Boise Brave ParentsParent Board Meeting MinutesApril 4, 2017
Attendance: Stacy Slattery, Nancy Werdel, Aliess Robison, Lisa Hauser, Sheila Grisham, Rhoda Brunelli, Sandra Cashen, Cindy Hartley, BJ Klotz, Robb Thompson,Shawn Del Ysursa, Vicky Swerdloff, Julie Manning, Louise Poole,Tina Michael, Nikki Reynolds, Nolan Strauss, Jackson Centeno, Jason Adams, Therese Patek
Excused absences:Kirsten Cadwell, Joan Wong, Amy Roe
Call to Order: Stacy Slattery called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m.,
Old Business:
March 7, 2017 minutes were distributed prior to meeting.No questions were raised.
Action: Sandra Cashen moved to approve the minutes;Shawn Del Ysursa seconded. Motion passed.
New Business:
Student Report
Nolan Strauss, Jackson Centeno(Student Representatives): noted that
-Prom Video completed and volunteer duties discussed with Louise. (Video shown to Board!)
-Food Drive for Boise Rescue Mission was successful with 4 barrels filled
-Leadership retreat in McCall is this weekend
-May 12- Street Fair;Yearbook signing and Talent Show – all from 2-6:30
Special Guest : Jason Adams
Presented information about documentary series being presented at BHS. Plan is to screen a free opical documentary every month or so for parents and students (when appropriate).
First will screen on April 18 – Miss Representation – geared for females
Second film on April 27 – The Mask You Live In – geared for males, but Jason would like to see all students see both films. Discussion curriculum is included with site license and will be used in some classes.
Would like the BBPs to help get the word out. Notice will go in BW and another email will issue prior to events. Encouraged use of Facebook to spread the word. RSVP to attend in order to gauge expected attendance. Audito0rium holds 1000. Films are also available on Netflix.
Faculty Report
Cindy Hartley (Faculty Representative):
Amber Tetrickexpressed appreciation for the staff lunch; Stephanie Phillipsrelayed that her Community Leadership students are doing some really cool stuff: Podcasts through partnership with Radio Boise highlighting cool things students are doing at Boise High and in the community, a diaper drive for low-income families, and planning a Stress Less Week for mid-April;Dayna Showalterrelayed that BHS had launched a new program called Sources of Strength in March. Students were nominated based on leadership skills and being respected members of their peer group. Sources of Strength is a nationwide program designed to aid communities in addressing the unhealthy norms that contribute to suicide, bullying, violence, and substance abuse. The main 'goal' is to connect students (peer leaders) and teachers (adult advisors) to spread messages of hope and positivity to the school, which will in turn alter the culture of the school. This is an on-going project that will hopefully grow in the coming years. Mr. Thompson said the program was funded through a state grant, and that 60 students and 17 staff participated. A 2-hour training is planned for the entire staff in August.
Principal Report
Robb Thompson:
Provided facilities update. Existing music building will be demolished to allow a basement level that will create 4,200 new square footage. Performing arts center and gym will share a lobby. Plans include a Microtheater that seats 75. Orchestra space will be much larger. Exterior four walls of old gym will remain intact. Renderings of the space were shown. Construction will commence on last day of school, and Performing Arts center will be built first.
Treasurer’s Report
Aliess Robison (Treasurer): Please see the attached Braves Financial Report.
Action: Nikki Reynolds moved to accept the Financial Report; Tina Michael seconded. Motion passed.
Committee Reports:
Rhoda Brunelli (Gala Chair): Provided Gala recap. Goal was surpassed, with $57,000 in profit. Ticket sale revenues were up although actual number of tickets sold was down slightly. Auction sales were up by 50%; paddle-up was double from prior event. Raffle and wine auction were very successful. JUMP expenses were $10,000 and the auction expenses were about $9,000, so well within budget. GREAT JOB by Rhoda and Sheila!!!
Sandra Cashen (Ice Cream Social):
Dates established for May 15 (Seniors), 16 (Juniors), and 17 (Sophomores). Volunteer duties will go to Louise. 756 students are eligible to participate, looking for ways to get more to engage.
Tina Michael discussed the Heart of the Brave Assembly and sent a sign-up sheet around for the breakfast items to be served.
Vicky Swerdloff (Hospitality Co-Chair): provided update on upcoming events:
April: Collect snacks for AP testing
May 4: Teacher Appreciation Week lunch & goodies
May 18: May Birthdays
May 31: Year End Staff Luncheon
Shawn Del (Activities Chair): Provided updated Activities Calendar. See attached.
