[Mjhsteam] Parent Group Meeting at 7:15AM Jan 3rd plus Dec. minutes
Susan
srmahoney@moscow.com
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Hi everyone, hope you had a great winter vacation. If you get this
message before 7:15am on Tuesday (Jan 3rd) come join us for a parent
group meeting at the Jr. High in room 201!
Also, set aside Wednesday evening February 1st, and come join us for an
Interactive Computer Internet Safety Family Night! It's for parents,
guardians, or mentors and MJHS students to attend together. There will
be FREE PIZZA and PRIZES for those in attendance. Hope to see you there.
The minutes from the December meeting are below. Sorry for taking so
long to post them!
- Susan Mahoney
MJHS PST Chairperson
*MJHS PST Minutes for December 2005*
Susan Mahoney, our MJHS Parent Support Team representative for
2005-2006, led our December parent group. Hillary Dilworth recorded the
minutes.
*/The following people were in attendance: /*
Marie Charles, Sandy Gibson, Hillary Dilworth, Evan Holmes , Erin
McCall, Mary Jo VanGerpen, Susan Mahoney, Lisa Morris, Henrianne
Westberg, Randy Shepherd, Officer Marie Miller, Charlie Gerke,* *Ken
Segota, Principal Dale Kleinert, Assistant Principal Kevin Hill.
*/Welcome and introductions were made, the meeting agenda, and December
school calendar was handed out to those in attendance./*
*/Facilities Task Force Report - /*Desiree Jacobson had a family
emergency and a volunteer was asked to replace her for the December
meetings. Evan Holmes volunteered to attend the rest of the December
meetings.
*/Assistant Principal's Report -/* Kevin had passed out a brochure from
Premier, the company that made the Student Agendas, in the last few
meetings. Due to time constraints, the calendars will be advertised and
offered next school year.
*Fall Awards Assembly- Dec 8^th @ **10:00am** -* Honoring the Fall
Sports Teams (Volley ball, Football, Cheerleaders, and Citizenship
awards for the teams). There will be announcements for the Geography Bee
winners, Knowledge Bowl participants, Student Council participants and
the school Orchestra will perform. The "TOY DRIVE" will also be
addressed. Everyone should bring in New/Gently used toys for the kids in
the Moscow area. Friday, December 9^th will be the end of the Toy Drive.
*/WEB WISE KIDS- Interactive Internet Safety Program - /*Charlie Gerke
and Marie Miller came to introduce an Internet safety program as a
possible Family Night activity. The interactive program is designed to
get both kids and parents to work together and teach one another about
Internet safety while using the computer/Internet at home or elsewhere.
The program usually runs about 3 hours long and it was proposed to
either have it in back-to-back sessions or on a Saturday. It was also
mentioned that it may be incorporated in to the Keyboarding class as
part of the curriculum. There is a free game offered through the website
called "MISSING" to help both parents and kids understand how to respond
if confronted by a potential child predator. For more information,
please feel free to visit www.webwisekids.org
<http://www.webwisekids.org/> .
*/Staff Appreciation Report /**- *was given by Sandy Gibson. She thanked
those in attendance who were able to help and all of the parents who
supplied donations making it very nice for the Staff of MJHS. On
December 14^th , there will be another continental breakfast served to
the staff, volunteers and donations are being accepted at this time and
she will be announcing it in an email list serve.
*/Principals Report/* -Dale Kleinert discussed how the school's first
*SNOW DAY *was handled very well in spite of having to rearrange
Assessment testing and the Eagle Presentation for the 7^th graders. He
also mentioned that the school generously raised over 1500 cans for the
Canned Food Drive in a week in November. Finally, in the next week,
progress reports, with the Cub Communicator, are coming in the mail.
