Meeting Notes for WHES BAAC

November 12, 2007

 The meeting was called to order at 5:00pm

 Members present included:

• Karen Yanko
• Mr. and Mrs. Roybal
• Melissa Riggs
• Susan Ratliff
• Wendy Murphy
• Drew Thorp
• Ben Lehman
• Anna Morgan
• David Power

  Melissa Riggs agreed to record minutes

 Approval of Agenda

 Grade Level Reports:

• Kindergarten had a successful Field Trip to the Happy Apple Farm in October to go along with their Harvest/Pumpkin Unit.  They are planning a Thanksgiving Rotation for November 20^th.  Assessment is ongoing to prepare for Progress Reports
• 1^st grade will be having their traditional Thanksgiving Feast on November 20^th at 11 am.  That evening they will share their production of “The Little Red Hen”.  In December they will be working on Christmas Around the World.
• 2^nd grade took a Field Trip to the Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings to go along with their Social Studies unit on Native Americans.  In Math they are focusing on money.  Writing is focused on framed paragraphs and the firefighters are discussing choking and strangulations.
• 3^rd grade is working on intonation and sequencing with Guided Reading.  In Science they are studying the water cycle and will be moving into landforms.  The piloted math program “Everyday Math” is looking at measurement and in Social Studies, Native Americans and the feast are the topic.
• 4^th grade recently completed their Pumpkin day and are busy this week with the Rock Fair…please sign up for a viewing and/or purchase time for you class.
• 5^th grade is studying the eco system and preparing for the upcoming Science Fair.  In Social Studies, they are studying The Colonies with simulations in some classes.  In writing, they are working on In-depth descriptive paragraphs.
• 6^th is working on Metric measurement along with ongoing Science projects.  In Social Studies, the students are learning about Ancient Greece and Rome and working on written responses to Art and Music using Van Gogh.  Math is fractions and decimals and reading focus is characters and Themes

Assistant Principal Report

• School of Choice Survey:  The committee discussed the various questions on the survey, coming to a consensus that there were too many “what if” scenarios to make a blanket statement.  The ability to put a cap on enrollment would be a plus for WHES, especially if teacher/student ratios could be set
• See Agenda for upcoming dates in November and December

 Open Forum:

• Kindergarten would like to investigate purchasing roller shades for the school windows to be used in the event of a lockdown
• Mr. Roybal attended the District D.S.E.M. meeting with the new Safety Director David Watson.  Lockdown procedures are in the process.  We need dates for future meetings

Next Meeting:

• Dec. 10^th 5-6 pm
• School Improvement Plan will be discussed

 The meeting adjourned at 6:00pm