HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-05-18-DIAMOND-minDiamond Site Council Meetings 2016 - 2017
May 18, 2017: Meeting Minutes
Members in Attendance: Deepika Sawhney, Krystal LeClerc, Sam Bosbach, Yi Yang, Dan
Strollo, Sam Bosbach, Katina Lawdis
Note -taker: Liz Sharp
Approval of 3/17 Minutes: Approved, with change: Bosbach not in attendance.
Agenda change: Approval of March 2017 minutes. April meeting was cancelled.
Math MCAS: Went well, 8th grade did ELA and Math MCAS on iPads. Science MCAS on
paper. Next year both 7th and 8th grade will be electronic.
Washington, D.C. Trip: Capital Tours did a nice job with the trip. Parents feedback has been
all positive. Next year, will be April 11 - 13; We will need to communicate that students should
be traveling with us to and from Diamond because of planning logistics.
5th Grade Move Up Activities: Question: why this can't be in June, when the 8th grade go to
LHS? Teachers report that students enjoyed their experience.
STEAM Fair: Nice to have on the same night as the Fifth Grade parent meeting. PTA will work
with the committee, but not sure what they decided at the PTA meeting earlier this week on
actual plans.
SIP: Meet May 25th at 7 AM to review. If an electronic version can be shared before that,
members would appreciate having that opportunity.
Staff Report:
• 8th grade activities are planned. Dance is different from the socials in the fall. There will
be games, but no movie so that all students are mingling together in the cafe.
• Moves seem to be organized and teachers have been getting ready for their moves.
• Teacher headcount should be about the same, half team moves to seventh grade.
Member Input:
• Contract with food vendor? This contract expires in June, wondering if change of
vendor. Last month, expired milk problem. A survey came out earlier this year, but not
sure what happened since then. Parents will email school committee. Should we have
a sign up in the cafe to tell students they should check expiration date and have the right
to exchange?
• PTA organizing elections for Site Council
Adjournment