Sehome Site Council

November 8, 2005

Minutes

 

Present:            Phyllis Textor, Jane Wynn, Bobbie Jaffe Nash,Polly Favinger, Laura DeRose, Kathleen Nolan, Michelle Nilsen, Tim Petryni, Craig Ferguson, Shawn Doan

 

Absent:             Maggie Peach

 

1.      Minutes from 10/11, 2005 meeting were approved as written.

 

2.      Principal’s Report (Phyllis)

·                  Spent a lot of time visiting classes recently

·                  Quick visits:  Invitation to parents to join & visit classes with Phyllis

·                  Thanks for Umbrella Fest

·                  Great Orchestra concert

·                  Male Cross Country team took state championship & academic championship

·                  Choir concert coming up 11/10

·                  Gates Grant Conference: We are 1 of 5 districts in WA that received the grant, which lasts for 4 years.  We will be shown a copy of the grant at our 12/13 meeting.

·                  Discussed Veteran’s Day assembly

 

3.      ASB Report (Tim)

·                  Hearing complaints about the Culminating Project

·                  Continued discussion of Running Start

 

4.      Action Plan Items (Polly)

Reviewed & discussed past items from poster pad:

·                  Parent Connect

·                  Get new teachers to use it.

·                  An article was placed in Mariner Memo last year

·                  Phyllis will contact Jon Getchell re: the agility to import files into zangle.

·                  Building Map ID Signs

·                  Nancy will be contacted for report on progress

 

Removed the following items from Action Plan:

·                  Facilities update  (It won’t happen for at least 10 years.)

·                  Fall Open House for 2005  (It already took place.)

·                  9th Grade Parent Night  (We didn’t do this in Fall ’05 because it was incorporated into “Getting To Graduation”)

 

 

 

Suggested the following revisions:

·                  For the Fall ’06, we need to push “Getting To Graduation” and encourage all 9th grade parents to attend.  We need to add a table covering nuts and bolts basics for parents of new students.

·                  Meet in April or May in order to discuss what the above program will look like.

 

Added the following items to Action Plan:

·                  Put tips for parents in the Mariner Memo (regarding how to deal with parties).  Michelle will begin this in 4/06.

·                  Create a Student/Parent Handbook (keeping it simple and relevant for parents and students).  John VanHaalen and Nancy Barga will begin this in 1/06.

·                  Look into motivational speakers for assemblies (on topics such as theft, community building, etc.).  Phyllis and Tim will begin this in 11/05.

·                  Survey students about schedule preferences.

 

Other Items:

 

·                  Tim has some ideas for revising the Action Plan format and will create and present alternatives for us to look at on 12/13.

·                  Michelle has received information about whom to contact regarding a possible traffic light at corner of Ferry and Bill McDonald Parkway.

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:05.  Next meeting is on 12/13.

 

 

 

Submitted by Craig Ferguson