Saturday, December 5, 2009
December Meeting Cancelled
Friday, October 9, 2009
October 3rd Meeting
- I have cleaned up the by-laws appearance with more sub-headings to make it more readable.
- I have also added a voting section to include proxy voting.
- We decided to create job descriptions for each of the elected officials to keep the by-laws to a minimal length.
- We still have questions out to the district administrators regarding the need for a sponsor, and how to coordinate all of the principals on the various campus. District policy gives them much more power over what we can and cannot do on their campus than previously thought. With the possibility of 3+ principals, we need to figure out how to keep them in the loop in an efficient manner.
- Lastly, we will need to start figuring out a way to pay for the non-profit application. We would like to get this in to the IRS prior to Dec. 31, 2009, since there will be a price hike starting next year by $100. Currently, the fee is $300 if we expect to make less than $10K per year for the first 4 years, or pay $750 if we expect to make more than $10K per year for the first 4 years.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
By-Law Meeting
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Meadow Creek school preparations...
Friday, April 3, 2009
Ideas for practicing Spanish in the summer
Q: Do you have any advice for summer activities to keep them practicing Spanish?
A: Off the top of my head: record a cartoon on Saturday morning on Univision. There's a 3 hour block of shows the kids recognize but they're broadcast in Spanish. 3 hours is too much at a time, but I've been pleasantly surprised that Carmen & Gabe seem to follow along with a 30 minute show.
Alternatively, select Spanish as the language on a DVD (again, probably not a full-length movie, but shorter shows).
I sometimes use http://translate.google.com/ to look things up.
Maybe we could get the kids to network on Webkinz to practice writing in Spanish to each other? I am not crazy about social networks for 6 & 8 year olds but at least that might have a little more purpose.
OK, I've got to go for now. Thanks for asking! I'm sure everyone has some ideas to share. It will be fun to add to the list.