Kimball Elementary PTSAKimball Elementary PTSA
Planning session2021–22

Working Meeting — school operations, values, and fundraising

**7:25-7:30 Update from Ms. Gray - Gratitude for SPED advocacy - Thanks for recess and Lunch Help. **

  • Cleared to have classroom volunteers - starting next week. If you are interested in volunteering in the classroom need to have volunteer forms up to date and proof of vax,
  • **Kimball is going to be a vaccination site for COVID vaccinations for kiddos. **
  • **Conference Sign ups have started - Sat Nov 20th, and then Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. Sign up for families that need interpreters have gone out, Next Thursday will be signups for all others. **

**7:30-7:35 Celebrate Special Education staffing advocacy outcomes/ teamwork - So much wonderful advocacy - feel free to join the advocacy meeting next week. **

7:40-8:25 Values: @Tracey Fugami

  • **Opening Context 5 Minutes Values are important to how we live out our lives and make decisions **
  • Values can help us learn about each other and our perspectives
  • **Values can assist with prioritizing when everything seems important. **
  • Values can help with articulating our advocacy work and come together with shared values
  • Developing Values from Personal Experiences. Paired Activity -20 Minutes (10 minutes per person). Groups of two (@Alaron L** to support breakout room creation). Take a few minutes to read and reflect, then share out your answers: **
  • Consider a meaningful moment—a peak experience in your life that stands out. What was happening to you? What was going on? What values were you honoring at this time?
  • Consider a challenging moment; consider a time in your life when you got angry, frustrated, or upset. What was going on? What were you feeling? What value might have been suppressed?
  • Consider a moment in your life when you felt a part of a community; what was going on, what were you feeling, what value was important in making this connection for you?
  • **Group Activity - 20 Minutes - Acknowledging Individual and Collective Values **
  • Each group reports out on the values that you heard during your conversation.
  • **Listen for themes and the values expressed that are similar / overlap. **

**8:25-8:40 Fundraising check in: @Michelle Bradley - Follow up on fundraising. **

  • **Year-end-giving campaign - focus on classroom grants for teachers - **
  • **Kimball Kitchen - ordering starts next week Nov - Feb maybe March. One idea - buy your teacher a treat. Logistics for picking things up - at school for the teachers. Potentially partner with restaurants and have them do a week or possibly thank you meals for the chefs. **
  • **Musang - supportive of a family event. - made meals for people and then taught them how to make Pancit. **
  • A local restaurant had donated teacher lunches previously.
  • Flora Bakehouse is doing a fundraiser for Maple and Cleveland(?)

**Felie - adopt a street - Nov 6th 10:30am-12:30pm - picking up litter on Beacon Ave and Jefferson Park - Beacon Ave from spokane to Cheasty. **

  • **Trash bags and Pickers will be supplied. Meet by the Jefferson Rec center. **

**Kimball Black Families Gathering tomorrow - Link in cougar connection, - for Black Staff and Parents of Black Students. **

8:40 One-word checkout: What’s one thing (a feeling/ a thought) you’re leaving this time with?

  • 8:45 Linger time

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