SOUTH VALLEY SCHOOL
SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2024
AGENDA
SCHOOL MEMBERS: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
PARENT MEMBERS: Kirsten Cantrell, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava
- Introductions
- Elect Chair & Vice-Chair
- Future SCC Meetings at 7:30 am in the main office conference room
- Rules or Order: watch LINK
- Review Rules of Order and Procedure
- Reviewed code of conduct/South Valley School mission and vision.
- Status report of South Valley this Year
- Community Involvement
- Upcoming Events
- Wellness at SVS
- Incident Command
- Land Trust Monies for this Year
- Teacher and Student Success Act (TSSA) Planning
Next meetings on Fridays at 7:30 am – January 24, 2025, and March 7, 2025
MINUTES
SCHOOL MEMBERS: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
PARENT MEMBERS: Kirsten Cantrell, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava
- Introductions:
- Elect Chair & Vice-Chair:
- Chair: Kirsten Cantrell, Vice-Chair: Lance Valerio
- Number of Years: 2 years: Rogelio and Lance, 1 year: Kirsten and Aimee
- Future SCC Meetings and 7:30 am in the main office conference room:
- January 24, 2025
- March 7, 2025
- Rules or Order: watch LINK
- Review Rules of Order and Procedure
- Reviewed code of conduct/South Valley School mission and vision.
- Status report of South Valley this Year:
- PT School Counselor - Melisa Swapp
- FT Instructional coach - Kim Jones - full coaching cycle w/ each teacher
- PT Digital coach - Codee Flores
- 4 New PT Instructional Assistants
- Yoga Class
- Students received food handlers permits & UTA Training
- Attended state fair
- Spirit Week and Homecoming Dance were great.
- Save the Date: Senior Dance - May 9th
- Community Involvement:
- Continuing with our community harvest partners - Pizza Hut.
- Taylor’s Andrews - Hair & Makeup for dances
- Principal pantry
- The Foster grandparent program continues.
- Utah Independent Living Center classes: 2-3 times a week.
- Job Sites - Over 30 sites
- Upcoming Events:
- Fall break October 21-25
- Halloween Carnival-October 31st.
- Food drive - Nov. 4-22
- Turkey Bowling - Nov. 22
- Thanksgiving Break - Nov. 27-29
- Festival of Trees - Dec. 4
- Winter Break - Dec. 23-Jan. 3
- Wellness at SVS:
- Laurie Egan is our school wellness representative.
- Calming Room: Updating with school counselor
- You Matter Theme to promote inclusivity
- Wellness Day for staff and students. Students: 3/28; Staff (virtual): 2/7
- Incident Command:
- Continue with monthly drills
- The district provides monthly training to safety specialists and admin
- Goal/Measurements:
- South Valley School is a post-high transition school for students with disabilities. The focus of our school is teaching transition skills to help prepare students for independence and job skills. Every student's educational plan is individualized to meet their needs and their ability levels. During the 2023-2024 school year, students showed 64% of sufficient progress on their goals. During the 2024-2025 school year students will show 66% of sufficient progress on their IEP goals to enable them to be more independent in the community and successful citizens.
- Land Trust Monies for this Year (866.39 carry over):
| Supplies: cooking, science, manipulatives, etc. | 900.00 per teacher |
| Community Outings | 4,500.00 |
| Recreation passes/community | 4,000.00 |
| Technology (BenQ) | 4,000.00 |
- 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 and/or sign language classes to help with communication in our school.
Next meetings on Fridays at 7:30 am – January 24, 2025, and March 7, 2025
* Comments- have the first meeting earlier in the year. (Early in October.) Lance's son works in production and can help provide entertainment things needed for dances, etc. (Tanner-Shadow Mountain Productions.)
* Flyer for donations-can do that for food drive in November.
* Email dates of events to council members.
* Parent Square-too many notifications.
*Leadership team-look into needs of students after they graduate from SV. How to make sure they are involved in things.
* Sign Language class for students-Erika S teach?
