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12/1 Morning Meeting
12/1 G.O. MINUTES
Attendance:
Ilana Duncan Delany
Claire Erica Belinda
Emma Jules Nick
Helen Antalya Amy
Herzog
Notes:
GA
-79 will recharter
-21 will get email about recharter
-8-10 new clubs
-8th is PTA grant deadline
Permit
-go to new offices
Talent show
-tuesday before talent show= audition
-email emma 3 people
PA
-right before 1st period
-lunches/ bakesales
-club announcement by request
-every day? or too much?
-beginning or end of week
-looking for proposal
-music?
-start at 8am
-whats GOing on
Spelling BEe
-manhattan winners
-City Bee- in hunter in march
Free Breakfast
-another one in April (18th)
12/6 Morning Meeting
12/6 G.O. MINUTES
Attendance:
Delany Amy Talya
Claire Ilana Duncan
Belinda
Notes:
HCES
- meeting w/ student council
- Have an agenda
Winter Funds
- free breakfast
- gift
Talent Show
- auditions
- limit # of acts
January Calendar
- Post when get it from Ms. Siegman
Merchandise
- reorder shirts
- sweatshirts
- facebook poll to see what design is best
12/6 morning meeting
12/6 G.O. MINUTES
Attendance:
Amy Talya Delany Claire Ilana Belinda
Duncan
Notes:
HCES — meeting w/ student council
Winter Funds
- free breakfast
- gift
Talent Show
- auditions
- limit # of acts
January Calendar
- Post when get it from Ms. Siegman
Merchandise
- reorder shirts
- sweatshirts
- facebook poll to see what design is best
12/1 Morning Meeting
12/1 G.O. MINUTES
Attendance:
Ilana Duncan Delany
Claire Erica Belinda
Emma Jules Nick
Helen Antalya Amy
Herzog
Notes:
General
-check for M.A.W.
-Free breakfast
-Publicize (Helen)
-Stairway Calendar
Course Survey
-Dr.Herbert
-Senate Today
-Vote on final?
Spelling Bee
-Extra person to escort off
-Nick
-also need judges
G.O. foyer
-Messy
-Lack of Supervision for Fundraisers
-Need to formally sign up for fundraisers
- Broken Chairs
Hunter Life Committee Meeting 12/2
Attendance:
Ms. Airoldi (Middle States Representative), Members of many Departments of Faculty, Ms. Jawanda (Faculty Chair), many students in varying grades, Jenny Choi and Nora Dolliver (Student Co-Chairs), PTA Co-Chairs, and Class Representatives from 7th and 8th grade (Parents).
Notes:
Last Month: discussed space constraints on lunch
This Meeting: needs more structure — 3 parts:
1. Provide forum — chat about new/continuous issues.
2. Decide how to approach the issues/problems.
3. Focus on the Long-term project and give homework.
Hunter Online:
Ms. Airoldi -idea of online life:
-Middle States: A Separate Committee for Cyber-Bullying
-discussed developing an educational component to this issue, to inform student and give constructive advice
–Cyber-Bullying has no student representative (suggestion for students in this committee to overlap in that committee)
-in surveys: have not asked directly about cyber-bullying, but rather internets relationship with procrastination
–some within the surveys asked for help in their time management for guidance.
–need to develop a healthy relationship with the computer, that can still be productive.
Jenny/Nora:
-Dr. Fisher Meeting: manageable goal to accomplish
–a report on internet use for the whole community to read
-HLC should be discussion based and solution based
-this timeline is supposed to create structure and deadlines to further progress made a certain issues.
-7th grade/12th grade uses Facebook for different ways
-no one to communicate it to anyone else
–someone on term board should represent the grade and talk to someone on the counseling department to get issues heard.
-Reddit.com — a way for the Hunter community to become connected
–it links to other articles and is a system of dialogue for intra-community use.
–if publicized well, it could become a great source of communication
-The whole school should benefit from the solutions of this committee, not just committee members.
-Could communicate between between meetings, assign homework, create sub-committees for specific tasks,
Homework:
-before the nest meeting, assignments should be given.
- www.reddit.com/r/hunterlifecommittee
- what about life do we want to know?
– 1st: How do students use the internet?
– 2nd: How does the internet impact upon the academic community?
– 3rd: Why are so many students having trouble on Facebook?
-send answers to PTA Hunter Life mailbox
Why this is necessary:
- on Professional Development Day, the teachers were educated on the students usage of the internet, and it enlightened many teachers
- it is necessary to focus on the well-being of students — inform that straight A’s are not only what is important in this community
11/29 Morning Meeting
Attendance:
Ilana, Helen, Belinda, Claire, Duncan, Delany, Talya, Jules, Amy, Erica, Herzog, Emma, Nick.
