Midvale Middle School
School Community Council
Meeting Agenda for:
October 4, 2023 – 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Virtual Meeting https://meet.google.com/xrq-yvsw-sck
Parent Members Present: Alyssa Powers, Jessica Dalton, Kimberly Menseen, Mac McCann, Mandy Yu, Pamela Brown, Stephanie Liu and Tami Yamane.
Staff Present: Mindy Robiosn, Amy Skelton, ConnieTrue Simons, Shelley Allen, Jessica Olmos, Francesca Hall, Jordan Cloward
Absent Parents: Shinyoung Ahn,Steve Brown, and Janette Pasaye
Agenda
- Welcome Pamela Brown
- Motion to Approve September Minutes: Mac McCann
- Second: Jessica Dalton
- Approved
2.SCC Training Update Pamela Brown
3. PTSA Report Jessica Dalton
- President – Alyssa Powers
- President Elect – Jessica Dalton
- Provided dinner for parent teacher conferences – teachers really appreciated it
4. Community School Facilitator Report Jessica Olmos
- Day of Caring – October 10th, whole school service day and conflict resolution lessons. Supported by United Way of Salt Lake and Dominion Energy.
- Last year wer gave 902 hours of community service
- Reality Town – November 2nd, 50 volunteers needed
5. Portrait of a Graduate Overview/Update Shelley Allen
- Community Thrive Time lessons
- Understanding Perspective
- Different Perspectives
- Day of Caring
- Service Reflection
- Community Thrive Time lessons
6. Counselors Report Amy Skelton
- Student Connectedness Fall Survey
- Baseline data: 96% of students report having a friend at MMS and 85.7% of students report knowing an adult they can go to for help.
- 8th Grade will participate in Reality Town on Nov 2
- School wide conflict resolution lessons
- Student Connectedness Fall Survey
- Action Item: Cell Tower Fund Distribution Mindy Robison
- Each year, Midvale Middle receives approximately $2,000, from the cell tower in the back of the school.
- Proposed to allocate funds to the Principal’s Discretionary Fund
- Food for teachers
- Staff appreciation
- Pick me ups
- Birthday celebration
- Staff Morale
- Action Item: Cell Tower Fund Distribution Mindy Robison
- Action Item Cell Fund Distribution
- Motion to approve: Pamela Brown
- Second: Mac McCann
- SCC approves how the funding is allocated
2. Action Item: Safety Plan Connie Simons
- SCC felt the information presented in the district community council safety report was easy to understand and the website was easy to navigate.
- Nothing stood out as missing in the report
- Our number one safety concern is making sure the entire school community is taught and understand the new standard response protocol
- No additional items identified as a primary concern
- Action Item Safety Plan
- Motion to approve Safety Plan: Pamela Brown
- Second: Jessica Dalton
- SCC approves the Safety Plan
3. Action Item: Digital Citizenship Plan Shelley Allen
- Digital Citizenship Plan includes making sure all staff, students and the community understand how to safely navigate the digital world including the impact of their digital footprint.
- Parents would like more information on social media use and misuse, including ways to better help their students at home.
- Parents would like to be included in planning training and information for parents
- Questions answered by the SCC:
- Does the SCC feel it has received enough information to determine if the filtering system and supervision practices are appropriate?
- Yes
- Does the SCC feel it has received enough information about the school’s educational efforts to instill in students a desire to be good digital citizens?
- Yes
- Does the SCC believe the school has a viable plan to present information on Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship information to parents in the community?
- Yes, include parents in the planning process for training
- Does the SCC feel it has received enough information to determine if the filtering system and supervision practices are appropriate?
- Action Item Digital Citizenship Plan
- Motion to approve Digital Citizenship: Pamela Brown
- Second: Jessica Dalton
- SCC approves the Digital Citizenship Plan
- School Data Review Mindy Robison
- Reading Inventory
- 6th Grade: 152 students reached growth goal, 54.48%
- 7th Grade: 151 students reached growth goal, 54.91%
- 8th Grade: 150 students reached growth goal, 52.26%
- Math Inventory
- 6th Grade: 89 students reached growth goal, 31.90%
- 7th Grade: 125 students reached growth goal, 46.64%
- 8th Grade: 116 students reached growth goal, 41.73%
- Behavior Data
- Physical aggression is higher than the last three years
- We are having a much higher percentage of office discipline referrals are male.
- We are having a much higher percentage of office discipline referrals with students who are receiving special education services
- Reading Inventory
7. ATSI Designation Mindy Robison
- We qualified in five areas
- African American / Black
- English Language Learners
- Hispanic
- Pacific Islanders
- Students with disabilities
- More information about the plan will be coming
- We qualified in five areas
8. Teacher Student Success Plan Mindy Robison
- Literacy goal is 75% of students will show expected growth on the RI.
- STEM goal is that 60% of students will show expected growth on the MI.
- Our first PBIS goal is monthly, at least 98% of students will be recognized using our school-wide PBIS system.
- Also, student connectivity will increase from the pre and post wellness survey.
9. TSSA/LAND Trust Budgets Mindy Robison
- Showed the budgets
10. Adjourn Pamela Brown- Motion to adjourn: Pamela Brown
- Second: Jessica Dalton
- Showed the budgets
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District Resources and Information for SCC Members:
https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/scc/
Our next meeting will be online on November 1, 2023