Penny Harvest winner!

Throughout the year, the student-led Penny Harvest team has been working with Humanities classes to raise money for the Penny Harvest competition through the organization Common Cents. After a month of campaigning, we raised over $1000!

Last week the team went to all four class meetings to give a presentation on different organizations that we could donate our $1000 to, either Doctors Without Borders, UNICEF, the Heifer Project or the Red Cross. After tallying all of the votes, we are happy to announce the winner was Doctors Without Borders!

April 8th, 2011 meeting minutes

Sentate meeting, April 8th, 2011 minutes

Agenda

-      3 fundraising proposals for Prom

-      Penny Harvest Vote: Doctors Without Borders

-      Class meeting recaps

-      Sam Wolk’s fundraising ideas

-      Elections for next year

-      Ideas for next year

-      School movie nights

-      HSPE

Prom fundraising proposals:

-      Bake sale: will not be able to be on the balcony as noted on the sheet (4/14-4/15 at lunch), all items will be donated by students

-      Change war: profits go to the prom funds. Four jars at the desk, one for each class – penny is minus one point, silver is one positive point – from 4/14 to 5/18

o   Typically the profits are split between the winning class and the other benefactor (in this case prom), either a 25/75 split, or a 50/50 split           

-      Another opportunity to have a bake sale would be at the QSR night

-      Unanimous motion to approve the two junior/senior prom fundraisers

Penny Harvest winner:

-      There will need to be an announcement of the winners on morning announcements – Doctors Without Borders is the winner

Class meetings recaps:

                        Freshman

o   Schedules for Wednesdsay/Thursday, Senate officers for next year, Penny Harvest, Talent show, PE forms, Mantras, Building arrangements for next year

                        Sophomores

o   Schedules for Wednesday/Thursday, Senate officers for next year, Penny Harvest presentation, Talent Show, PE forms, Healthy lifestyle campaign, Building arrangements for next year, Mini arts showcases with films

Juniors

o   Prom, class/school sleepover, Senior only retreat for the beginning of next year, vandalism in the school, Penny Harvest campaign, Senate officers for next year

Seniors

o   Graduation, end of the year activities (prom, grad night, senior fundraiser), Penny Harvest, greeting card fundraiser (for prom). Healthy lifestyle campaign

Sam Wolk’s fundraising ideas

-      Fundraisers for school

o   A play off of Bite of Hale – admission is ten cents, when you win tickets you get portions of food from each of the clubs (who will have food)

o   A play off of Mr. Hale – Doctor Center: a pageant to have a talent show…

Elections for next year

-      Having co-officers for next year is a great idea so that if one officer is unable to attend there is still representation

-      Keep thinking about whether or not you’d like to be on Senate next year

Ideas for next year

-      Having beginning art a requirement for freshman, there is no integration between the classes in the electives, unlike previous years. In occupation ed classes, there are generally only upperclassmen

-      Scheduling for next year: students/senate members need to be involved in scheduling for next year and have some representation – officers should get in contact with the PLT (Professional Leadership Team) in charge of scheduling – Spanish/Math teachers

-      Staff meeting next Wednesday that the senate officers should be involved in

-      If each student had a free period next year then they might be able to have on study hall-like class

-      If students are aware of the free and reduced lunch list, then our school receives more money per student for the school

-      When we have no food court options next year, classes might want to each assume one day per week when we can provide a lunch option for the students (for example, we could get in contact with some of the businesses in the surrounding blocks to see if they’d be willing to give us a reduced price – for example Pagliacci pizza one day a week)

Movie nights for the school on Friday nights

-      Ashley would be interested in hosting a school movie night for the Friday after break (or two weeks after break)

HSPE

-      The sophomores will be taking the HSPE Science test this coming Tuesday, April 12th

Minutes by Claire Star

April 1st, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, April 1st, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-      Student Activity Fund Purchase Order

-      ASB Fundraising Application for the Senior Events Committee

-      Class meetings next week

Student Activity Fund Purchase Order

-      Ms. Libby would like a total of $116 out of the general ASB fund to approve 4 hrs of a TPS Theatre Space and 2 hrs of a Rehearsal Space

-      Motion approved to spend the $116

ASB Fundraising Application for the Senior Events Committee

-      Devon Hall would like to approve an Open Mic/Talent Show Fundraiser to reduce the ticket price for upcoming prom