SOUTH VALLEY SCHOOL
SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2025
AGENDA
School Members: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
Parent Members: Kirsten Cantrell, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava
- Introductions
- Community Activities Update
- Flying Around the World Event
- American Sign Language Classes
- Professional Development
- Technology Update
- Incident Command
- Land Trust
- TSSA
Next Meeting on Fridays at 7:30 am at South Valley School Conference Room - March 7, 2025
MINUTES
School Members: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
Parent Members: Kirsten Cantrell, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio, Rogelio Nava
- Introductions
- Community Activities Update- . New job site-Chick-Fil-A in Jordan Landing. Held a Job Coach Luncheon to celebrate our job coaches. Making certificates for our job site partners to put at their place of business. Teacher appreciation is in May. (Will address more in March SCC meeting.) Herriman High School PTSA team came out to host a Halloween Carnival for our students. Taylor Andrews came out to do nails/hair for the fall dance. Spring dance is April 11th. Senior Dance is May 9th. Students participated in Festival of Trees and Christmas for Kids. Staff Christmas luncheon was held. Life Design Soda Shop is on the move and going to all different businesses around the valley. Food drive went great and we had a lot of donations for our students.
- Flying Around the World Event- Reviewed plans for Flying Around the World Day on Feb 19th.
- American Sign Language Classes-continued this year.
- Professional Development-Codee Flores digital coach started doing tech tuesday. Kim Jones is doing great work with CTE/STEM programs. PDs-district health and wellness, bus training for staff, compliance.
- Technology Update- We received a phone call from a graduate that said he got a call from a staff member asking for a donation and he fell for the scam. Tammy talked to staff to talk to students to make sure they dont send any money or believe everything in emails. Speech Language Path Noel Pollard applied for a grant and we were able to get 10 new iPads to assist in communication needs.
- Incident Command-have had several drills (hold one per month.) We will remind staff to talk to their students after drills or other situations (like a hold.)
- Land Trust- Due on March 21st. Allocated around 22,000 for 24-25 school year. Used for community activities/training in transition for student growth. Teacher feedback survey showed they would all like to continue using money for community activities/ training (like rec center, shopping skills, etc.) If any money is leftover, it is used to update fitness equipment/programs. Teachers also indicated in a follow up survey that they would like to update chromebooks and iPads. Council input on continuing with this plan- Kirsten would like to support the teachers opinions. Lance- would the school district be able to negotiate rec passes donations instead of discounts? Everyone agrees to support the teacher's request.
- TSSA- staff improvement. Stipends for technology coach, PLC stipends for teachers, school psychologist and SLPs conferences, ASL classes, yearbook and cheer advisor stipends.
Reschedule next meeting from March 7th to March 11th.
SOUTH VALLEY SCHOOL
SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2025
AGENDA
SCHOOL MEMBERS: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
PARENT MEMBERS: Kirsten Cantrell, Rogelio Nava, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio
- Community Activities Update
- Staff Appreciation Week: May 5 - 9
- Awards
- Land Trust and TSSA
- Professional Development
- Incident Command
MINUTES
SCHOOL MEMBERS: Tammy Rajczyk and Jessica Wilson
PARENT MEMBERS: Kirsten Cantrell, Rogelio Nava, Aimee Snow, Lance Valerio
- Community Activities Update: Flying Around the World - Success, BYU Visitor, Talent show - amazing, SBOs - visit to capitol and Transition Fair, March Madness Basketball Tournament, Staff Appreciation Week (5/5-5/9), Spring Dance (4/11); Senior dance (5/9), New Student Orientation (5/7), Graduation (5/29), Last day of school (6/6).
- Staff Appreciation Week: May 5 - 9- You’re the Zest. Kirsten and Jodi are working together. SCC will take a day that week to bring something for staff- on Tuesday, May 6th.
- Awards-During March Madness. JEF Teacher of the Year and Paraeducator of the Year awards will be presented.
- Land Trust and TSSA- Land Trust plan was approved. TSSA is due March 21st.
- Professional Development- Digital Coach and Instructional Coach continue. Tech Tuesday 1X per month, School AI Level 1 certification for staff. STEM curriculum with classes and PLCs focus on Action Plans for seniors.
- Incident Command: Meet monthly for training. We have had the following drills: fire (3), secure (2), Lockdown, and Shelter-In-Place.
- Next Year Community Council- 3/6 members would like to continue. The other member will let us know. Tammy will send a Parent Square out to see if other parents are interested. If so, we will hold an election.
Other Notes:
Parent Facebook Group- South Valley Parents and Caregivers
Amy started a Facebook support group to help with letting parents know event dates/etc. Tammy will check the policy to make sure it works out.
Post High Action Plan Folders-folders that will help parents with a checklist after post high.