ADL Parents as Partners Meeting Minutes - June 5, 2014

Facilitators: Kelley Charland, tkmac22@hotmail.com and Paul McLaughlin

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

WELCOME

Attendees: Kelley Charland, Laurie Singer, Paul McLaughlin, Leah Joly, Tracey Williams, Szette Potvin, Sheila Porter, Mindey Deibler, Chantale Anders, Nancy Bissonnette, Chris Catterton.

PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS: School report night is tonight … please see Mrs Singer's notes on that posted elsewhere.

FINANCIAL REPORT: As of June 4, 2014, we have a balance of $2211.11. This reflects deposits of $201.00 from Hannafords Helps Schools and $109.30 from the Box Tops program.

ROLLING CALENDAR: June 2014

6/9: Spanish Immersion Day at Grace United Methodist Church

6/11: 8-8:30 a.m. EHS Athletics meeting with 8^th graders, 12-2:40 p.m. Algebra Seminar Final Exam

6/12: Selected Music Students field trip to Jay Peak water park.

6/13: 8^th Grade Sleepover

6/17: 8:15-9:30 a.m. Final Awards Assembly (Families welcome), 8^th graders to Spare Time for field trip, Promotion Night for 8^th grade at 6:30 pm with dance following for 8^th graders only from 8-11 p.m. FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 8^TH GRADE ONLY

6/18: Final day of school for 6^th and 7^th grades, Step Up Day. Early release is at 11:30 am

NEW BUSINESS:

• Continue with a Beautification Day in the future? We wanted to revisit this before year’s end.
• We made some minor adjustments to the Promotion Night plans for financial reasons. We have eliminated the traditional balloon arch in favor of smaller, weighted balloon “bouquets” to be placed on the floor in an aisle formation for the students to exit the gymnasium through into the cafeteria. These changes will be reflected in the Knowledge Base document.
• OUR NEW PARENTS AS PARTNERS CO-FACILITATOR WILL BE SATHYA AMOURETTI! We are so pleased to have such a vibrant, enthusiastic parent to take the reins! Thank you, Sathya, for your willingness to take on this task.

FOLLOW UP BUSINESS:

• How did work on Strategic Plan go? See the school report posted elsewhere.
• A huge thank you to Sarah Zobel and Sathya Amouretti for providing the ADL staff with a wonderful week of Appreciation in early May. Great job, ladies!
• Final plans for Promotion Night are set and things are moving along very well.
• Follow-up on Science NECAPS, dances, etc.
• Price Chopper Tools for Schools purchases.*

Please remember to continue to save Box Tops over the summer.

* We are still signed up for 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.

Next year’s first meeting will take place on Thursday, September 4^th at 6:30pm in the ADL Learning Center (library). We hope to see you there! It promises to be another fun year at ADL!