October 7, 2007 Minutes
Parent Council Meeting
October 9, 2007
Notetaker: Margaret Moore
Helen Garrett, Chair
• Helen reminded everyone to sign up for e-news and the Parent Council e-mail list if interested
• Parent Council allows for the Parent to Parent Connection Opportunity and to bring up issues
Stephanie Cannon, Vice Principal in for Randy Bernstein, Principal’s Report
• Randy was out attending a conference on poverty-goal is to work on region understanding and goals, professional development, cultural competency and how curriculum is taught. Bill Daggett spoke to staff to ratchet up levels of understanding by providing higher level of challenge and rigor.
• 4-½ week progress reports going out to only students in danger of failing with D’s or F’s.
• Best way to contact parents is by e-mail. They have encouraged teachers to learn and use Basmati; it is up to individual teachers whether they use it.
Basmati Discussion
• A parent commented that teachers should be more responsible for updating Basmati, kids rely on it and parents need it. Parent expects more of the teachers.
• Stephanie was asked what it would take for teachers to implement Basmati on a full-scale. Is it an unreasonable burden? Can they get more support around that? Parent Council can raise the question about the need for it.
Treasurer’s Report, Cindy Wright, Treasurer
• Cindy went over activities for past month
• September donations were $4,400 about $1,000 less than last year
• Directory sales are $2,977 and Scrip sales are right on track at $6400. $1850 raised by Chinook Books so far, $55 in expenses
Where to spend our Parent Council funds discussion
• We have always supported part time positions in the library, for music and .5 of the volunteer coordinator position
• What else could we support? Ideas: Softball, teacher wish list, scholarships, classroom set of books to relieve students to having to carry home books, hiring a grant writer, because so many grants go unused, more library time for students, let’s ask teachers what their priorities are, more projectors, smart boards, scholarships for driver’s education so more kids can take it
• Helen asked what our priorities are to support deciding how to spend an extra $25,000 for a once time expenditure due to a shift in funds from an account that is no longer used.
Thoughts on having speakers come to Parent Council who are businesses:
• We have someone who has offered to present tips on the SAT, but this person provides paid services for this and we have decided that for the meetings, Parent Education Series and e-news that we want to remain fair to everyone equally by not having any vendors present or submit items to e-news
Parent Education Series
Next month: QPR: Suicide Prevention
Top Ten Tips for Applying to College (see list on this website) by Helen Garrett
Career Center Offerings – Virginia Farkas
• She encouraged parents to have their students go to their nights (i.e. Junior Night) and the one above (i.e. Senior Night)
• CURL refers to the Career Related Learning Assignments
• Students will go to Career Center during free periods to start learning about options
• SEHS Career Center web site can be accessed from home
• Career Information System- deep database, very useful,
• http://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/webcis User name: careersehs Password: ax1s
• Great tool for different types of careers and schools
• Naviance-counselor database tool for exploring schools, password is Axmen
• Call Career Center for codes and passwords
• College Scattergram-has record of students from South who applied – good indication of fit.
• Posts all college visits – come hear reps from colleges
• Sophomores are welcome to come to nights for juniors and seniors
• Senior night has representatives from all Oregon four-year universities and Lane Community College
• International Fair on October 25th at Sheldon. Great way for students to find out how to get involved in international opportunities abroad
• Lane Community College College Fair, October 21st
• Career Center is always open on late start Wednesdays and at lunchtime and food is permissible.
October 9, 2007
Notetaker: Margaret Moore
Helen Garrett, Chair
• Helen reminded everyone to sign up for e-news and the Parent Council e-mail list if interested
• Parent Council allows for the Parent to Parent Connection Opportunity and to bring up issues
Stephanie Cannon, Vice Principal in for Randy Bernstein, Principal’s Report
• Randy was out attending a conference on poverty-goal is to work on region understanding and goals, professional development, cultural competency and how curriculum is taught. Bill Daggett spoke to staff to ratchet up levels of understanding by providing higher level of challenge and rigor.
• 4-½ week progress reports going out to only students in danger of failing with D’s or F’s.
• Best way to contact parents is by e-mail. They have encouraged teachers to learn and use Basmati; it is up to individual teachers whether they use it.
Basmati Discussion
• A parent commented that teachers should be more responsible for updating Basmati, kids rely on it and parents need it. Parent expects more of the teachers.
• Stephanie was asked what it would take for teachers to implement Basmati on a full-scale. Is it an unreasonable burden? Can they get more support around that? Parent Council can raise the question about the need for it.
Treasurer’s Report, Cindy Wright, Treasurer
• Cindy went over activities for past month
• September donations were $4,400 about $1,000 less than last year
• Directory sales are $2,977 and Scrip sales are right on track at $6400. $1850 raised by Chinook Books so far, $55 in expenses
Where to spend our Parent Council funds discussion
• We have always supported part time positions in the library, for music and .5 of the volunteer coordinator position
• What else could we support? Ideas: Softball, teacher wish list, scholarships, classroom set of books to relieve students to having to carry home books, hiring a grant writer, because so many grants go unused, more library time for students, let’s ask teachers what their priorities are, more projectors, smart boards, scholarships for driver’s education so more kids can take it
• Helen asked what our priorities are to support deciding how to spend an extra $25,000 for a once time expenditure due to a shift in funds from an account that is no longer used.
Thoughts on having speakers come to Parent Council who are businesses:
• We have someone who has offered to present tips on the SAT, but this person provides paid services for this and we have decided that for the meetings, Parent Education Series and e-news that we want to remain fair to everyone equally by not having any vendors present or submit items to e-news
Parent Education Series
Next month: QPR: Suicide Prevention
Top Ten Tips for Applying to College (see list on this website) by Helen Garrett
Career Center Offerings – Virginia Farkas
• She encouraged parents to have their students go to their nights (i.e. Junior Night) and the one above (i.e. Senior Night)
• CURL refers to the Career Related Learning Assignments
• Students will go to Career Center during free periods to start learning about options
• SEHS Career Center web site can be accessed from home
• Career Information System- deep database, very useful,
• http://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/webcis User name: careersehs Password: ax1s
• Great tool for different types of careers and schools
• Naviance-counselor database tool for exploring schools, password is Axmen
• Call Career Center for codes and passwords
• College Scattergram-has record of students from South who applied – good indication of fit.
• Posts all college visits – come hear reps from colleges
• Sophomores are welcome to come to nights for juniors and seniors
• Senior night has representatives from all Oregon four-year universities and Lane Community College
• International Fair on October 25th at Sheldon. Great way for students to find out how to get involved in international opportunities abroad
• Lane Community College College Fair, October 21st
• Career Center is always open on late start Wednesdays and at lunchtime and food is permissible.
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