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Sunday, 14 November 2010 11:49 |
John Muir PTC MeetingNovember 9, 2010
Agenda:1.             Site Council Report2.             Garden Update3.             Website4.             Solstice Celebration5.             Winter Festival6.             Two Ashland School Board Positions Coming Open
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From Last Meeting: 1.             The PTC needs a new treasurer by December to take over from Lauren2.             The PTC needs a substitute secretary for December3.             A materials wish-list will be created by staff for the JM community
Outcomes/Agreements/Requests From This Meeting: 1.             JM families will think about if they know anyone who might want to run for the Ashland School Board.2.             JM families will attend the Winter Festival on December 10.3.             A Solstice Celebration Subcommittee (Pat, Maribeth, Paul, and Ramana) will plan our Solstice Celebration, which takes place on December 17.4.             The JM website will be reevaluated and a vital communication center will be developed.
Highlights So Far this Year: Parents expressed appreciation for all that has happened so far this year at school. Highlights included parent day at Earth Teach, garden food into the cafeteria, the cob oven pizza cooking, and TouVelle park at the beginning of the year.
District Wide Holiday Policy: The district’s new policy recommendations have been made. Teachers are asked to teach beyond Christianity and Judaism, and focus on the spirit of the season; how religion tends to follow the seasons. Displays have to be diverse. In the classroom there can be one religious display after the other, but in a public space all of the religious displays must be displayed together.
JMS Site Council Report: In site council, the effort has been to match school improvement goals to the district improvement goals. The Olders were very articulate how they liked the new math presentation style (Marcia teaching half of the class at a time). Students from JM are doing well in high school.
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We have a lot of Title 1 money this year, so JM was able to hire another EA and is funding an after school homework club. This year we offered a summer school right before school started, targeting the kids who are new to JM. We will do this again next year. Claire Miga volunteered to join site council.
Garden Update: A new, funded, position is a liaison between the garden and the AMS cafeteria. With our parent support base, we are doing well. Maintenance has also been very supportive; they bring supplies into the garden; we give them food. We only sell to JM families, so as not to compete with the farmers’ market. We are experimenting with dehydration, and trying to advance the pantry arts. Have had two strategic business plan meetings.
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Website: Discussed the desire to put our website onto the district website. Give a teacher access, and keep it dynamic and easy and put all the photos and videos on it.
Solstice Celebration: Design of Solstice Celebration of reviewed. Suggestions noted. Subcommittee formed to finalize plan: Ramana, Maribeth, Paul, Pat. Will report back.
Winter Festival: Wear pajamas and slippers! On December 10th 6:30-8:30 p.m. There will be water bottles and cards for sale, cookies, and a re-gifting event. Make snowflakes with Pat. Game room. The fundraising committee will need $700 to buy the wholesale water bottles. Donations of re-gift items can be placed in the boxes behind the TV in the library. Twinkiling white lights to lend can be place in Rubbermaid container under Wendy’s desk (with your name taped on them!)
Two School Board Positions Coming Open: An announcement was made that there will be two school board positions open in the spring and if anyone knows someone who would be interested in serving the community of Ashland in this way, please encourage them to file. Â School Board decisions include funding for Educational Aides, cafeteria management and other JMS policy. Candidacy paperwork must be filed early next year and the election will be held in May 2011.
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