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Friday, November 14, 2025 School Community Council Meeting

 

SOUTH VALLEY SCHOOL

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025

AGENDA

SCHOOL MEMBERS:  Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson

PARENT MEMBERS:  Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava, Nikki Naylor

 

  1. Introductions:
  2. Rules or Order: watch LINK
    • Watch video
  1. Community Involvement:
    • Volunteer
    • Wish lists
    • Community harvest partners
    • Principal pantry
    • Utah Independent Living Center
    • Job Sites
    • Built In Community Days
    • Halloween Carnival
    • Veteran’s Day Parade
    • Special Olympics - update:
  1. Professional Development:
    • Tuesday 1x per month
    • CTE and STEM
    • PDs
    • PLCs
  1. Upcoming Events:
    • Food drive: Nov. 3 - 25
    • Turkey Bowling: Nov. 25th
    • Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26 - 28th
    • Winter Break: Dec. 22 - Jan. 2nd
    • Job Coach Appreciation Luncheon - Jan 9th
    • Martin Luther King Day (no school) - Jan 19 - 20th
  1. Wellness at SVS:
    • Laurie Egan is our school wellness representative.
    • Wellness Room for assigned groups
    • Building the Future Together Theme to promote staff and student engagement
    • Wellness Day for staff and students. Students: 3/27; Staff (virtual): 2/6
  1. Incident Command: Jessica Update
  2. Land Trust Monies for this Year
  3. Teacher and Student Success Act (TSSA) Planning:

 

Next meetings on Fridays at 7:30 am  – January 23, 2026 and March 13, 2026

 

MINUTES

 

SCHOOL MEMBERS:  Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson

PARENT MEMBERS:  Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava, Nikki Naylor

 

  1. Introductions:
  2. Rules or Order: watch LINK
  • Watch video
  1. Community Involvement:
  • Volunteer Opportunities sent out - Staff appreciation (week of May 4th)? SCC will provide treats on Wed., May 6th
  • Wish lists
  • Continuing with our community harvest partners - Pizza Hut.
  • Smith’s Grocery Store - send more information in our newsletter.
  • Principal pantry
  • Utah Independent Living Center classes: 2-3 times a week.
  • Job Sites - Over 25 sites
  • Built In Community Days: Success; teaching public transportation
  • Halloween Carnival - HHS Peer leaders
  • Veteran’s Day Parade: success. SVS will provide a yogurt bar next year.
  • Greenhouse Update - subcontractor is on medical leave - they will keep us posted.
  • Special Olympics - update: spoke with our activities director. Special Olympics is done through our community due to factors:
    • Extra-curricular activities that we do not offer after school
    • Funding for coaches and trainings - there is a specific Special Olympics training and application.
    • Transportation
    • Facilities
    • Community activity - depending on their activities already set up
    • Recommend - parent can look into the costs of training for coaches, facilities, etc. Parents can promote SVS students to attend the same activity. Parents could coach and form their own team.
    • Aimee and Lance will work together to get more information. Aimee stated she spoke with a parent whose students are very involved and will get more information from her.

 

  1. Professional Development:
  • Codee provides Tech Tuesday 1x per month
  • Kim Hardman-Jones - Instructional Coach - provides training at faculty meetings. CTE and STEM
  • PDs - Focus on school-wide goal: Staff and Student engagement. Coaches provide instruction
  • PLCs - continue to work on monthly. Focus on engagement using the district-provided HITS (High Impact Teaching Strategies).
  • Student Placement Discussion: SCC feels it is a case by case basis. Discuss with parents before moving any students. Don’t hold students back. Semester time would be a natural time. Provide a survey to parents at Parent Info Night for new students coming in.

 

  1. Upcoming Events:
  • Food drive: Nov. 3 - 25
  • Turkey Bowling: Nov. 25th
  • Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26 - 28th
  • Winter Break: Dec. 22 - Jan. 2nd
  • Job Coach Appreciation Luncheon - Jan 9th 11:45 - Aimee will bring dessert
  • Martin Luther King Day (no school) - Jan 19 - 20th

 

  1. Wellness at SVS:
  • Laurie Egan is our school wellness representative
  • Wellness Room for assigned groups
  • Building the Future Together Theme to promote staff and student engagement
  • Wellness Day for staff and students. Students: 3/27; Staff (virtual): 2/6
  • Lance asked about our school mascot - The Flyers (airplane). We discussed how it is utilized: dress up costumes during events, cheer, murals on the wall, apparel, and suggested to put in the newsletter more information on our mascot.

 

  1. Incident Command: Jessica Update
  • Continue with monthly drills
  • The district provides monthly training to safety specialists and administrators.
  • Mock lockdown drill with WJPD.

 

  1. Land Trust Monies for this Year:

 

Supplies: cooking, science, manipulatives, etc. 900.00 per teacher
Community Outings 4,500.00
Recreation passes/community 4,000.00
Technology 7,000.00 (bought 23 touch screen Chromebooks)

 

 

9.  Teacher and Student Success Act (TSSA) Planning:

  • Monies go towards coaches and their completion of coaching cycles with other staff and professional development.  Carryover will be used towards technology and enhancing student learning and engagement.

 

 

Next meetings on Fridays at 7:30 am  – January 23, 2026 and March 13, 2026