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This meeting was part PTO meeting and part Annual Meeting for parents of Title 1 schools.  Held in conjunction with JTM’s annual Open House, we had a fantastic turnout.  After the meeting, families had 1 hour to follow their child’s daily schedule and meet classroom teachers.  Also, parents could browse the Scholastic Bookfair, going on in the library. For more info about Title 1 http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/

Welcome

Principal Jill Pittman welcomed everyone and introduced our PTO Co-Presidents, Carey Morgan and Merritt Rowe.

Carey Morgan

Carey highlighted JTMoore’s high level of parent involvement, and shared a few areas where we still need some volunteers.  She stressed that every single job, no matter how small, adds to the great experience our kids have at this school.

Intramurals
Intramurals will be held once a month for those students with 10 or fewer demerits.  Contact Kimberly Sammons if you would like to help on these very fun days! kimberlynashville@yahoo.com

Concessions
Concessions at sporting events- volunteers needed to man the booths.  Please contact Kelly Langdon or Jane Crenshaw.

Hands on Nashville Day
Hands on Nashville Day is September 26.  We need parent volunteers to join HON community volunteers for this exterior clean-up day on campus.  Contact Karen Curnutte or Alison LeGrone

J.T. Moore Music Boosters

JT Moore music boosters are meeting on Sept. 15, 6:30 to 8:00 in the JTM Library for all persons interested in supporting the band and strings program

Merritt Rowe

PTO Website
PTO Website is up and running thanks to Chris Ferrara.  You can find ALL current news and school calendar items. www.jtmoore.org

Clubs
JT Moore has awesome clubs.  Find out more on the new PTO website – it’s all there!     www.jtmoore.org/content/activities/clubs/

INVEST
INVEST – has reached its goal of $35,000!  We are now trying to go $5000 OVER our goal so that we can serve ice cream sundaes at lunch and have one student slime Ms. Pittman with whipped cream and chocolate syrup. maderbeckham@comcast.net

Citipass Books
Great savings can be found using these coupon books.  Books cost $20, and JTM gets $10 for each one sold!     kekleine@yahoo.com

Jill Pittman

Our principal began the portion of the meeting where we learned more about Title 1, and how these federal funds can be allocated at our school.  The funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion.  JTM qualifies as a Title I school, since 37% of our students qualify for reduced fee waivers.  All districts and schools receiving Title I funds are required to meet state “adequate yearly progress” (AYP) goals for their total student populations and for specified demographic subgroups, including major ethnic/racial groups, economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient (LEP) students, and students with disabilities. For more info about Title 1 www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/

[[At the beginning of the Open House portion of the evening, in our child's homeroom classroom, we were each asked to fill out a Compact and Parent Involvement Policy survey.]]

Amy Leslie
This program will offer free tutoring to those students who qualify as a result of JTM not making AYP this past year.

Amy Cate
International Baccaulareate is a full-school program this year.  JTM was the recipient of a $10,000 grant from IB to be used for teacher training.     http://www.ibo.org/

Linda Hawes
Community Partnerships- we are hoping to develop partnerships with our neighborhood businesses to support our wonderful school. If you have a business or know of a business that would make a great Community Partner for JTM, contact Linda.  In return for support, your business will be promoted by JTM.  Read more about this on our website. stxlinda@aol.com

Upcoming dates
September 16, 11:30 JTM library – Hillsboro Cluster Meeting
October 8, 6:00 PM – PTO Meeting.  Special Speaker Mary Anne Severino

Minutes
Submitted by Amy Emerson, Secretary