school year.  We will meet on Thursday, August 29th at 6:30 pm in the ADL Learning Center (Library).  Though we have a lot to discuss, we promise to only keep you for an hour, no more!  Look forward to seeing you there!

Kelley Charland and Paul McLaughlin, Coordinators
Parents as Partners, ADL      

Need 6th grade parent volunteers for 6th Grade Summer Olympics

Jamie Caron, one of our 6th grade teachers, writes:

The 6th Grade Summer Olympics, an ADL tradition, will take place Friday, June 14th from 9:30 to 12:00 (I know ... pretty late notice). We always need a few extra people to run an event and it would be great if we can get some parent volunteers. We only need a few. Let me know if you are interested (jcaron@ccsuvt.org).

ADL Parents as Partners Accomplishments for 2012-13

Parents as Partners Accomplishments 

2012-2013

·       Established parent representative(s) for each team

·       Established and shared an extensive list of parent volunteers for almost all activities at ADL

·       Staffed the Snack Cart

·       Provided parent volunteers for school dances

·       Provided Costco shoppers for Snack Cart and dances

·       Began a Ride Share Board on the ADL Blog

·       Provided refreshments and refreshment supervision at all music concerts

·       Requested (and received) a listing of Clubs and meeting times be placed on the ADL Home Page

·       Provided funding towards Michael Eisen, a motivational speaker, for Tour d’ Essex. 

·       Coordinated 2 rounds of ADL sweatshirt sales

·       Helped coordinate some volunteers for ADL Basketball Tournament

·       Organized the Games and Sports Party

·       Held a very successful fall Book Fair

·       Participated in the Hannafords Helps Schools, General Mills Box Tops and Tools for Schools (Price Chopper) programs

·       Provided mints for students during NECAP testing in Fall and Spring

·       Organized an awesome Staff Appreciation Week for ADL staff  

·       Updated important “How-To” documents on a Google Docs page for ADL events  

·       Placed all Parents as Partners meeting minutes on ADL Blog

·       Helped coordinate ticket sales to a Lake Monsters game in August for the ADL community, to benefit a field trip fund at ADL.

ADL Parents as Partners Monthly Meeting Minutes - June 6, 2013

PARENTS AS PARTNERS

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Facilitator: Kelley Charland – tkmac22@hotmail.com – 881-5816

ADL Parents as Partners Links:

·          Our page on the ADL website: http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/parents-as-partners/

·          Blog you can subscribe to: http://adlpap.blogspot.com (announcements and news)

·          Knowledge base: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb (how-to documents)

·          School calendar in Google format: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/calendar

·          ADL Rideshare Request Form: http://tinyurl.com/adlrideshare

WELCOME

Attendees: Kelley Charland, Paul McLaughlin, Laurie Singer, Dorothy Dickson

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS:

(See Principal’s school report elsewhere.)

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of May 31, 2013, we have $2516.84. There were $178.97 in Staff Appreciation Week expenses.

ROLLING CALENDAR:

June:

6/7: 8^th Grade Sleepover

6/14: 8^th Grade Promotion Night and Dance at 6:30 pm (Final day of school for 8^th grade only)

6/17: Final Day of School-dismissal at 12 pm

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS:

Ø      Staff Appreciation Week was a HUGE blast again this year. Thank you to Elizabeth Logan and Kim Kinsley for organizing this special week for the ADL staff and also to all the parents and guardians who volunteered their time/talent/cooking skills to make the week a success! Mrs. Singer the staff felt very appreciated.

Ø      Final dance/NECAPs/Incoming 6^th grade Parent Night/Spring Concert/8^th Grade Spaghetti Dinner

Ø      Ticket sales for the Lake Monsters game on August 10^th finished up today. As of May 31^st, we had only sold about 10-15 tickets. This was our first time trying this kind of thing. If we do this in the future, we would need to brainstorm a better way to promote the sales.

Ø      The Promotion Night Committee continues to work hard on the finishing touches for that evening! Thank you again to Patty LaRose-Kent for leading this group. We also have 8 6^th and 7^th grade parents signed up to handle the refreshments and punch for that evening.

Ø      Paul McLaughlin will be working with me next year as my co-facilitator! I am so pleased and feel this will be smooth transition for all of us!

