Monday, October 26, 2009

Each and every Dominion High School student will… …accept the challenge of leadership for today and tomorrow. …display courtesy, character, and integrity in all situations. …respect each member of our diverse community. …serve the community as a responsible citizen and positive role model. …work hard to achieve academic excellence.

Membership Fees$7,500Administrative Expenses Concessions$18,000ASG’s ASG Fundraisers$ ???????80% to ASG; 20% to DHS ATLAS Fundraisers$12,000DHS

1. Identify Financial Requests 2. Propose a purposeful fundraiser electronically 3. Approval of Financial Oversight Committee 4. Raise & Track Money 5. Deposit Money with ATLAS Treasurer % of funds transferred to DHS (80/20 split) 7. Staff spends money on identified requests

ATLAS team manages all concessions operations, including training and certification to meet all health codes Concessions Operations Project Managers stock, open, and close the indoor & outdoor concessions stands ASG’s sign up to serve in concession stand & take tickets ASG’s are currently compensated at the following rates: $200 for regular event $750 for Varsity Football $40 per hour for non-standard or all day events

Collected by the Dominion High School Athletic Department Pays for… Routine athletic equipment (balls, mouthguards, helmets, etc) Entry fees (band competitions, cross country & wrestling invitationals, etc) Officials’ fees Reconditioning of equipment Field maintenance

Academic Excellence22 Diversified and Community Oriented13 Students are involved in varied and diverse fields of activities2 Big School w/ Small Town Values Community look out for one another 7 Positive, respectful, and encouraging faculty and staff15 Accepting of Everyone9 Full of opportunities to succeed/Commitment to success (Clubs & Activities) 14 Encourages well-roundedness19 Can-Do Attitude by all5 One spirit in Academics, athletics, and community/School Spirit10 Allows students to take on leadership roles to benefit them later in life 13 Challenges each student ( AP classes, honors)21

We promote Integrity10 Tries to engage every student/family16 Promote community service/volunteerism3 Nurturing of Individual Skills10 We are ranked top 20 in country according to Newsweek-has a good reputation 22 90% of our student excel in AP classes – what we want to do Excellent environment to excel in academics & extra curriculars13

Communication between the organization, students, parents and staff and community School directory for better communication Involved faculty and staff Volunteerism Provide financial Resources Supports extra-curricular activities Communications with students Communication with parents and community Support academics Involvement from faculty and staff Operate together “not in silos”

An ability for the 3 major groups; parents, students, teacher, to be represented equally Volunteer & get involved Market the needs of the school (publicity) Facilitate orientation sessions for volunteering Expand homework help Morning Announcements – summary of ATLAS meetings ATLAS meeting babysitting – More opportunities Encourage/require each student to participate in 1 or 2 extra-curricular activities Ask families with business connections to develop partnerships that encourage student growth

Provide resources so that any student can participate, regardless of current finances Support teachers in classrooms Encourage parents to model appropriate behavior at home Have students at ATLAS meetings Welcome wagon, Taste of Titan Territory Scholarships Bring in leaders from community to serve as an example to our children. Co-op with ‘outside’ service organizations Acknowledgement of great character inside and outside school. Develop system by which achievements are brought to the forefront.

Mentoring co-op Have Cluster Schools work together Maximize involvement More communication w/the community (PR) Help insure all students can participate in school ___ (athletic fees, AP exam fees, etc) Help recognize students who g0 above and beyond to fulfill school mission – leadership, respect, etc. (gift certification, trophy) Cross promotion of activities, to create cross exposure between all groups. Today it seems sort of silos. All for one attitude Fundraising Encouragement cooperation

Use clubhouse to offer real communication about ATLAS issues or Grade Levels Use CHALKBOARD - Colleges do!! Use Outlook/Text/Facebook to invite community (prepares students for real world) Better website (communication) Encourage students to participate in ATLAS Meetings Provide detailed information about classes toward leadership, prior to course selections for upcoming year Dominion Facebook (NETWORK) Chat room on Website More support from business partnerships Marketing Head/Group Integrate students into ATLAS committees. Have parent involvement in student organizations.

Involved faculty and staff Communication to flow through clubhouse Put ATLAS news and information on scrolling announcements or potty mouth Publicize ATLAS meetings Kids get 10 extra credit points to their worst class every time their parent participates in an activity – encourages participation by parents. Database of all students contact information and indexed by activity – This benefits care pooling, experts availability – may have privacy issues but work the idea

Set goal to fill this room with parents Get more information out ATLAS – Student (explain to students what ATLAS is) Student – ATLAS Get more people to the meetings Invite some ATLAS members to SCA meeting Communications board Seat. (Have a communications) Review committee for ATLAS to be able to entertain financial requests not entertained by 20% account.

What issues does Dominion High School and ATLAS need to communicate about more effectively? Through which venues could we more effectively communicate about these issues?