September 4, 2008
Agenda:
1. Student Health Issues
  • Peanut free classrooms- third and fourth grades have students with severe allergies to peanuts and are peanut free areas of the school. End of guest table is peanut free.
  • New student to Sherwood with MD- discussed safe way to help him using a chair if he falls in hallway/bathroom while perserving student's dignity.
2. cNotify Changes
  • District will now enroll all new students to FHSD using information from DASL. We will not be calling staff members for snow days. Please keep your staff member phone tree to use in the case of an emergency other then inclement weather.

3. Disability Awareness Program
  • Program will replace Everybody Counts program at Sherwood. This year's focus will be Autism. We will host speaker Robert Parish on 10/9/2008 at 2:30 for school assembly and later that night at PTA meeting. Link to Mr. Parish's website on moodle.
4. Healthy Schools District Initiative
  • District initiative with Alliance for Healthier Generation. Sherwood will take care of this through the SOT team. Kay and Karyn Kerns volunteered to be point people.
5. Scott Forsman Reading Street Program
  • Debra, Megan and Donna and Karyn Kerns will be attending to learn about the online products available with the reading series.
6. COSI
  • COSI program will be 9/25 and 9/26 updated schedule will be in boxes soon.
7. Areas of need/Assistance
  • Band and Strings schedule and pulling students from classes... ongoing issue!
  • Starting up bus helpers- we will get this started soon Dan and Kay are on it!
  • Looking for names for the Disability Awareness program- submit ideas for a slogan or acroynm
  • If you need moodle or bingo help please let Shawn know
  • Sunshine committee- Megan shared info and asked for help
  • Spirit wear orders will be collected- hope to have order ready for end of the month
Beginning of the Year Successes


October 2, 2008
Agenda:
  1. Coffee with Superintendent
  2. State of the District/ Q & A with the Superintendent
    • Review of the decision to close school (specifically Nagel)
    • Forest Hills Academy-Description of the program (Nagel/THS/AHS)
      • Program designed as an alternative to expulsion
    • Levy Discussion
      • 6.9 mill- Operating levy ($31 per mill for a $100,000 home)
    • Enrollment
      • Gene H. gave enrollment picture for district
      • 7750 current enrollment
      • Largest K class in 20 yrs.
      • Frozen Intradistrict transfers
      • Discussion regarding Sherwood's enrollment (K,2,6 grades)
      • Superintendent supports looking at options for growing class size (additional para support/IS)
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# Bullying Policy/ Moodle Forum
  1. 3rd Grade OAT Assessment

November 6, 2008

December 4, 2008
  1. Conference Survey Results & Questions
  2. Healthy Schools/Walking Trail Update
  3. Building Beliefs and Goals-SOT- Dec. 16th
  4. Staff Holiday Parties- Dec 18th (Staff Breakfast) & Dec. 19th (Party @Heidi's)
  5. Coffee with the Superintendent (Optional)
  6. State of the District/ Q & A with the Superintendent (Optional)

January 7, 2009
1. Biggest Loser- Brian (5 mins.)
  • Have your goals to Brian by Friday (1-9-09)
  • Starts on Monday 12th
  • Wiki will be established to monitor your teams progress, post nutritional ideas and send words of ENCOURAGEMENT to your colleagues

2. Beliefs and Goals- Dan (10 mins.)

"There can be no happiness if the things we believe are different than the things we do." - Freya Stark




  • Goals and belief statements were approved by the staff
  • These belief statements define what we believe as a staff and support as a learning community
  • Goals will be reviewed at May's staff meeting

3. 6th Grade Talent Show- Dan (2 mins.)
  • There will be an assembly on Tuesday 13th at 2:30 for grades 1-6
  • We will call your classes to the gymbeginning at 2:20

4. ELO Testing- 1/12 & 1/15- Dan/Anita (2 mins.)
  • This math assessment is used to determine placement for math classes for 7th grade (this year's 6th grade students)
  • There will be a total of 29 students testing in the annex- we might possibly move the testing to the cafeteria- we'll keep you posted.

5. Jan. 23rd Inservice Day- Classroom Instruction that Works- Dan ( 2mins.)
  • Classroom instruction that Works books have been ordered for everyone and will be here within 10 days (Hopefully!)

6. Child Abuse Training-Wanda (2 mins.)
  • The State has mandated that all school employees receive 4 hours
  • The dates are: Feb 5th, Feb. 10th, Feb. 18th, March 13th

7. New Projector Screen (2 mins.)
  • It can be checked out from the media center
  • Please keep it no longer than 1 Week at a time.



February 5, 2009

March 5, 2009

April 2, 2009
  1. Coffee with the Superintendent
  2. State of the District/ Q & A with the Superintendent

May 7, 2009**