Attendance: Anna Greene, Alina Worthen, Tom Thorley, Darrin Johnson, Michelle Carter, Lauren Brewer, Amy Seastrand
- Reviewing to assure compliance.
- We believe we’re in compliance.
- Discussion of School Safety and Digital Citizenship
- School AI? The school uses the free version of School AI. We don’t have paid version of School AI yet.
- The computer teacher has a curriculum for Digital Citizenship. About 20-30% of her curriculum is about this.
- Blocksi- it allows teachers to see exactly what is on each student’s screen. They can stop them from doing things. They can block things. They can do heads up, which freezes their screens. It allows screen sharing. It gives the teachers tons of control of what is happening on screens in their classroom.
- Reviewing the Positive Behavior Plan – ROAR
- Responsibility, On Task, Achievement, Respect
- There are ROAR signs in different areas throughout the school that show what behavior should be like in those areas (cafeteria, playground, hallway, classroom, etc).
- It’s used school-wide.
- Students can earn Cougar Bucks for following ROAR. They can earn them throughout the entire school and from any adult, not just their teacher.
- They can use their Cougar Bucks to buy things in the Cougar Cave. The teacher puts the Cougar Bucks into the Class Dojo App and then they can buy things from the Cougar Cave with those points. The teachers add them up weekly and the Cougar Cave is open on Fridays.
- Every month two students are chosen per grade to receive the Hear Me ROAR award. They get their name announced, their picture taken, and it’s hung on the wall for the school year.
- They have been working on streamlining the “value” of Cougar Bucks so it’s more equitable.
- They do a boot camp at the beginning of the year with the kids to establish the expectations for behavior for all the different areas. They go to the actual location.
- The student council runs the Cougar Cave.
- Question about cohesion between students as our schools have merged? Things have improved a lot this year. Last year 5th grade was the biggest problem and they have worked really hard with that grade to improve things.
- Question about split grades? Currently there are split classes for 4th and 5th grades. They have found that it helps unify the students so they aren’t self-segregating by DLI and regular ed students. They aren’t split grade classes. The DLI teachers have two grades, but the students only attend classes with their own grade. Tom’s kids attended Sharon and then came here last year. He said he’s seeing a lot of improvement this year. The lack of integration his kids comment on comes from the DLI program. He likes what he’s seen with the split classes and how it helps with integration. It’s something they would like to continue in the future with grades 4-6 because that’s when they tend to see cliques and stuff starting.
- Discussion about changing Math and Art Night to be an Art and Culture Night where we can celebrate Latin American culture. Darrin is working with Debbie to put this together. It’s important to have the community involved, sacrificing for the school, showing part of themselves and sharing themselves. We like the idea of having community members bring food and things and we could give them stipends so it isn’t a financial hardship for them to provide this.
- Discussion about the district split.
