• Shearn SDMC Meeting Notes October 13, 2013
     
    Members Present
    Bill Buck- Principal
    Sandy Adair- Assistant Principal
    Bob Chenoweth- Willow Meadows
    Marisela Aparicio- Attendance Clerk
    Sherry Walker- Nurse
    Maria Juarez-President
    Karla Lopez- Treasurer
    Maria Gonzalez- Secretary
    Katherine Keafer- 4th Grade Teacher
    Andres Monroy- 3    rd Grade Teacher
    Kathleen Garson- Kindergarten

    Broad Prize Celebration
    - Mr. Buck announced that HISD was recognized as the best urban school district in the country.
     We are the only school district that has won the prize 2 years.

    Attendance

     
    - Mr. Buck said that we need to get the attendance up and that teachers need to have incentives in place. We are one student short of the projected amount of students enrolled. We are also funded based on ADA, so we need to focus on the attendance. Need to make sure students go to doctor after attendance is taken.

    Safety
     
    Need to pull the product information sheets to make sure there are not hazardous materials on the campus. Teachers will need to take an in service from Ms. Walker on the hazardous materials. Ms. Walker is concerned because of the plug ins for the scents in the classroom. They can cause fires. We would have to buy the battery operated plug ins to substitute.

    Activity Funds

     
    Carnival is coming up and PTO will help with that. Want to have as many games as possible at the carnival so the money is in the activity funds. Mr. Buck says you always want to make sure you have a cushion for things that come up. Mr. Buck is concerned about the courtesy committee, need to be collecting money. Ms. Walker said that the courtesy committee is planning on setting up a booth at the carnival.

    Construction

     
    Mr. Buck said construction should be over by the end of the month. They will be coming around to come up with a punch list They are supposed to re-key the locks soon. Some of the doors are not closing all of the way.

    Lighthouse Team

     
    Mrs. Adair discussed that the lighthouse team meets weekly and discuss the areas of concern and discuss solutions. Erik Stenlake has been training the staff and parents and he will come back each year to re-train every one. We work with him to try to make the program successful. We send him our weekly notes from the meetings. Each student should have developed his or her own personal mission statement. Each teacher needs to write his or her own PERSONAL mission statement to post and each student needs to write their own personal mission statement. These mission statements should be connected to school, home, community.  Michael Webb is a coach and we will be meeting with him quarterly about the 7 Habits and how effective they are. Part of the parent meetings will be training the parents on the 7 Habits. Mrs. Omidvar will be helping train the parents. The 7 Habits books are available in the library in English and Spanish.

    Dismissal and Folders

     
    Dismissal Plan created by Lighthouse Team Time:

    • Pre-K and 1st grade: Hallway Ready: 2:50, In Cafeteria: 2:55

    • Kindergarten and 2nd grade: Hallway Ready: 2:55, In Cafeteria: 3:00

    • 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade: Hallway Ready: 3:00, In Cafeteria: 3:00

    - Ms. Keafer and Ms. Garson went over the suggested procedure for dismissal

    - Most changes were accepted- staggered dismissal times, no students are

    released until 3:05PM everyday from park side, Stella Link side, or car rider

    Communication Folders

    - Blue flyers need to go home the same day

    - Teachers reach out to parents

    - Parent newsletter in the communication folder

    - Packets made ahead of time so that they can be put in the communication folder

    Staffing

    - A security guard is being hired and a new TA for BSC  Interviews will start for academic tutors there are 14 interviews in the next 2 days

    Professional Development

     
    The writing Academy training will be going on to train teachers on writing. Thinking Maps  Teachers who have not attended will attend

    Academics

     
     Be sure that everyone is focused on objectives, questioning and differentiation

    Mission Southwest

     
    We had the teacher set up help at the beginning of the year and backpack buddies with food

    - October 22nd there is a breakfast for teachers

    - October 25th is the fall festival

    - Want to provide support to the PTO

    - Have a meeting with the pastor at a new church in Bellaire and discuss

    mentoring and getting them involved in Mission Southwest

    - Part of the marketing materials might include a picture of a teacher and discussing mentoring

    - Kids need to have someone there for them and need an actual person that is there for them

    Head Start

    -Biggest thing is the government shutdown, it shouldn’t change anything until December 31st  There was an article about an organization that is donating $10,000 for Head Start to keep going, Neighborhood Centers is not getting money All students could be pulled for a dental exam- should happen the 23rd of October Hoping someone will want to participate and be the parent representative for Shearn Head Start

    PTO

    Working on carnival and getting paperwork finalized for PTO They are working as hard as they can and need our help  Want teachers to talk to parents and make them aware of the PTO  Mr. Buck said that there should be one project that you really focus on or one goal that you really focus on  They want to have a stand or a table where parents can sign up and be a committee member. They are going to do lions for donations that are made at the carnival