Weekly Newsletter 1/25/24

 

General Meeting Minutes - Jan. 10, 2024

Board members in attendance: Hadar Ferris (chair), Kimberly Felton (secretary), Korrin Fyall (co-secretary), Heather Vergason (treasurer), Roxie Anderson (co-treasurer) 

Parents in attendance: Amber Murray, Kryste Sturm

Hadar called the meeting to order at 6:06pm.  

Approval of minutes from 12/6/23: Hadar motioned to approve minutes. Heather seconded. Minutes approved. 

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER –
Joy Raboli was unable to attend. 

TREASURER REPORT –
Chase account: $14,723.49
BottleDrop: $529.06
PayPal: $2,976.01 

NEW BUSINESS –
School garden: Mr. Winningham is working with teachers & asking students what they would like in their school garden. Gathering info on google form. Roxie has reached out to one Eagle troop with the offer of using the garden as a troop project.
Dining Night Out: 1/18 - Red Robin (all day). 2/21 - Chipotle (4-8pm)
PAC Website: Added paypal link & PAC calendar. Adding link to Facebook.
Harvest Festival: Hadar met with Ms. Raboli & Angela. The school is giving the festival to PAC – funds raised will support PAC; materials, binder with plans/games will transfer from school office to PAC. Discussion about returning the festival responsibilities to the middle school students (as it was pre-pandemic). Another possibility: Use the festival as a community service opportunity for Honor Society.
Step 1: Korrin will look over binder to see the scope of the festival.
Step 2: Korrin will talk with Ms. Elise about the possibility of involving students.
Teacher/staff luncheon updates: Feb 2 – need a 3rd grade parent host for teacher luncheon. Hadar will write an email to class parents & ask Ms. Kippen to send on her behalf.
Winter Bingo night (1/25, 6-8pm):  Planning by Roxie & Korrin.
Microphone/overhead system - Have borrowed from Ms. Stuckey in the past. Will provide chips, cookies, soda, pizza at low cost.
Volunteers needed - handing out pizza, soda, snacks; verifying numbers for Bingo game; oversee craft tables (little kid crafts: coloring sheets + crayons, crowns + stickers, etc), set up & clean up.
Prizes - grab bags w/ fidgets, bottle stickers + raffle ticket – four bigger prizes for raffle.
Decades dance: Roxie coordinating. Confirm date of Feb. 15 with Angela. Theme: 80s dance party.
Potential activities - Big Hair Contest; 80s makeup; Glamour Shots photo booth
Al’s Spring Baskets: Jen K coordinating. Donations to support new community garden.

UPCOMING EVENTS -
SCS board appreciation month: Jan 1-31
Jan. 18: DNO Red Robin
Jan. 25: Winter Bingo
Feb 2: Teachers/staff luncheon (3rd grade)
Feb. 7: PAC general meeting

Meeting adjourned at 7:23 pm.

Board Meeting Minutes - Jan. 10, 2024

Board members in attendance: Hadar Ferris (chair), Kimberly Felton (secretary), Korrin Fyall (co-secretary), Heather Vergason (treasurer), Roxie Anderson (co-treasurer)

Hadar called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. 

Approval of minutes from 12/6/23: Hadar motioned to approve minutes. Roxy seconded. Minutes approved.

NEW BUSINESS –

Updating teacher preference spreadsheet: Kimberly will contact Angela in the office; see if the office or PAC should update it.

Next SCS board meeting: Roxie to serve as representative. Heather serving as rep at February meeting.

GotSneakers donations: Must be sneakers (athletic shoes). Made $3 in Nov 2023.

Boot scrapers for Ms. Stuckey: Ordered? Email to Jen K.


Meeting adjourned at 7:42 pm.

Winter BINGO Night (Free event for SCS)

 

Dining Night Out (Red Robin) January 18, 2024

 

February Staff Luncheon - 2/2/24

 

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General Meeting Minutes - Dec. 6, 2023

Board members in attendance: Hadar Ferris (chair), Jen Kellam (co-chair), Kimberly Felton (secretary), Korrin Fyall (co-secretary), Heather Vergason (treasurer), Roxie Anderson (co-treasurer) 

Parents in attendance: Amber Murray, Ashley Weston, Elisa Graybill, Shannon Moorman

Hadar called the meeting to order at 6:08pm.  

