Midvale Middle School 

School Community Council

Minutes

February 7 – 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Virtual Meeting https://meet.google.com/xrq-yvsw-sck

Parent Members Present:  Janette Pasaye, Mac McCann, Pamela Brown, Jessica Dalton, Kimberly Menssen, Steve Brown

Staff Present: Mindy Robison, Amy Skelton, Jessica Olmos, Courtney Long, Shelley Allen, Jordan Cloward

Visitors: Amber Rock, Jason Baxter 

Absent Parents: Alyssa Powers, Stephanie Liu, Mandy Yu, Shinyoung Ahn, Tami Yamane

• Welcome ~Pamela Brown
  • Motion to Approve January Minutes: Shelley Allen
  • Second: Amy Skelton
  • Approved

• PTSA Report ~Alyssa Powers & Jessica Dalton
  • No nonsense fundraiser coming up
  • Dinner for PTC 
  • Teacher Appreciation Week 
  • Student board is hard at work on the yearbook 
    
    

Community School Facilitator Report ~Jessica Olmos

• • February is literacy month 
    • World Read Aloud Day – Feb 7th 
    • February 28th and 29th we will have a book tasting activity for the literacy and reading classes
    • Volunteer sign up to help with the Book Tasting event

• We are Midvale Cultural Committee
  • Student videos
    • What is your favorite thing about your culture
    • What does culture mean to you
  • Parent committee – recruiting during parent teacher conferences
  • Student committee starting later this month

• Portrait of a Graduate Overview/Update Shelley Allen
  • Kindness
    • Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch
    • Kindness Hearts

• Parent Teacher Conferences Reflections
  • Grade Reflection
  • PILOT Reflection

• Counselors Report ~ Amy Skelton
  • Registration for next year
    • deadlines for returning cards for incoming 7th and 8th graders this week
    • High school counselors here on February  7 to work with 8th graders on course requests
    • 6th grade CCA lesson on career exploration

• • TSSP for next year ~Mindy Robison 
    • 75% of students will meet or exceed expected growth on the Reading Lexile Assessment during the current school year.  

• 60% of students will meet or exceed expected growth on the Math Quartile Assessment during the current school year.    

• • On a monthly basis, at least 98% of students will be recognized through our school-wide positive behavior intervention system.
  • Student connectivity and wellness will increase as measured by improved scores from the pre and post wellness survey through the implementation of the after-school program, counseling supports, and lessons in homeroom on Portrait of a Graduate. (Dependent on current legislation about surveys)

• TSSP  Budget Considerations
  • Community Facilitator (.5)
  • Behavior Interventionists/Check & Connect (2 – currently 1)
  • FTE: Teaching Funding (.75 – currently .25)
  • Counselor (.5)
  • Mentors (2)
    • SCC members are in support of the budget considerations

• TSSP update for this year ~Mindy Robison 
  • Additional Targeted Support for Improvement (ATSI) 
  • Designation occurs when your scores for a specific demographic are in the lower 5% range in the state.
    • Not yet exited:
      • SWD (Students with Disabilities)
      • PI7  (Pacific Islander)

• TSSA/LAND Trust Budgets ~Mindy Robison
  • Showed the budgets

• Adjourn ~Pamela Brown
  • Motion to adjourn: Jessica Dalton
  • Second: Stephen Brown

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District Resources and Information for SCC Members:

https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/scc/

Our next meeting will be in person on March 6, 2024