Booster Club Minutes - May 30, 2014 (approved)

Charles E Teach Booster Board meeting

May 30, 2014

Charles E Teach Elementary School – Room 27

Board Members Randi Barros –Co- Vice President  - absent Dan Block – Principal/Teach School Rep Mignon Jones – Treasurer Vanessa Rizzo – Board member at large/4th Grade rep - absent Morgan Robertson – Board member at large/6th Grade rep Lori Shields – Secretary Helen Sipsas – President Kimberly Wormley – Co-Vice President- absent

Michael Berger Lorraine Byde Jessica Carlberg Taffy Gonzales Doris Kim Janine Marian James McMillen Robin O'Leary Brian Olson Kurt Rightmyer- 5th Grade rep Joyce Romero CeRae Speidel Christine Spurlock Wendy Sylvester

Other Guests In Attendance

 

Call to Order - 8:35 am

        I.            Welcome & Introductions

      II.            Review & Approval of Minutes – Minutes from the 5/2/14 meeting were reviewed.   A motion to approve the minutes was made, seconded and carried.

    III.            Principal’s Update – Dan Block reported that the new campus is coming along.  The District has started work on tearing out old things in the rooms, and is working on figuring out things like food service.  Carpet won't be in until all rooms are available, so nothing can be moved in until carpet is installed.

    IV.            Discussion with New Principal – Dan Block introduced James McMillen, currently a teacher at Los Ranchos Elementary school, who will be the new principal for Teach Elementary school starting in the Fall of 2014.  He will be considered the principal only 50% of his work time, due to other obligations he has with the district, and due to the fact that Teach is only considered a ½ size school because it only has 4^th – 6^th grades.    An open question/answer period was held.  Mr. McMillen is looking forward to the challenges of Teach Elementary, and states that he is very pro-technology, and is already looking for ways to integrate technology into the classrooms next year.  He acknowledged that he considers accelerated learning is as much of  a need as other learning styles in the district, and would look forward  to the possibility of expanding Teach in the future.

      V.            Board Nominations - Helen presented the following nominations for Board officers -  Brian Olson - Treasurer;  Kimberly Wormley - President; Melinda Keller - Co-VP; Kurt Rightmeyer - Co-VP; Laura Cooper - secretary; CeRae Speidel - at large member; Robin O'Leary - at large member.  A motion to approve the minutes ^ ^nominations was made, seconded and carried.

    VI.            Helen reviewed Committee chair & volunteer positions – and has the following placements:
4th grade rep  - CeRae Speidel

5th Grade rep - Wendy Sylvester

6th grade  rep - Michael Berger

6th Grade Play - open

Assemblies - open

Battle of the Books - open

Book Fair – Mignon Jones

Box Tops & Labels - open

Chili Cookoff – Nara Clark

Craft Fair – Randi Barros

Dinner/Auction - Erica Stewart & Altee Vigil

Directory - open

Electives – Kurt Rightmeyer

e- & GL Scrip – Paige Wright

Facebook – Robyn O’Leary & Michael Berger

Garden Coordinator - open

Genevieve's – Pia Laurie

Hospitality - open

Ice Cream Social – Lorraine Byde

International Day - open

March-a-Thon - open

Marquee – Nell Bennet

Student Council – Kurt Rightmeyer

Teacher Appreciation Week - open

T-Shirts - open

Volunteer Coordinator - open

Webmaster – Sunshine Cowgill

Yearbook – Open

  VII.            Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be decided by the incoming Board at a future date.

VIII.            Adjournment – 9:35 am

Battle of the Books.. Why Not Get a Head Start?

Click here for the 2014-2015 battle list.

The Spring 2014 Battle of the Books was held outdoors, with a grand battle played out between the Blue Elephants and the Maroon Hippos. Congratulations to the Maroon Hippos: Cown, Misty, Amarah, Owen, Antonio, Elly, Gabriel, Gus, Niko, Abigail, Sonja, Colby, Sufyan, Amanda, Meili, Cooper, Kaya and Alex!!

DON'T FORGET TO RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS!

Penny Wars!

Our great war of change (as in pennies!) ended Thursday, and the winner is...Mrs. Serafin's class! In this battle, students put pennies in their own class's jar (each counts for one point) and dropped silver change in the other classes' jars (each subtracts its value in points). The class with the lowest amount wins (pennies - silver change). Student Council uses the earnings each year to contribute something special to the school as a gift from their year. This year, the student council wants to buy something for our new campus - maybe some trees to shade the new classrooms! Our students participate enthusiastically each year in this special class competition, and always feel good about their contribution to the school.

Booster Meeting Minutes - May 2, 2014

Charles E Teach Booster Board meeting

May 2, 2014

Charles E Teach Elementary School – Room 27

Board Members Randi Barros –Co- Vice President Dan Block – Principal/Teach School Rep Mignon Jones – Treasurer Vanessa Rizzo – Board member at large/4th Grade rep Morgan Robertson – Board member at large/6th Grade rep Lori Shields – Secretary Helen Sipsas – President Kimberly Wormley – Co-Vice President- absent

Nell Bennet Michael Berger Nara Clark Taffy Gonzales Robin O'Leary Brian Olson Kurt Rightmyer- 5th Grade rep CeRae Speidel Wendy Sylvester Altee Vigil

Other Guests In Attendance

 

Call to Order - 8:35 am

        I.            Welcome & Introductions

      II.            Review & Approval of Minutes – Minutes from the 3/7/14 & 4/4/14 meeting were reviewed.   A motion to approve both sets of the minutes was made, seconded and carried.

