I. Call to Order @  2:10
II. Roll Call - Present:  William Ilutsik, Katie Moore, Bev Cano, Kathy Yahr; also attending Carol Kilmer
III. Approval of Minutes of December 7, 2001 Meeting - Motion to approve Bev, second Katie
IV.  Approval of Agenda   - Motion by Katie, second Bev
V. Persons Wishing to Address the Committee - Katie spoke to the committe about her desire to become a to 5 member CSC. Kathy will look into it.
VI.   Reports
 A.  Food Service Report - Gladys Small -  tabled indefinitely
 B.  Book Bash  2002 Update - Students have read over 40,000 pages
 C. Classroom Activities -
  Carol (K-2) - Martin Luther King, Jr. study for 2 weeks, including the  Kindness and Justice Challenge. The kindergartners are also doing a transportation unit. Carol is now teaching GED classes at the school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays  from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  Kathy (4-8) -Also working on the Kindness and Justice Challenge, a unit on American pioneers, and preparing for the Battle of the Books.
 D.  Character Education/Assets (10 Sigma, Skills for Positive and Productive Behavior) Students are doing a wonderful job.
 E.  Breakfast program is going wonderfully. An average of 8 students per day participate.  We have observed students are more attentive and less distractable throughout the morning.
 F.  OTE Goal #1 - Let’s get the word out! Signs will be posted asking for community members to sign up to teach after school or evening classes in traditional Native crafts.

VII.   Unfinished Business
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VIII.   New Business
  A. Approval of Gym Night Supervisor - Motion to approve - William, Bev second.  James Kuku was approved on a vote of: 2 yes, 1 abstain. Gym Night will be held on Tuesdays and Thursday from 6:30 - 8:30, with the first hour for kindergarten - third grade  and the second hour for 4-8. Students must be eligible on that day to participate.
 B.  Development of a School Philosophy for School Improvement Plan - Ideas mentioned for our site’s philosophy included the following:  loving, nurturing, safe healthy environment, parents & grandparents supportive of children’s education, commitment & reflection by students, tender loving care of, body, mind, soul. Kathy will generate several rough draft copies for review at the next CSC meeting
 C.  Approval of Student Trips - Wellness Conference and Basketball Trip - Wellness   Conference - Stella as site rep.  Basketball Trip - 6, 7, 8 grade.
IX. Announcements
 A.  Date and time of next meeting - February 19 @ 4:00
X. Adjournment  - motion by Bev, second by Katie

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I. Call to Order @ 1:37
II. Roll Call - William, Bev; present. Also attending Jessica Mark, Clayton Dillard, Kathy Yahr, and Carol Kilmer.  Katie Moore, excused
III. Approval of Minutes of November 13, 2001 Meeting - Approved on a motion by Bev, second by William
IV.  Approval of Agenda   - With the addition of items C and D under New Business, the agenda was approved on a motion by William, second by Bev
V. Persons Wishing to Address the Committee - none
VI.   Reports
 A.  Technology Report - Jessica Mark -  Technology Liaison. Jessica described her training and activities at the school, including in-services, web page development, trouble-shooting and instruction.
 B.  Book Bash  2001 Update - Kids are reading like crazy.  Each page equals one mile as we chart our progress.  Our 100 days will  conclude on February 22nd.
 C. Student Council/Prevention Symposium - Clayton Dillard attended the Prevention Symposium, and gave a well presented, sequential report.
 D.  Attendance -
  1st quarter
   Whole school 87 %, but 5-7 grades had a 94 % attendance rate.
   Whole school 89 % on time; 5-7  grades 94% on time.
 F. Classroom Activities -
  Carol (K-2) - Our activities center around Christmas books.
  Kathy (4-8) - Interdisciplinary study of the Civil War
 G.  Character Education/Assets (10 Sigma, Skills for Positive and Productive Behavior)     75 skills, this is our third year of using this program successfully.  Our current skills are tolerance and respecting the contributions and diversity of others.

VII.   Unfinished Business
 A.  OTE Goal #1 - Students have made suggestions regarding possible afterschool activities. Students are interested in the following activities:
   3 carving
   1 storyteller
   4 Yup’ik language
   5 beading
   4 sewing qaspeqs
   4 sewing headbands and dance fans
   6 Yup’ik games/NYO.
 We will use home school liaison funds to pay elders and other community members to teach afterschool and evening courses.  We’ll put notices up after Christmas, and begin the program as soon as we find adults who are interested in teaching traditional Yup’ik skills.
 Along with this goal, William stated that the BBNA wants a student who is interested to participate in the Wellness Conference to be held in Dillingham in January.
 B.  Breakfast program - funded with JOM money - We will hook up with SWRS food service to save money on shipping.  Students will need to arrive prior to 8:15 to have breakfast and be ready for school.  We’ll order enough for 6 weeks and then evaluate after two weeks to determine whether or not to continue this program.  If the food arrives, we will  start on January 14, one week after we get back from the holidays.

