TMHS ARC/PTO
Tomball Memorial High School
 (Academic Recognition Club/Parent Teacher Organization)
November 4, 2020 1:00pm Google Meet
Link: https://meet.google.com/ijr-qfdi-yfe Code: ijr-qfdi-yfe

In attendance:  Dawn Rodriguez, Jill Haywood, Cherie Creaney, Robin LaRue, Dr. Mike Metz, Michelle Seveney, Tracy Fletcher, Shannon Lewis, Anne Miller, Daisy Cone, Susan Giddens 
Meeting called to order at 1:01pm

Reading the Minutes of the previous meeting [and their approval] 
Minutes (Jill Haywood)
•	Minutes from last board meeting Wednesday, October 7, 2020 
Motion:  Robin LaRue  Second:   Michelle Seveney   Approved

Reports of Boards and Standing Committees
Vice President Membership (Robin LaRue)
Family Memberships: 88  $1781.12
Staff Memberships: 43  $890.86
Business Memberships: 0
Total: $2, 671.98
Carrie Teague will check the PTO box and Cherie will pick up at the front door. 
Daisy suggested doing membership as a google doc instead of paper copies.  Dr. Metz suggested being REALLY specific on fields.

Treasurer (Cherie Creaney) 
New Income
Family Memberships: $1538.24
Staff Memberships: $526.54
Spirit Night $513
Concessions: $1608.34 Income on Square, Total this year $2371.52
Expenses:
Admin costs: $133.25
Concessions: $1623.25
Hospitality (Michelle Seveney)
Pumpkin bread coming up. Email with sign up genius will go out early next week.  
 People will bring bread to Michelle’s house Nov. 14th-16th.  She will label it and bring it to school to deliver Nov. 17th.  
 Spirit Nights (Tracy Fletcher)
Marcos donated $513  from spirit night.
We are trying to do a friendly competition with Klein Cain next.  
2 Guys One Pit wants to do a fundraiser linked to Thanksgiving 
Can Mr. Williams will put a blurb in the newsletter this week thanking them?

Volunteer Coordinator/VP Concessions (Jen Riker)
      Sign up genius for students for basketball games has gone out.  
      An Email will be sent to PTO members not just board to get more adult help at concessions.
Dr. Metz offered support from Admin staff to help collect money at the end of the game and put it in the safe at school if that would help.
We are hosting games for a few smaller schools for playoffs and running the concessions.
Communications (Shannon Lewis)
      Will work on the new website as time permits.  
      Will continue to do social media updates.  It really helps when posts are shared.  
       PLEASE, share social media posts.
AP Testing Hall Monitor Coordinator (Daisy Cone)
Nothing at this time
VP Rewards/Recognition (OPEN)
Position is still open so we will all be working together to make the first lunch happen.  We are going to do the reward lunch on November 13.  We will do the ordering and the TMHS staff will be serving.  
Chick Fil A sandwiches, chips, and dessert for in person students.
Chick Fil A Sandwich vouchers for virtual students (700 Students are virtual)
We need to send out sign up for donations on chips, desserts or $ donations.  
We will eliminate water this time to make it easier on staff. 
Dawn is working out details with Carrie on how to drop off snacks and desserts.
We need to get numbers of students that qualified. 
Principal Points (Dr. Metz)
We had 900 students in person 315 came back from virtual. 
700 students currently at home learning virtually. 
Scheduling was difficult and impacted about 1000 kids’ schedules.  Admin is trying to make lemonade out of lemons.  Working on equity of instruction and equity of assessment.  If kids can use notes at home, the in-class students can use notes also. However, some classes are finding open notes quizzes are not as successful, students who actually memorized the material are doing better.  
There is a digital dashboard for Covid cases you can check on the TISD website.
TMHS currently has 6 active student cases and one active staff case.  
Only 3 staff have had covid to date and 2 for sure did not get it from school.
Questions:
Q: Michelle Sevenry asked about class sizes some are really large.  
A: Counselors were working all last week on getting classes leveled out.  Contact me if your child still has a very large class.  
Q: Daisy Cone- How are you dealing with assessment equity between in person and virtual learners?  
A: If students at home can use notes then students at school can use notes.  Teachers are using data to inform their teaching and assessments, including grade discrepancies between virtual and in person learners.  Teachers are utilizing timed tests, lockdown browsers and video monitoring during virtual assessments.  
Q: Dawn Rodriguez: Will a virtual and in person learning choice be available for the second semester?
A: Yes, A decision needs to be made by families on HAC between Nov. 30th and Dec. 9th 

Meeting ended at 2:16