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Parent Action Council Monthly Meeting

May 19, 2022 - 6:30 p.m.

Saying Goodbye To The School Year and Looking Ahead To The Next

Welcome!

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Agenda

April PAC Review - Summer Learning

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• Summer Learning this year is called “Camp SLPS”
• It will run from June 6-June 30
• Tier 1 Locations (7:50am-1:20pm)
• Gateway Middle (6-8), AESM @ L’Ouverture (6-8), Compton Drew (6-8) Gateway High School (9-12), Clyde C. Miller (9-12), Blewett (10-18 yrs.), Notttingham CAJT (9-12)
• Tier 2 Locations (9:00am-2:30pm)
• Ashland (P4-5), Mullanphy (P4-5), Monroe (P4-5), Mason (P4-5), Lexington (P4-5), Gateway Michael (P4-8), Mallinckrodt (P4-5), Woodward (P4-5), Gateway Elementary (P4-5), NCNAA (P4-8)
• Camp SLPS focuses on three things:
• Social emotional learning
• College and Career Readiness (HS)
• Unfinished Learning/Credit Recovery
• Questions about Summer Learning? Contact Dr. Kim Moody at kimberly.moody@slps.org or (314) 345-2517

April PAC Review (cont.)

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• Educator and SLPS parent Juanita Phillips-House gave some EXCELLENT recommendations for keeping your student learning over the summer!
• Ask your child’s teacher for their Lexile Level at the end of the year and use it at the library to find books at their independent reading level
• The library’s Youth Services Provider or Homework Helper can help you out!
• SLPL also lets you check out Chromebooks and hotspots with a library card
• Keep and use your student’s class logins for academic apps like Epic Reading, Prodigy math, Imagine math/reading, etc
• Your child’s teacher can give you those passwords if you don’t have them
• Summer Bridge Activity books are good for all ages
• Summerbridgeactivities.org
• READ READ READ
• Read TO and WITH your kids all summer long

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Parent Liaison Updates

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Gloria Nolan

gloria.nolan@slps.org

314-345-2485

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Certificate of Appreciation

Awarded to

Gloria Nolan

for outstanding contributions throughout the year in advocating for change and resources to address concerns of SLPS parents and guardians

May 19, 2022

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Certificate of Appreciation

Awarded to

Emily Koeltzow

for outstanding contributions throughout the year in advocating for change and resources to address concerns of SLPS parents and guardians

May 19, 2022

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Board of Education Updates

Matt Davis Toni Cousins

President Vice-President

SLPS Board of Education SLPS Board of Education

matt.davis@slps.org antoinette.cousins@slps.org

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PAC Announcements

• Open Positions
• We are looking for folks to fill the following roles:
• Secretary (2)
• Graphic Designer
• If you think you could help us out, email parentactioncouncil@gmail.com
• We will vote to approve these positions at the first PAC meeting of the new school year
• Help us plan for next year by dropping your topic ideas in the chat!

PAC Accomplishments

• Protected $18 M in funding for SLPS
• Organized and executed the first Parents Day of Action
• Security cameras are being added to every elementary school
• Special shout out to Dennis Castro!
• Epi Pen training is now allowed for bus drivers in Missouri
• HUGE congratulations and well done to Dr. Yao Chen and Dr. Hanley Chiang!
• Created a communication flowchart for parents and families to understand how communication in SLPS works
• HUGE thanks to our PAC team, including Johnni Walker-Gillespie, Julie Harpring, Christopher Bradburn, Misty Ramirez, Funmi Ayemi, Alana Parks, and Gloria Nolan!

Important Dates

May 26 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

June 6 - First Day of Camp SLPS

June 14 - Board of Education meeting, 801 N. 11th St.

August 22 - First Day of School (2022-2023)

September 15 - PAC meeting, 6:30pm (location TBD)

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Stay In Touch

• Join the “Parents of SLPS Students” page on Facebook
• Join our email list by emailing parentactioncouncil@gmail.com
• Find our calendar and meeting minutes on our Google site (link in chat)
• Sign up for the District Digest at slps.org/districtdigest

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Open Forum

What’s on your mind?

How can we help?