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School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2018-03-28 Time: 5:30.PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Session: General Session
Attendees: Members- Present:
Richele Shankland, Eileen Manning, Lynda Michel, Andrew Spinali
Members - Not Present:,
Audra Cashin, Michelle Greenwalt, Julie Joyce, Annika Scanlon
Others Present:
Minutes.Respectfully Submitted-By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review minutes from the January 3, 2018,meeting.
Attendees reviewed the minutes and agreed we would vote on them at next meeting
when we can have a quorum (need 5/8 in attendance). .
2. Honor Roll Discussion
Q2 Honor Roll
Last.Year This Year
Grade 6 73 52
Grade 7 53 69
Grade 8 43 41
Q2 High Honor Roll
Last Year This Year
Grade 6 88 74
Grade 7 90 70
Grade,8 123 73-.
We discussed the overall decrease in numbers for high honor roll if you follow grade
levels from one year to the next. Parents are less confused about honor roll status. There
is a larger building-wide discussion needed regarding consistent expectations for grading
across the grade levels.
3. Building Based Budget Discussion
Mrs. Shankland shared the building based budget-and explained areas of
increase/decrease and gave examples of purchases made in different areas. The greatest
increase is the area.of social studies.in order to increase access to devices to access online
materials in preparation for the impending revised social studies standards.
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4. SIP Progress Update
The entire SIP was reviewed/updated at the last meeting in January.
5. Update on School Happenings (time permitting)
Student Walkout:
Mrs. Shankland discussed the walkout from start to finish.,She explained that she
did speak with a few concerned parents regarding ensuring students are safe as
well as the purpose of the walkout. Due to-the weather, students assembled in the
auditorium instead of going outside to the turf. The students were very serious
during the assembly and respectful of their peers. Students spoke about gun
control, treating each other with kindness,promoting inclusion and acceptance,
supporting and looking out for each other, and letting adults know.whon someone
may need help.
Advisory:
Mrs. Shankland discussed the advisory survey that was given to both students and
staff. Staff spent a faculty meeting discussing the results and developing next
steps for the rest of the year. Students were discussing results during advisory on
Wednesday, March 28.
-70% of our 7 '/8'graders report they are happy.
-Many of our students report being stressed about their expectations of
themselves, as well as parent/teacher expectations.
-Students and teachers would like to address the following areas during advisory:
team building, community service projects, kindness/empathy (anti-bullying),
stress reduction strategies
-Advisory was very structured this year due to wanting consistent expectations for
the use of time across the building: We will work with facing history to choose
from their resources/activities ourselves now that we know what they'have
available. The Social Emotional Learning Grant will fund 3 teachers from each
middle school to develop/revise our advisory program. Teachers would like to
have toolkits for themes and pick and choose activities that match their students'
needs, group dynamic and teaching styles.
Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm
Next Meeting: May 2, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Respectfully submitted by,
Richele Shankland, Principal
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