PiE Monthly Meeting
September 13, 2018
Flex Space 7:00-8:30
In attendance: Tanya
Jones, Anita Howard, Jamie Cudney, Christine Lutters, Heather Roberts, Aimee
Frost, Mary Hong, Suzie McCoy, Suzan Locke, Jim Goldsmith, Kim Gordon, Aubrey
Gardner, Julie Zack, John Pontius
Welcome and introductions
Plans and
thoughts for the year ahead
·
Plans for the year: (Suzan & John)
o Vision: bridging connections of lower and
middle school while keeping them separate when needed
o Communicate with families in the community
o PBIS and Restorative Justice- Reinforcing
behavior and restoring relationships. This year celebrates the 10th
anniversary of PBIS at Hinesburg Community School.
o Middle level numbers are bigger. The
advantage to increased numbers in a school is more jobs are needed to support
student numbers.
o CVSD Consolidation has added positions .5 to
school counseling has been added in tier 1 instructions social emotional
programs: for k-3 “youth skills” co-teach with teachers 4-8 second step
o Monica carter and Sarah Schoolcraft work as
staff Proficiency Based Learning coach-facilitating studios with the teachers.
o Support best practices in literacy and math. The
goal is to effect change with the teachers directly with their instruction.
Professional Development (Tuesday early release): K-4
·
2nd
step collecting data to assess student outcomes.
·
Mind play
(literacy based) All staff took 30-hour online course phonemic awareness data
based to give instructional ideas. 3 Tuesdays per month, coach Jane Ashby (specializes
in instructing kids with disabilities) provides mentorship and evaluates
student data.
Professional Development (Tuesday early release): 5-8
·
Professional
coaches for Proficiency Based Learning (PBL) how to take data and use it
effectively.
·
Strengthen
individualize goals
·
Focus will
be on passion projects and speakers to inform employees on being trauma
informed and gender equality
Feedback from parents thus far:
·
Middle
School Curriculum Night-timing of lower and upper grade
o Some families were late to upper grade
classrooms because they were finishing up with school presentations.
·
Parents
would like notification before topics of interest are discussed in school. One instance
came up last year when a video on gender equality was screened without previous
notification to parents.
·
Interest
was voiced for the video “Screenagers” to be shown at HCS. It was suggested
that the movie be purchased or rented and shown at 3 different screenings: PiE
parents, staff and middle school.
o Suzie McCoy has a background in media
literacy and is willing to help
o Could also be a partnership with Carpenter
Carse library
·
What is the
description of the HCS maker space and why do different schools in district
have a different level of equipment?
o Suzan explained that these resources are used
by teachers and is driven by teacher interest. This is a school level program not a district
level program.
·
How often
will fire drill and lockdown drills be scheduled and will students be notified
before drills are held?
o
Suzan and
John explained that all emergency drills are scheduled by the safety committee
that includes John, Suzan, various school staff members, plus both the Fire and
Police Chiefs. After our initial couple of drills, we do not notify students in
advance about the drills for a number of reasons. Finally, the state
mandates that during September the school should practice two drills, then it
mandates that we practice one drill a month. The type of drill we practice is
also mandated by the state.
·
Why was
there a change in photography vender?
o Portrait vendors were changed from Ambient
Photography to Life Touch because of repeated order mix-ups, unreliable
communication and increased prices of photography service.
·
What are
the best ways to gather afterschool information?
o Hinesburg Recreation department is typically geared
toward grades k-4
o Viking is typically geared toward grades 5-8
Cell Phone usage:
·
Cell phones
are allowed
at the teacher’s discretion until the end of the day. Cell phones are permitted
on school grounds after school hours (during athletics).
·
Protocol for misuse of cell phones:
o
1st offense-phone will be held at
the main office until the end of the school day.
o
2nd offense-Phone will be held at
front office and parents will be notified
Involvement opportunities:
·
Vacant
fundraising committee positions are posted on PiE website and in
the PiE newsletter
·
Money
raised
o
Student enrichment (field trips, grants, community garden, staff
appreciation, etc.)
o
Community building event (Kindergarten orientation, donation of
graduating class, student directory, meetings and mingles)
o
Family Support (star fund, contribution for vacation snack bags)
·
70%
of money raised goes toward student enrichment (field trips) Direction of
fundraising has moved from selling tangible things to events to raise money
such as school dance, harvest dinner, etc.
·
“Free
money” such as box tops, Amazon smiles, good shop, mighty nest, AmeriGas/Blue
flame Gas school days program, Healthy Living, Hannaford, Price Chopper, Mabel’s
Labels
Nominations for PiE Steering Committee:
Chair – Aimee Frost nominated, seconded and voted in
Treasurer - Jim Goldsmith nominated, seconded and voted in
Secretary – Mary Hong nominated, seconded and voted in
