Meeting+Minutes+8-29-11

(9:00am) Anita, Melissa
Minutes taken by Hayley


 * We need a historian!**

Time conflict between playground safety and café expectations
 * Can we switch first grade to Thursday and second grade to Friday?
 * Can we piggy back on the café expectations schedule?
 * o Keep the same times, just switch days
 * Leave the cafeteria as though heading out to recess
 * Review playground safety
 * Teach/Review procedures for lining up to come in at the end of recess


 * Hayley will make a new schedule with an overview for teachers. Copy on yellow paper and mark as REVISED

We need administration to speak for us at the first faculty meeting
 * Require representation from each grade level/team
 * Hayley will make a sign up/attendance sheet for the committee
 * Representation can be a rotation (as long as they are still accountable for attendance)
 * Push for consistency and whole school participation
 * We will share several clip charts with the staff to show variations
 * Hayley will distribute “Making Better Choices” slips and make them available in the teachers’ room
 * Make sure everyone has the Chris Biffle five rules
 * o Karen G. will give her copy to Hayley to distribute

Spirit of Underhill Awards
 * Annie will get more printer paper for the Awards
 * We will set up a new bulletin board to display the award winners
 * o Photograph the students at the end of the assembly to post on the bulletin board
 * o Set up bulletin board for all first and second grade teachers to have a photo slot for their award winner
 * o Have the “historian” email photos and student names to the Banner

Sunshine
 * Maryann and Caryl will provide staff with donation envelope
 * Suggested donation $20
 * Annie will ask Janet to keep track of donations

Karen Landsman will review Wiki management at the first faculty meeting
 * Suggest teachers bring their laptops so that they can try it out
 * Karen will upload the minutes from each meeting to the Wiki