Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 Welcme and Intrductin At Apprximately 07:10 PM Wayne Franklin, c-president, welcmed a small number f Bard members and representatives t the meeting at the Staff Cafeteria n the secnd flr f Oak Park River Frest High Schl. Minutes The minutes f the Feb 1, 2017 meeting were apprved, with nted crrectins, by vice vte and withut bjectin, upn mtin by Marc Msher and secnded by Mary Matticks. OPRF Administratin Mike Carisci DISCUSSIONS - An update was presented by Mike Carisci as utlined in Appendix A t these meeting minutes and included the fllwing: Cmmittee f the Whle was meeting Bard meeting upcming Dr. Adams finishing Listening Tur Bard f Ed hired Gregry Jhnsn Speech team is tp 10 f 200 based n perfrmance and GPA OPRF Activities Regina Tpf - Ms. Tpf s reprt was presented by Mr. Carisci as detailed in Appendix B t these meeting minutes OPRF Athletics - Jhn Stelzer - Mr. Stelzer s reprt was presented by Mr. Carisci as detailed in Appendix C t these meeting minutes D200 Schl Bard - Fred Arkin - Bard hired Greg Jhnsn t be assistant Superintendent Experienced with Equal Opprtunity Schls Identifies kids that can d AP wrk but have nt r are nt currently in AP classes I.D. apprx. 150 kids fr upcming year that will be encuraged t take AP classwrk - Changed name frm Citizens Cuncil t Cmmunity Cuncil Due t bias assciated with same named rganizatins frm civil rights era 1 f 7
Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 - Gvernrs Retreat - discussin Clsed Bard meeting t discuss Bard issues including Agenda fcus Hw the Bard addresses public cmments Fr example, maybe twn hall type meetings t address public cmments Discussing hw t rll ut the upcming changes - Culture Climate Behavir Cmmittee Wrks n Equity and Disciplinary issues Reprt frm Cmmittee is frth cming Hw t imprve equity in schl Next Meetings Discussins Wayne Franklin - HamBing at Hamburger Mary s - Tuesday April 4 th 8 pm Electin night - Cncern that we might nt be able t get that many peple - Brief meeting prir at 7:30 pm - Max f 75 peple - Games will start at 8 pm, $15/three cards and 10 games ttal - $25 fr 6 cards/10 games - Mary will take care f the swag - Brief meeting at 7:30 pm then HamBing - Fd and drinks n yur wn ticket/wallet Huskie Bster Club Treasurers Mary Matticks/Fred Brandstrader - Sent financial statements thrugh February - Year t date numbers with 4 mnths left n ur new fiscal year - Merchandise sales seem a bit behind at the mment but true ups will bring numbers up - Spring Scial numbers will be available next mnth - Apprpriatins: we have apprximate $11K left t issue Thse t whm an apprpriatin was made need t make claims n the mney they were allcated - Merchandise purchases are getting clse t budget and clse t final fr the fiscal year All satellite accunts in excess f $1.5K are receiving ntices that they need t reduce their balances 2 f 7
Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 Perfrming Arts Tisha Swihart - Perfrming Arts Getting ready t g n trip t Spain Perfrming there - Mary Pppins is nging and three shws left - Gala dinner befre pening night went well - Studi 200 auditins upcming - Shw Chir cmpetitins upcming - Students participated in Chir cmpetitin Huskie Bster Club Cmmunicatins Carlyn Schiffner - Preliminary numbers nly - Heads/Tails - $1900 ($950 t winner) - Wine Pull - $1100 - A net ttal f abut $12K after expenses - Live Auctin $8500 - Jersey s went fr $220 - A lengthy discussin tk place regarding the utstanding issues surrunding the Bster Bash, finances, csts, etc. Huskie Bster Club Apprpriatins Eric Neville - N reprt Huskie Bster Club Memberships Vic Vanek - N reprt Huskie Bster Club Scial Cmmittee Jill and Jhn Drtch & Mary Anne Mntgmery - See Cmmunicatins reprt Huskie Bster Club Vlunteer Reprt Dana Cnnell Nne - N reprt NEW BUSINESS ADJOURN At 8:27 pm the meeting was unanimusly adjurned upn mtin by Marc Msher with secnd frm Wayne Franklin 3 f 7
