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January 12, 2021 – Minutes

Attending Members:

Doug Graham—Principal
Roxann Wolfe-Counselor
Tess Hortin—Parent/Chair
Charlotte Gonzalez—Teacher
Cindy Boyer—Parent
Katie Atkinson—Parent
Aja Steck—Parent
Laurie Marsh—Parent
Teneil Hansen—PTA President

Excused Members:

Halley Nelson—Assistant Principal
Mindy Doyle—Parent/Secretary
Chair – Tess Hortin:

● December Minutes Approved

● Discussion and proposal to amend Article 3, Number 3 Indian Hills Middle School

Bylaws:

○ Motion to approve- CINDY
○ 2ND- KATIE

Principal Updates – Doug Graham:

● TSSP Report & Land Trust Report

  • internal data shows growth
  • due to circumstances we don’t have external data/rise testing
  • funding is still there
  • everything in both plans is on track

● Teacher of the Year Nominations

  • possible contest to get kids to have their parents submit nominations. With every nomination that student will be entered into a drawing.

● Next Year’s Plans

  • Sending out a survey to community asking for what needs to to be met
  • TSSP: looking to add in mini grants for teachers , maybe look into options for extra math resources

Counseling Center – Roxann Wolfe

● Alta Registration coming up: virtual orientation for 8th graders, Alta counselors coming to IHM to help students

● Incoming 6th graders orientation – virtual with links and resources for parents and students

● Feb 8th IHM registration – virtual and will be doing online registration forms, no paper forms

● Student support groups starting back up in a couple weeks

● Fridays @ 11:00 student connect

● Career Day for 8th graders in April- Virtual

PTSA Update – Teneil Hansen

● White Ribbon Week- February

● PTC Dinner

● Jan 26th: PTSA Day at the Capital is all virtual

  • Student session 3:00- 3:30
  • Adult session: during the afternoon

Follow Up Items for next month:

● Feedback for counseling center on virtual registration

● Ideas for speakers for virtual Career Day

Next SCC Meeting: February 9th @ 3:30- virtual