Our first parent group meeting took place on Friday, September 30 at 8:30am.  There were 28 parents in attendance!  Mr. Donner joined us at first and introduced us to Kammy Webb, the middle school instructional coach.  He also spoke about the heartbreaking passing of Luciano Cruz, 1st grader.  He informed us of ways to show support to Luciano's family and ways for us and our children to work through our grief.

Rachael then wrote the Mission of the parent group on the board (it's at the top of this blog), and we discussed what it means to build community and support one another:  being like a family, growing in relationship, taking care of each other in our thoughts and words and actions.

Everyone in attendance had opportunity to introduce themselves and share an encouraging word that they would like to share with staff and students (the encouragements that were written down will be posted to the blog).

Hilary then shared about Classroom Ambassadors: two parents per classroom that will help with communication between teachers and parents.

Rachael shared about lunch and recess flash mobs:  parents creating a little fun and excitement during lunch and recess.

At the end of the meeting, people interested in being a classroom ambassador could talk to Hilary, and there were sign up sheets for those interested in 1) praying together before school once a week and 2) flash mob volunteers.

The next planning meeting will take place on Friday, October 14, where there will be opportunity to learn about the blog and opportunity to brainstorm in small groups about some flash mob appearances and an upcoming resource fair.