I want to thank all the parents and guardians who helped me bring together all the activities here at ADL that Parents as Partners facilitates, this school year. I can’t do this job without each one of you and also a big thank you to both Laurie Singer and Barb Edwards for helping me out with all my questions and logistical concerns. I definitely need your help year round! Thank you to all!  - Kelley Charland

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR BOX TOPS OVER THE SUMMER AND TURN THEM INTO THE FRONT OFFICE WHEN SCHOOL RESUMES IN AUGUST. THANK YOU!

Our first meeting for the 2013-2014 school year will be on Thursday, August 29^th, at 6:30 pm in the ADL Learning Center/Library. Please plan to attend as lots of details for the school year will be discussed and decided! Thank you!

Hello ADL Parents and Guardians,

This Thursday, June 6th is our final Parents as Partners meeting for this school year.  It will begin at 6:30 and be followed at 7 pm by School Report Night presented by Laurie Singer, our principal.  The meeting and School Report Night will be held in the ADL Library/Learning Center.  Please come and hear all of our accomplishments for this school year and lots of great info about ADL from Laurie!  Hope to see you there! 

Kelley Charland, Facilitator
Parents as Partners 

ADL Parents as Partners Monthly Meeting Minutes - May 2, 2013

PARENTS AS PARTNERS

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Facilitator: Kelley Charland

tkmac22@hotmail.com 881-5816

ADL Parents as Partners Links:

·          Our page on the ADL website: http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/parents-as-partners/

·          Blog you can subscribe to: http://adlpap.blogspot.com (announcements and news)

·          Knowledge base: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb (how-to documents)

·          School calendar in Google format: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/calendar

·          ADL Rideshare Request Form: http://tinyurl.com/adlrideshare

WELCOME

Attendees: Kelley Charland, Laurie Singer, Paul McLaughlin

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS:

The budget vote passed! This means we can move ahead with more “laptop” computers for next year’s 6^th-graders. We think we’ll shift to “Chrome books” which are more current tech.

One of our ADL students, Drexel, won a Google Doodle prize for his artwork, and we had a great assembly yesterday. He’s in the running now for a national award, and we’re encouraging everyone to go vote.

We’re working on forming team assignments for next year, and we’re looking forward to orientations for next year’s 6^th-graders.

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of April 29, 2013, we have $2695.81. This reflects a deposit on April 29, 2013, of $115.00 from Box Tops. Big thanks to the families who turned in box tops and made this possible!

ROLLING CALENDAR:

May:

5/6-5/10: Staff Appreciation Week

5/10: Dance at 7 pm-Last dance of the school year, except for Promotion Night for 8^th grade only

5/14 & 5/15: 8^th Grade Science NECAP testing

5/16: Incoming 6^th grade Parents Information Night

5/20: Teacher Inservice, No School for Grades K-8

5/23: Spring Concert

5/24: Memorial Day Assembly and BBQ

5/27: No School, Memorial Day Holiday Observed

June:

6/5: 8^th grade Spaghetti Dinner at 6-7 pm

6/6: Final PaP Meeting at 6:30 pm, School Report Night at 7 pm

6/7: 8^th Grade Sleepover

6/14: 8^th Grade Promotion Night and Dance at 6:30 pm (Final day of school for 8^th grade only)

6/17: Final Day of School for 6^th and 7^th graders (no 8^th graders). Dismissal at 12 pm.

Upcoming PaP dates: 6/6 with School Report Night

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS:

Ø      Work on finalizing Staff Appreciation Week is continuing. Events planned are: Little Mailbox Gifts on M, W, F; Yoga and Breakfast on T; Zumba on W; Hand massage and Luncheon on Th; Daily Riddles and Raffles. This all takes place next week! They are still in need of help for the breakfast and luncheon. Please go online to sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0449AFA72EA02-adlstaff. Thank you to Elizabeth Logan and Kim Kinsley!

Ø      The ADL Parent Volunteer Form has been updated for next year with the link to the Knowledge Base provided so that parents can see exactly what they are volunteering for, in most cases.

Ø      Mints have been purchased for the 8^th grade Science NECAPS.

Ø      There is a Promotion Night Committee working hard to get that evening organized! Thank you to Patty LaRose-Kent for heading this up!

NEW BUSINESS:

Ø      Volunteers are needed on Friday, May 24^th, to help serve food at the Memorial Day BBQ. Hours are 10:45-12:30. Volunteers would need to pay for their lunch if they choose to eat. Please contact Laurie or Barb in the front office to sign up!

