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?

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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.

G.A.S.P. Sign-ups Almost Complete

Welcome back from mid-winter break!

The 6th-grade parents get the prize this year for filling all the cake sign-up slots. They've even offered to make a couple extras if needed. Wow! We also have all the on-site volunteer slots filled, so a big thanks to everyone who's pitching in already!

The remaining needs are all cakes from the 7th- and 8th-grade parents. We need only nine more cakes to be all set. Remember, this is all supposed to be fun, so please give some thought to pitching in and enjoying yourself with this. You can find our sign-up form here.


If you have questions, please write to Paul McLaughlin (see the 'contact' link on the sign-up form).

Link to G.A.S.P. sign-up form:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C4AA8AD22A02-gasp