-      This fundraiser will not require any ASB funding

-      Conference Room B, April 28^th, 2011 – 6-8pm

-      There will be a $5 ticket cost to attend the talent show

-      Motion approve to allow Devon and the senior class hold a fundraiser to benefit the prom cost defraying

Class Meeting next week

-      Class meetings seem to be needed to discuss elections for next year’s senate officers and end of the year activities, especially for juniors and seniors

-      We will also need to discuss the Penny Harvest $1000 donation by 4/13. (Current contenders are UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, Humane Society and Red Cross: Haiti

-      Ideally, we would like a group of sophomores to attend each of the other classes class meetings to present the four organizations to the school to vote on at the class meeting. We would also need to have a brief summary of each of the organizations and why we would like to donate to them

o   Agenda items for class meetings:

§  How to fill out a PE form

§  Plant the seed of interest in running for senate next year

§  Ask if there is interest in reviving workshops for next school year

§  Penny Harvest

§  Healthy lifestyle campaign

§  Pitch the talent show

§  Discuss the arrangements for the school setup/layout next year while the Center House is under construction (Dana/Sidney can attend a meeting with Mr. Bell/John Merner to learn about next year’s arrangements)

§  Vandalism all throughout the school

This Week at Center:

-      Class meetings on Wednesday

-      Ingerhigh at Garfield on Wednesday

-      Of Mice and Men on Thursday

-      3^rd quarter ends next Friday

           Minutes by Claire Star

March 25th, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, March 25th, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-    Class meetings for next Wednesday

-    Announcement for Senate elections next year

-    School budgeting

-    Leia and Dana return to discuss their senior project on Students Inspiring Creative Activism

-    Batman and Robin’s (aka Ms. Britsova and Ms. Katz’s) Tobacco and Drug campaign

-    MUN funding from New York/for Mr. Bell’s sub

-    Sophomore Bakesale 3/28

-    Interhigh

Class meetings next Wednesday:

-    Meeting next Wednesday for key decisions:

o   money for penny harvest, needs to be decided within two weeks

o   classes need to brainstorm end of school activities

o   potentially nominate, or encourage students to run for ASB next year

School budgeting

-    We need to be more proactive about taking records of school spending, especially that of school condoned clubs. Each club is technically responsible for having an advisor present at every session, as well as submitting minutes from each meeting to senate. Additionally, we need to monitor TCS clubs spending more carefully.

o   Club minutes are to be submitted to the TCS Senate minutes binder after the general ASB minutes, in the club section

-    We need to be prepared for the event that our school is audited

Leia and Dana return to discuss their senior project on Students Inspiring Creative Activism

-    They read their mission statement and constitution

-    Workshops, two hours 3:15-5:15 on Fridays beginning next Friday if approved for three Fridays

-    Meetings are open to ANYONE in the school, not just seniors

-    Would like $20, if possible to provide snacks for the meetings

-    Notes: Mr. Monroe needs to be present at all meetings

-    Motion to approve the S.I.C.A. workshops hosted by Dana and Leia was unanimously passed, additionally, they will receive the requested $20

Batman and Robin’s (aka Ms. Britsova and Ms. Katz’s) Tobacco and Drug campaign

-    Britsova has received a couple thousand dollars to sponsor her tobacco/drug campaign

-    They are just in the planning of the campaign, but they are thinking of having some photos or PSAs sponsored by film/photography classes

-    Dae Jin. Matthew. Sam, Lacaia, Claire, Eva, Dana Cierra, Skye are interested in assisting with the campaign – meeting on Tuesday at lunch, we’ll debate the official meeting time then

-    The target is to reduce tobacco/drug usage in the school community

-    All ideas are welcome

MUN funding from New York/for Mr. Bell’s sub

-    Is there any money left in the general fund from MUN? As the minutes state, any leftover money is to go into the ASB general budget to help with the cost senate paid for Mr. Bell’s sub while MUN was in NYC

-    MUN is also required to submit minutes from each meeting – they should begin to do so ASAP

Sophomore bake sale 3/28

-    Sophomores would like to have a bake sale on 3/28 (the sophomore class bake sale was unable to happen on 3/17)

