PSR Parent Advisory Board Meeting       

Meeting Minutes

 

October 10, 2007

Present:  Michelle Foster, Bob Brown, Lisa Schroeder, Martha Vehlewald and Jeannine Maciak

Next meeting:   January 9, 2008, 7:00 PM

 

 

I.            Announcements

New members welcomed: Lisa Schroeder, Martha Vehlewald and Jeannine Maciak

Current Board Positions:

President – Bob Brown

Vice President – Lisa Schroeder

Secretary – Jeannine Maciak

Changes to the 2007/2008 Calendar

Sandwich Ministry scheduled for 11/5/2007 was changed to 11/12/2007

The March 7, 2008 Stations of the Cross for the parish was removed

 

II.         Events

  • Michelle reviewed several upcoming PSR events where a strong Board presence is needed and said she would post in email to missing members.
    • Open House Oct 15
    • All Saints Mass Oct 29
    • Advent Family Event Nov 30
    • Epiphany Mass Jan 7
    • 7th & 8th Grade Chastity Night with REAP Team Feb 4
    • Lenten Family Event Feb 8
    • Stations of the Cross Mar 3
    • Passion Mime Mar 10
    • 08-09 Registrations Apr 6 & 7
    • Living Rosary and May Crowning May 5
    • Closing Mass and Ice Cream Social May 19

 

  • Parents Mixer on Nov 12 during PSR will center on social time together as parents.  We need volunteers to help Tammy Heet, who has volunteered to organize this.  She will need help with prep for the event and with running the evening.
  • PSR Donut Sunday Dec 9th will need volunteers to help with this event.  One or two chairpersons to organize, two would be excellent.  Eileen Munoz can fill us in on tasks since she organized this last year.  In addition to Donut Sunday there will also be a new toy collection going on for Giving Sunday which will be publicized with PSR Donut Sunday.

 

 

III.         Discussion

  • Michelle asked for board members to volunteer to represent each grade level.  Parents then will have a more direct way to contact the board with questions, comments or concerns.
  • It was suggested that PSR events be announced in a small way at the end of Mass for better communication, like for the first grade mass & breakfast that just passed.  Michelle shared that the announcements are discouraged because of time & they have to be kept very short and to the point.  Michelle will look into this to see if it would be possible.
  • The recruiting of new board members will be changed to end of year instead of the beginning of the school year since the board is changing to a format of four times a year.
  • The $50.00 fine for no-shows for parking lot duty is working as we had hoped.  It is deterring persons from missing their assigned parking lot duties.  Michelle discussed the assignment of parking spaces for families next year to help with issues (little ones not being easily placed, crowding at the doorways, etc).  Michelle look into glow in the dark numbers to be painted on the parking spots due to night vision for PSR.
  • Dates and times were set for the final three meetings:
    • January 9, 2008
    • March 12, 2008
    • May 14, 2008
    • The meetings will start at 7:00 PM
  • Go Teach All Nations, a self evaluation for PSR programs, is scheduled to be completed this year.  This is a survey that is complied and reported back to the Archdiocese by the board and finally Michelle.  The last one was done four years ago.  Students, parents and catechists/administration will participate in the survey section.  The survey should begin in early November and we will try to get it back before the holidays.  With some time to collect missing ones shortly after the holidays.  Board members will each compile survey results and then will give a report and solution recommendations to Michelle at the March 12 meeting.  A discussion of those recommendations will be done at this meeting.  Michelle will then take the information and create the report for the Archdiocese by the end of the 2007-08 school year.
  • Carrie Sallwasser asked the board, via Michelle, what problems there were with Parent Meetings and asked for some brainstorming on solutions.  The First Grade parent and Human Sexuality meetings were discussed and the small attendance by parents.  It was conveyed through a board member that some attending parents didn’t understand what the meetings were about.  The same board member passed on that parents were upset with the 2nd First Grade meeting being cancelled, twice, which seemed to cause confusion.  It was brought up that possibly looking at how many first time first grade parents there really are might explain the low numbers.  Michelle said she would compile that information.  It was agreed that this was a good point.  It was suggested to possibly put the First Grade Meeting information online.
  • PSR Class Updates for this year. 
    • New programs for Preschool, Kindergarten, 7th & 8th grade are going well. 
    • Computer lab will be offered each week.  We are the only school to offer this.  A PSR parent who is a high school computer teacher will be running the computer lab.
    • T-R-Y (Teachers Respect You) sessions have had some positive feedback and some disappointments.
    • Service in the classes last year:

§         St Jude         500.00+

§         St Vincent De Paul collection          over 20 boxes of food

§         Sandwich Ministry               1996 sandwiches

§         Giving Sunday Toy Drive      700+ toys

§         Birthday Boxes         90+ given to local pantry

§         Raffle for Family Fun Basket  100+ to charity (??)

§         Cards to Homebound Communicants 90+

§         Bookmarks and reading to West Co Nursing Home 

§         Yard work on church grounds

§         The first service, by a class, this year:

·         Operation Undercover-130+ pkgs of socks, underwear, undershirts to Circle of Concern

§         For this year for service projects we expect close to the same results.

  • New this year is Room Parents for each catechist/class
  • Michelle is now Full Time
  • Family Event Nights is new this year and will occur outside of PSR.  Family grade level Masses and breakfasts are a new way for family and community to get together.
    • Family Mass and Kick off BBQ was a success.
    • Advent Family Event
    • Lenten Family Event
    • St Joseph Feast Day
  • Class pictures will be taken of each PSR class.  We will “trade” class pictures with the full time classes they share the room with for the intent of praying for each other and seeing each other in the same space.
  • Dinner for Catechists and Teachers was a great success for the catechists and teachers to get to know each other and put a face with a name.  It very much helped in shaping attitudes, sharing of space and feelings of being a team together.