Mrs. Covard called the meeting to order at 2:17 p.m.
Mrs. Covard welcomed everyone and thanked them for taking the
time to sign up for SAC and for coming out today.
Mrs. Covard asked that everyone introduce themselves.
All present reviewed the May minutes. A motion was made to accept the
minutes as written. It was seconded, motion carried. The minutes will be
submitted.
Mrs. Covard reviewed the SAC Members responsibilities. She asked that
members take please make a note of Articles 7, 8 and 9. These are very
important.
Mrs. Covard reminded members of the upcoming year’s meeting dates. January
18th meeting date was changed to January 11th due to holiday.
Member Roster: Parents were added to the list of representatives needed to
complete our SAC composition.
No report by Mrs. Covard.
Principal: Mrs. Hague reported that Officer Scalzitti would like to attend
parent meetings and SAC meetings to keep parents informed of safety
issues.
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Rivera spoke in regards to the safety of our
school and that HHE needs to have safety as a priority and tighten our
grounds and make sure that someone is not on campus that shouldn’t be.
Everyone should have an ID or Volunteer Badge. The faculty or staff will
be made aware that they are to question ANYONE who is not wearing ID
or badges. This is the Jessica Lunsford Law and not just HHE’s rule or our
District’s rules but a state and National Law. Mrs. Rivera needs the SAC to
take this issue and support the changes that are about to be taken. The
PTA Board will be discussing the issue at their next meeting and bringing
it to the next PTA General Meeting. Officer Z will be speaking to each of
the interest groups in the next few weeks in the regards to the safety of
our children. K, 1 and 2 parents need to stay in their cars and pick up
their children in carpool lane. A new principal is coming! Two candidates
were interviewed with the committee last week. October 6 will be the
Board meeting where our new principal will be approved. The agenda
that is posted one week prior to the Board Meeting will list the name of the
candidate that will be appointed to the position of principal of
Hollywood Hills Elementary.
Reading: Reading Specialist, Laurie Kraus reported that all the teachers
are following a literacy assessment calendar to help with identifying
students that will need extra assistance or enrichment. The information
will be placed on BASIS which will eventually take the place of Virtual
Counselor. Summer Reading program students will be having an ice cream
party soon. There was a training for teachers who wanted a refresher coarse
on DRAs.
Writing: Ms. Hicks reported that all 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers have
been trained on writing with Core Connections which is an amazing
workshop. Teachers were also trained during pre-planning week on DBQ.
All classes are utilizing Writing Journals.
Math: Rae Pufal reported that teachers have given the pre-assessment math
test to students and this helps teachers gauge where students are and enables
them to create math groups. All teachers have instructed students on how to
utilize Math Journals. We are still using Go Math but the assessment
piece has changed to match FSA.
Technology: Mrs. Bishop reported that D5 is up and running and D4 teachers
are awaiting assistance with training from D5 teachers. A parent meeting
will be held at the end of October for parents to attend to sign paperwork
so that students may bring laptops back and forth between home and school.
Science: Mrs. Dallas reported that the Science Fair will be held in December.
Partners in Education: Mrs. Rivera has a list of new Business Partners.
Orangetheory has offered discount prices for our parents, faculty and staff.
Horace Mann a company that offers retirement planning, insurance, etc.
McDonalds, Memorial Hospital, USA Karate, Papa Johns, Publix will
continue to be our partners as they were last year.
No report.
No report.
SAC Bylaws: Mrs. Covard reviewed the current by-laws and the committee
discussed any changes that needed to be made. The committee voted to
change Article 2 Section 2; Article 2 Section 3.
Motion to accept amended by-laws was made by Cindy Brown and
seconded by Stephania Tassey. All were in favor and the motion carried. The
By-Laws will be submitted.
SIP – Mrs. Covard reviewed last year’s SIP plan and discussed the revision
and writing of a new plan for this school year. Mrs. Covard informed committee
that she will be attending a meeting this week and will share information
gathered at that meeting at the next meeting.
Questions/Concerns:
Ms. Cindy Brown asked when we would be receiving our FSA scores and Mrs. Hague and Mrs. Rivera spoke to her question. We have been told that we will receive information on test scores in late November and December and our school grade in January.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m.
Next meeting: October 26, 2015 @ 2:15 pm
Respectfully submitted by,
Gisele Bishop, SAC Secretary