1/1/2011 SCHOOL COUNCIL - MASHPEE MIDDLE SCHOOL Minutes

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Mashpee Middle School School Council Minutes — May 5, 2011 Attendance: Sheila Arnold, Sue Curtis, Betsy Caldwell, Kevin Frye, Renda Coughlan, Rewa Melby The meeting convened at 2:15pm. Approval of minutes April of 2011 completed. Old Business An informational meeting for grade 7 parents was held on April 28, 2011. This meeting reviewed the proposed itinerary, pricing,behavior contracts and other important information. This is the first time that preparations for the trip have begun this soon. Step Up Night will be held on May 23 for grade 6 students at 6:00 in the auditorium. Students and parents will also visit exhibit tables for extracurricular activities and departmental tables. Families will also be invited to visit the book fair Student Handbook that was approved will be voted on May 11 by the school committee. New Business The Grade 6 transition will continue with visits to the Quashnet by the principal to go over summer reading requirements as well as locker usage, technology policies etc. This will take place on June 13, 2011. Grade 8 Graduation will take place on June 22 beginning at 7:45 with a breakfast, then the ceremony and the awards presentations immediately after. Graduation will be followed by a field day in the afternoon. Grade 7 will also have field day that day. Grade 8 field trip to Water Wizz on June 21 and the dinner cruise will take place on June 17, 2011. Discussion took place about the new web-site and the ability to take polls. The current poll deals with the amount of time students spend on homework Grade 7 field trips—June 1 —Museum of Science, June 17—Battleship Cove and Buttonwood Park The 10-11 school Improvement Plan was reviewed to measure accomplishments. The plan will be revisited upon receipt of the MCAS scores, and new goals for the upcoming year will be explored in September by staff, and then the council in October of 2011. The council also heard information about proposing to add a homeroom to the day for students. This would take place between 8:30-8:40 every day. It would provide students with consistency, and a time to organize themselves for the day with the supervision of a homeroom teacher. Finally recommendations from the council included looking into the possibility of making all calls to the homes for the students who have teacher detentions and office detentions. Reminder: This is our last meeting of the school year,meetings will resume in October with elections taking place the night of the Open House in September. Motion to adjourn at 3:00 pm