• School Community Council

     

    Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:00-5:00 pm

    Birch Creek Conference Room

     

    Members Present

     

    Attending: Trudy Wilson, Kaiann Womack, Mason Anderson, Peri Shepard, Kaitlyn Call, Laylah Seamonoff, Kathy Christiansen, Richard Rigby

                Guests: Anne Fisher, Mayor Monson

    Missing: Sunni Shoemaker

     

    Welcome & Introductions

     

    Review Positive Behavior Plan:

    Anne Fisher (PBIS team from Birch Creek)

    • Leader in Me
    • Boys Town
      • ***Throughout the school, we have the TOTEM program for consistency, focusing on the same rules in every classroom.
    • In March, we will have kindness week with matching kindness shirts
    • TAG team meets to identify students who need extra help, teachers bring in students that they need support with.
    • Each month we highlight students for the monthly Leader in Me habit 3 from each class.
    • Mrs. Jex works on teaching social skills and emotional resilience
    • Kindness Awards that Mrs. Wilson hands out

     

    Safety Routes:

     

    Mayor Monson:

    • New lights for crosswalk on 6th west
    • Wrote a grant to slow traffic— speed limit lights for 10 sets within the city of Smithfield.
      • Match program– About $9,000 a set (really hoping for the grant)
    • Mrs. Wilson calls her directly to ask for help with different issues.
      • If Smithfield city doesn’t know there's a problem, how can they fix it?
    • Still worried about the Temple and traffic that will arise.
    • Sidewalks by the fire station next to the railroad tracks
      • It’s not worth opening that “can of worms”
    • Kaitlyn noticed that it is paved on both sides but then a block and half where there's no sidewalk
    • Safe School Grants

     

    Mid-Year Progress:

    • HMH Growth Measure:
      • We made our goal!
    • School Land Trust Budget: Still doing good, just para pro
    • iReady Math: 50% or higher and we are at 56%
    • TSSA Budget: Still doing good, just para pro

     

    **** Start thinking about our new goals for next year

     

    Hats Off Award Information:

    • Comes from the Cache Education Foundation
    • Open for nominees
    • Parents nominated teachers
    • District Website has the link, google form (easy application)
    • Friday, March 3, 2023 is the last day to nominate
    • The committee loves to read the parent letters

     

    Other:

    Thursday, January 6th, there’s a safe technology assembly for parents at Summit Elementary.

                Nick Sales- - - is the presenter

     

    Kathy Christiansen:

    • HB 215– chipping away at money that’s been earmarked for public education.
    • The vouchers (Utah Fits All) will pull away money for public education and put it into private education.

    What can you do to help? Email our legislators and let them know you are opposed https://le.utah.gov/

     

    Printable Version: January 2023 Minutes