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Date: 2017-06-07 Time: 05:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street Session: Open Session
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Richele Shankland, Julie Joyce, Audra Cashins, Linda Michel, Eileen Manning,
Michelle Greenwalt, Andrew Spinals, Priscilla Hollenbeck, Annika Scanlon
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
Agenda:
1. Review minutes from the May 3, 2017, meeting.
a. Julie Joyce made a motion to accept the May 3, 2017, and Lynda Michel accepted
the motion.
2. Update on School Happenings
a. Writing Celebration (May 31) — slideshow needs to be re -sent as original
i. Teacher and outside presenters went well. Student feedback was that the
workshops could've been a little shorter and 8" graders could run some of
the workshops
b. Science Expo (June 7) — Grade 6 Building Bridges, Grade 7 Build your own
experiment, Grade 8 did both designhcst a pringles can and catapult
c. Grade 8 Trip (June 1) — 186 out of 197 students went to Boston with 22
chaperones. Included: Pine Street Inn (200 kindness kits donated), Odyssey
Lunch/Skyline/DJ cruise, Mad Dash Scavenger Hunt from Christopher Columbus
Park, Dinner at Quincy Market, and Shear Madness at Charles Playhouse
d. Music Festival — 7's and 8`s graders participated. Two musical adjudicators came
to give feedback to our musicians and we ended the day with a field trip to
Canobie Lake
3. SIP goals summary
a. Discussion of the Parker School Improvement Plan progress report
b. This will be available on the district and school websites
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4. Thank you!
Have a great summer!
Respectfiilly submitted by,
Richele Shankland, Principal
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