School Improvement Council (SIC)

S.I.C. Agenda 9/10/2024 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 
  • Review last year at a glimpse 
  • 5 year plan 
  • By-laws 
• New Business 
  • Complete the SIC Self-Assessment Profile together 
  • Discuss recruiting new members to SIC 
  • Review SIC criteria  
  • Set tentative goals for 2024-2025 
  • SIC elections October 8^th. 
• Next Meeting  October 8, 2024  7:20AM Room 710 
• Adjourn 

S.I.C. Agenda 9/10/2024 

In attendance:  Foster, Rutherford, Santmyer, Howard, Turoski, Glover, Ranslow 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

  • Review last year at a glimpse 

    • Intermittent attendance 

    • BINGO night was a success! Would like to continue for the new year. 

• 5 year plan 

  • Need to review SIC 5 year plan. 

  • Mission/vision solidified. 

• By-laws 

  • Revise by-laws. 

• New Business 

  • Complete the SIC Self-Assessment Profile together 

    • Highlights from the self-assessment 

    • Include/invite PTSA President 

    • Need to recruit parents/community members

    • Election for SIC Oct.8 (SIC for November faculty meeting)

    • “Year 1” for election purposes 

    • Journal Scene??? Community members 

    • Be sure to follow SIC attendance guidelines for members. 

    • Elects Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary 

    • SIC/PTSA link 

    • Riley Award—we don’t qualify yet 

    • Share SIC Plan Schoolwide 

    • School community should know members of SIC 

    • Define roles, responsibilities, etc. 

    • Increase district/school SIC contacts 

    • Recognize appreciation of SIC members 

• Discuss recruiting new members to SIC 
  • 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 community members 
  • Minimum of 7 members 
  • Review SIC criteria  
  • Set tentative goals for 2024-2025 
    • Review next meeting 

• SIC elections October 8th. 

• Next Meeting  October 8, 2024  7:20AM Room 710 

• Adjourn 

S.I.C. Agenda 10/8/2024

· Call to order

· Review old business

• Review 5 year plan

· New Business

• Review By Laws
• Hand out Handbook and By Laws
• Review election results from October 4th
• Vote on Chair, Vice-chair, and Secretary for the current year
• Approve goals for 2024-2025

· Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)

· Committee Reports

· Next Meeting November 12, 2024 7:20AM Room 710

· Adjourn

S.I.C. Minutes 10/8/2024 

In attendance: MFoster, CRutherford, DRanslow, SWhite, KHoward, SCourtney, MNelson, BFiorito, JSantmyer 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

  • Review 5 year plan-Walkthroughs, OSS, digital tools, school climate, Student achievement, teacher retention 

• New Business 

  • Review By Laws  

  • Hand out Handbook and By Laws  

  • Review election results from October 4th – Stuart Courtney and Sierra White were voted in as our parent representatives. 

  • Vote on Chair, Vice-chair, and Secretary for the current year- Chair-Mary Ellen Foster  Vice-Chair-Stuart Courtney    Secretary-Kathryn Tupper 

  • Discuss/Approve goals for 2024-2025 

    • Community partnerships-improving community involvement (to raise funds for School Improvement) Will pay for 2 subs to go knock on doors during school day 

    • Introduction of staff through introductions on morning show to build relationships cross grade level Also-check in with teachers just to touch base to form relationships with staff 

    • Partnership with Alston Bailey to improve relationships 

    • Parent involvement-having a quarterly award per grade level or an grade level sponsored activity These could also tie in with monthly title activities 

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns) 

  • Shared how SIC and PTA can work together including: Collaboration-SICs and PTAs can collaborate to improve the local school by bringing together parents, educators, students, and community stakeholders. School improvement plan-SICs and PTAs can work together to develop and implement a five-year school improvement plan.  School events-SICs and PTAs can hold events together, such as PTA/PTO meetings, open houses, or athletic events. Funding-SICs can request funding from their school or district for initiatives, such as training for SIC members or family and community engagement events. SICs can also write grant proposals or request donations on behalf of their school, but these must be made directly to the school, PTA/PTO, or other authorized organization.  

SICs are mandated by law to exist in every public school in South Carolina. They serve as an advisory committee to the school's principal and faculty. SICs are not funded and are run by volunteers. 

