Meeting began at 6:03 p.m.
Attendees: Jean Nelson, Laura Whalen, Robin Semmelhack, Kara Sherrill, Josh Grove, Kara Harris
- Approve board meeting minutes from December
- Kara S moves to approve
- Carrie seconds
- Calendar Changes
- Lunar New Year Parade - 1/31 to 2/5
- Family Dance - 2/14 to 3/27
- Vote to approve date changes is unanimous
- Family Dance
- Ms. Becker decided we should start small
- Only TK - 2nd grade
- Family vibe, like a wedding
- Sal’s Pizza will do a Dine & Donate
- Jeanne Grove - Concerned about branding of “dance”
- Freya Shape - Staff meeting addressed chatter among older kids about dance/dates, decided to start with the younger grades to see how it goes
- Laura W - Cherry Valley had a family dance recently; we should reach out to their PTA to find out details
- Dia del Nino - Sarah S
- Traditionally happens on 4/30 in Latin America
- Sarah & Laura Barron have run the event in the past, don’t have time to spearhead it alone this year
- Opportunity for the latino community to volunteer and come together
- Need help to fill three committees: Logistics/Communications, Food, Activities
- 6th graders usually help run the games
- Robin will send a Parent Square post to
- Will target 4/25 at 5:30 p.m. for this year
- McDowell does a Dia del Nino event - we should reach out to them
- Valley Vista did a Dia de los Muertos event
- Grounds Committee - Kirsten Franklin
- There was previously a Garden Committee
- Outdoor learning has continued to expand, making it necessary to maintain more areas of the grounds
- Environmental Literacy is transitioning from having a single coordinator to embedding environmental concepts in the classroom
- Kirsten will be gone next year but wants to pass along resources/materials/knowledge
- Can we combine with MASC?
- Leigh, as the garden coordinator, should be on the committee
- Need collaboration with the PCS district maintenance team
- The district has an Environmental Literacy and Climate committee
- There are already interested parents in the outdoor library project - can we leverage them?
- Wish Benefit - Lisa S
- Need help with auction items
- Any leads on big ticket items would be helpful, especially experiential things
- Float house cold plunge
- The Block has McNear connections
- Lisa will send a post to ask for ideas
- Spirit Wear - Laura W
- Chick City is going to do a design for us
- Will not be a fundraiser; they will sell them through their website
- Could we do something to give kids shirts that need them?
- Can we reuse old shirts that kids grow out of?
- We can ask if Chick City can make a patch with the new design
Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.