CMA Booster Club Meeting Minutes - 03/08/11

CMA Boosters - March 8, 2011 Meeting Minutes

The meeting was called to order at 7:06pm. Natalie Genco, Dawn Schindler, Melissa Ripley, Tracey Shuck, Gay Burns, Salima Madhani, Reed Ripley, Patrice Hall, Marina Sloane, Beena Trivedi, Shilpa Patel, Juliana Shiminski and Sherry Martin were in attendance.

A motion was make by Melissa Ripley to approve the minutes from the February 8, 2011 meeting. Dawn Schindler seconded. A vote was called and the motion was approved unanimously.

Directory Update (Sherry Martin) - there are 2 directories left that are available to CMA students or parents in Mrs. Martin’s room.

Spring Mentor/Mentee Meeting - The meeting is being arranged by Cathy Hendrickson and will take place on March 27th. The Biology students will get to meet with mainly Sophomores for their AP Exam reviews. The students will need to sign up ahead of time in order for their to be a good count for providing food for the event.

Banquet Update (Sherry Martin)- The Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 21st. The menu has been selected, the room arrangement decided and the silent auction committee have met twice. After returning from Spring Break, the number of incoming Freshmen invitations will be determined and can go out. The invitations are printed and the envelopes will soon be printed and mailed out.

Physician’s Breakfast Recap (Melissa Ripley)- The Physician’s Breakfast took place on February 16th. There was a total of 21 businesses represented. Dr. Strike and Dr. Faltys came and were kind enough to fill in when EMT’s were called out on an emergency. The total cost for the Breakfast was $756.83. Donations totaled $256.83. The $500.00 remaining was the amount budgeted for the Breakfast. Feedback indicated this was the most organized Physician’s Breakfast yet while the acoustics were somewhat off and people had a hard time hearing.

Donated Computers (Sherry Martin) - Becky Goodman and Maggie Goodman worked hard to get the remaining computers in working condition with the correct software on them. The computers were used in a lab and the students had positive remarks about being able to use them. They were able to capture data and print it out in class. The computers will mainly be used by the Chemistry Students for their labs but the Biology students will use them for a couple of their labs. The computers are approximately 7 years old. We may need to look at fundraising or grant proposals for replacing them in the near future.

CMA Recognition in yearbooks and graduation programs (Natalie Genco) - Principal Rhodes indicated CMA will get 2 pages in the yearbook. Dr. Rollins is in charge of the graduation program and said we will have a letter after the CMA students names indicating the program. Possibly the letter “C”

School Board Candidate Speakers for April Meeting ( Sherry Martin) - the candidates can not give speeches on the school premises. If the candidates are going to speak to the CMA Boosters it will have to be at a different venue.

Cook Children’s Opening (Sherry Martin) - Mrs. Martin is getting a contract to sign and will do so with the understanding that CMA Boosters will need to determine whether or not we can get enough volunteers for the event. If the Boosters are unable to get enough volunteers, she is offering it to the CMA Students and will share the duties with Mu Alpha Theta. The $1600 donation from Cooks would be split between the two groups. The event takes place at the new location off of 1709 on Friday, April 22nd from 2-6pm for set-up and on Saturday April 23rd from 8am until 6pm (several shifts will be divided up). On Saturday from 8-10am volunteers will be setting up; from 10-2 the actual Grand Opening takes place and then from 2-6 Clean-up. Mrs. Martin will work out the volunteer shifts. Eight adult volunteers are need to be present during each shift.

Internships/Speaker Update (Dawn Schindler)- All internships are in place. A physician contacted Dawn about possibly becoming the CMA Boosters Physician Liaison.

Freshman Parent Representative (Salima Madhani) - working on a possible social. She will send the information to Natalie Genco so that interest can be determined from the Freshmen students.

Student Class Rep (Reed Ripley) - A student meeting will be held soon to discuss Spring and Summer events.

New Business Not on the Agenda - Sherry Martin asked that all emails, ideas, etc. are presented to either herself or the Booster President to ensure that anything being planned meets with the guidelines she has to adhere to in regards to school and district policies.

Meeting Adjourned at 7:45pm

SPEAKER: Ms. Gina Peddy spoke to the group about the AP Program, SAT Scores, the new STAR tests and changes that will take place in regards to Graduation Plans and curriculum changes for incoming Freshman and younger.

A video of Ms. Peddy's presentation can be found at http://vimeo.com/21414422.

CMA Booster Club Meeting Agenda - 03/08/11

The March booster club meeting will be on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 from 7:00-7:45 pm in Ms. Martin's room (Upstairs 414) in the Senior High. All CMA parents are considered booster club members and encouraged to attend.

From 7:45 - 8:15 pm following our meeting and in the same room, we are excited to announce a speaker, Ms Gina Peddy. Ms. Petty was hired this year by the school district as the new Gifted and Talented and Advanced Academics Coordinator. She was the Advanced Placement coordinator in Coppell for 15 years. The last 5 years she was assistant principal in charge of testing. Her mission is to improve test scores on the ACT, SAT, PSAT and to help parents better understand the importance of AP classes and boost the number of students taking AP classes and AP tests. She brings tremendous experience and knowledge of gifted education to Carroll ISD.

Meeting Agenda:

1. Approval of minutes from last meeting, February 2011

2. Treasurer's report-Gay Burns

3. Directory Update - They are available in Ms Martin's room while supplies last.

4. Banquet (Sat May 21) update - Ms. Martin

5. Spring Mentor/Mentee Update - Cathy Hendrickson

6. Physician Breakfast Recap - Melissa Ripley

7. Update on getting donated computers functional--Ms Martin

8. Update on CMA recognition in yearbooks and in graduation program -- Natalie Genco

9. School Board candidate speakers in April - Natalie Genco

10. Cook Children's opening - Ms Martin

11. Those below who are present will give an update:

* Internship/Speaker update: Dawn Schindler
* Freshman Parent Representative: Salima Madhani and Mona Pate
* Sophomore Parent Representatives: Nancy Lesky and Patty Willis
* Junior Parent Representative: Yash Sidhu and Pari Sahihi
* Senior Parent Representative: Ann Dachniwsky and Grace Dotson
* Student Class Reps: Reed Ripley and Katie Dachniwsky

12. New business not on the agenda

7:45 pm Speaker, Ms Gina Peddy