-    Bake sales from now on need to take place in the commons, not on the balcony

-    Next year the Center House will be under construction (not including TCS) so all of the food will be unavailable. We will likely have to eat in the classrooms, but the construction will not impact any learning as it will take place at night. It will take all year, and is estimated to be completed in May 2012 in honor of the 50^th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair

-    Note: There will still be a Starbucks cart on campus, no need to panic

-    Motion approved by senate, as well as permission to continue sales on Tuesday 3/29 in the event of spillover

Interhigh (Seattle Student Senate)

-    Wednesday, April 3^rd at Garfield - permission slips available outside of Ms. Wyn's office

Minutes by Claire Star

March 14th, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, March 14th, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-      Teacher Appreciation Day: Thursday, May 5^th

-      HSPE encouragement

-      St. Patrick’s day bake sale

HSPE testing, 3/15-17/11 for Sophomores

-      We’d like to offer snacks, based on parent donations, for the sophomores taking the test on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

-      Granola bars, fruit, etc.

-      Science test will be 4/12

-      Will anyone volunteer to make a sign today for the snack volunteers? Does someone have a free period to do this in?

-      You may bring for testing: a book/magazine, thesaurus and dictionary for testing, #2 pencil(s)

-      August 8^th and 9^th for makeup testing. Do not show up late or you are in jeopardy for needing to makeup your testing.

St. Patrick’s day bake sale:

-      Will take place March 17^th during lunch

-      A unanimous concensus to approve the bake sale based on the members present

-      Reminder, lunch takes place from 11:30 to 12 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week

-      If there are leftovers, senate has also approved to allow selling of the baked goods after school on Thursday

Treasurers meeting with Ms. Libby

-      Tuesdays after school was the time slot offered by Ms. Libby to have all the class treasurers meet with her to go over the finances

-      The treasurers will talk with Ms. Libby to arrange a meeting with her before next Friday, 3/25

Class meetings for elections of new senate officers

-      We should have a community/class meeting schedule so that we can talk with our classes about the new senate officers for class reps as well as any positions that are not currently being filled. (Either the 23^rd of 30^th.)

Alex’s fundraiser for Japan relief:

-      Alex would like to have a fundraiser for Japan earthquake relief. Ms. Wyn will check the rules and regulations for proper procedures when having a fundraiser for an outside organization.

-      We will proceed with paperwork and specifics during a small meeting during lunch today to figure out how to get approval.

-      (Update: we are unable to have a fundraiser for an outside organization, however, we could use our allotted $1000 from Penny Harvest towards a Japan relief organization.)

Teacher Appreciation Week

-      The first week of May is the teacher appreciation week. We will discuss the as the week approaches.

Upcoming Interhigh meetings

-      April 6^th @ Garfield

-      May 11^th @ Nathan Hale

Minutes by Claire Star

March 4th, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, March 4th, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-       MUN to New York

-       Senior project presentation, Dana and Leia: S.I.C.A.

-       Relay for Life team

-       PNB's Pinocchio

-       Billy Elliott

-       MUN Bakesale

-       Mr. Bell's sub

-       10% tax

-       Treasurer's meetings with Ms. Libby

-       HSPE testing in 2 weeks

-       Next week's Senate Meeting

MUN to New York:

-       Many ASB members will be attending NHSMUN in New York next week, should we have a meeting even in though many will be in New York. A quorum is when at least 75 percent of the members are in attendance. There appear to still be enough members to have a legal meeting while many people will be gone in New York. Next week Sam Wolk will be “Faye” while she is in New York.

Senior Project presentation - Dana and Leiah S.I.C.A:

-       Dana and Leiah ould like to have workshops for their Senior Project, especially with underclassmen. Their project is about Students Inspiring and Creating Activism. They would like to have workshops for their project and/or a platform to be able to talk to students. They should talk to Britsova about having some time to do a workshop w/ freshman. Maybe during HSPE testing (freshman will have nothing to do – a 2 hr window).

Relay for Life Team:

-       Sierra knows people from various schools who have Relay for Life teams. RFL is where people walk for 24 hours and raise money. Proposition to start a committee to look into starting a Relay for Life team: passed unanimously.

