CVPO MEETING & PARENT & PRINCIPAL COFFEE Minutes
February
11, 2010
Meeting
called to order at 11:07 a.m. with welcome and introductions.
Secretary’s Report: The secretary was not in attendance so the January minutes will
be reviewed at the March meeting,
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer reported for the month of January 2010 we have
available funds of $3,240.72 which reflects December income of $67.53 from
E-scrip and disbursements of $61.10 for printing student directories. CVPO Teacher Grants will be reviewed in
March. The Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.
*Foreign Exchange Program:
Students from Nichidai School in Tokyo, Japan visit CVHS every other year. This
is the year! Janet Johnson is looking for host families for the exchange
students. They arrive Sunday, March 28
and return home to Japan on Saturday April 3rd. They will attend classes at CV during the
day. If you are willing to open your
home to the students for this very short time, please contact Janet at
541-745-6302 or by email at djab1234@msn.com
*Senior all night party: Janet Johnson is looking for volunteers to
work all or part of the party which will be held at the Dixon recreation center
from 10:30 pm - 5:30 am on June 14th. She is asking parents of
under-classmen to work during the early evening hours to allow senior parents
to attend graduation events. Please
contact Janet if you would like to help out (see contact info above).
*Beautification committee: National Honor Society will hold a “Trash
Bash” on March 5th to help clean up the school. Also, in response to a request for
volunteers to join the committee, two parents who love to garden said
they would help. Kristin Emminger
said she had Iris bulbs to donate to the school from her garden. It was noted that the trophy cases are
standing empty and that it would be nice to showcase all the many awards that
CV has earned. Members of the committee
will tour the school to determine what other projects can be taken on to help
make the school look it’s best. If interested in this committee, contact
Nanette Armstrong at 541-753-1978 or nyarmstrong@comcast.net.
*CV Excellence Campaign /Fundraising
Drive: The second annual CV
Excellence fundraising campaign, which was launched on October 28th and
concluded on December 31st , raised almost $9,000.00. The music department received $3,700.00
towards the purchase of acoustical panels used during choir performances. Funds will also be used towards funding
projects such as a new sound system for the gym & school assemblies, projectors
& screens, repair of the scoreboard, and purchase of a computer cart for
the Humanities Department and Netbooks for the Science Department. It is never too late to make a
tax-deductible contribution to your favorite activity or program at CVHS. Make checks payable to CV Excellence, on the
memo line please specify, if desired, which program(s) you wish to donate
to. Please go to the website www.cvexcellence.org
for more details.
*Corresponding secretary: A note of thanks was received from the
library book room for materials to repair book bindings and from the anatomy
and sports medicine teacher who received blood pressure cuffs and a full size
skeleton. The purchases were made using
CVPO grant monies.
*Calendar committee: A committee comprised
of district employees, superintendents, principals, teachers, classified staff
and parents is putting together recommendations for the board regarding
upcoming school year calendars.
Currently school starts after Labor Day and there is discussion of moving
the start date to before Labor Day.
Also, rather than having full day staff development days spread far
apart, there is discussion of having half day development days more regularly. This gives the staff a chance to touch base
with each other more effectively.
Note: there are currently no
plans to reduce the number of school days on the calendar.
Site Council: Nanette Armstrong reported that 2 teachers
have applied to teach two new classes:
Social Studies – The World through Literature and Film and We the People
– Project Citizen. There is also talk
of a Culinary Arts program coming sometime in the next two years. Also, in order to make the school feel more
welcoming, staff photos will be on display outside the office much like outside
a doctor’s office. Site Council meets
the third Tuesday of the month, 3:15 in the CV library. The Site Council is open to anyone who
wishes to attend.
Congratulations!: The following information was recently published in
the Gazette Times and noted today by CVPO, with congratulations to Cherie
Stroud and the whole CV community (staff, students, and families).
At
the Oregon Music Educators Association annual convention Jan. 14-17 in Eugene,
Charles Creighton, the orchestra teacher at Crescent Valley High School, was
honoured with the John C. McManus Distinguished Teacher Award. Crescent
Valley's principal Cherie Stroud was named the Outstanding Administrator of the
Year. Check out the entire report on January 20 here: http://www.csd509j.net/news
US
News and World Report has awarded Crescent Valley High School a Silver Medal,
ranking us as one of the top schools in the nation! (There were no Gold medals
awarded in Oregon) If you’d like
detailed information on this award and data specific to CV’s election, please
visit http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools.
2009-2010 School Budget:
Cherie
Stroud introduced Special Guest Roy Burling, the 509j Business Director.
Mr. Burling gave the CVPO attendees an
overview of the 2010-2011 school budget assumptions.
A
survey for CV parents regarding the priorities for next year’s budget will be
open 2/12, and will close 2/26. Please take a moment to complete this important
survey:
https://surveys.bus.oregonstate.edu/BsgSurvey2_0/main.aspx?SurveyID=3520
UPCOMING EVENTS:
CVPO
Meeting March 11 @ 11:00 a.m.- PARENT & PRINCIPAL COFFEE WITH CHERIE @ 11:45 a.m. located in the Staff Dining
Room.
SITE
COUNCIL will meet March 16 @ 3:15 in the CVHS Library. The Site council is open to anyone who
wishes to attend.
CVHS
Website: http://www.csd509j.net/cvhs/
Current
Raider News: http://www.csd509j.net/cvhs/raidernews/raider%20/
Minutes
submitted by Susanne Taylor