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Mililani Uka SCC Council Meeting Mililani Uka Library August 29, 2005 Members Present: Daryl Fujino, Mari Nishida, Carrie LaForteza, Lorene Park, Robyn Goya, Heather Wilhelm, Diana Bonsignore, Norma Tansey, Micah Thomas-Vieira, Greg Watanabe, Eric Matsumoto, Vikki, Wong-Webb, Cindi Saguibo, Nasrin Segovia, Lii Furuta, Jan Fukada Guests: Mike Travis, parent I. Call to Order Chairperson Eric Matsumoto called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. A short recess was called. Meeting reconvened at 5:10 p.m. II. Approval of Minutes Minutes stand approved as circulated. III. Approval of Agenda The agenda stands approved as circulated IV. Reports A. HUI Update-Lii Furuta Magazine drive completed today. Sally Foster fundraiser will begin on Sept. 8. Fall Fest will be held on October 21. Craft Fair will be held on December 17. Revision of the By-Laws. The Hui is currently seeking interested parents/community members/teachers to revise the Hui by-laws; no confirmed date has been set as of yet. Papa Johns pizza night will continue on Thursday nights. B. PCNC report-Norma Tansey Parent Orientation was held on July 28, 1005 with 70 percent attendance over all. Standards-Based Report Card. An information session on the new report card was held on Wednesday, August 24, 2005. Additional Report Card Talk Story sessions will be held on October 14 for parents/guardians who could not attend the evening session. Get Moving, Get Fit Fitness event was held today. This event had tremendous support from the military and was a successful community event. Academic and financial plan parent information session will be held in the library tonight. Math Talk Story Sessions will be held for parents of all grade levels following the Labor Day weekend. Safety week will be called “Play It Safe” week. Foodland’s Give Aloha Program. Uka will participate in Foodland’s Give Aloha Program during the month of September. Office Depot is participating in a year long rewards program. eScript renewal program is on-going. Kindergarten literacy Read Aloud Night will be held on September 7, 2005.About 150 parents have signed up for this event. Food will be supplied by Mililani Restaurant. Complex parent workshop dealing with bullying will be held at Mililani Ike on September. 15, 2005. All American Hero Night will be held on Sept 20, 2005. Mililani High School Homecoming parade on Friday, Sept. 16. C. Student Council Officer trainng was held on August 26th held at Mililani Mauka Elementary. D. Teachers Grade 3 students will be attending a Blue Coral field trip on October 21, 2005. E. Off-Ratio teachers No report F. Non-Certificated staff No report G. Parents No report H. Community No report I. Management 1. NCLB Mililani Uka made AYP. 2. CSSS Numbers of special needs students is on the rise due to new children moving into the Uka geographic area and Pre-school referrals. 3. QAT Leadership working on the topics. 4. SBRC (Standards Based Report Card) One parent information session was held with the addition of two more being planned. October 14, (Friday) 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 5. NALT No report
6. Academic and Financial Plan Parent meeting for input will be held tonight. This plan is for next school year. 7. PBS - Diana Bonsignore a. PBS Monthly Data. Report of last year shared with Diana. Hoopono badge steadily above the 90% range. Students showing respect. Referrals exclude tardies. Numbers for a given month is low. Tardy is improving--tardies become worse just before the quarter ends. b. Parent Education Parent handbook--Schoolwide behavior expectations. Home component was added. 8. Safety Committee Concerns Diana will continue to bring minutes of the safety committee to the council. This committee meets 4 times a year. V. Unfinished Business A. Member orientation. The school received the booklets from the state but are waiting for the covers. B. Process for SCC input to Academic & Financial Plans. Moved, and seconded to approve the following timeline for development of the Academic and Financial Plans. · Parent/Community inputs at forum on Aug 29th. · Leadership Team (Focus Groups) develops plans using inputs from Parent/Community Forum. · Draft copy of the Academic and Financial Plan emailed to SCC members by October 15th for review. · SCC comments on draft plans adopted at Oct 17th SCC meeting. · Leadership Team (Focus Groups) reviews and incorporates SCC comments. · Draft copy #2 emailed to SCC members by November 12. · SCC approves Academic and Financial Plans at Nov 14th SCC meeting. · Final plans submitted to CAS by November 23, 2005. Motion carried. VI. New Business A. Plan for Input from Parents & Community for the Academic and Financial Plan. See Unfinished Business. B. Student Early Release for Parent-Teacher Conferences Moved and seconded to release students 25 minutes early on the day of the parent-teacher conferences. Faculty felt that extra time was needed during the conference to cover and answer questions on the standards based report cards. This would result in school ending at 12:30pm vice 1:00pm for that day only. Approval from BOE would be submitted upon adoption of the motion. Motion carried. VII. Announcements Next meeting: October 17, 5:00 p.m. Mililani Uka Library Parent/Community Meeting tonight following adjourment in library. VIII. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 6:03 p.m. Respectfully submitted,
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