    III.            Grade Rep Updates –

4^th grade – Vanessa was unable to attend. Denise Jenkins reported that the 4th grade field trip to the aquarium at Avila was a big success. The students participated in many educational activities and overall it appeared to be a very cost-effective local field trip.

5^th grade - Kurt reported that the 5^th graders had recently attended Cal Poly's Learn by Doing Lab, and it was a big hit.

6^th grade – Morgan reported that the 6^th graders went to Hearst Castle on Wednesday and had a great trip. She heard that the kids were very patient with SBAC testing even though there were some glitches.  She informed everyone that the 6^th Grade water slide trip is happening on the first Tuesday in June, and the final awards assembly is on the last day of school.

    IV.            Principal’s Update – Dan Block reported that the district is working with SLOCA to iron out the details of sharing the campus next year between the two schools.  Consideration for staggering start times for schools has been discussed, and overall they have had good meetings so far, and expect a smooth relationship.  The district is also working on facility upgrades – the office complex, parking lot, courtyard, carpets, railings, etc.  The district is handling library set-up.  Classes will be full, and everyone that applied has been accepted. There is not a lot of extra space; he is even still figuring out where the Boosters will meet.  Teachers have not been interviewed yet for the new classrooms, as positions haven't been opened yet through the District.    District will be performing a survey for Club Star to see how many students will need after school care, to give the City some idea of the needs.  Dan noted that he received a solicitation from a private company that is trying to establish private before/after care for students; he will talk with the district about whether or not the district can pursue this. Students may have to be bused to another location.  Also still working out issues like band.   

The limo ride for March-a-thon was great.  Kids are doing well with SBAC testing.  Computers froze, sound stopped in the middle, other issues/problems, but the scores are not being used, so this is a learning experience.

Dan informed the group that the CA Distinguished school award is being given to Teach Elementary on June 5th.  Teachers won't be going because it is the last day of school.

      V.            Finance Update – Helen and Mignon reported that the preliminary financials for 4/30/14 show the Boosters may have a $10k surplus at the end of the year.  Assets are showing at almost $75k.  Collections by grade level are at: 4th - 80%, 5th - 96%, 6th - 100.3%.  Helen has scheduled a meeting with the teachers to talk about needs for next year, and will be meeting with Mr Block, the bookkeeper, and Brian Olson to discuss the budget for next year.

    VI.            Board Nominations - Helen announced that she has been working on recruiting new talent for next year's board.  She would like to present the following nominations for Board officers -  Brian Olson - Treasurer; Kimberly Wormley - President; Melinda Keller - Co-VP; Kurt Rightmeyer - Co-VP; Laura Cooper - secretary; CeRae Speidel - at large member; Robin O'Leary - at large member

  VII.            Helen reviewed Committee chair & volunteer positions – and has the following placements:
4th grade rep  - CeRae Speidel

5th Grade rep - Wendy Sylvester

6th grade  rep - Michael Berger

6th Grade Play - open

Assemblies - open

Battle of the Books - open

Book Fair – Mignon Jones

Box Tops & Labels - open

Chili Cookoff – Nara Clark

Craft Fair – Randi Barros

Dinner/Auction - Erica Stewart & Altee Vigil

Directory - open

Electives – Kurt Rightmeyer

e- & GL Scrip – Paige Wright

Facebook – Robyn O’Leary & Michael Berger

Garden Coordinator - open

Genevieve's – Pia Laurie

Hospitality - open

Ice Cream Social - open

International Day - open

March-a-Thon - open

Marquee – Nell Bennet

Student Council - open

Teacher Appreciation Week - open

T-Shirts - open

Volunteer Coordinator - open

Webmaster – Sunshine Cowgill

Yearbook – Open

VIII.            Open Forum - Vanessa asked about plans for the pancake breakfast for next year.  Discussion was held regarding whether it would be beneficial to put it on a Sunday to avoid conflict with AYSO soccer.  Issues include how long in advance is needed for planning/advertising/ticket sale purposes? Suggestion was considered for holding the event at the new campus, but it was decided that the Elks is preferable, because of their donations toward food, and the cooking and cleaning facilities.

Library update – Robin O’Leary reported that she met with Sharon Haupt, the District Media person. They have multiple boxes of books for next year to go to the new Teach site.  Robin has been pulling library books with Kama Beaton, but notes that Teach will need some new fiction books.  They may not have enough room in the new library for all of the books.  Teach will have its own part-time librarian.   Robyn will let everyone know when they will be going to the Instructional Media Center, located by Sinsheimer Pool, to sort through books.  It will probably be over several sessions during the summer.

    IX.            Next Meeting:  May 30, 2014 at 8:30am in Room 27

      X.            Adjournment – 9:55 am