Start - 6:35 p.m.
Welcome and Introductions
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Approval of minutes - Minutes approved
Approve the budget - Approved
Principle’s Report: Craig Homnick
· Picture day and tier meetings tomorrow (set aside an hour for each grade level) -- roving subs to cover teacher classrooms that sit with specialist look at data (i-Ready assessments)
· Playground on schedule - second or third week of October. Delayed because Ada ramp not ordered. Next 10 days he anticipates it being finished.
Q: need help with pictures tomorrow?
A: no, all is coordinated
Q: did you want to talk about our new vice principal?
A: Greg Roberts. New halftime associate principal. He's here every other Monday and every Thursday and Friday.
FCRC:
Enrique not here tonight. Liberty gives overview:
· Literacy night - next week. For the whole family from 5:30 to 7:30. His first literacy night.
· Watch dogs starting soon. Male role models - Dads of students, brothers, grandfathers.
· Lunch buddies -program where volunteers come in and have lunch with kids. Meet once per month. Last year started with 3 volunteers and ended with 19 volunteers. 10 signed up right now.
· Literacy night superhero theme
Teacher sharing:
· Jennalee - community building techniques and assessments in kindergarten. Community circle - starting the day with a morning meeting - how the kids are feeling. At the end of the day closing every classroom with community circle to see how the day went, connections and friendships. Building a sense of being a part of the classroom.
WA kids - whole student assessment- emotional, physical, fine motor, and cognitive. Can see the early learning that they are (or not) getting, how it changes over the years, demographic and k-skills.
· Andre -just finished i-Ready assessments and have diagnostic results. K1-phonics, counting, and number sense. 2nd through 5th - fluency and number sense (multiplication and division) all this data addressed at tier meetings tomorrow.
· Hagen - Curriculum night went well. Good way to find out what's happening in the classroom, and what to expect throughout the year.
Treasurer's report:
Jo Sargent not available due to illness. Liberty presents:
· Teacher budget -should have numbers for teachers in terms of their classroom breakdown. LPSG gives money to teachers each year. In October, the State and district provide student attendance. We use the total number of students to indicate how much money each teacher will receive for the year. Teachers may receive money before next general meeting.
Fall fundraising:
· Switched from cookie dough to Pay Back books due to complications and issues with kitchen space. Product was thrown out and upset parents. Payback books have no shelf life. Orders are still trickling in. As of Friday we sold 425 books equals $4,250 compared to $5,500 from cookie dough last year.
· Any problems with orders, see Liberty. Prizes sent in by Pay Back representative, he will deliver it as soon as they arrived. No firm date. We will distribute.
Q: Still selling them, are there any extra books?
A: Yes, few extra books. But buy as soon as possible.
App should be working now on Android.
Box tops:
· Kirby - due by the 17th of October, submitted November 1st. Lauren and Katie will be taking it over in the spring.
· Liberty- Info and flyer coming home soon. Campbell's is discontinued.
· More brands are using Box tops.
C: if you sign up for box tops online they send you emails two-player games where you can win 5-10k box tops for the school. Costco has certain products that have extra box tops. In a previous year, a parent won 25k box tops for our school.
· Liberty - Try to find the website to add to our website 2 in box tops. Each box top is valued at $0.10.
Teacher conference potluck needs:
· Sign up genius link on Facebook.
· We provide meals during the conferences.
· 17th is a taco bar, the 18th is Italian themed with pasta, bread, salad, and drinks, 19th is leftovers.
Scholastic Book Fair:
· Liz - Enchanted Forest themed decor. 15th and 16th are preview days. Diary of a wimpy kid can be pre-ordered.
· Sale times are during teacher conferences from1:30 to 7 p.m.
· 5 to 6:30 p.m. is the free pizza. Need volunteers for pizza.
· Liberty - Cash, credit card, or check for Scholastic. Online link to order books available the10th thru the 23rd. More titles offered online. Mrs. Lewis says that if we sell $2,500 worth of books we get half. Any less, we get 40% of the sales.
Q: Go home with books that day?
A: yes, except for Wimpy Kid - only pre-order book.
· Liz - Vancouver Pizza company - every book sold gets a coupon for free kids pizza.
Student Store:
· Liberty - Student store opens this Friday. Related to PBIS which is the Positive Behavior Intervention Support. Slips (logger bucks) come from the buses, teachers, and staff. Can spend at student store to buy school supplies. Each slip is worth $0.10. Can spend with cash or with slips. Open from 8:35a.m. - 8:55pm. Need one or two parents to help with that along with one board member typically on Fridays.
Communication:
· Teresa - how to better communicate. Websites to automate and streamline some processes.
· Would like the website to include: All info shared in these meetings. What is lpsg about - About page. Volunteering. Typical roles. Form for signing up. VPS process and an LPSG process for volunteering. FCRC section. Links for parents and resources for students that link back to the VPS website. Fundraising - the ways we fundraise. Calendar - iCal. Ways to pay and donate.
Fifth Grade Committee:
· Nicole - Last year started fundraising. money from carnival vendors $230 vendors gave 20% and their tips. Bath sorbet - Bath bombs they get 40% of the sales. October through November with 2 week turnaround. Liquor sales once a month?
Q: Do they pre-order it?
A: Yes, fill orders and get by the end of the day (licorice)
· Another fundraiser idea is a Bunco night fundraiser for parents.
· Shirts to order so kids can have all year-long.
· Community services to set up 5th grade meeting.
· Fifth grade teachers had sheets at back to school nights for sign ups. Anyone can be on 5th grade committee. Meetings with kids to find out what they want.
· Liberty - maybe get 4th grade parents to be on the committee. The LPSG brought the 5th grade under our umbrella to benefit from our title 1 nonprofit status. $600 seed money from LPSG. Year book place picked out.
· Popcorn sales - Jo has popcorn machine. Liberty - Talk to Enrique for no fee. Also looking into a Dutch Brothers fundraiser.
Q: What is bunco?
A: Dice game where it rotates around tables. Fundraiser presale tickets paying to win prizes.
Key dates:
· Thanksgiving feasts - Thursday before Thanksgiving break. Traditional Thanksgiving food. Need parents to serve. We take money but not an LPSG event. Need to connect with kitchen manager to hash out.
· Santa's workshop:
· Using a different company than we used in the past. Last year was in the library. Library time and shopping time. Evening of winter program which is December 19th for K - 2nd and December 20th for 3rd - 5th. Open 45 minutes after concerts. Kids bring money to buy gifts. Will need volunteers for that.
Q: JennaLee - Not a positive experience as a kinder teacher. Some kids didn't get to shop because they had no money during library time. Had to watch their peers shop.
A: If kids need assistance, the company we're considering working with have a system in place where schools can have items for students who can't pay.
· Now in Library. Used to be in the art room but needed a common space that could remain setup. Student store to blend with Santa's workshop for students who can't pay?
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Closure meeting ended at 7:34 p.m.