Stacy Slattery (Senior Party Co- Chair):Stacy reported that party plans were ongoing for May 30 party,
Next meeting is on May 2, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.
Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Calendar
Choir Tour To San Francisco
When Apr 5 – 9, 2017
Drama - Washington Street Players Shakespeare’s 12th Night
When April 1-14, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Band Pre-festival Concert
When Mon, April 17, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
DIII HS Band Large Group Festival
When Apr 19 – 20, 2017
Where Vallivue High School
Choir Spring Concert
When Wed, April 19, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Orchestra Senior Concerto Concert
When Thu, April 20, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Drama - Oregon Shakespeare Festival
When Apr 21 – 23, 2017
DIII HS Metro Choral Festival
When Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017
Where Borah Senior High School
BHS Band Concert
When Wed, April 26, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Chamber Orchestra Benefit Concert at Cathedral of the Rockies
When Sun, April 30, 7pm – 9pm
Where Cathedral of the Rockies
Theater 4 One Act Plays - Micro Theater
When Wed, May 3-5, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Where Boise High School
State Solo (Band, Choir & Orchestra)
When May 5 – 6, 2017
Where Moscow, ID
Music Week School Night Concert
When Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Where Taco Bell Arena 6:30pm
Choir Pops Concert
When Mon, May 15, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Band Spring Awards Concert
When Tue, May 16, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Guitar Spring Concert
When Wed, May 17, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Orchestra Pops Concert
When Thu, May 18, 7pm – 8pm
Where Boise High School
Kudos
Ms. Talley would like to recognize the following students who advanced to State Solo from Boise High Orchestra:
Violin: Ellie Hunt, Minj Ko, Elizabeth Lee
Viola: Anaise Boucher Browning, Allen Skirvin
Cello: Eunice Kweon, Jake Anderson
Bass: Lexie Friel
Boise High also had two string quartets advance to the State Ensemble competition. For the second year in a row, one BSH quartet was a finalist in the Boise Chamber Music Society’s String Quartet competition at BSU.
Boise High had the largest number of Solo and Ensemble entries at 53 as well as the greatest number of kids advancing to State.
Fun Fact
This June the BHS Chamber Orchestra will be touring in Germany and the Czech Republic. One of the performances will be at Terezin (Theresienstadt), a Nazi concentration camp. Here is some information on the camp’s cultural life directly from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website at
Despite the terrible living conditions and the constant threat of deportation, Theresienstadt had a highly developed cultural life. The distinctiveness of the camp-ghetto's cultural life lies first in the activities of thousands of professional and amateur artists, their concerts, theatrical performances, artworks, poetry readings, and above all the composition of musical works: an outpouring of culture under unimaginably difficult conditions, unparalleled in the Nazi camp system.
Theresienstadt was the only concentration camp in which religious life was practiced, more or less undisturbed, beginning with the celebration of the first night of Hanukkah in late December 1941. The ghetto library had more than 10,000 volumes in Hebrew. Both within and outside the framework of the "open university," more than 2,300 lectures (more than one for each day of the camp-ghetto's existence) were given on topics ranging from art to medicine, from economics to Jewish history.
Verdi'sRequiemwas performed in Theresienstadt. Composer Viktor Ullmann, a student of Arnold Schönberg, wrote 20 musical works, though he could not finish all of them before his deportation in 1944.
Other figures of European or worldwide significance who were prisoners at Theresienstadt were Ullmann's fellow composers Carlo S. Taube, Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas, and Zigmund Schul; the artists Bedrich Fritta (pseudonym for Fritz Taussig), Leo Haas, Felix Bloch, Max Placek, and Peter Kien, who was also a talented poet, as well as Friedl Dicker-Brandeis; the architect Norbert Troller; the theologian-philosopher Leo Baeck; and the author/composer of books and songs for children, Ilse Weber.
Victor Ullmann's opera,Der Kaiser von Atlantis; oder der Tod dankt ab(The Emperor of Atlantis; Or Death Resigns), written in collaboration with Peter Kien, is thought by many to be one of the most significant creations in the spiritual legacy of the Holocaust era.Remembered with equal emotion and reverence is the Theresienstadt prisoner Hans Krása's children's opera,Brundibár, which was performed 55 times during the existence of the camp-ghetto, and on one occasion during the 1944 visit of representatives from the International and Danish Red Cross.
BRAVES FINANCIAL REPORT