DrumBeat: Drummond LSC and PTO News & Views

Let’s all get ready for the first ever BIG NON-EVENT!Last spring, the Drummond community came together to put on our third annual Big Event fundraiser (Luau), raising over $58,000, nearly double the previous Big Event! The bulk of this money is slated to cover the cost of a parent worker to support our teachers and TAs (and keep them IN the classroom instead of at the copy machine!) and badly needed technology upgrades. 

LET’S DO IT AGAIN!!
Friends of Drummond, together with the PTO, Drummond parents, and the entire Drummond community is raising much needed funds to support our students’ education.  We’re planning a new “Big Non-Event” fundraiser for the spring of 2010.  As in the past, we hope to include a family sponsorship pledge drive and corporate sponsorship, as well as a raffle.  What’s different in 2010 is that we’ll take a break from having an actual event so that we can focus all of our efforts purely on bringing money in, instead of incurring event-related costs.
Drummond needs everyone’s help to make this happen!

Please join us at our next organizational meeting.
BIG NON EVENT planning meeting Monday, January 25 at 7 PM
Club Lucky 1824 W. Wabansia Ave.
(corner of Honore and Wabansia, 2 blocks from school, in the private party room; food and drinks available for purchase, but no purchase required)

Please RSVP to or by returning to the School Office the flier which will be sent home in your backpacks and electronically via Backpack Express.

Even if you can’t attend the meeting, we need your help!

Please let us know if you can help with any of the below functions.  Contact to volunteer.

• Raffle
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Family Sponsorship/Pledge Drive
• Marketing Materials
• Graphic/Web design
• Accounting

Please join us on Jan. 15th in 007 at 9:00 for an NCLB meeting.  Your input is greatly needed!

What is NCLB?  It is committee to support parent education and involvement within our school!  Some items on our agenda:

technology night

parent discussions-how do we support our Montessori student?

other initiatives- field trips, trainings, supports?

Click on this link to enter.

ChiIL Mama readers can enter to win through this Friday, 1/15.   Just post a comment on the ChiIL Mama blog about why it is important for kids to learn other languages.   No purchase necessary.

The Drummond Local School Council will be meeting on Monday at 6:00 pm in room 007. We will be continuing our discussion from the last meeting about the Principal Selection process, including finalizing a job description and announcement as required by CPS.

The full agenda is below. As always, everyone is invited to attend, and refreshments and childcare will be provided.

Best,

Jonathan Goldman
LSC Chair

AGENDA FOR DRUMMOND LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING
1845 W. CORTLAND

AGENDA DE LA REUNIÓN DEL CONSEJO LOCAL
DE LA ESCUELA DRUMMOND – 1845 W. CORTLAND

January 11, 2009, 6:00 pm- Room 007
11 de Enero 2009, 6:00 pm – Sala 007

Principal/Directora Juana Miriam Espada
Parents/Padres: Nicole Cantello, Sabrina Craig, Mike Hannan, Jonathan Goldman, Mark Kwiatkowski, and Mike Walther
Teachers/Maestros: Mary Wheatley and Jonathan Zielinski
Community/Communidad: Connie Grunwaldt and Scott Trotter

I. Call Meeting to order/ Se abre la sesion

II. Approval or modification of Agenda (5 minutes)
Aprobación o modificación de la Agenda

III. Approval of previous meeting minutes (5 minutes)
Aprobación de las notas de la ultima reunión

IV. Open Forum/Participación de los Asistentes (5 minutes)

Ground Rules: Members of the public are invited to address the council.
Reglas basicas: Las preguntas del publico son bienvenidas

V. Old Business/Antiguas Operaciones

• Approve new Committee members (5 minutes)
• Principal Selection (20 minutes)

o Approve Principal Job Description
o Approve Principal Job Announcement and Advertisement
o Approve Principal Selection Committee

• Discussion of Principal Discretion and Admission of Faculty/Staff Children (10 minutes)

o Approve any actions

VI. Reports

• Administrators/ Reporte del administrador (10 minutes)

o Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Report
Reporte de Medio Ambiente Menos Restringido
o Budget/ Presupuestos

• NCLB/ Reporte de NCLB (5 minutes)

• Chair/Reporte del Presidente (5 minutes)

• Afterschool Committee/Comité de despues de la escuela (5 minutes)

• Budget and Fundraising Committee (5 minutes)
Comité de Presupuestos y Recaudación de fondos

o Approve Pajama fundraiser for 8th grade trip to Washington, DC
o Approve Valentine’s Day candy sale fundraiser for student council

• Diversity and Outreach Committee (10 minutes)

o Approve Spanish language instruction recommendation to SIPAAA committee

• Environment and Health Committee (5 minutes)

• Garden Committee (5 minutes)

• SIPAAA Committee (10 minutes)

o Update on the 2010-2012 SIPAAA Process

VII. New Business (5 minutes)

VIII. Adjournment/Se cierra la sesion.

Drummond PTO Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
9:00 A.M. – Room 007, Drummond

1. Welcome/Introduction

2. Principal’s Report

3. Treasurer’s Report

4. Old Business / Updates
• T-Shirt Holiday Sales – Grace Kwon
• Fall Book Fair – Sarah Landicho
• The Big Non-Event – Grace Kwon for Monica Lasky
• Food and Coat Drive – Simone for Mary

5. New Business- Committee Reports
• Pay It Forward (8th grade DC trip) – Pamela Anderson for Mr. Z
• Family Reading Night – Bonnie Kenaz-Mara
• Room Parents – Bonnie Kenaz-Mara
• Drummondschool.org website – Simone Widney for Mollie Stomberg

6. Kudos / Thanks
• Sarah Landicho for Fall Book Fair Sales
• Cindy Nicita and all the parent volunteers for the Kiss-n-Go

7. Announcements
• The Big Non-Event

8. Adjournment

Join the Diversity and Outreach Committee on Weds, Jan 6 from 4:45 – 6pm in the school library. Items to be discussed include a statement to the Board of Ed regarding the new magnet schools admission policy, a memo to the SIPAAA committee regarding inclusion of Spanish language instruction in the new SIPAAA, and possible funding for Spanish language instruction. No formal childcare provided, but kids are always welcome.

Join the Diversity and Outreach Committee on Weds, Jan 6 from 4:45 – 6pm in the school library. Items to be discussed include a statement to the Board of Ed regarding the new magnet schools admission policy, a memo to the SIPAAA committee regarding inclusion of Spanish language instruction in the new SIPAAA, and possible funding for Spanish language instruction. No formal childcare provided, but kids are always welcome.