Home and School Association Meeting

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Primary Building Cafeteria

6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Refreshment Social Hour

7:00 p.m. – Mrs. Burg opened the meeting with a prayer & everyone introduced themselves and mentioned their children.

Mrs. Burg

ðITBS Results

Standardized tests given to our 3rd and 8th graders.

                Strengths – Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and Reference Materials.  Our teachers attribute our

                                strengths to the Guided Reading Program at Our Lady of the Angels.

                Weaknesses- Capitalization, Punctuation and Spelling.  Our teachers attribute some of our weaknesses to how

                                the test questions are setup.  For example, our children take spelling tests and write the words.  In

                                the ITBS test they look at 3-4 words and have to circle the correctly spelled word.   The teachers

                                plan to periodically test differently, so that the children are familiar with this testing. Also, they

                                will utilize the CUPS procedure.

                Our Lady of the Angels falls above the 60% percentile; with the National average being 50%.

                We continue to grow in our education!

ðOLA 10th Birthday Celebration 2007- 2008 school year

Next school year will be a very BIG and EXCITING YEAR FOR OLA! To kick off the celebration of OLA’s 10 year birthday – a Family Picnic is on the calendar for 9/16 at Fairview Park.  This school year is to celebrate the establishment of OLA.  Many events are being planned by the committee and a lot of hard work is going into the celebration of our school.  Some events are: The classes will take a month and create a school activity, a possible school trip, a birthday logo contest, to name a few events.  The Committee is seeking a Logo for the 10th Birthday Celebration to be used that year.  The Logo selected will receive a $100 tuition voucher.  Contest nformation was sent in the Friday folders on January 12th.

ðMiddle States

                The Committee is meeting and working on a curriculum.

ðHall of Fame – Catholic Schools Week

                All invited to the 5 PM Mass and refreshments for the Hall of Fame inductees.  This is on Saturday, 1/27. 

                We are looking for more family and student participation with the Hall of Fame families to celebrate.

ð2007-2008 Tentative School Calendar has been approved.

                1st day of school is Monday, 8/27/07

ðProspective Parent Night 2/22/07

                There will be no Town Meeting this year.  Mrs. Burg will hold a prospective parent night for anyone with

interest in sending their child/ren to OLA.  This will be held in the Primary Building, so please invite

                anyone that you know who would like to attend.  More information to follow.

ð2/2/2007 Celebration of Family Unity Night presented by the parishes.

ðCHRISTMAS BAZAAR:  Barb Katalinas, Jill Hartman & Kerrie Kraft

                Many new volunteers which was a huge help; profit of $1,700 due to the raffles being a huge success. A big            

thank you to Jill Hartman who donated many items to the Bazaar from her shop!  The committee will go in

                February to seek out discounted items for next year.  Also, a letter will go out to local business people to see

                if they have any donations they would like to give as tax write offs.  Overall, great Bazaar and the children

                enjoyed it!  Barb, Jill and Kerrie will Chair next year.

ðPie Sale: Diane Robinson Chair, Kerrie Kraft gave update

                In 2005 we profited $623; in 2006 we profited $645.

ðPoinsettia Sale: Michelle Kelly

                In 2005 we profited $635; in 2006 we profited $365.  Next year an insert will be enclosed in the parish

                bulletins.  Michelle Kelly will Chair next year.

ðNominations for 2007-2009 H&S President and Treasurer

                January Nominee Sheet goes out

                February Nominees contacted and bios received; End of February Votes Cast

                March President and Treasurer announced

ðCatholic School Week – 1/ 27 thru 2/2

                1/29 Skating Party at the Castle

                1/30 Open House  9 – 11

2/1 Teacher’s Appreciation Luncheon at EB.  Angie Kraft-Gross will prepare the lunch.  Homeroom parents will be contacted to find two approved volunteers; one to help with serving/cleanup of the lunch and one for watching the children. The children will get to watch a movie at their building during the lunch. 

ðBINGO NIGHT & USED BOOK SALE: 2/9

                A FREE FAMILY NIGHT –come enjoy food and refreshments, play bingo to win dress down days, scrip

                vouchers and a final bingo card special reward!

ðFall Fundraiser – Basket Bingo OR Spaghetti Dinner

                Looking at a new fall fundraiser to drop some of the smaller ones; Officers will research.

8:10 Meeting Adjourned.

 

 

 

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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