September 2018 SCC Monthly Minutes

Honaunau Elementary School
School Community Council (SCC) Meeting Agenda/Minutes
DATE: 9.19.18

Call to Order
Present: Noreen Kunitomo (Admin), Christopher Pike (Certificated), Lori Lynch (Classified), Mari Matsuoka (Parent), Hala Medeiros (Community)

Review Agenda
May 2018 Minutes Approved        

Old Business

• Distribute Friday Morning Presentation Schedule - share updates
  
  • Student Leadership Team will be the emcees for presentations (role models/exemplars for presenting)
    
  • SLT interviews are being conducted this week
    
• Counselor met with upper elementary students to discuss the issue of bullying
  
• Roots of Empathy program (Changing the World Child by Child)
  
  • Evidence based program developed in 1996 by Mary Gordon
    
  • Program supports developing empathy for young students - “ the value of and how to best nurture empathy and social literacy in all children and reduce aggression and bullying
    
  • Starting in 2nd Grade with Mrs Berry
    
  • Students watch how babies/young toddlers interact and learn empathy through child development
    

New Business

• Review SCC Roles & Responsibilities
  
  • Participate in collaborative opportunities, communicate school issues and advocate for the school
    
  • Focus this year: Achievement and Literacy and how to connect literacy to the home
    
• Official Enrollment Count (OEC): Enrolled as of 8.20.18 133. 140 was the projected count, We were 7 short of our goal. Required to return $26,127
  
• Impact - loss of a half time teacher
  
• Tupperware Fundraiser
  
  • Open to anyone, even people on the mainland! Please share with family, friends, aquaintances
    
  • Can we get the tupperware fundraising packet in Spanish?
    

• Supports for ELL parents
  
  • Purchased Rosetta Stone licenses, offering EL parents to learn English
    
  • Rosetta Stone will also be available to teachers to learn spanish (2 licenses)
    
• Growth Mindset: All to learn that “mistakes help us grow” and to understand “the power of yet”.
  
• Importance of Literacy & Parent Engagement - We need to encourage parents to get engaged in their child’s education.  Looking for suggestions
  
• Traffic Congestion
  
  • Traffic is backed up to the highway
    
  • Drivers are speeding up the hill
    
  • Part of challenge is the limited parking
    
  • In the Bulletin the school listed things to consider…
    
    • Take advantage of the FREE bus transportation
      
    • Join afterschool programs
      
    • Consider arriving later - 2:20 - 2:30
      

Public Testimony
Less P.E.? Students saying we have less P.E. than the past

• Teachers are doing more energetic/lively activities in the classroom
  

Issues with heat: Difficult for students to function

• School purchased fans for each classroom and is pilot testing the use of portable AC units in classrooms with a larger student count.
  

Upcoming Events

• Picture Taking                    9/19/18
  
• Garden Market Friday                9/21/18
  
• WHCHC on campus                 9/21/18
  
• Aquaponic Garden Workday            9/22/18
  
• Deposit Day                    10/5/18
  
• Oct Break - No School                10/8 - 10/12
  
• Parent Conferences                11/5-11/9   
  

Next Meeting
Oct 24, 2018 @ 4:30

Adjournment
Adjourned @  5:20