Summary+of+meetings

September 8 Meeting


 * * Recess: We will go over the “walk and whisper” rule again with our classes. Noise picks up as kids go up the stairs ||
 * * Imagine It- We are all on the same lesson. Try to combine lessons on short weeks. ||
 * * Alaska Junior Theater Field Trip-Kim shared information about the dates and performances available (Sleeping Beauty is daily from Jan. 30th to February 4th and Peter and the Wolf is daily from April 23 to April 27th. There are two performances each day at 10:15 and at 12:00. Bus grants can be applied for anytime before February 1st and the cost of admission for students in $7. Admission waivers for some students can be granted as well.

Sammy will talk to her fiancé, Shane, about doing a performance at Houston Middle School for our grade level. ||
 * * SES-how and when to share with families: Brooke favors the Imagine Learning Academy program for our school which is done in the school pc lab. It is a computer based program and the student to teacher ratio is 10:1. We decided that we should try to identify our students who may benefit from this program and give Brook the names so she can try to see if they are receiving f/r lunch. If they are not, we can see if they would qualify for migrant education and thus, the free tutoring. We should be thinking about talking to parents about this program at parent teacher conferences, but trying to get those families qualified before that time. ||
 * * Planning Documents: We will work on our Math planning document at our next team meeting on 9-15-11 ||
 * * Halloween: We learned that we will be doing classroom parties on Halloween day and costumes will be worn. These parties are going to be held at the end of the day for apx. 45 minutes. The PTA sponsored Fall Festival will be held on the Friday before Halloween. ||