RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

School Advisory Council Minutes

December 9, 2004

 

(Listed Alphabetically)

Members Present:

Pat Bliss - Instructional                                    Kate Mocherman – Classified

Vinny Cannizzaro – Student                            Alison Neville – Classified

Caine Dvoskin – Student                                 Linda Nook – R.H.S. Principal

Chuck Evans – Chairman                                Janice Piedra – Parent/Co-Chairperson

Abby Gerrity – Parent                                      Kim Richards – Instructional

Lloyd Hankinson – Instructional                     Dusty Twining – Instructional

Sue Hlohinec – Parent                                     Tracy Walls – Community

Tina Martinelli – Parent                                   Frederick D. Williams – Community

Bob Marvin – Instructional                              Dimitrije Zdravkovich – Instructional

 

Members Absent:

Amiee Buckman - Parent (Excused)                Bonnie Kulha – Parent

Jennifer Daly – Student (Excused)                  Fred Monix – Community

Ali Dvoskin – Student (Excused)                     Jim Popielinski – Parent

Jorge Echeverri – ESOL                                   Curt Singleton – Parent

 

SAC Facilitator:  Rachel Shelley – R.H.S. AP

SAC Secretary:  Jeanne Ladimir – R.H.S. Secretary

 

Guests:

Kacie Detota, Emma Disley, Ashley Flint, Jenn Glucklich, Sarah Platz, Betsy Sharff

 

Guest Speakers: 

Evie Eddins – Renaissance Learning Center (R.L.C.) Coordinator

Debbie Mason – R.H.S. Scholarship/College Advisor

 

 

 

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

Chuck Evans called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.

 

 

SAC MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING

The October 14, 2004 SAC minutes were reviewed and approved as written.

 

 

SCHOLARSHIP RESOURCE ROOM – Debbie Mason, R.H.S. Scholarship/College Advisor

q       Ms. Mason distributed information regarding the Scholarship Resource Room.  Her goal is to meet with students so that she can share with them financial aid, scholarships and college planning information. Students will fill out a Student Info Sheet (Name, Grade, GPA, SAT/ACT Score, Colleges Interested In, Majors/Careers interested In, Financial Need, etc.) These sheets will help determine where students are at in their whole process and what kind of things they will need.  This information will match students with scholarships and other types of resources that are out there available to them. 

q       Ms. Mason distributed a copy of her November Monthly Report that showed her appointments, meetings and assemblies she had attended and scholarship nomination programs she had coordinated.  She shared how her assistance at Renaissance helped her get to know the students and also the parents who had volunteered at this activity.

q       Scholarship Scene is mailed to all the seniors. It shares what new scholarships are available.

q       SPAM (Scholarship Planning And More) - “Got SPAM?”  hats and t-shirts will be available to students to help spread the word around.

 

 

OCTOBER FCAT RESULTS / FCAT PREP COMPREHENSIVE PLANS

– Evie Eddins, R.H.S. Renaissance Learning Center (R.L.C.) Coordinator

q       Ms. Eddins distributed a 2005 FCAT Comprehensive Preparation Plan showing a timeline of what will be accomplished.  She also distributed a FCAT 2005 Preparation Materials Inventory showing all the materials that are available to help students along with other ideas to help them.  Each student was given a packet with a registration form, a letter explaining the program, and their individual score history. Scores are from TRAKKER and show every FCAT score for tests taken.   She also feels that R.H.S. needs an FCAT Prep Class.

q       October FCAT Scores have come back.  Two different letters were mailed home to students.  One letter congratulated students upon meeting their requirements for Math and Reading.  The other letter was sent to students who did not meet the requirements for passing the FCAT and informed them that the Explorer program was available to them after school and how they can sign up for it.  In addition, Leo Lachambre, R.L.C. Co-Coordinator, will be following those letters up with phone calls during the first week in January.  The program starts on January 10, 2005.

q       30 seniors still need to pass one or both sections of the FCAT. 

q       FCAT Tuesday:  All 9th and 10th grade teachers will specifically address test taking strategies and FCAT skills.

 

2005 – 06 / 2006-07 DISTRICT-WIDE CALENDAR – Linda Nook, R.H.S. Principal

q       SAC members reviewed the 2005-06 and 2006-07 District-Wide Calendar drafts that are being proposed by the Calendar Committee for consideration and will go before the school board for approval. 

q       SAC members noted several concerns such as an August 11th student return to school date (high absenteeism), having two days off before Christmas (traveling during Winter Break and taking semester exams after the winter break will be challenging to students).  Good Friday was another concern and it was mentioned that since school is not closed for Jewish holidays, if Good Friday is important to an employee, they could take the day off using a personal day.

 

SAC members will recommend the following changes to the Calendar Committee:

 

Event

2005-06

2006-07

Return to School

Teachers - August 3, 2005

Students – August 9, 2005

Teachers - August 3, 2006

Students – August 9, 2006

Winter Break

December 22, 2005 – January 6, 2006

December 21, 2006 – January 8, 2007

Sprint Break

March 13* - 17, 2006 (* may be 14th)

March 19 - 23, 2007

Professional Day

March 20, 2006

March 16, 2007

Semester Ends

December 21, 2005

December 20, 2006

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

q       R.H.S. Teacher of the Year – Kim Cullen

q       Kate Mocherman SAC Member and Jeanne Ladimir SAC Secretary are finalists for R.H.S. Classified Employee of the Year

q       Annual Winter Festival Concert – December 9th @ 7:30 p.m. at the Opera House

q       Starlight Foundation Percussion Performance – December 13th @ 7:00 p.m. at Manatee H.S.

 

FUTURE AGENDA

q       School Improvement Plan (30 Hour) for Classified employees

q       I.B. Stipend/Contract

q       National Engineering Program for high school kids

q       Small Learning Communities update

q       February 16, 2005 School Board Presentation.  Dress rehearsal is January 13, 2006.

 

NEXT SAC MEETING:  Tuesday, January 13, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in room 9-003.

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:05 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted by Jeanne Ladimir