*/School Calendar- for December/*
*Dec 9^th *-7^th Grade Eagle Trip to Coeur D Alene
8pm-Choir Holiday concert/Kibbie Dome
*Dec 12^th *4-8pm, Future Problem Solvers competition
Knowledge Bowl @ 5pm
*Dec 13^th *- 7^th Grade Progress Reports
*Dec 14^th *-Staff Appreciation Cont. Breakfast-See Sandy Gibson
Winter Concert @ 7pm
*Dec 16^th *-Blue Team @ ken worthy Perf. Art for Sci-Fi Trip
*/Dec 19-Jan2 /*- */Winter Vacation/*
*Jan 3^rd *-PST meeting 7:15am and Back to school!
*/T-shirt Orders /*Susan Mahoney was pleased to report on the orders for
the MJHS t-shirts. She was picking up the final orders and placing them
just in time for Christmas.
*/Superintendent's coffee Report - /*Erin McCall reported on the
November parent group representatives meeting with the Superintendent.
At the meeting, Cindy Bechinski discussed the Test Scores for Direct
Math & Writing assessments. It was proposed that Cindy be asked to speak
at the February PST meeting and share with us the progress that the
students of the Moscow Schools are doing.
*/Other FAMILY NIGHT Ideas/*- The floor was opened to suggestions
regarding possible FAMILY Nights for the Spring. Some suggestions were:
DRUG AWARENESS, SCAVENGER HUNTS, SPUD-BINGO AND COSMIC BOWLING. Further
planning and discussion will be at the January meeting.
*/The next PST meeting will be held January 3^rd at /**/7:15am/**/. /*
Happy Holidays and see you Next Year!
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Hi everyone, hope you had a great winter vacation. If you get this
message before 7:15am on Tuesday (Jan 3rd) come join us for a parent
group meeting at the Jr. High in room 201!<br>
<br>
Also, set aside Wednesday evening February 1st, and come join us for an
Interactive Computer Internet Safety Family Night! It's for parents,
guardians, or mentors and MJHS students to attend together. There will
be FREE PIZZA and PRIZES for those in attendance. Hope to see you there.<br>
<br>
The minutes from the December meeting are below. Sorry for taking so
long to post them!<br>
<br>
- Susan Mahoney<br>
MJHS PST Chairperson<br>
<br>
<br>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: Arial;">MJHS PST Minutes for December 2005<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Susan Mahoney, our MJHS Parent
Support Team
representative for 2005-2006, led our December parent group. Hillary
Dilworth
recorded the minutes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">The
following people were in attendance: <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marie
Charles,
Sandy Gibson, Hillary Dilworth, Evan Holmes , Erin McCall, Mary Jo
VanGerpen,
Susan Mahoney, Lisa Morris, Henrianne Westberg, Randy Shepherd, <span
style="">Officer Marie Miller, Charlie Gerke,<b> </b></span>Ken
Segota, Principal Dale Kleinert, Assistant Principal Kevin Hill. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Welcome and introductions
were made,
the meeting agenda, and December school calendar was handed out to
those in
attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Facilities Task Force Report
- </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Desiree Jacobson
had a
family emergency and a volunteer was asked to replace her for the
December
meetings. Evan Holmes volunteered to attend the rest of the December
meetings.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Assistant Principal’s Report
-</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Kevin had passed out
a brochure from Premier, the
company that made the Student Agendas, in the last few meetings. Due to
time
constraints, the calendars will be advertised and offered next school
year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fall Awards Assembly- Dec 8<sup>th</sup>
@ </span></b><st1:time minute="0" hour="10"><b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">10:00am</span></b></st1:time><b><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> -</span></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">
Honoring the Fall Sports Teams (Volley ball, Football, Cheerleaders,
and
Citizenship awards for the teams). There will be announcements for the
Geography Bee winners, Knowledge Bowl participants, Student Council
participants and the school Orchestra will perform. The “</span><st1:Street><st1:address><span
style="font-family: Arial;">TOY DRIVE</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
style="font-family: Arial;">” will also be addressed. Everyone should
bring in
New/Gently used toys for the kids in the </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Moscow</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> area. Friday, December 9<sup>th</sup>
will be the
end of the </span><st1:Street><st1:address><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Toy Drive</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
style="font-family: Arial;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">WEB WISE KIDS- Interactive
Internet
Safety Program - </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Charlie
Gerke
and Marie Miller came to introduce an Internet safety program as a
possible
Family Night activity. The interactive program is designed to get both
kids and
parents to work together and teach one another about Internet safety
while
using the computer/Internet at home or elsewhere. The program usually
runs
about 3 hours long and it was proposed to either have it in
back-to-back
sessions or on a Saturday. It was also mentioned that it may be
incorporated in
to the Keyboarding class as part of the curriculum. There is a free
game
offered through the website called “MISSING” to help both parents and
kids
understand how to respond if confronted by a potential child predator.