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Upcming Dates Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 Appendix A OPRF Administratin Reprt fr Bsters March 2017 Cmmittee f the whle meeting and Special Meeting -- Tuesday, March 14 6:30 p.m., Bard Rm Regular Bard meeting-- Tuesday, March 21 Bard Rm, pen sessin begins at 7:30 p.m. Superintendent's Listening Tur final sessins n March 15 and 18 What is OPRF ding well? Hw can we imprve? Superintendent Dr. Jylynn Pruitt- Adams invites all cmmunity members t attend a sessin f her listening tur and share yur thughts. Cmplimentary meal and babysitting included. Wednesday 3/15 sessin will be at Irving Elementary in Oak Park and Saturday 3/18 sessin will be at Rsevelt middle schl in River Frest. Bard f Educatin apprves the hiring f Gregry Jhnsn as assistant superintendent fr curriculum and instructin He will replace Phil Prale, wh is retiring after 13 years in the rle. Since 2010, Mr. Jhnsn has served as the principal f Centennial High Schl, a diverse schl that cmprises rughly 1,500 students in Champaign, Ill. OPRFHS News Junir Emma Vejcik is the Illinis finalist in Ggle's natinal K-12 Ddle cntest. Yu can cast ne vte a day at Ddle4Ggle.cm, thrugh March 6. If Emma wins the natinal award, she'll nt nly have her Ddle artwrk featured n the Ggle landing page n March 31, but she'll als win a $30,000 cllege schlarship and a $50,000 technlgy grant fr OPRF High Schl. Senir Gina Gerace and freshman Charltte True have had their ceramic art wrk juried int the Natinal K-12 Ceramics Exhibitin t take place at the Natinal Cnference fr Educatin in the Ceramic Arts in Prtland Oregn. Speech team was amng tp 10 ut f nearly 200 teams in the state t be recgnized as IHSA Team Academic winners. All members f a team must have a grade pint average (GPA) f 3.0 r higher. OPRF's average GPA was 3.65. 5 f 7
Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 February Shut Outs: -Math team tk 2nd at Reginals Appendix B Activities Reprt frm Regina Tpf March 2017 -Debate team cntinues t d well with the Nvice team making it t Semifinals in Iwa City this past weekend and David Griffith being named the #1 verall speaker f the turnament! -Chess placed 18h in state a few weeks ag- a huge accmplishment since they were seeded 71st! They are nw brainstrming ways t fundraise t g t Natinals in May! -Japanese Club was a huge success -Empty Bwls raised ver $9,000 fr the Oak Park Fd Pantry! -Mary Pppins is ff t a great start- a very impressive and prfessinal shw! The characters fly and even g upside dwn- I may have held my breath thrugh thse scenes, but it was ne f the best shws I ve seen here! Upcming in March: -Little Theater shw Crssing Austin is a student-written and driven perfrmance that will tell the stry f racial integratin in Oak Park. It pens n Friday, 3/17 and runs Saturday 3/18 and Mnday 3/20. -Hip Hp Perfrmance is Wed. 3/8 at 6:30pm *April is Schl-Wide charity mnth. Student Cuncil is leading the way t invite every club, sprt, and student t participate in a charitable r service activity! Mre details t cme! 6 f 7
Huskie Bster Club Minutes March 1, 2017 Winter Seasn: Appendix C Athletics Reprt Jhn Stelzer March 2017 Wrestling: WSC Champins, IHSA Reginal Champins Individual All-State Jay Renteria 1st, Tny Madrigal 2nd, Drew Matticks -3rd, Jaime Hernandez 5th, Brian Hllway 5th Bys Basketball: WSC Champins Play in the IHSA Reginal Champinship game n Friday, March 3 at 7:00pm at Fentn HS Bys Swim/Dive: Qualified fr the State Meet: Tyler Hyt-Diving Will Raidt 200 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay JP Rtatri 200 free relay, 400 free relay JP Ungaretti 200 free relay, 400 free relay Thmas Wlfe 200 Ind. Medley, 200 free relay, 400 free relay Spring Seasn: All sprts have started their tryuts this week 7 f 7