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School Council -Birch Meadow Elementary
Date: 2016-12-05 Time: 3:00 PM
Building: School - Birch Meadow Location: Conference Room
Address: 27 Arthur B Lord Drive Session: Open Session
Purpose: Version:
Attendees: Members- Present:
Whitney Goodhue
Danielle Tucker
Kerlann Zahorulko
Ashley Quinn
Julia Hendrix
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Julia Hendrix, Principal
Topics of Discussion:
'Follow-up on action steps-Julia
Webpages are being added
Still following up on math online resource
o There are parent newsletters online
o Ask teachers if there have links to the parent newsletters online-Danielle Tucker found
the Family Learning Center for Houghton Mifflin online
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We began our discussion about action steps for this year and talked about math and some of the difficulties
that students experience with math homework. As we talked,the conversation branched out to a general
discussion about homework. Below are some notes from the math discussion and then our action steps for the
next meeting about homework.
*Math
Online information about the math program and the parent lettere
Math Night for Parents introducing them to key concepts in math
Grade levels teachers present at each grace level around key concepts for that year
Survey parents about what they need to know about math
*Next meeting 1-9-2017-Looking at Homework-Action Steps
Bring Birch Meadow Homework Policy-Kerriann Zahoruiko
Bring grade level homework policies-Julia Hendrix
Bring other school homework policies-Danielle Tucker
Parent Survey about homework-Whitney Goodhue
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