Indian Hills Middle School Community Council Meeting
Attending: Shelly Karren, Rochelle Griffin, Anne Lavigne (PTSA president), Amy Shaw, Cinnamin Morton, Patrick Latimer, Denise Avey, Mindy Robison, Hilary Moody, Mindy Cupello
February 4th, Warrior Room
Agenda
· Welcome & Approve November Minutes (Griffin)
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- Karlie moved to approve; Amy seconded. All approved.
· Student Center/Counseling Center Update (Van de Graaff)
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- Mrs. Van De Graaff was gone so Mrs. Aardema gave the update.
- Counselors did a fabulous job with 6th grade orientation night and 5th grade visit. They presented in 7th grade ELA classes today with registration cards and will do 6th grade ELA on Thursday.
· PTSA Updates (Lavigne)
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- Share mental health screener night flyer
- Going to do a dinner for one of the PTC nights for teachers
- Nominating board is going well. We still need a president elect as our current one is the SCC chair at another school and cannot do both.
· Land Trust/TSSP Draft for 2026 (Karren)
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- Ms. Karren thanked the SCC for their involvement and input as we look at our data and goals for next year.
- We have 4 goals; 3 academic and 1 school climate goal
- We now have new testing measures. It is called MAP (measure for academic progress).
- Ms. Karren suggested bumping up our ELA goal by 1%
- The academic goals will probably not change a lot other than raising our goals.
- We will change our school climate goal and change the way we measure it.
- Ms. Shaw asked about ASC schedule. Ms. Karren said that we are continuing to work on filling the need.
- Rochelle asked about what BLT mini grants have been used for this year. Ms. Karren said that we used them to send ELA teachers to StoryCon and some materials for a math teacher. Rochelle asked if adjusting that budget would affect teachers and Ms. Karren clarified that we have not used it all every year so it should be okay.
- Ms. Karren shared that we have not used our ML budget because the district got a grant and so we have been using that. We have a new MLL committee that is being overseen by a teacher and Mr. Olson, our assistant principal.
- Cinnamin asked about a newcomer curriculum and PD provided to all teachers in the school.
- Rochelle asked what Warrior Support is and Ms. Karren clarified that it is our after-school program. We pay teachers who stay after their contract time.
· School Announcements (Karren)
· Technology Update
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- This has been a positive change.
· Cell Tower funds for WEB training
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- Rochelle moved that we approve this plan. Amy seconded. All were in favor.
· Multi-cultural assembly March 6th
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- This was shared by way of information
· Canyoneering Night March 13th
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- This was shared by way of information
· Teacher of the Year nominations
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- The window has closed, but feel free to email Ms. Karren and she can share the feedback.
- SCC and PTSA member will serve on the committee to choose our teacher of the year
· Band room renovation
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- The board has not officially approved this yet, but we are so excited to hopefully move forward with this.
- Construction could start as early as May.
- Rochelle moved to adjourn the meeting. Amy seconded.
· Meeting times:
o March 4th
o April 1st
o May 6th
