PAP October 2015 meeting minutes

Attendees:  Sachi, Heidi, Lorei, Amy, Laina, Sathya (chair), Laurie (principal)

Book Fair will be Nov. 9-12th, Chris Catterton is running it and would like help.  Chris will set up a volunteer sign up sheet which will be posted on the school website, Facebook, and emailed out to the PAP group.  The book fair will run 7:30 am-3:30 pm each day.

The school is working hard to keep the website up to date so families know what is happening since the students aren’t always good about communicating with their guardians.

Sachi has made a google calendar for the ADL snack cart so people can sign up easier.

Sathya has made a signupgenius for the dances so people can sign up for selling snacks.

Feb 12th will be a lantern parade with the artist in residence who will be coming in to make lanterns with the children.  Tina Logan will be working with all the 7th and 8th graders during the artist in residence and about half of the 6th graders.  Tina is requesting $300 to cover the cost of the residency which was not covered with a grant that she procured.  PAP voted to give her the $300.

Last year’s theme was “Year of Wonder” around the book “Wonder”.  This year it will be wellness.  How to take care of yourself physically and mentally.

Unification vote is coming up Nov. 3rd.  Any questions?, ask the principal.  Lots of information posted on the ccsu website.

SBAC results will be given to the families when they come in for student led conferences.  Families who can’t make it will have them mailed to them.  Also during the conferences the 7th and 8th graders will be drafting personal learning goals on a google site.  There will be instructions for families on how to go about doing this.  This is a state mandate for all 7th and 11th graders.  Next year more grades will have to do this as well.  ADL is starting with both 7th and 8th graders so that they will be better prepared for high school.

The French teacher is looking for age appropriate magazines for the kids to look through during activity period.