Spelling Bee:
-email out on thursday giving out details
-judges: Ilana, Duncan, Delany, Antalya
Annals Pictures:
-Pictures were taken for Annals for Board/Assistants
-Board headshots taken sometime during the week
Free Breakfast:
-December 15th
-everything cleaned by 8:08
-shut down everything by 7:58 to clean up and reorganize
-on a Thursday, day of early action/decision feedback (that evening — so nice break before the results)
Faculty Feedback Form Subcommittee:
-decided and created a draft to show to the faculty senate meeting on thursday
-members: Claire (g.o. board member) Olivia (11th grade senator) Nick (8th grade senator) and Jenny (12th grade senator)
11/15 Morning Meeting
11/15 G.O. MINUTES
Attendance:
Ilana, Duncan, Delany, Claire, Erica, Belinda, Emma, Jules, Nick, Helen, Antalya, Amy, Herzog
Notes
Sub- Committee of Faculty Feedback Form
- something to be decided between meetings
- smaller groups, 2,3 people
- presenting to whole of senate
- then showed to teachers (Ms. Chapnick and Dr. Herbert)
- 2 senators (upper, lower) G.O. Member
Want to set up meeting with Elementary School Stu. Gov’t
- Emailed Ms. Roy
Midterm period—publicize on Blog
Email Mr. Collins about search committee
Early graduation
Bake Sales
- New ways to raise money
- Breakfast sale
- Thursday- keep foyer clean and calm
- Keep 7th graders in check in corner
Other
- Update hallway calendars
11/15 Senate Meeting
Senate
8th grade—term waived by quarter
7th grade—end of the year
11th grade—awkward for student teacher relationships
Vote:
1 Survey only ½ way through 0
2 Survey only at the end of course 2
3 Both 5
4 2013 after summer 3
- ½ way and end structured differently
-no inherit benefits to halfway survey…
- if teachers don’t like it then won’t use comments
- start to come off as ranting
- it is for teachers
- ½ way through does not benefit teachers, only students
Revote
1 Survey only at the end of course 1
2 Both 4
3 2013 after summer and end of year 5
- multiple choice—confined to choices and not honest
-after summer wont remember good things
-negative outlook on school
-1st multiple choice—got idea
-2nd would specify
Agree:
1st 1-5 multiple choice
2nd longer response
to move further, invite faculty to meetings
-needs foresight
-better if questions come from teachers themselves: dept. heads send in 3-5 questions
-does not really help teachers at the beginning of the year
- to ease in 1st year be most appeasing/generous
- invite a faculty member from every department
- meeting next Thursday
11/10 Morning Meeting
Attendance
Duncan, Delany, Nick, Belinda, Talya, Herzog, Ilana, Emma, Erica, Amy, Helen
Notes:
Bakesale:
-going around halls looking for $
-need to get $1100 mark
- not very hard—only need $1 from each student
- need to see if Fauculty Advisor is present
- can confiscate $ if found by Ms. Seigman
Senate:
Feedback Form
-everyone highlighting different things
-what should it be—we need clear intent
Helen: feedback to teachers for better classroom environments
Students have say, content can change length can change
Talya: Students to voice opinion
Claire: approach it: mutually beneficial not just students complaining
- nothing is an obligation
- customizable—post semester (less open ended) or post full year (more open ended)
PTA
- $1500 grant
- part to pay for fee waivers
- $750 gift
Exam Period—Midterms
- early graduation
-decisions being made without student input
- need rep. of students to give student body ideas
Feedback (Dr.Herbert)
- suggest length of HW per night
-suggest only a 1 period test
- class average ~90 is good
- avg. should be higher
11/8 Morning Meeting
Attendance:
Ilana, Claire, Emma, Nick, Talya, Erica, Duncan, Belinda, Delany, Amy
Notes:
Faculty Feedback Form
-Each board member and assistant: send what they what to Emma in both of the forms (copy and paste)
-Compile and bring to Senate
-Assistants should casually bring up to teachers to get their opinion and feedback in the first process
-Write down what they said and bring back to meeting on Thursday
-Preference in how often it should be used
Spelling Bee
-Sign up sheet is posted
-Delany/Talya are going to homerooms
11/11/11:
-Dish you are bringing from every club
-If clubs decides not to participate in baking, heavily suggested donation of $10/$15
-bakesale on 11/10 as well
Principal Search Committee:
-Sent an email to Director Collins – student on board
-executive board member would be preferred
Meeting with Dr. Fisher:
-Thinking of switching the elections to mid-year
-Switch in May before Carnival
-If start with carnival: overwhelmed
-Not realistic
-Hard to get position midway through year
Bakesale
-On Thursday
-Senate meeting on Thursday – Other G.O. members have to man the table
Free Breakfast
-Dec. 15th – to clean up before 1st period
