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April 11th, 2002
 

Entertainment Books Presentation 
A representative from Entertainment Books did a presentation providing fundraising information from the sales of these highly popular discount/coupon books. 10NBC promotes the sales of these books every September and list all the schools names that are participating in the sales. In the early spring, 10NBC runs spots on the school’s achievements and how the funds were utilized. Students can sell the books locally and as well as out of town books and still get credit. Schools can receive from $1-$10 per book based upon a sliding scale of total number of books sold.

SAC has decided to have these books sold next school year. 

March SAC Minutes 
No changes. P. Moynihan moved to approve, seconded by L. King, unanimous approval. 

Budget Review 

  • There were no purchase order requests to review. Sr. Christina Marie did reserve the NCEA pricing on microscopes and SRA reading labs, this order will be placed soon. 

  • HSBC Fees 
    We will maintain our account with HSBC. L. King was able to discuss with the branch manager the high amount of fees St. Joseph School incurred for multiple check deposits. These fees will be waived for past amounts as well as for the future. 

  • Any budget requests for next year will be discussed at the next meeting.

Committee Reports

  • Principal’s Report – There has been no report from the Diocese regarding the report card survey that grades K-4 parents were asked to participate in. They are currently formulating the information in order to review. The 4th grade ELA and Math results that were recently published in the newspaper were discussed. Sr. Christina Marie along with the teachers have implemented some new ideas (timed math facts, etc.) with the students that will help them with memorization on these standardized tests. If any parents would like to discuss their child’s personal performance of these standardized tests, please let Sr. Christina Marie know and she would be happy to meet with them. The June testing for grades 3-6 will be laid out differently this year. There will be fewer number of testing hours each day and classroom reviews will be done during the school day. 

  • Development – The existing database may not be able to be used. M. Malone is reviewing and will update at next meeting. 

  • Enrichment – Chess Club’s second session has started. Drama is still in progress and the second session of Soccer will be starting 4/26. 

  • Fundraising – The last Fundraising event will be the Barnes and Noble’s Book Night to be held Wednesday, 5/29. More details will follow. 

  • Public Relations – The school’s website is wonderful. Dane Overfield was recognized for all his efforts in getting this site up and keeping it current. The teacher’s websites are currently in progress with some teachers already using this as a method of communication with parents and students. These can be accessed through http://www.teacherweb.com. 

  • Special Events – All events have been completed for the school year. 

  • Technology – There are funds available from the NYS Software budget that will be utilized to purchase network versions of reading software for the classrooms. Over the last five years, SAC has spent $31,000 on related technology expenses for St. Joseph and IBM and employee families whose children attend St. Joseph have donated $41,000.

  • Welcoming – New families have been assigned an Ambassador family for next year. There will be playground get togethers over the summer so that the new students can meet other St. Joseph students. These dates are as follows:

    Kindergarten – 6th Grade Preschool

    August 21 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. August 23 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

    August 28 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

    New students arriving during the school year will be given new family information packets. Process will be worked out with Mrs. B. Wilson in the school office. 

    Discussion of a Room Parent Liaison to SAC will be added as an agenda item for the next meeting. 

Other Topics/Discussions
Interim Votes – There were none since the last meeting. 

SAC Slots – There are still a few positions that are available for next year. These include – Vice Chair, Extracurricular Co-Chair, Fundraising Co-Chair, Development Co-Chair and Public Relations Co-Chair. If any parent is interested, please contact the appropriate committee chair. 

Security – There has still been no communication from the Parish regarding the security recommendations. G. Hebert will follow up. 

SAC By-laws – G. Hebert will draft a set of guidelines for SAC to review that will be used as policy guidelines and not by-laws. 

Family Survey – Please review the draft of the family survey and forward any changes and/or comments to G. Hebert as soon as possible. We would like to distribute to families in early May. Results will be compiled and then provided to families. 

LSAC Meeting – The Diocese will hold a LSAC meeting on May 7, location to be determined. 

Seabreeze - The Seabreeze outing will not be done this year as it has been in the past. Sr. Christina Marie states that the liability issues are too great. There will be a school-wide fun event that will take place instead. 

Adjournment 
D. Dedee Doyle moved with P. Moynihan seconded a motion for adjournment. All approved.