SAC Meeting: Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Principal’s Update- Mr. Toliver

  • Superhero school
  • B school (points/last school year what letter grade were we)
  • Coconut Creek Innovation Zone- NEWS- 4 parent meetings (1 per quarter) First Parent training Oct. 14that 9am at coconut creek elementary
  • PTSA Parents Needed for the Executive Board ( President, Vice President, Treasurer)
  • School projected 1220 students for enrollment and have 1251 enrolled
  • Afterschool Program/Before & Afterschool Tutoring(core subjects starting in October offered 2-3 days a week) CROCKETT FOUNDATION
  • Wednesdays and Thursdays AM Lab starting in October at 8AM
  • Curriculum Carnival October 27th family night of fun with their kids, each department will… door prizes will be given and a performance, light refreshments will be served
  • Donations- See Mrs. Harris
  • New Electives for 6th grade- Coding and Leadership 2.0
  • CSR- Class size reduction (approx.. 98% of all classes) 22 students per class
  • No questions

SAC Nominations for Co-Chairs and Secretary- Ms. Shell

  • Ms. Shell explained each position and we nominated for the following positions
  • Secretary- Ms. Sayles
  • Ms. Shell-Chair
  • Ms. Washington- Co Chair
  • Ms. Sayles- Secretary

SAC Composition 2016-2017- Ms. Shell

oPrincipal-

oTeachers- Ms. Sayles, Ms. Shell, Ms. Washington, Ms. Coombs, Ms. Brevett)

oParents- Ms. Chambers,

oInnovation Zone Representative (Must Be a parent)- Ms. Reid

oSAF Chairperson (Parent)- Mr. Cox

oESOL REP (Parent of ESOL Student)- Mr. Cadet

oESE REP (Parent of ESE Student)

oGifted Rep

oNon-Instructional Employees- Mr. Span

oCommunity/Business Rep- Ms. Wood

oStudents (Optional in Middle School)

oSchool Board Employee is always a School Board Employee even if it’s at your child’s school, different from yours

MMS Business Partners- Mrs. Murray

  • 10 Business Partners donated to Curriculum Carnival

STEM Update- Mr. Daniel

  • Coding is going really great
  • IBA- Internet Business Association- Students are learning how to use it in a more useful way
  • ICT classes- Learning fundamental things such as web designs, internet communication, programing and etc.
  • MOM- Microsoft word, PowerPoint, Microsoft excel
  • Students will pass and become certified in all three soft wares
  • Civil Engineering
  • No questions

2016-2017 School Improvement Plan- Ms. Washington

  • Ms. Washington explained what the SIP entails
  • The importance of the SIP was explained.
  • She explained that the SIP will be discussed throughout the year.
  • She explained that specific sections of the SIP will be approved periodically during the school year at the SAC Meetings.

Title I Parent Involvement Update- Ms. Washington

  • Parents should know their rights
  • Such as, Testing dates
  • If a teacher is not highly qualified
  • Parental Involvement-
  • Trainings coming up (get dates) we will send about three parents
  • SAC committee do you prefer morning or evening meetings…voted
  • Evening won

School Activities- Mrs. Murray

  • After school Tutoring (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) till 5:30PM
  • Basketball Season is starting
  • AMLab (Wednesdays, Thursdays) 8-9AM
  • Grades are closing on Thursday
  • Extended Learning (Achieve 3000) till 9PM

Safety Update- Mrs. Harris

  • Fire Drill was successful
  • PBS- HERO points – reward students with hero points,
  • Teachers will follow a calendar on what to monitor for the day such as, being prepared for class, on time, ID badge etc.
  • STRONG (stands for)
  • Question: What is the school attire? What about the boys having their pants down? Mr. Reid

Question- Mr. Cadet “What are we doing to get to the next level of being an A school?”

Answered- Ms. Shell answered “we get together as a department and curriculum to meet and share and etc. (listed all the purchases that we have) Saturday Camp- starts in January… Free tutoring afterschool

Mr. Cadet said “as parents we have to be responsible as well”

Teachers got together over the summer to strategical plan for the school year.

Parent conferences:

Meeting adjourned at 9:00PM