PNB’s Pinnocchio:

-       Would a group of students like to go see Pinnocchio – 1 hour show? How can we create a group of people who would like to go? Likely a small cost to see the showing as it is for school groups, and we can get about 40-50 tickets. Elena can chair a committee to get

Billy Elliott:

-       Opportunity to see BE on 3/22 at the opening night performance for $28.

MUN Bakesale:

-       MUN had a bakesale last night at the open house. They are asking to sell their excess baked goods today at lunch. Motion approved by Wyn/Libby, senate.

Mr. Bell’s sub:

-       Senate has approved paying for Mr. Bell’s sub while he is in New York. The minimum cost is $845 for five days, yet we can ask to have MUN pay for a sub cost that exceeds $1000. Motion to propose we cap the sub fee ASB’s willing to give from the general fund  is $900. Motion approved. (Over the seven years of MUN, this is the first year Mr. Bell has not had an intern. In the past CSCA has approved to pay for the sub. Any excess money that MUN raises, they will give back to the general fund.)

10% tax:

-       Ms. Libby has not been taking a ten percent tax on any general fundraisers as she was not aware of the new tax (initiated in the fall). It is possible to go back and take a 10 percent tax off of those fundraisers, treasurers should meet with Libby to go over finances.

Treasury meetings with Ms. Libby:

-       Ms. Libby is offering to have a weekly meeting on perhaps Tuesdays after school for treasurers to meet with her and look at treasury/accounting on the computer with her. They will be able to make transfers if necessary.

2 weeks from now is the HSPE:

-       Sophomores will have the HSPE test. Juniors will have QSR presentations. Seniors will have book chats. Should we offer the sophomores some food when they arrive at the test? Either a pay-it-forward or pay-it-backward tradition so that each year the sophomores can have some snacks while they take the test.

Motion to move the Senate meeting for HSPE week to 3/14 at 8:45. Approved.

Minutes by Claire Star

February 18th, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, February 18th, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-       Money

-       Student Tours

-       Dance Club

-       Senate Blog

Money:

-       Ms. Libby attended district meeting and is reporting that we have been conducting treasury business incorrectly.

-       Now each ASB sponsored purchase needs to be announced at senate meetings so that we can approve the spending

-       Matthew Wolf spent $16 at Goodwill to purchase baskets for each classroom to hold scrap paper. Motion passed to reimburse him.

Student tours:

-       Overall tours were pretty successful

-       Keep parents with the 8^th grade students on the tours so that parents can ask questions and be vocal, to supplement the shyness of 8^th grade students

-       Stay in each of the classrooms for only 2-3 minutes, not 10-15 – which is too long to be in one place for

-       Next year we should not have such a scheduled plan for who goes to each of the rooms at certain times, maybe instead just go and pop into each room for a few minutes

-       At the end of the tour we had a good Q&A with Sam Wolk’s mom.

-       Keep students on tours in a group with people that they know so that they are a little more vocal, however it’s rather difficult to insure that every student will know someone on the tour. Or at least group people together with others from their same schools.

-       Have every tour go to every classroom so that everything is represented. Find a way to stagger the groups so that each group goes to a classroom with every subject.

-       Another student tour will take place in March

-       We should have a meeting with Ms. Britsova to discuss the suggestions for improvements on student tours

Dance Club:

-       A club for all dancers at the school to have to club to join so they can have stuff of their transcripts

-       Eventually they’d like to start teaching ballet in the TPS rooms Tuesday mornings

-       Another club called TCS Shuffle, after school Wednesday/Friday’s, free, drop in class, attend any day you want. Learn a move that day and add it to your style of dance. (Ballet/Melbourne shuffle)

-       Overall objective is to bring the dancers at the school together: a dance club with two subsidiaries. Any TCS student can join if they’re interested in dancing.

-       Ballet may be requesting a donation for $8 an hour to rent the TPS rooms. They’d like an outside grant or to use their seed money to pay for the charge of the TPS rooms.

-       Two separate clubs at this point (they eventually want to merge). Only ballet club is asking for seed money. Motion passed to approve the Universal Dance Club (which is a name for both clubs).

-       Clubs need an advisor

Blog

-       Purpose is to keep students/staff/families aware of senate and school events 

-       Secretaries from each class have password to email/blog

-       Everyone has access to read the blog, we will create a link to it from the CSCA website

-       Student run blog for representation of the students/student senate

-       Integrate into RSS feed for easier access?

