Palmer High School
School Accountability Committee (SAC)
September 10, 2015
Attendance:
Parent Members
Shannon Jones
Steve Long
Carl Schueler
Kathy Solomon (Chair)
School Members
Kandy Claybaugh
Lara Disney
Dan Geiser
Jim Howard
Chris Kilroy
Community Members
Barry Farris
Student Members
Bailey Cline
Guests
(none)
Regular meeting was called to order by Jim at 7:00 am in the Community Room.
1.
Approve Minutes
Motion by Barry to approve minutes from our May meeting was unanimously approved.
2. SAC Officers
Via email prior to the meeting, Kathy was nominated for SAC Chair, and during the meeting she was
elected to this position.
Election of SAC Secretary was postponed until the next meeting.
3. Student Council Report (Bailey)
 Link Crew – welcomed freshmen the first day of school, hosting orientation and helping
freshmen with lockers and finding their classes.
 Homecoming
o Palmer is celebrating 140 years!
o Homecoming King has anew cape and walking stick, and Homecoming Queen has a new
crown.
o 10/9 – Mayor’s Proclamation at 3:30 pm in the City Council Chambers
o 10/10 – Crud Day
o 10/14 – Powder Puff football game at 6:30 pm, followed by Broken Circle bonfire and
hot air balloon
o 10/16 – Car Caravan, football game versus Cheyenne Mountain High School, fireworks
o 10/17 – Dance
o 10/18 – Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees’ Champagne Brunch. StuCo officers and Senior
Cabinet will attend as guests of the Alumni Association.
 Food Drive benefitting Care and Share – will take place in November.
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Fundraiser for Shania – Shania is a Palmer student who has a brain tumor and is undergoing
chemotherapy. She has requested financial assistance to allow her mother to stay with her
during treatment. StuCo will be raising money for this.
Most Spirited High School Contest – Palmer just sent in a video for this contest. Each person can
vote once a day.
4. Principal’s Report (Lara)
 Enrollment – Palmer’s current enrollment is approximately 1835. There are still some
students transferring in, and Palmer is still trying to drop no shows from their student list.
Enrollment is a little below last school year, as expected.
 Palmer has had a very positive start to the school year.
 PLC Reboot - D11 is focusing on PLC reboot, district wide. What do we do if students aren’t
getting it, or are getting it quickly and need enrichment?
 Intervention – Brad Lyall is the Intervention Coordinator at Palmer, and he’s been spending
time visiting other D11 schools, helping them with their intervention programs. Brooke Bell
is running the Math Tutoring Center this school year, and 100-200 students were seen at the
math tutoring center so far this year. Bridget Donovan is running the English / Language
Arts Tutoring Center, and she has seen ~175 students during the past 3 days. Chris Kilroy is
??? Palmer will be adding a Behavioral Intervention component this school year, to
preserve the learning environment.
5. UIP Update (Dan)
 USIP One Page Template – Dan shared this document.
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Major Improvement Strategy #1 – “Develop solid PLCs school wide with a focus on planning,
data aggregation and utilization, and Intervention (in coordination with the Tutoring
centers) and a school wide approach to teaching higher Depth of Knowledge in all classes
and created Actions steps aligned to our MYP whole school implementation.”
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Data – We won’t have a SPF (School Performance Framework) this year, and will likely use
ACT scores since these have ethnic and other breakouts.
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DOK – The challenge we saw last year is that although teachers planned for DOK 3, they
often had to scaffold down. It’s difficult to scaffold back up. It’s a cultural shift for the staff
to allow students to struggle with higher DOK questions.
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10th grade Personal Project – as part of whole school IBMYP, all 10th graders will be doing a
personal project. All staff members are working with students on their projects, with ~3
students assigned to each staff member. Students will showcase these projects in February.
6. DAC Report
 9/10 (tonight) - SAC Training will be held.
 9/17 - Full DAC meeting
7. Alumni Report (Barry)
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Hall of Fame Inductees were selected: Susanne Galluzzo Nelson (’57), Kenny Callum (’74),
and Lisa Tessarowicz (’99).
Freshman Tours were given by alumni the week of 8/31.
Alumni Association Brochure was redone. In the future, there may be an insert for the
membership application and to list officers; this would allow the rest of the brochure to
remain the same over time.
Homecoming – 20 corvettes are lined up to participate.
Alumni Breakfast – will be held 9/12.
Reunion – Class of ’55 will hold their 60th reunion this weekend (9/12).
8. Possible Topics for Future SAC Meetings
 How to measure UIP 2015/16 Success?
 Fall MAP Results for 9th/10th grade English/Language Arts
 ACT Disaggregated data
 SAC Secretary Election
 DAC Update
 Tutoring Center / Intervention Update
Meeting was adjourned by Kathy at 8:08 am.