Brad Royal - Admin
Stephen Kottenbrock - Admin
LaJoi Wilson-Moore - Admin
Candi Fernandez - CC
Tanya Bridges - Tech
Daniel Bryant – SIT Chair
Kelly Hall – LA
Dave Jenkins – Math
Mark Schnably – Science
Gena Loflin – 8th
Cindy M Dietrich – 7th
Matthew A Fossa – 7th
Jennifer Via – 7th
Carleen Mooney – 6th
Deborah Cummings - Encore
Abby Allen - Encore
Jill M Friesen - Encore
Susan Riddle – Encore – SIT Sect.
Beth Raines - EC
Karen B Parker - EC
Dave Kornelius - PTA
Janet Fangmann - PTAa
2) Approval of Minutes from 6/6/2011 meeting
- Red/Green Zone discussion postponed until later in the school year.
Fossa moved to approve the 6/6/11 meeting minutes.
Parker 2nd, all in favor3) Campus Cleanup - Royal
a) Honor School of Excellence Signage
The School of Excellence signage in the lobby is out of date. The banner program was probably cut due to budget cuts. At this time there are three options to consider regarding the banners:
1) Leave the banners as is
2) Determine how to get signs exactly like those currently hanging (costs)3) Take them down
Banner Suggestions:
- Purchase one large banner similar to the sports banners in gym
- Royal: Three TVs are being donated and will be located in the lobby to help in creating a 21st century school environment. These could be used to promote school successes at no cost. 1 café / 1 concessions /1 guidance
- Bryant: Suggested a banner to note the YEAR and the Recognition then each year and the new recognition could be added. It could be designated as our Academic Excellence banner. Lower cost than individual banners for each year.
- Royal: Dietrich and Kornelius will research and present banner options
- McDowell: Will talk to Martin Patrick about banner options similar to those in the gym
- Upon hearing reports at the next meeting, discussion will begin about what to do with current banners. At this time banners will remain in the lobby.
b) Deck the Halls - Royal
Patriot Pride will be a new program this school year to motivate the staff and student body to take more pride in our school. It will include building and pod care/maintenance assignments. “This building looks like a 1999 building not a 2011!” (Royal) This starts with taking greater pride in our physical facilities-which means the teachers/faculty, students, staff and administration - all have to model Patriot Pride.
Areas to be addressed:
- Pegram- Will begin changing out pictures to update them with current students and activities. This can be done inexpensively.
- Blevins and Hamby are additional picture resources.
- Change the art work to create a 21st Century look.
- Sketches and murals throughout the building need to be completed
- Clean up the front office and the building (work in progress)
- Spruce this place up!
- New fencing is going to be installed to keep kids off the grass near the new terracing beside the annex.
- Cummings, Allen and Pegram will lead the Deck the Halls initiative to begin updating the school/campus.
Patriot Pride measures already underway for the new school year…
- New steps at Guidance entrance
- New terraced retaining wall beside the annex
- Loop and chain fence to be installed to keep kids off the grass in the back.
- Power washing the walks and walls where needed.
c) Patriot Pride - Bryant
Contest within the buildings to help maintain Patriot Pride See Attached PowerPoint
- NO mopping or hazardous cleaning! (not part of the program)
- Patriot Pride includes keeping the hallways and classrooms clear of trash/books, lockers closed, bathrooms neat (reporting problems)
- Pressure washing building and sidewalk to remove chalk (Thanks to Mr. Kottenbrock)
- FOSSA-If cable ties are used to secure empty lockers, be sure they are looped several times so students cannot yank the lockers open.
- Fangmann-Consider outside cleanup for Crosby Scholars as community service -week-end activity (inside of bldg would be harder to arrange on the weekends)
- Kornelius-Beautification Committee (part of PTA) can help with outside
- Kottenbrock to get a list of outside projects to Dan Kornelius for the Beautification Committee to assist with
a) ALC Location and Schedule - Fossa
Because of the time requirements of study skills/PLCs/Grade level meetings this year, the ALC process and schedule will need to be reworked. Currently the move it to ISS simply because of meeting schedule. Other possibilities are being investigated by Moon and Fossa.
- Royal: Maybe another team takes Study Skills while one team takes their week of ALC
- Allen: CTE teachers have some time can be used—Maybe rm. 010 for ALC
- Royal: (In response to questions about a singular ALC location) The current class schedule causes time gaps between 8th and 7th planning times. Because it seems that there are no other adult supervision options, ALC students could not be left alone during these times. Royal thought that ALC students were taken back to ISS between sessions when waiting for the next grade level to pick them up. If there is an issue with the student interacting with others during transition periods, then take student to the next location 5 minutes before class lets out. Prevent them from interaction during class changes (management issue).
- Mooney: Last year Mrs. Blevins was willing to put ALC in the small office beside ISS.
- Royal: That office space can not be used for ALC because it is used by the school social worker and psychologist to work with students. Every other school in the county combines ISS and ALC in one room.
- Fossa: Will look into ALC change and other options besides ISS and will invite Mrs. Blevins to the Discipline Committee meeting for her input on possibly housing ALC with ISS. There is also the possibility of teachers assisting Blevins with ALC students, but housing those children in the ISS room.
5) Curriculum
a) Mandate from Central Office - Bryant
Each team is responsible for 10 minutes of Instant Recess for every child each day all year long. We are not required to use the videos from last year, but there must be 10 minutes of documented activity every day.
Possibilities/Suggestions:
- Team time can count—Team time needs to be planned/organized activities (1 or 2 times a week).
- Can use the IR videos. They will be on the SDrive and use whenever needed. It works best to download them to your desktop. They will also be looped on the TV like last year.
- Walk track 10 min.
- Students/Teachers might create videos to be shared
- Will start on Monday August 30
- CORE teacher issue—team plans their schedule
- Must be documented for each child everyday!
- How to maintain documentation-forthcoming.
Bridges is only here on B-days
- How do we unlock computers if students are locked out? Get generic logins—(passwords will be changed from time to time).
- Brad: Get generic logins from Candi
- Riddle/Barfield/Ladson- have open class periods and will be assisting Tanya
- Daniel- Start a TECH Response team. ex. Jenkins and other teachers that have some tech knowledge (refrigerator list for technology)
- Try to KEEP STARS in place. Students are proud of leadership role. Identify kids from STARS.
- Fossa: Classroom 10 is empty. Ask teachers at grade level how many of their working classroom desktop computers they would be willing to donate for a new computer lab. If there are enough computers donated to create a classroom, Mr. Royal will check into getting that room wired. This would provide another location for classes to sign-up/use computers. Please contact Matt Fossa if you have any extra computers for this project.
- Fernandez: Staff development-Grade level meetings-1 of 2 will be for staff development. Each team should come up with recommendation for staff development by their September 1st grade level meeting in order to set the calendar for 2011-2012.
- Kornelius: Jefferson Middle School’s PTA now has a Facebook page
- Hall: Reactivate the old Mad Minutemen Club- fundraiser for athletic department.
-Cost would have to be reviewed and the inclusion of volleyball season considered.
-Will be discussed with Francis and Schnably
-There must be a staff member managing the group's organization and appropriateness at sporting events
Students in the original group received:
-T-shirt- When wearing the shirt they received free admission to home basketball games (excluding championship games) and seating in a designated section beside the cheerleaders.
-Ration Card for 1 free drink and snack
