November PTSA Board Meeting Notes

Indian Hills Middle School – Nov 2022 PTSA Board Meeting Minutes Nov 7, 2022, 9am-10:35am
IHMS Warrior Room

Welcome: Lisa Kendrick- PTSA President

Attendance and Volunteer Hours: Melanie Ferguson, Secretary ● Approval of Oct meeting minutes

○ Approved by Anne Lavigne and Sarah Munson

Budget: Anne,Treasurer

• Budget – see attached budget
• Teacher Grants all approved
  • Tessa Homer
  • Yudan Lei
  • Sarah Rodney
  • Amy Dawson

Teacher’s Report: Doug

PLCS -every Friday – leaning how to be better teachers
How can we better serve our underserved and underrepresented students? How can PTSA help? SCC will help

Counselor’s Report: Lynette Baird

Community club – slime making – overrun- when doing a project need a sign up –

• This week is board games

• December snow day (cotton balls)

• Kindness campaign Dec – respect

• Alta pathways for students are on the Alta website – help promote them – feedback for how to make the website better – under academics

  • ●  Also give us feedback for the Alta course cards if they are too hard

  • ●  Blank slate freshman

  • ●  CSI class is only concurrent enrollment class a freshman can take, photo class, CE on

    course card means that

  • ●  On booth day the departments also have paths you can take for Math, Science, etc…and different diplomas

  • ●  Grad cords – requirements – to get a math cord, etc….on website

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  • Board Business: President-Lisa Kendrick

  • ○  Come back in Jan with names

  • ○  Please give us names as well – elect

● Nov 18 – Disney dress up day

● Pccrs for 8th graders due Nov 22nd

● Vote on Nominating Committee – Debbie Jorgensen, Anne Lavigne, Sarah Munson, alternates

Melanie Ferguson, Karilyn McRoberts – Lynette Baird passed the motion to vote, Teneil 2nd it –

voted in unanimously

● Monthly Spirit Day – Nov 7 – Karilyn

Service – lunch activity notes to veterans – Thank a veteran – cards

• The cards are going to west valley veterans day dinner – and other various veteran organizations

• Wear red, white and blue

  Spirit Day December 5 – Respect – Karilyn – student board dress up idea – regards for feelings, looking for good on everyone, positive words, as anti bullies, gossips, etc

■ positive -respect – student board respect paper – put positive post-its on it

• ●  PTSA membership- Meghan 249 – goals 300

• ●  PTSA Student Board – Teneil and Emily

○ 20 kids come helped make poster last week, 2nd Wed, respect posters, video announcements

• ●  Proposal for a stomp –

  • ○  Doug – Have to have other activities and not refer to it as a stomp as it will be include a variety of activities and do it during the day – we have staff during the day, no food in cafeteria, probably better to not have food, can’t have a year book signing in the cafeteria because kids write on stuff

  • ○  We could make it a reward for a make a wish tentatively March 31 or at the end of the school year May 22, 2023 – two possible dates

• ●  Spirit Wear-Melinda

  • ○  We have orders to fill every Monday

  • ○  Sell at various concerts

• ●  Reflections- Tamara and Allison

  • ○  7 entries all move on

  • ○  How to present awards?

    • One morning before school, 730, take pics, bring entries, sign for gift cards,

      snacks

    • Tues Nov 15 730am, Teneil will come help, Doug will reserve the room

• ●  Memory Books – Teneil and Jenny

○ Get a cover contest for memory

● Legislative VP – Teneil
○ Advocacy Conference Nov 9 “Strong Families Build Strong Students”

• ●  Public Relations VP – Sarah

  • ○  In and out $300

  • ○  Cafe Rio Nov 17

    • Draper-11to9

    • Say school name

    • Link through app on the qr code

  • ○  Kneaders in Jan and one more later

• ●  Staff Appreciation- Amourette – candy apples last month – even custodians

  • ○  Next month – pies any way you slice it

  • ○  Dec – coffee hot, chocolate bar, herbal tea

    Principal’s Report:

    1. Vote

2. Veterans Day – wall of honor

3. Food drive end of month

4. Make a wish in Feb

Board Meetings:

Calendar:
November
Nov 2&3 *PTSA student board meeting 3-4pm to make food drive posters
Oct 31-Nov 4 *College Week
*Nov 4 Wear College Gear
Nov 7 * PTSA Board Meeting at 9am in Warrior Room, *Spirit Day Service – Wear red, white and blue Nov 9 *Citizen of the Month 7:30am, *PTA Advocacy Conference
Nov 11 *Veterans Day – Wall of Honor
Nov 16 *PSTA Student Board Meeting after school
Nov 17 *Spirit Night at Café Rio 11am-9pm
Nov 18 *Mickey and Minnie Bday- Disney Dress Up Day
Nov 23-25 *No School
Nov 30-Dec 14 *School Food Drive

PTSA Board Meetings—the first Monday of each month at 9am.

Next meeting is Dec 5