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School Governance Council September 20, 2016 Topic: School Governance Council Note Taker: Katelin Jacobs Time Keeper: Mr. Jubrey Meetings Objectives:  To review logistics  To update staff changes  School Improvement Plan To prepare for this meeting please:  Come ready to learn about our School Highlights, Logistics and the School Improvement Plan for 2016-2017 Please bring: Nothing needed for this meeting Time Minutes Activity

6:00- 15 Welcomes and Introductions 6:15 Reviewed the meeting wise agenda process - Agreed that Afton Gilyard will continue to take notes for this year. Introductions: - Anitra did a computer science internship this summer and will be bringing it to our students. - Katie was accepted into a professional executive leadership development program through Achievement First. Logistics  PreK Arrival changes 6:15- 10 o PreK is ariving on the Burnham St. Side of the building to separate them from 6:25 the older kids. o Based on safety of knowing who is in the building.  Staff Changes o Approx. 9 people who left based on budgetary constraints o 3 teachers chose to move on to new locations around the country o Additions . Alyssa Angelo 2/3 . Julie Stevens- resource teacher . Lisa Everett- ELA middle school . Melanie Blain- middle school math . Steven Curti- PE. . Ms. Jozwick – music (starting instrumental music)  Code descriptions o Fire Drill o Green- evacuation to offsite evacuation location (Rawson School) o Yellow – clear the hallway/ or outside threat o Red- internal threat (hidden)

6:25- 20 mins Overall Highlights from 2015-2016 6:45 - Magnet School of America School of Distinction - Summer School Grant $60,000 (due to state budget we did not get the funds, but we might get for next year) - All doors and ceilings were painted with a grant from the district - Access to 15 acres of land including the fields behind the school, playscape and splash pad - Updated our website -Starbase stem week long field trip grade 5 -Salmon raised and released in CT river MS - All grades had community service partnerships

Curriculum Highlights - Top 3 Hartford public schools in SBAC math growth 8.8% - Teachers College Consultant who coaches in readers and writers workshop - University Hartford partnership (PD with vocab and adopting practicum students) - Character Highlights - All classroom teachers have taken or are taking mindfulness fundamentals - Norma Neumann-Johnson is teaching mindfulness in grades 2-8 in twice a week - Another person is working with pre-k through grade 1

Looking Ahead - Working on our literacy block for PD  Centers  Word work  Intervention -We will have interventions for students k-8 in both literacy and math -More focused professional development teacher by teacher -Katie focused on getting to know kids more academically this summer 6:45- 40 mins School Improvement Plan – To be continued 7:25 Literacy Math Parent Engagement  93% of parents came to more than one event in school other than parent teacher conferences  This year our goal is 80% of parents will come to 2 or more events other than conferences  Connect Ed on Sunday night at 7pm Character  Student Success Plans for every student in grades 6-8  Discover your talent period from 8:30 – 9:23 in middle school o Specials, comp. Sci, leadership, mindfulness, Spanish, etc. 2016-17 SGC Training Schedule  We don’t think you need to retake the budget training if you did go last year  Katie will check on this.

Protocol: Plus/Delta (meeting) 7:25- 5 Assess what worked well about this meeting and what we would like to change for next time 7:30 Plus Delta

 Good highlights  SGC was caught up but some members did not have a lot of time to address things that were on their mind.  Next year, maybe Mrs. Leonard can send an agenda with slides for previewing, and members can come prepared to discuss.  Also, maybe we have a meeting the first week of school versus the end of the month of September to catch up.

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