VIII.   New Business
  A. OTE Goal #3 - Students demonstrate awareness of their own strengths and skills and have self-confidence to take risks that will realize their potential as learners. - We are sending students to conferences, presenting plays with younger kids as well as older kids,  formal programs for adults, reports to one another, holding regular student council meetings, and much more to increase student’s awareness of their own skills and strengths.
 B.  Summer maintenance projects - Replacing the lights in gym was viewed as the most important as it is a safety issue. Other ideas included having the  200 gallon day tank replaced with the 500 gallon day tank. we would also like to see general clean-up, such as removing the old generator that sits by the generator bulding. Kathy will discuss other possible summer projects with John Sharp. A concern about the heat control was discussed. Teachers turn on blowers when the building gets too cold, but then it gets too hot by afternoon.
 C.  Jackets - Could the students design a logo for village - Twin Hills needs a jacket with a logo.  What are the possibilities?  We will take student generated logo ideas to the Twin Hills Village Council meeting - January 10 @ 1:00.
 D.  School Improvement Plan - We will be working to develop a school philosophy, mission statement, goals, objection, activities, evaluation. This will tie in with our OTE goals.
IX. Announcements
 A. Student Christmas Program and Sing-Along - December 20, 2:00.
 B. Date and time of next meeting - January 21 @ 2:00

X. Adjournment  - motion by Bev, second by William @ 3:00.

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I. Call to Order - 4:02 p.m.

II. Roll Call - William, Katie, Bev - present.  Also Attending - Kathy and Carol

III. Approval of Minutes of October 2, 2001 Meeting - motion - Katie, second - William

IV.  Approval of Agenda - motion - Bev, second - William

V. Persons Wishing to Address the Committee - Kathy just returned from a five-day    trip to California - 5 days at Disney American Teacher Awards; a great honor and experience. $5,000.00 will be awarded to Twin Hills School for professional development.

VI.   Reports
 A.  Red Ribbon Week Activities/Assets follow-up: The first parade in Twin Hills, the sign (which still needs to be attached to frame at airport), and the potluck showed a joint effort of students, school, and community.  We are pleased with the results!

 B.  Book Bash  2001 -We started today in this competition throughout SWRS . At our site, 1 page will equal 1 mile as we read across the U.S.A. for 100 days.

 C. Student Council - Clayton is in Anchorage at the Prevention Symposium.  Students voted to have gym and computer lab after school.

 D.  Attendance
  1st quarter:   present 87%; on time,  81%
  Among 5th- 7th Grades:  present  92%;  on time, 98%.
  Kathy will write letters to parents of students with excessive absences so far this quarter.

 F. Classroom Activities -
  Carol (K-2) Yuuyaraq, rhymes, painting, talking, about art,  measurement, math, and  smells (science);
  Kathy (4-8) United States history and geography, including a science unit on landforms and a writing project to pen-pals across the country; a variety of math  activities along with the new math text.

 G.  Bilingual Program  - Agnes - Introducing 5 Yupik words a week, to older students, but  this was too much for K-2 grades, so one word per week is taught and learned. Parents need to help at home with Yupik.  Word lists sent home could help with this.

VII.   Unfinished Business

 A.  OTE Goal #1 - We can use Home Liaison funds to support preservation of Yupik Culture.  The CSC suggesting finding out which aspects of their culture students were most interested in, then finding elders who could teach these. Suggested activities included  crafts, sewing and dancing,

VIII.   New Business

 A. OTE goal #2 - Students demonstrate honesty, respect, concern and caring for  themselves and others and their environment. Continued teaching of theYuuyaraq curriculum, Save the Beaches, and the annual Earth Day clean-up were all cited as examples of progressing toward this goal.

 B.  JOM Funds - Using JOM funds to allow serving of breakfast at school as a way to increase student attendance and on-time rate was discussed. This was propsed as a self-serve option for students arriving at school between 8:00 and 8:15.  Kathy will pursue this as the CSC approved of the idea on a motion by Katie and second by William.

IX. Announcements
 A.  Date and time of next meeting - Tues. Dec. 4th at 4:00.
 B.  Thanksgiving Potluck on Nov. 20th at 12:00. Students will remain at school for the full  day. School dismiss at 1:30 on Wednesday.

X. Adjournment - 4:59 on a motion by Bev, Second by Katie
 

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I. Call to Order - 4:07 pm

II. Roll Call - William, Katie present, Bev absent.  Also attending: Kathy, Carol, Anecia, Roberta, Frances, Stella, Jennifer and Nicholas

III. Approval of Minutes of August 29, 2001 Meeting - William moved the minutes be accepted, second by Katie.

IV. Approval of Agenda - Agenda approved on a motion by William, second by Katie.

V. Persons Wishing to Address the Committee - Question by Katie: Is anyone attending the AFN conference? Youth are welcome too.  William will get information to Kathy so that sending a student next year will be a possibility.

VI. Reports
    A.  CSC Training - William -It was informative. We learned parliamentary procedure,  learned new phrases such as “point of order”, and discussed vague policies. It was a good training, well attended by other villages

    B.  Inhalant Abuse Conference and follow-up - Students - Jennifer shared the poster she made with conference information,  facts and stories children told parents.   Roberta shared her poster about inhalants and future plans.  Valuable information on  reports. The students also traveled with their posters and information to Togiak to meet with first through fifth grade classes.