For more
information, please feel free to visit <a
href="http://www.webwisekids.org/"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">www.webwisekids.org</span></a>
.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Staff Appreciation Report </span></i></b><b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">- </span></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">was
given by Sandy Gibson. She thanked those in attendance who were able to
help
and all of the parents who supplied donations making it very nice for
the Staff
of MJHS. On December 14<sup>th</sup>, there will be another continental
breakfast served to the staff, volunteers and donations are being
accepted at
this time and she will be announcing it in an email list serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Principals Report</span></i></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;"> -Dale Kleinert discussed how the school’s
first <b>SNOW
DAY </b>was handled very well in spite of having to rearrange
Assessment
testing and the Eagle Presentation for the 7<sup>th</sup> graders. He
also
mentioned that the school generously raised over 1500 cans for the
Canned Food
Drive in a week in November. Finally, in the next week, progress
reports, with the
Cub Communicator, are coming in the mail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">School Calendar- for December<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
9<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">-7<sup>th</sup>
Grade Eagle Trip to Coeur D Alene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><st1:time minute="0" hour="20"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">8pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-family: Arial;">-Choir
Holiday concert/Kibbie Dome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
12<sup>th</sup>
</span></b><st1:time minute="0" hour="16"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">4-8pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-family: Arial;">, Future Problem Solvers competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowledge
Bowl @ </span><st1:time minute="0" hour="17"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">5pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
13<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">- 7<sup>th</sup>
Grade Progress Reports<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
14<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">-Staff
Appreciation Cont. Breakfast-See Sandy Gibson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Winter
Concert @ </span><st1:time minute="0" hour="19"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">7pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
16<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">-Blue Team
@ ken worthy Perf. Art for Sci-Fi Trip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dec
19-Jan2 </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">- <b><i>Winter
Vacation</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jan
3<sup>rd</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">-PST meeting
7:15am and Back to school! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">T-shirt Orders </span></i></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Susan Mahoney was pleased to report on the
orders for
the MJHS t-shirts. She was picking up the final orders and placing them
just in
time for Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Superintendent’s coffee
Report - </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Erin McCall
reported on the November parent
group representatives meeting with the Superintendent. At the meeting,
Cindy Bechinski
discussed the Test Scores for Direct Math & Writing assessments. It
was
proposed that Cindy be asked to speak at the February PST meeting and
share
with us the progress that the students of the Moscow Schools are doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Other FAMILY NIGHT Ideas</span></i></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;">- The floor was opened to suggestions
regarding
possible FAMILY Nights for the Spring. Some suggestions were: DRUG
AWARENESS,
SCAVENGER HUNTS, SPUD-BINGO AND COSMIC BOWLING. Further planning and
discussion
will be at the January meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The next PST meeting will be
held
January 3<sup>rd</sup> at </span></i></b><st1:time minute="15" hour="7"><b><i><span
style="font-family: Arial;">7:15am</span></i></b></st1:time><b><i><span
style="font-family: Arial;">. </span></i></b><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy Holidays and see you Next
Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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