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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-11-16-Harrington-min Harrington School Council Meeting November 16, 2010 Members Present: Amy Chamberlain, Suzanne Cherenson, Judy Crocker, Michelle Dardeno, Elaine Mead, Genevieve Ng, Susan Rosie, Liz Sherriff, Grant Smith Excused: Suzie Lee-Snell 1. Secretary for Meetings Nov.-Susan Rosie Dec.- Amy Chamberlain Jan.- Suzanne Cherenson Feb.-Genevieve Ng October 19 minutes th 2. were reviewed and approved with amendments. Changes are: Reword Attachments to Handouts and change deficient to deficit. II. Omit the review of previous meeting minutes. VI. Additional: reword it to say: Mrs. Mead shared a faculty discussion with the Council members regarding initial work to define Harrington pro-social expectations. The work continues with updates to follow. Currently, expectations that have been named include being 1. Friendly 2. Responsible 3. Resilient 4. Empathetic and 5. Being a Problem Solver. We are trying to promote student self awareness, self management, social awareness and decision making. A suggestion was made to change the wording of where one could find the School Council minutes on the website from Reports to School Council Minutes. Another suggestion was to change the voice mail so it reflects the current person’s voice and name. Fourth Grade Grant Proposal 3. was presented by Grant to purchase student magazines that focus on nonfiction reading and writing. They are related to the fourth grade standards or feature high interest topics. The magazines will be rotated throughout the fourth grade classrooms and used for many years. There are three magazines, they are: Kids Discover, Crickett and Storyworks. The requested amount for the grant is $591.42. The grant proposal was reviewed and approved. 4.Collaborative Problem Solving in Action The parking problem and dismissal are being addressed with a new plan that was put into action by Grant Smith, Angelique Swingle and Suzanne Bruno. Monday’s dismissal went well with most cars being gone from the dismissal lane by 3:21. An issue that could be addressed in the future is how to get older siblings to come out of the building at the same time as their younger siblings so cars can depart sooner. Grant is meeting with Angelique and Suzanne B. to discuss any adaptations to the current plan. 5. Pro-Social Goal Discussion * The Globe article about knowing the difference between entitlement and empowerment was shared by Elaine. *The district web-site on Stress Reduction is http://lhs.lexingtonma.org/Stress/index.html Suzanne shared the website listed above which is a great resource to find information about workshops concerning stress and resiliency and parental education programs. This website is hidden and it was suggested that Elaine forward it to Cindy Snell who could tell parents about the website through a link. There is also a new Parents Resource bulletin board in the front hall that has postings about parent workshops. It was suggested that an article be written for the Harrington Herald to promote the parent educational events for the next issue. The idea of adding information to the article such as what stress looks like in an elementary child might help parents decide if the workshop is an area of interest for them. Next month we will discuss the writing initiative at Harrington School. Next meeting is December 14, 2010.