-       Update blog with minutes on Fridays after senate meeting

-       Master calender of school events

Motion to approve senate blog passed by majority

Yearbook:

-       Start laying out the book soon

-       Everyone gets 1-3 photos, in color, in the book

-       Almost everyone gets a book

-       Books are $30-40 dollars, unlike other schools that have much more expensive books

-       They will work over spring break, and some evenings/weekends to produce the book

-       About $3,000 dollars have been saved from profits of yearbooks

-       Ms. Wyn is proposing the idea to continue the yearbook and produce it for us – and have the staff members participating on the yearbook be paid. She is requesting around $2,000 dollars to compensate for her work.

-       Proposal is the take $2,000 dollars from the profits of the yearbook in the past to pay for Ms. Wyn’s time. This money is not coming from the ASB general fund, instead saved money from yearbook profits. She will submit a timesheet at the end of yearbook production to show her hours.  

Workshops:

-       Faye’s wondering if we should ask students to pay $5-10 dollars per session to support workshops (*in the event that we restart them)

-       If we choose to do this, it would be started next school year.

-       Money would pay for instructors, snacks, any surplus would go to ASB general fund

Minutes by Claire Star

February 11th, 2011 meeting minutes

Senate Meeting, February 11th, 2011 minutes

Agenda:

-       Student campaign for a healthy lifestyle

-       Report on Open House

-       What does it mean to be a leader at TCS?

-       Post-dance share out/fundraising update

-       Inter-high meeting report

Notes:

-       Student campaign for a healthy lifestyle:

-       Ms. Britsova and a guest speaker, Tony Lucero, Lieutenant, Special Police. If there is an emergency on Center House property, call Tony (206-684-7272). He is here to support us, not inherently police involvement. Seattle Police is not as able to deal with the individual needs of students, security at the Center House is more available to us. Is there a program that the Center House would like TCS to undertake for student health? We should raise awareness (about TCS security guards, why they are here), who students can get help from, (peers, teachers, administrators, counselors, staff, security @ campus). Lieutenant Lucero to go to health classes to share the message that security/emergency services are available for students.

o   Notes to share out in the Humanities classrooms:

-  Security is here to help and enforce ideals of Seattle Center

-  Most people at TCS have been making responsible, healthy choices, yet there are some that are not

-  You can get addicted to drugs after just one usage

-  If you’re going to do something, don’t do it here at TCS

-  Mention anonymous security phone numbers? Tony Lucero (206.684.7272), around the clock helpline this number will get help/response first, faster than an ambulance, and the people have extensive training/experience in all areas.  Anonymous number to leave a message, (206.684.7200).

-  Many doing drugs might have something going on at home, and maybe the most we can do is offer them help

-  Today students will go to each Humanities class and give the number of Tony to every student. The number will also be announced on the morning announcements.

-       Report on Open House:

o   129 families with 2-3 people on average at tour, ten extra sign up sheets and we started ten minutes late in the conference room because there was such a high turnout

o   60 students signed up to take a tour on Wednesday 2/16 (9 to 10am)

o   10 names were hand-picked off the sophomore volunteer tour guide list provided by Claire

-  Skye, Sam, Franny, Faye, Ashley, Lacaia, Dae Jin, Toshi, Megan, Matthew are volunteers as upper classmen tour guides

o   students will be given a debrief that they should cover with the 8^th graders on the tour

-       Prom:

o   Senior/junior prom? Are juniors invited? Prom meetings take place Tuesday morning at tutorial

-       Post-dance share out/fundraising update:

o   Most profitable dance over, made over $2000, cost $800. Around $1300 to $1400 profit

o   From now on, only high school students may be guests to dances. No guests who do not attend high school will be permitted in the future. Definitely no college students invited.

-       Inter-high meeting report:

o   Three groups and different meetings:

-  school sports

-  raising spirit (pep assemblies, but not they’re not really possible here) (coordinated spirit days that all go with one another)

-  diversity (more unity between the classes, seniors don’t have many opportunities to be with lower classmen)

On being a leader: "Leaders be leaders, don’t look outside yourself to be a leader, if you’re not comfortable as a leader, ask someone else who you think is a leader." - Mr. Bell


Minutes by Claire Star