Approval of minutes from 11/8/23: Hadar motioned to approve minutes. Heather seconded. Minutes approved. 

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER –
Joy Raboli reported on the search for a new science teacher; have not yet found the right match for SCS.
Parent question: What is the next school event?
   Heart Week and Celebration of Learning coming up.
Parent question: Was the Harvest Festival profitable?
   Profit of about $2000.
Parent question: How do we prepare our kids to move from a very small school to a large high school?
   In the past, SCS alumni have returned to be a panel for 8th graders to ask questions. A big change is the language they hear, and the largeness of the halls. Students take about 2-3 weeks to adjust to the social side of high school, but solid academics help them make the jump socially.
Parent suggested creating buddies for 8th graders (with SCS alum) moving to high school. 

TREASURER REPORT –
Chase account: $15,533.49
BottleDrop: $492.58
PayPal: $2,862.33
BottleDrop last week; not a great turnout, but some were donated.
Wreath/poinsettia: expenses of $2,422; profit of $2,476.29 

NEW BUSINESS –  

School garden: Hadar met with garden committee this past Monday; went really well. Will survey teachers, staff, students to see what they want out of the garden. Plan from there. Will meet with Ms. Raboli next week. One middle school teacher is interested in a garden elective; other teachers interested in using the garden for classes.
Ideas offered during meeting:
Give kids a chance to grow something from seed, & send seedlings home.
Look up Sherwood Garden Club.
With interested kids/elective class, tour Mustard Seed Farm (or other farm).
Start a Junior Gardening Guild at SCS, where kids can sign up for a class on Fridays.
Summer plan: Make it a community garden. Have a weekly signup sheet for families to take care of the garden during summer.

Teacher/staff luncheon updates: Next luncheon is Jan. 5 – 4th grade. Parent leads: Tara Garcia, Kryste Sturm. May: combining kinder-1st grades for luncheon.

Dining Night Out: Gloria Quinones setting up restaurants for the 2024 calendar year.

Harvest Festival: Ms. Raboli would like PAC to take over this fundraiser next year. Hadar meeting with her next week for more details, before PAC makes a decision. 

Change Winter Festival to Bingo night: Cancel winter festival; have a Bingo night instead. End with snowball fight. Potential date: January 18. Korrin Fyall coordinating; Roxy & Heather helping. Need to keep “winter” in the title, as wreath/poinsettia sales benefit it. 

Heart Week dance: Confirm date of Feb. 15 with Ms. Raboli. Theme: 80s dance party. Donation focus: donate gently used sneakers. Elisa Graybill will coordinate the art, but needs a project lead. Elisa will make robot for sneaker box; potentially paint a backdrop. Tentatively plan for a January date, and push Sock Hop Family Dance into March. 

Board appreciation month in January: Budget of $150. Gift: PAC board will sign cards @ Jan 10 meeting; mail gift cards with cards. 

Upcoming events:
Winter break: Dec 15-Jan 2
SCS board appreciation month: Jan 1-31
PAC general board meeting: Jan 10, 6pm
Teachers/staff luncheon (4th grade): Jan 5


Meeting adjourned at 7:34 pm.

Board Meeting Minutes - Dec. 6, 2023

Board members in attendance: Hadar Ferris (chair), Jen Kellam (co-chair), Kimberly Felton (secretary), Korrin Fyall (co-secretary), Heather Vergason (treasurer), Roxie Anderson (co-treasurer)

Hadar called the meeting to order at 7:43pm.  

Approval of minutes from 11/8/23: Hadar motioned to approve minutes. Roxy seconded. Minutes approved.
 

NEW BUSINESS –

Updating teacher preference spreadsheet: Kimberly will contact Angela in the office; see if the office or PAC should update it.

Next SCS board meeting (Dec 13): Jen Kellam to serve as representative.

Christmas gift for staff? No – we do teacher appreciation week later in the school year.

School garden: Water for garden will need to be metered; water will come from portables, which school pays for. PAC will need to pay for water needed for garden. Need to amend budget to allocate funds for garden. Will look more closely at budget, and discuss. Tentative working budget for garden: $500.

Library software fee: SCS office has not yet submitted invoice to PAC for reimbursement. Potentially $1000?

Boot scrapers for Ms. Stuckey: Jen will order one for each door into gym.


Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.

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