St.
Joseph School
School Advisory Committee (SAC)
Meeting Minutes
September 16, 2004
Committee Members
Sr. Christina Marie Luczynski, Principal
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Laurie
Donofrio, Chair
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Mike
Malone, Chair Development
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Peter
Caines, Vice Chair
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Carolann
Manno, Chair Welcoming
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Kathleen
Lechner, Secretary
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Dane
Overfield, Chair Technology
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Peggy
Knauf, Treasurer
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Beth
Sabik, Chair Enrichment
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Jennifer
Caccavale, Chair Special Events
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Open,
PreK - Member-at-Large
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Kelley
Callahan, Chair Fundraising
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Open,
PreK - Member-at-Large
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Open,
Chair Public Relations
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Attendees:
Sr. Christina Marie, L. Donofrio, P. Caines, P. Knauf, K.
Callahan, D. Overfield, B. Sabik, R. Boe, M. Harnischfeger, S.
Redmond
The meeting
was called to order. Sr.
Christina opened with a prayer.
May
SAC Minutes
– No changes. D.
Overfield moved to approve; seconded by L. Donofrio; unanimous
approval.
Budget
Review – Sr.
Christina discussed the budget for the current year.
A priority expenditure for this year will be the purchase
of manipulatives and teacher manuals associated with the new Saxon
Math program. To date
this school year, SAC has also purchased instructional supplies
for the art program, physical education program and science
programs. The
technology committee submitted several requests for SAC funding.
The
SAC survey results indicate a need to better publicize the amount
and use of the monies that are raised through SAC-sponsored
fundraising. Sr.
Christina and P. Knauf will address this issue throughout the
year.
Committee
Reports
Principal’s Report
– The school year has successfully begun.
Many new faces have joined
our school community – if you see an unfamiliar face in the
hallways, please say hello and introduce yourself.
Standardized
testing for grades 2 – 6 will be held the second week of
October; School
picture will be taken October 5 and 6.
Toward
the middle of October, videos and CDs with lessons in character
building will be sent home for each school family to watch and
discuss together over the weekend.
Topics addressed on the videos will include respect for
differences, respect for self and others, and friendship.
These videos are made available to St. Joseph School
through corporate grant monies.
Thank
you to Mary Overfield for accumulating, compiling and distributing
all the information returned on the volunteer sheets.
Thank
you to Donna Caito for offering to compile the family directory.
Development
– The 2005-06 school year will be the 50th
Anniversary Year for St. Joseph School.
Anyone interested in planning and organizing celebration
events for the anniversary should contact Sr. Christina.
Enrichment
– The brochure with the fall enrichment activities was included
with the Welcome Packet. A
few additional activity notices have been included in the
Wednesday envelope. The
fall activities are filling up nicely.
Anyone interested in facilitating an activity in the spring
should contact B. Sabik.
Fundraising
– Magazine drive is underway.
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help with the
accounting and prize patrol.
You are truly appreciated.
Public Relations
– With the help of the teachers, a master list of
“newsworthy” events planned for each grade will be compiled.
Anyone who would like to assist in trying to solicit media
attention to these activities should contact L. Donofrio.
The
Catholic Courier is actively looking for photographs to include in
the weekly bulletin inserts.
Special Events
– Parish/school picnic is set for Sunday, September 19.
The Special Events committee is responsible for the music,
tent rental, moon bounce rental, dunking booth rental, clown, face
painting, food purchases, door prizes, set-up and food deployment.
K. MacFarlane will oversee the children’s games.
The
Family Halloween Dance is scheduled for Friday, October 29.
Last year’s DJ, Jimmy C., will be returning, as will the
regular booths. Volunteers
will be contacted as the date gets closer.
Technology
– Thank you to the IBM families who have donated several new
computers to the school.
Website
news: Teacher’s
websites are linked to the St. Joseph School website.
If you have any pictures of St. Joseph School events that
you would like to see posted on the website, please email the
pictures together with a short explanation to webadmin@sjspenfield.com
. The web hosting
site has been renewed for another year.
The
hot lunch program is now able to be run off-site. It was learned that Norton Anti-virus software cannot be
purchased through NYS Software dollars.
Welcoming
– Preschool and Welcoming playdates were successful. The
coffee hour was well received.
Other Topics/Discussion
Textbooks
– At the beginning of the school year, certain school districts
had denied textbooks for their school district residents attending
St. Joseph School. St.
Joseph’s has amicably resolved the textbook issue with the
school districts of Fairport, East Rochester and Pittsford.
To date, the Penfield School District has denied the
request to supply seven spelling books to the Penfield district
children attending first grade at St. Joe’s. Until such time as Penfield agrees to supply these books, the
first grade children must share materials.
Attempts to reconcile this issue have thus far been
unsuccessful, but are on-going.
SAC
Openings for Next Year
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Certain SAC positions remain open for this school year. Anyone interested in the position of Public Relations Chair, Fundraising Assistant Chair,
Enrichment Assistant Chair, Development Assistant Chair or PreK
Member-at-Large should contact Sr. Christina Marie or L. Donofrio.
2004-05
SAC Meetings –
SAC would like to emphasize
that ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN to any parent/guardian who
wishes to attend. Prior
notification of attendance is NOT necessary and participation in
any discussions is encouraged.
The next
scheduled meeting is Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 7:00 pm.
Meetings are generally held in the school library.
Adjournment
– B. Sabik moved for adjournment; P. Caines seconded. All approved.
