January

MINUTES

Minutes: January 14, 2024

El Camino Fundamental High School

PTSA General Meeting

6:00 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks

   -In attendance; -Meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm by Tracie Hewitt (president),

People in attendance: Tracie Hewitt (President),  Becka Stephensen (Treasurer),  Evelyn Welborn (Principal), Shannon Fox (teacher and parent), Jennifer Morgan (parent), Elizabeth Wright (social media),  Chrystal Bernasconi (VP)

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Michelle Pearson, Secretary

   - Review and approval of the minutes from the previous meeting at the next meeting. Minutes will be on the website and link will be sent out. Motion to approve by Ms. Bernasconi and seconded by Becka.

Admin Report: Evelyn Welborn, Principal

   - Discussion about College and career indicators.

·         Go to the CA dashboard to look at information about college and career information.

o Students demonstrate multiple ways to show they are ready. Many of them contain achievements on CAASPP. They should score 3 or higher on both exams, they don't need to take placement tests when going to a CSU. The focus is to improve the number of students who are C and C-ready.

o Currently at 49% using one of these indicators. Goal is 100%. 0% ss with a disability, and 15% of our EL students are ready.

o As a staff, giving students more exposure to the CAASPP test. Large gaps for three years with no CAASPP testing. Lack of familiarity and gaps in learning. Using the interim assessments to help support students and monitor progress. In the Fall students take the interim test as a benchmark. See growth over the year. Eng and math dept analyze results.

o Will be recognized at graduation with a seal. Had to get permission from the district. Connects with the WASC goals. All subjects are responsible for teaching many different subjects. For example: chemistry teaches math; PE teaches speaking and listening. 

o Administration of interim assessments will require a schedule change and teachers will vote. Some teachers oppose wasting the day or lack knowledge regarding how to effectively use the data or how it applies to them. Connects to ECHS vision statement: confident students.

Student Report

   Not present

President's Report: Tracie Hewitt

   -We are moving forward with the 75th-anniversary event. Please let Tracie know if you are interested in forming a committee. Sept 20th

Vice President's Report: Chrystal Bernasconi

         Website is good!

Treasurer's Report: Becka Stephensen

• lots of mail from Morgan Stanley

• sign donated

• All Night Grad

  • Everyone who has purchased a ticket, they have a written receipt, with a possible note about a waiver or shirt size. 

  • match ledger and bank statements and batch cc statement

  • We filed a raffle permit because we have never filed 2021-22 taxes. Becka handled it and will file the taxes for those missing years, with nothing coming in and nothing coming out. Will refile the raffle permit. 

• We voted to approve AVID support last meeting, but unknown who to write it out to. Wait until they contact us again.

• Optimist Club sent a check.

  • Will deposit it but may be over the deadline. If it goes through it will become part of the All-night grad fund.

Secretary’s Report: Michelle Pearson

   -no updates

Student Report: Victor Bernasconi

• Wrestling, duels on Wednesday, tournaments on Saturdays all day.

  • Have 4 coaches that attend events. Boys JV and Varsity teams with about 15 team members and a girls team. Girls are on track for first place.

• School safety ambassador

  • Learned how to help if a student is being bullied and how to de-escalate a situation.

Hospitality Report: Holly Fales (not present)

   -Teachers’ luncheon is on January 30.

Scholarship Report: Barb Lezon (absent)

•  Sara Vierra is our new College and Career tech, and she runs the College and Career Center.

• The week of the 27th will be college scholarship week and will host an event for seniors.

  • Help students weed through lots of information.

  • We voted previously to ensure that all recipients of our scholarships are members of PTSA.

• contacted donors and shared information, got feedback, etc. via email.

• list of who is interested in joining the scholarship committee. 

Events Report: Jennifer Flohr

•  Need volunteers for the upcoming Air Shows. Nonprofits that would like to work Saturday or Sunday; starts at 6am

• They will donate $50 per volunteer to the PTSA. 

• Require one-third of volunteers to attend a training on March 20. Possible training on Zoom?

• Looking for seniors, Avid is possibly interested.

• Grad Night event

• Encouraged the seniors to go to the businesses in person, more likely to donate items.

• Went online and made a ton of requests: Aquatic Centers, King tickets, etc. to get raffle donations for Grad night. A sponsorship letter is available to take with you to businesses. 

• Reached out to alumni to come and present at the event. A lot of alumni reach out to Rob Kerr.

• Put out a call on social media to help with Grad Night. No committee for grad night yet, just us.

Social Media Report: Elizabeth Wright

   - not in attendance

Open Floor

         - Small fundraisers- Online raffle? Still mulling it over.  

         - Membership drive ideas? Not profitable to recruit teachers

Meeting adjourned at 6:53pm

Next meeting: February 10 at 6 pm 

Minutes Approved February 10, 2025