Ø      Kelley is in need of a co-facilitator for Parents as Partners next year. I need to begin to pass the torch to another parent as next year is my final year at ADL. Anyone who is interested, please email Kelley at the above address to learn more. Thank you!

OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION?

Ø      Kevin Barber was contacted by the Vermont Lake Monsters about a way to earn some money. The idea is to use the money to start building an account for trips. The work is to get our parents to sell tickets. Each ticket sells for $6, but we keep $3 of that. There’ll be a 3-week window to sell the tickets starting on May 16^th. We can sell them independently and also at our events (concerts, track meets, etc., or even farmers’ market ...).
We’re looking for some parents who would be interested manning ticket sales at the events and/or take some to sell independently.
Laurie Singer will check on some more of the logistics, and we think we’ll work on lining up parents to help with this.

WAYS TO EARN MONEY FOR ADL:

Ø      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 consumer link in the Tools for Schools section of the website.

Ø      PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TURN IN BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE! THANK YOU! Each box top with the logo is worth 10¢, and that adds up quickly. Just go online and Google “box tops” to learn more and see pictures.

Our next meeting date is June 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm, followed immediately by School Report Night at 7 pm. Thank you for coming!

ADL Parents as Partners Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2013

Facilitator: Kelley Charland – tkmac22@hotmail.com – 881-5816

ADL Parents as Partners Links:

·          Our page on the ADL website: http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/parents-as-partners/

·          Blog you can subscribe to: http://adlpap.blogspot.com (announcements and news)

·          Knowledge base: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb (how-to documents)

·          School calendar in Google format: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/calendar

·          ADL Rideshare Request Form: http://tinyurl.com/adlrideshare

WELCOME

Attendees: Kelley Charland, Laurie Singer, Paul McLaughlin, Elizabeth Logan, Nancy Bissonette

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS:

§         We’ve done more work on the action plan to incorporate some of the action steps from the improvement plan we wrote for the State to address a “check mark” in Math for some students. We’re adjusting the way we’ll do summer school this year, and we’ll focus it on two 2-week sessions – one session for 5-6 and one for 7-8 – to help fill gaps and do some pre-teaching for the next grade level. We’ll build some fun activities into the weeks.

§         Another area of concern from the fall NECAPs was our special ed students, and we’ll be working to understand what more we can do to support those students.

§         We’re beefing up the student leadership program to ensure they have a voice in how things go.

§         We’re further adjusting our behavior programs to make them more incentive based (and not only consequence based).

§         Looking ahead to next year, we’ll transition to the new Common Core assessment base.

§         There’ll be more on School Report Night (June 6).

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of April 1, 2013, we have $2580.81. This reflects a deposit of $87.00 from Hannaford’s Helps Schools on March 26^th, 2013. Final profit on GASP was $133.26. This is reflected in our separate GASP account.

ROLLING CALENDAR:

April:

4/5: Dance at 7 pm

4/11-4/13: ADL Musical Production – “Hello Dolly!”

4/22-4/26: School Break

May:

5/6-5/10: Staff Appreciation Week

5/10: Dance at 7 pm. Last dance of the school year, except for Promotion Night for 8^th grade only

5/14 & 5/15: 8^th Grade Science NECAP testing

5/20: Teacher Inservice, No School for Grades K-8

5/23: Spring Concert

5/24: Memorial Day Assembly and BBQ

5/27: No School, Memorial Day Holiday Observed

PaP dates: 5/2, 6/6 with School Report Night

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS:

Ø      A huge thank you to the GASP committee and parent volunteers for a wonderful job on the evening this year! I know it was a huge success and your hard work is very appreciated. Has the Knowledge Base for GASP been updated?

Ø      I am still working on making sure the Knowledge Base update is done for the Book Fair

NEW BUSINESS:

Ø      Work on Staff Appreciation Week is beginning. Elizabeth Logan and Kim Kinsley are co-chairing this event this year. Thank you Elizabeth and Kim! Elizabeth and Kim to speak. Elizabeth says that she and Kim have started work on this. There’ll be opportunities for the families and students to get involved to make the time special. Elizabeth will be contacting the parent reps to get the word out.

Ø      Do we need mints for the Science NECAP testing? If so, how many should be purchased?

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION?

Ø      Kelley is going to reach out to the 8^th grade parent reps to get the ball rolling for promotion night.

Ø      Parents of upcoming 6^th graders will be invited to our next PaP meeting.