    C.  Playground Project - Kathy - The project is complete and successful. John Sharp did an excellent job designing the playground. Togiak  Fish and Brady Environmental came with 5 loads of sand .  We had 4 community volunteers.  All of students and teachers helped.

    D.  Student Council - Vice President Stella Mark read the minutes of the first Student Council meeting. The student council officers, in addition to Stella, are Clayton Dillard,  President, and Roberta Ouya, Secretary.

    E.  Attendance/Homework - Kathy
  Attendance - September
  Total school 91%
  2-8 grade 97%
  K 76%

  On Time
  Total School 87%
  2-8 grade 95%
  K 72 %

  Homework
  4-8 95 %
  2nd grade 82%

 F.  Classroom activities - Carol and Kathy - Kids are attentive and producing good work.  The students are studying the geography and animals of Alaska. No school October 8 and 9, due to a teacher in-service.
 

VII. Unfinished Business

 A.  Concerns about alcohol abuse in the community - We are a local option community, but some residents are still drinking.   Disruptive community  members on school nights affect students. All adults are role models.  Katie requested that the school write to the airlines to ask that they stop bringing in people who have been drinking. William and Kathy explained that airlines new of the policy, and that the school could not make suggestions that could be taken as accusations.  A joint task force was suggested to confront this problem. The students will make a sign to post the local option law at the airport as part of their upcoming Red Ribbon Week activities, and will have a parade if weather permits.

VIII. New Business

 A.  OTE Goals - How our three selected goals are being supported in the community and school.

  1. Students will understand and appreciate their own culture and language and the cultures of others. A concern for loss of culture was expressed by Katie. At the school,Agnes is teaching daily Yupik language and crafts. Katie suggested having elders come to the school to teach traditional ways. Kathy recommended this as an after school activity. We could use Home-Liaison funds to support this.  Anecia suggested forming a committee to   increase the involvment of the community in teaching traditional ways, and said she would help. Discussion on this topic will continue at the next meeting, and the other two goals were tabled until a future meeting.

 B.  Budget/School Improvement Project - It’s time to start thinking of summer projects. Kathy will recommend changing the light fixtures in the school, a project recomended last year but not completed due to budget constraints.

IX. Announcements - Kathy will be gone the first week in November to attend the Disney American Teacher Awards ceremony.

 A.  Date and time of next meeting - Tues. Nov. 13, 4:00 p.m.

X. Adjournment - Katie moved the meeting be adjourned,  William second, and the   meeting adjourned at 5:26 p.m.

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I. Call to Order  - William called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.

II.   Swearing in of New CSC Member  - Katie was sworn in as a CSC member.

III. Roll Call  - Katie, William, and Bev, as well as Kathy and Carol.

IV. Approval of Agenda - It was moved  by Katie and seconded  by William to approve tonight’s agenda.

V. Approval of Minutes of April 24, 2001 Meeting  -

VI. Persons Wishing to Address the Committee
    A. Anecia Ouya is traveling with students today but wishes to address the committee at the next meeting.
    B. Katie has concerns and questions about student travel.  She was disappointed that one student could not attend the Inhalant Abuse Conference in Bethel on August 28-30th.  The eligibility policy for field trips was explained.  She also expressed a concern that punctuality be emphasized and rewarded, for which she was assured that it would be.

VII.   Reports

    A.  CSC Training Scheduled for September 17 and 18 in Dillingham - Bev and William can attend, but Katie has a previous commitment.

    B.  Current Student Enrollment/Attendance - Currently we have four K-3 students and seven 4-8 students for a total of eleven.

    C. New Curriculum and Alaska Standards - The teachers are excited about the direction the school/learning will take as we operate with new curriculum materials and a curriculum  that is aligned to state standards. The CSC reviewed the curriculum and some materials and expressed pleasure that there was a curriculum in place and new materials for the students.

VIII.   Old Business -

    A.  Playground Project - We would like to complete this project as soon as possible to prevent injury to our students.  We need lag bolts to hold the frame in position.  The village cement mixer will be used to mix cement for the posts one day and when that is set, the BBNC will help us by getting sand from the beach area.  The school will hire John to supervise the digging and placement of the frame, but we would like volunteers to donate one hour of work time to help with this project.

IX.   New Business

    A.   Katie would like to request that the school district help secure electricity for her new house.  She was referred to Henry Versnick, District maintenance supervisor.

     B. William was nominated by Bev to be the new president.  It was seconded by Katie.  Bev nominated Katie to be the vice president. William seconded the motion.  Katie nominated Bev for secretary and the motion was seconded by William. All nominations were accepted and the voting was unanimous in each instance.

X. Time and Date of Next Meeting  - Tuesday, October 2, 2001.

XI. Adjournment - It was moved by Katie and seconded by Bev that the meeting adjourn at   5:05 p.m.

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