Meeting Minutes, 9-9-2011

To All PAP Supporters, It's a busy month at Lied MS! Visit the PAP blog for details about the upcoming events. The Gator Bite Night flyers can be viewed and printed from the link at the bottom of this newsletter!

Announcements  Thank you to Tammy Jensen and Sherri Dobbins for volunteering their time during Open House to pass out the Gator Bite Night flyers! The feedback from Open House has been greatly appreciated! Although it was for the most part, a successful event, the feedback suggests that there is room for improvement! The turnout exceeded Lied MS staffs expectations, which they were extremely pleased about. However, that also created frustration among parents and students, as the gymnasium could not accommodate everyone. Parents would have liked more time with the teachers, as they felt the teachers were rushed to say everything they needed to say to parents. A solution for this would be to record the principal message in advance and show it on the closed circuit TVs in the 1st period teacher's classroom. This would help to ensure that everyone could hear the message, as well as, giving the teachers more time to speak with the parents and students. Overall, parents liked the format and appreciated all the information provided. Lied would like to thank everyone for their feedback. With your feedback, Lied works have to improve and create further success! I also wish to thank all the families that have donated $10.00 or more! Lied MS is asking for $10.00 donations from each family for the general school fund. These funds go directly back to the students in the form of student incentive breakfasts, awards, field trips, and lunch for the students in need that do not qualify for the county lunch assistance program. Research on obtaining a marquee to be placed in front of the school has begun. If anyone has any suggestions or assistance with this, please contact me at tricia@triciaperna.comor Ms. Ritz at 702-799-4620. We are looking into setting up a reading corner in the cafeteria with a sofa and loveseat for the students who would like to read after eating lunch.  Lied Needs Supplies donations are needed for some students. Anyone with extra notebooks, binders, pens, divider sheets, or any other school supplies are being asked to donate them to Lied. Please drop them to the office or send them to school with your student. It is greatly appreciated! The school is asking for old magazines that can be used in the classrooms. They must be appropriate for school use, but age doesn't matter. This is a great incentive for cleaning up and organizing your magazine rack! PAP will be providing most of the student incentive and teacher appreciation supplies. These are rewards to the students and teachers for good and/or improving performance. One way we will be acknowledging our students are with pins that the students can attach to their lanyards; i.e. Reader of the Month, Star Reader, etc. We will also be giving student incentives away for the daily vocabulary announcement drawing participants. Plaques for the teacher appreciation portion of this program were approved at $5.00 each. These plaques will honor the teachers that have completed additional training and who have already implemented those improved training techniques into their classrooms. We are also asking for any donations that parents and the community may have for student incentives and teacher appreciation. Prizes or any reward type items/services will be put to good use. Likewise, if you know of any businesses or restaurants that would be willing to cater the monthly staff meetings, at no or low cost, please contact Ms. Ritz at 702-799-4620. Donations for Raffle Baskets are being gathered for the Family Involvement Night Event in November.  Parent Involvement  Many parents have been inquiring about how they can help on campus. Parent involvement in this way is greatly appreciated and encouraged! There is also a page on the PAP blog that outlines these options at www.lied-pap.blogspot.com. The following is a list of help needed: Gator Gents Program: Contact Al Washington at 702-799-4620; Assisting students with reading in SST on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; Working with RTI math or reading students that need extra support and instruction; Help develop an interactive multicultural lesson for students; Shelving library books; Office assistance: making copies, scanning papers, running errands for teachers; Classroom assistance: grading papers; Assisting with after school clubs; Chaperoning activities at lunch time and after school; We have requested that teachers also provide specific information on how parents can assist with reinforcing content at home to support classroom instruction in the areas of Reading and Mathematics. The principal Mrs. Bass-Davis will be speaking with the Reading Department to get specifics as well. The procedure for coming on campus to help with PAP is to email Jennifer Ritz at least 24 hours in advance at inbox_244@interact.ccsd.net to let her know when you are able to come and what type of help, if you have a preference, you would like to do.

We look forward to your involvement with PAP, in any way that you're able to support our students, Lied MS and our community as a whole. Have a great September! Sincerely, Tricia Perna  PAP President Resources and Links PAP Blog Lied MS Website ParentLink Lied MS Webstore