Ø      6^th grade info night on May 16.

WAYS TO EARN MONEY FOR ADL:

Ø      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 consumer link in the Tools for Schools section of the website.

Ø      PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TURN IN BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE! THANK YOU!

Our next meeting date is May 2, 2013 at 6:30 pm. Thank you for coming.

Hello ADL Parents,

Just a friendly reminder that we have our April Parents as Partners meeting this Thursday, April 4th at 6:30 pm in the ADL Library/Learning Center.  I hope to see all of you there!  Thank you!

Kelley Charland, Facilitator
Parents as Partners, ADL

Got pics from Essex Fine Arts Night?

What a great time at the Essex Fine Arts Night last night! If you have pics or videos, please write a comment and tell all of us about them. (And if you find another place where these are being posted, please add a link.)

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Enjoy!
  --Paul

ADL Parent as Partners Meeting Minutes - March 7, 2013

Thursday, March 7, 2013 Facilitator: Kelley Charland

tkmac22@hotmail.com              881-5816

ADL Parents as Partners Links:

·          Our page on the ADL website: http://www.ccsuvt.org/adl/parents-as-partners/

·          Blog you can subscribe to: http://adlpap.blogspot.com (announcements and news)

·          Knowledge base: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/kb (how-to documents)

·          School calendar in Google format: https://sites.google.com/site/adlparentsaspartners/calendar

·          ADL Rideshare Request Form: http://tinyurl.com/adlrideshare

WELCOME – Note from Kelley: A big thank you to Laurie for running tonight’s meeting for me. I am at Mallory’s track banquet.

Attendees: Laurie Singer, Paul McLaughlin, Mindy Deibler, Dorothy Dickson

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS:
Basketball tournament was terrific. Great parental and community support. Exciting spelling bee. During pep rally, the teachers did a flash mob. Watch for link to the video.

Work is on-going for our Action Plan.

We’re in a pilot for a Smarter Balance assessment that we’ll be taking in the spring of 2014-15. This will replace NECAP. 

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of March 6, 2013, we have $2493.81. This is unchanged since our last meeting.

ROLLING CALENDAR:

March:

3/7: Parents as Partners at 6:30 pm

3/8: 8^th Grade only Dance at ADL with EMS and Westford at 7 pm

3/14: Fine Arts Night at Essex High School

3/15: GASP, End of Trimester 2

3/18: Student Led Conferences from 12-8 pm, NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS GRADES K-8

3/21: Chorus Concert at 7 pm

3/22: ADL’s Got Talent – This will be cancelled after all (not enough acts). We did get several talented sign-ups, so we’re thinking of doing a 3^rd trimester town meeting that’ll celebrate diversity, and we’ll incorporate some talent acts into that.

April:

4/5: Dance at 7 pm

4/11-4/13: ADL Musical Production

4/22-4/26: School Break

Dance dates: 4/5, 5/10

PaP dates: 4/4, 5/2, 6/6 with School Report Night

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS:

Ø      Paul-Any more hits on ADL Rideshare site? Only a little bit more. We might have gotten what we’ll get for this year, but we’ll try again for next year, including with incoming 6^th grade families.

Ø      Kelley is still working on making sure the Knowledge Base update is done for the Book Fair

Ø      GASP Committee-need any help from Pap? THANK YOU to each of you for all your hard work!

Ø      Kelley will look again for a co-chair for Staff Appreciation after GASP is over.

NEW BUSINESS:

Ø      Invitation to parents to attend with an ADL team the 4^th Annual Parents, Educators and Principals Conference on March 14^th at St. Michael’s College. This is a team of 4 or more people and Laurie would love for our team to be over half parents. Let Laurie know if you are interested in being part of the team.
Correction: This conference just got cancelled. We had several parents registered, but overall there weren’t enough. Hopefully, they’ll try again for next year.

Ø      Please help me brainstorm ideas for Staff Appreciation Week this year, May 6-10. I’d love help!

Ø      Signups have begun online for ADL’s Student-Led Conferences on March 18^th. Please sign up!

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION?

None

WAYS TO EARN MONEY FOR ADL:

Ø      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 consumer link in the Tools for Schools section of the website.

Ø      PLEASE REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TURN IN BOX TOPS TO THE FRONT OFFICE! THANK YOU!

Our next meeting date is April 4, 2013 at 6:30 pm. Thank you for coming.