TJ PTA Meeting May 25, 2016

Agenda Welcome from PTA President Updates from TJMS Principal Sustainability/Garden Update Math Placement Process/Pathways for MS & Beyond Dunbar-Holland Scholarship Update Family Engagement – This I Believe Guiding Principles Call for Nominations – PTA Executive Committee Treasurer’s Report Approval of Meeting Minutes from April 2016 Mini-Grants for May 2016 Meeting Adjournment

Sustainability /Garden Update Garden Fence Project Quote $11,365.00 Funding: PEG $ 7,718.00 TJ PTA $ 2,347.00 Garden $ 300.00 Grace Church $ 1,000.00 Total Funding: $11,365.00 Timeline pending Arlington County PO being issued; hopeful for June 2016; Work will take 7-10 days onsite plus time to order custom materials.

Math Placement Process – Pathways for MS and Beyond

Family Engagement – This I Believe The handout are guiding principles that will help guide and ground the work of the Family Engagement Committee; supporting decision- making and accountability to TJ family needs. The guiding principles will help with program planning, lesson planning, and interactions with youth, families, staff and other stakeholders. Please choose four (4) statements from the handout that you believe should guide the work of the Family Engagement Committee.

Dunbar-Holland Scholarship Honoring beloved TJMS faculty Dot Dunbar and Tom Holland Awarded each year to a college-bound TJMS alumnus Awarded based on service to the community Minimum GPA of 3.0 required This year, we received 15 appplications – consisting of personal statement and recommendations from activity sponsor and counselor. The awardees for 2016 are: BAILEY HALL, Washington-Lee HS – attending William & Mary BRENDA HIDALGO, Wakefield HS – attending Virginia Tech

Dunbar-Holland Scholarship PAST AWARDEES 2015 Marie Serfis (William & Mary), Lydia Elias (Brown) 2014 Dejah Lee (unknown) 2013 Victor Gomez (Yale) 2012 Olivia Green (VCU) 2011 Jamé Jackson (Fashion Writer, DC) 2010 Lana Mahgoub (Ph.D. Candidate, Wisconsin) 2009 Kate Irick (Center for Peace & Global Citizenship, Mexico City), Joshua Downs (unknown) 2008 Gimena Gonzalez-Pintos (transitioning to grad school from job at AU) 2007 Michael Grant (unknown) 2006 Nour El Houda Boadis (unknown) 2005 Sasha Prokhorova (UX Designer, Kismet Design, San Francisco) 2004 Gretel Truong (Film Campaign Manager, Malala Fund, NY)

Dunbar-Holland Scholarship We are recruiting for Scholarship Committee for 2016-2017 We will be coordinating an appeal next school year in memory of Tom Holland Initial meeting with Arlington Community Foundation scheduled for June A huge thank you to CC Clarke for her work on supporting the scholarship this academic year!

Call for Nominations – PTA Executive Committee Open Positions: Secretary – Christy Irredell nominated Treasurer – Charlie Kramer nominated VP for Fundraising VP for Sustainability/Garden Chair CCPTA Represntative Please consider joining the PTA team – we need your input and passion! Shared workload, flexible programming, amazing opportunity to make a difference! Elections will occur at the June 14, 2016 PTA Meeting – please come and vote!

Treasurer’s Report

Minutes from April 2016 Meeting

Upcoming Meetings and Events June 1, 2016 – BLPC for New ES Meeting June 14, 2016 – 7-8:15 pm – PTA Meeting (Elections/ Volunteer Recognition & Celebration) June 22, 2016 – 7 am – 12 noon – Reception for 8th Grade Promotion Set-Up and Execution

Mini-Grants

Adjournment