Notes taken by: Marcela Pasten.
Meeting called to order at 9:37 AM.
Approval of October & November Minutes. - Motion to approve October and November by Saba and Second by Albert and everyone was in favor.
Treasurer and Financial Reports (October & November). - Albert went over the larger collections and larger expenses for both. - Marcela motions to approve and Annie seconds. Everyone approved.
Upcoming Events:
12/12 – End of 9 weeks recess/lunch coverage (VIPS). - All spots are covered.
12/12 & 12/13 – Book Fair open until 6:00 PM one day.
12/16 & 12/17 – Champ Bucks (VIPS) - 30 minute volunteer slots still available. For the lower levels in the future perhaps push the cart into the pod so that it does not take all their recess. Currently if they run out of time the teachers can go into the room at a later time. We need other rewards for the upper levels. Perhaps upper levels can do auctions that can be split among students. No laps before recess. Eat lunch in the teacher 's lounge. Other motivational use for Champbucks.
12/18 – Spelling Bee 8:30am (yearbook) - Nicole will take pictures for Yearbook.
12/16-12/19 – Holiday Spirit Week (yearbook) - Different dress up opportunities.
12/19 – Holiday Parties 10:30am (room parents, GLCs, yearbook)
12/19 – Early release 12:10pm - Polar Express on Pajama day. Lunch will still be provided in the cafeteria.
12/19 – Winter staff lunch (hospitality)
12/20-1/7 – Winter Break
1/15 – EVENING PTO Meeting 6:45pm.
1/16 – Geography Bee (time pending, usually afternoon) (yearbook). Starts at 3:15. Bring Afternoon snack. Yearbook to stop in for pictures.
Principal’s Remarks -
All students are to wear ID badges that are chipped that are to work to check out books and lunch. - This is a District Mandate. Each child will have to scan-in for attendance for entry eventually. One Kiosk will be provided to scan in every morning. Might implement only 5th grade as this must be implemented by January 7th. The card will work eventually for buses as well. The details are still being worked out as the logistics are complex.
Good feedback as we are a phase1 campus. Teachers are implementing technology and blended learning. Goal: to use correctly Rich technology or blended learning. Students get the choice with parameters.
PLLs - Professional Learning Leaders and Integration Champion - Ms. Kulhanke and Ms Olson. - Great Feedback as well. We are a campus that is on the right track as we are a campus that gets visited to identify our processes and learn from these in other campuses.
SST Process - Each month MS Viado meets with each grade level to meet with Intervention and Enrichment. Each time a Teacher wants to move a student to tier 2 instruction (ESL, CCC, …) All concerns and responses are provided given data and we make sure students do not fall between the cracks and they have access. There is a form that has precise data to show growth of the student. Our Campus scored advanced in our forms and processes on SST.
Teacher Rep Remarks - NONE
Committee Reports
VIPS
Volunteers - October VIPS: Liz Tellez; November VIPS: Munira Jiwani
Parties - Party plan for Holiday Party, last minute needs. December 19. Pizza and Cookie Icing. Everything was covered. Gingerbread houses was not possible in one hour. Maybe next year that could be an evening event or a different event.
Program Development –upcoming spirit nights and dates, recap from previous spirit nights. Tara - Pizza delivery but unable to get a hold of them… targeting for the 19. Only delivery. All organic. $75 from Lopez. Around $300 and change almost $400 from ChuckeCheese. In the future we will look at Spring Creek BBQ somewhere around Aliana.
Ways & Means – Holiday shop review, Penny Wars idea/plan. Holiday Shop went great because of the classroom was open so we doubled our sales. We had two registers open in the morning. Last year profit around $740 - this year $1500-ish. Kids really enjoyed it. This is a better shop. The preview also worked well. They have quality items.
Mock Flyer for Penny War included in on-site meeting package with Rules and samples. Tentative: Feb3-Feb7 pending checking the full calendar with Student Council, etc...
Hospitality – plan for upcoming events/winter lunch- Jamie - Olive Garden this year. No raffles.
Membership – Membership update, directory update - 38% of the student body has joined membership. Ms. Staples, Nguyen and Dhukka had the top percentages and had cookies.
Please look at online directory and identify the info for your child, and edit.
30 people have signed up to view everything.
Sponsorship – final sponsorship totals. No update 1770-1775 total so far.
Banner displayed in holiday shop of our sponsors
Yearbook – upcoming help needs, cover contest update
Show and Tell of the covers that were top 4. 35 submissions total. Today and tomorrow they will vote on the cover.
Room moms will take pictures during the winter party
Masterpiece Art – coverage needs, projected start date - Michelle: no updates. Tiffany has the list of volunteers. Will start after the new year.
Junior Achievement – coverage needs. Thanks to Michelle the last class that needed coverage has been covered. Will begin in January.
Request to have a coffee maker for volunteers that are the regulars. MS. Bishop and Ms. VIado can share in the meantime..
Box Tops – Incentive plans and submission dates. $42.82 Shoparoo and BoxTops $299.
Coke Products - Caps. Cases flap has codes. Dasani has codes. Free Money for the school
New items in Spirit shop. - Please look online
New Business
FoodPlay Assembly - Nurse Lynn requested. 200 kids per show. About $1845. Approved from our PTO budget. Plans in late January.
Plans for multicultural event. - Please share ideas with Nicole. March 4th target date.
Kids can dress up in traditional attire
Food can be passed out. - Volunteered and store bought
Music Available?
Staples family teaches hula dancing?
Request for Annie to make biryani
Show? - Indian folkloric Dancing? 2 minute dance?
General mid-year update.
More birthday marquee announcements have been purchased more than any other year.
$20,000 is bare min to start the next year. We are on track to have double that. We can work on perhaps voting a kiosk in the future.
Full RODEO - Next year
All day. They switch classes. November date.
Doughnuts with Dad and Muffins with Mom
School is not supposed to be doing, per the nutrition group. The cafeteria provides whole wheat doughnut. The campus can only provide a certain number of parties. School day per the district is midnight until dismissal. Instead of this, we can do a picnic lunch with the family in the pavillion. Fill out the flyer due to logistics. Perhaps an evening event like dinner.
Meeting adjourned at 10:55 AM