CMA Booster Club Minutes - 04/12/11

Those in attendance: Natalie Genco, Nancy Lesky, Dawn Schindler, Melissa Ripley, Tracey Shuck, Gay Burns, Yash Sidhu, Becky Goodman, Salima Madhani, Sherry Martin, Reed Ripley (student), Marina Sloane, Janie Smythe

Meeting Called to Order - 7:01pm

Becky Goodman made a motion to approve the minutes from the March 2011 meeting. Nancy Lesky seconded the motion. A vote was called and the motion passed unanimously.

Gay Burns gave the treasurer’s report. As of March 1, 2011 - the opening balance was $8,080.08 Disbursements totalled $419.40 The ending balance as of March 31, 2011 $7,660.68

Mrs. Sherry Martin gave the Banquet Update - The Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 21st) - the menu, decorations, etc. are taken care of. The Silent Auction chair, Shari Cutler is working on the silent auction. Sheri is collecting items for the silent auction for those who wish to donate. Invites are still coming in with a May 1st RSVP deadline. Mrs. Martin will have signs up for seating in the class. Gay Burns is taking care of the seating. Outgoing Freshman parents will be seated with incoming Freshman parents. Mrs. Martin will not have an incoming Freshman count until approximately May 16th. When we get the information, invitations will go out to incoming freshman families.

Dawn Schindler made a motion to set aside $100.00 for a second printing of the student phone directories. These will include the incoming Freshman and be sold at the banquet for $3. Salima Madhani seconded the motion. A vote was called and the motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Martin will send home a link for those current students that were not originally in the Student Phone book but would like to be listed for the second printing. If your student was not included in the original phonebook and would like to be listed in the next, go to this web address http://tiny.cc/341wh and fill out the information you would like printed.

On April 27, 2011 a Mentor/Mentee Meeting will be held at the Senior High campus. Sophomores will work with Freshman to help prepare them for the AP Biology exam. There will also be a video series on Ecology that Mrs. Martin will play. Pizza and snacks will be served. Cathy Hendrickson needs a count of those who will attend. She needs sophomores to sign up to help the Freshman.

Natalie Genco will check with the counselors to see if it is possible to sell Dragon Food Cookbooks at graduation for our continuing Fundraising.

Mrs. Martin is still in need of adult volunteers for the Cook Children’s Opening Fundraiser. Students have to be 15 before or by the date of the opening in order to volunteer. If you are interested as an adult or student volunteer, please send Becky Goodman an email letting her know.

Nancy Lesky purchased a printer cartridge for Mrs. Martin’s printer in the amount of $422. It is a high yield cartridge that should provide more copies.

Internship/Speaker Update - Dawn Schindler is working on having a few extra internships by next spring due to enlarging class sizes. Some that are taking students now can offer more than one rotation to students. 25 hours is difficult to fit in with school work, jobs, etc. Feedback from those providing the internships is good. The EMT ride-alongs are very popular. Cook Children’s and Dallas Children’s Medical Center specialty clinics opening in Southlake may help add internships. Summer internships are being worked on.

Freshman Parent Representative, Salima Madhani reported that she and Mona Pate are working on a date for the Freshmen to get-together.

Sophomore Parent Representative, Nancy Lesky reported that she and Patty Willis are working on a date for the Sophomore’s to get together.

Junior Parent Representatives, Yash Sidhu and Pari Sahihi are working on a possible Six Flags trip for the Juniors to get together.

Student Class Rep, Reed Ripley reported that the Seniors have a mandatory meeting in class next Wednesday. They will then meet on April 29th at the Ripley's home to make their boards.

Dr. Peter Kwong is an orthopedic surgeon who has been practicing in the area for 11 years. He is going to be helping CMA with the internship program. The class sizes are growing so the need for internships is growing. Dr. Kwong will visit with his colleagues and spread the word about the program and the need for internship assignments.

New Business -

Dr. Rollins, our CMA counselor, has books (Acceptance, Colleges that Change Lives) she loans out to students regarding colleges . They are almost always on loan. CMA Boosters would like to purchase more copies of those books for Dr. Rollins.

The Booster Student Award Committee met and decided on award titles and qualifications. Those awards will be given out at Banquet.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:07pm

CMA Booster Club Meeting Agenda - 04/12/11

Our April booster club meeting will be on Tuesday, April 12 from 7:00-8:00 pm in Ms. Martin's room (Upstairs 414) in the Senior High. All CMA parents are considered booster club members and encouraged to attend.

April 12 2011, Agenda

1. Approval of minutes from last meeting, March 2011

2. Treasurer's report-Gay Burns

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

4. Discussion and Vote on setting money aside to print directories to sell at the banquet.

5. Cathy Hendrickson -- Spring Mentor/Mentee Meeting update

6. Fundraising idea--Natalie Genco--Selling Dragon Food Cookbooks at graduation.

7. Cook Children's opening - Ms Martin

8. Printer cartridge update--Nancy Lesky

9. Becky Goodman--Website update

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

* Dawn Schindler: Internship/Speaker update
* 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

11. Dr. Peter Kwong--Has graciously offered to be a liaison to the CMA program. He will discuss ideas for the program with the boosters.

12. New business not on the agenda