1. TJ PTA Meeting
May 25, 2016

2. 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

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

4. Math Placement Process – Pathways for MS and Beyond

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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)

10. Dunbar-Holland Scholarship
We are recruiting for Scholarship Committee for
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!

11. 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!

12. Treasurer’s Report

13. Minutes from April 2016 Meeting

14. 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

15. Mini-Grants

16. Adjournment