• Committee Reports 

• Next Meeting  November 12, 2024  7:20AM Room 710 

• Adjourn 

 S.I.C. Agenda 11/12/2024 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

• Review survey to determine needs of school and direction of SIC Goals 

• New Business 

• Discuss then Approve goals for 2024-2025 

• Community partnerships-improving community involvement (to raise funds for school improvement) Will pay for 2 subs to go knock on doors during school day 

• Introduction of staff through introductions on morning show to build relationships cross grade level Also-check in with teachers just to touch base to form relationships with staff 

• Partnership with Alston Bailey to improve relationships 

• Parent involvement-having a quarterly award per grade level or a grade level sponsored activity These could also tie in with monthly title activities 

• Create a working model for monthly community/parent/student events  to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans 

• November 

• December 

• January 

• February 

• March 

• April 

• May 

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns) 

• Committee Reports 

• Next Meeting  December 10, 2024  7:20AM Room 809 

• Adjourn 

S.I.C. Agenda 12/10/2024

 

· Call to order

· Review old business

o Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

o Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans

• November-
• December-PTSA
•  January-Bingo
• February-Sneaker Dance 2/14 to benefit Relay for Life, Umoja Festival
• March-Math Game Night, Relay for Life 3/21
•  April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival
• May-House Festival

· New Business

o Discuss and fine tune monthly events. Create a working model for people to head up each monthly activity, select dates, review necessities.

• December-
• January-
•  February-
• March-
• April-
• May-

o Update on sponsorships.

o Anything for the good of the cause.

· Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)

· Committee Reports

· Next Meeting January 14 , 2025 7:20AM Room 809

· Adjourn

S.I.C. Minutes 12/10/2024 

In attendance: Foster, Dowd, Santmyer, Rutherford, Glover, Ranslow, Howard, Tupper, White, Nelson 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

  • Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities. 

  • Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans 

    • December-PTSA 

    • January-Bingo 

    • February-Sneaker Dance 2/14 (to benefit Relay for Life), Umoja Festival 

    • March-Math Game Night, Relay for Life 3/21 

    • April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival 

    • May-House Festival  

• New Business 

  • Discuss and fine tune monthly events.  Create a working model for people to head up each monthly activity, select dates, review necessities. Dates, times, and committee members for each activity 

     
    • December-12/19-PTSA to speak at the fine arts performance  
    • January-Bingo (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper) 
    • February-Sneaker Dance (White, Courtney, Ranslow )  Umoja (Rutherford, Foster, Howard) 
    • March-Math Night (Howard, Nelson, _________)  Relay for Life (Dowd,  __________, _________) 
    • April-Ranslow, Glover, Nelson 
    • May- (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)                                                                                  
  • Update on sponsorships Will be going out into the community to elicit Sponsors.  Asking for specific requests.  A link will be sent out from Rutherford for reference.  This link is filled out by prospective sponsors.  It is lengthy, so a member of AMS can fill out the link on the behalf of the business.  We are in the process of rebuilding business partners since covid.  Possibly asking for donations to sponsor students to attend camps.  Santmyer, Foster and Howard have volunteered to go out in to the community to try and start rebuilding. 
  • Anything for the good of the cause.

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns) Looking for Map growth this week.  Love the Fine Arts activities, they are helping to build the synapsis in math and Ela. 

• Committee Reports 

• Next Meeting  January 14 , 2025  7:20AM Room 809 

  • Bring behavior data to the next meeting to share and analyze. 

• Adjourn 

S.I.C. Agenda 1/14/2025

• Call to order
• Review old business
  • Goal-AMS will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.
  • Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title One plans
    • January-Bingo (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)
    • February-Sneaker Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow)                                               Umoja (Rutherford, Foster, Howard)
    • March-Math Night (Howard, Nelson, _____)                                                                         Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd, Foster, _______)
    • April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a STEM festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)
    • May-House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)
• New Business
  • Update on January and February activities
  • Update on sponsorships
  • Anything for the good of the cause
• Principal Report
• Committee Reports
• Next Meeting February 11, 2025 7:20 AM Room 809
• Adjourn

 

S.I.C. Minutes 1/14/2025 

In attendance: Foster, Dowd, Santmyer, Rutherford, White,  Courtney, Glover, Howard, Nelson 

 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

• Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities. 

• Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans 

• January-Bingo (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper) 

• February-Sneaker Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow-   Umoja (Rutherford, Foster, Howard)- 

• March-Math Night (Howard, Nelson, _________)  Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd,  Foster, _________) 

• April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson) 

• May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper) 

 

• New Business 

• Update on January and February activities-Bingo will be hosted Tuesday 1/28 5:30-7 PM  Double checking with PTSA to help with pizza and presenting before we begin. Will send out email to staff and a form to ask for teachers to come help facilitate.  SIC members willing to help (Ranslow, Santmyer, Tupper, Foster, Howard, Nelson, Glover, Courtney) 

• Sneaker Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow-  White will touch base with Hannigan. Umoja (Rutherford, Foster, Howard)-Had a pre-planning meeting.  Will be a culminating activity at the end of the month inviting neighborhoods in to learn about black history.  Survey will be going out to planning committee to gather info fo planning purposes.  Name may change. 

• Update on sponsorships.-Hannigan and Ruthorford have been working in tandem to secure business partnerships.  Barber 843, This Whole House, Taluccis, Vicious Biscuit, Carolina Teen Center, (TBA) Law Firm,Beacons, Tikiz and Kona Ice 

• Anything for the good of the cause. Math Night is being planned.  It will be hosted on 3/4  5:30-6:30.  Will have kits and flyers sent out.  A rep will be conducting the evening.  Will request $ for light refreshments. 

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)  

• December was a successful month for parent involvement with all fine arts inviting parents in to see their children perform.   

• Looking into providing experiences for our students who have never left their neighborhood/community and experienced other areas. 

• Behavior Data-793 Referrals this school year this is down from the 1077 where we were at last year.  ¼ of school population are repeat offenders. 

• Committee Reports 

• Next Meeting  February 11 , 2025  7:20AM Room 809 

• Adjourn 

Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Review Old Business

   Goal: AMS will build relationships in and out of the classroom, eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

   Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title One plans.

   • January - Bingo (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)
   • February - Sneaker Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow)
     • Umoja (Rutherford)
   • March - Math Night 3/4 (Howard, Nelson)
     • Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd, Foster, Ranslow)
   • April - Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 (Possibly paired with a STEM festival) (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)
   • May - House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)

3. New Business

   • Discuss how January’s activity (Bingo) went.
   • Update on February and March activities:
     • Dance
     • Umoja
   • Anything for the good of the cause.

4. Principal Report

   Includes updates on school activities, successes, and concerns.

5. Committee Reports

6. Next Meeting

   March 11, 2025, at 7:20 AM in Room 809.

7. Adjournment

S.I.C. Minutes 2/11/2025

 

In attendance: Foster, Dowd, White, Santmyer, Glover, Rutherford, Howard 

• Call to order 

• Review old business 

• Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities. 
• Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans 
  • January-Bingo (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper) 
  • February-Sneaker Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow   Umoja (Rutherford) 
  • March-Math Night 3/4 (Howard, Nelson) 
  • Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd,  Foster, Ranslow) 
  • April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson) 
  • May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper) 

• New Business 

  • Discuss how January’s activity (Bingo) went-Bingo was great.  Possibly send out a reminder to familys that RSVP next year  

  • Update on February and March activities 

    • Dance-y, 130 tickets(approx.. $1000), will take $ until Wednesday, go out Thursday morning, will need help to organize tickets, Causey will call for grade level to get tickets, 20 staff to help. Foster will distribute maps for staff to know their space to monitor, Kennedy VJ, selling chips and juice(brought by Foster) 

    • Umoja, Feb 26, 9a-12p-y, BHC goal- plan out by week of Feb. 19-20 to leave room for input, whole group presentation on history of Alston, events during school day w/community participation, variety of experiences for students, teachers deliver activity and monitor but not teach the lesson,  

    • Relay for Life, Mar. 21 @ CSU,6-9p – need help with 3D photo booth at CSU, AMS dance team teaching a line dance, send a sign up sheet to see who will be there to volunteer 

  • Anything for the good of the cause. 

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)- 2/10 became MERT certified, now a Project Adam school, Girls AMS BBall will go to Fort Dorchester for championships, onboarding Panorama(data warehouse that holds all school-based academic, behavior data. Helps school to use data to make effective changes). Drop in referrals has been substantial from last year{Jostens, tighten knowledge of referral specifications, transfers}

• Committee Reports 

• Next Meeting  March 11 , 2025  7:20AM Room 809

• Adjourn 

 

 

S.I.C. Agenda 3/11/2025

• Call to order

• Review old business

o Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

o Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans

• February-Glow Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow) Umoja (Rutherford)

• March-Math Night 3/4 (Howard, Nelson) Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd, Foster, Ranslow)

• April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)

• May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)

• New Business

o Discuss how February’s activities (Umoja and Glow dance) and March (Math Night) went o Update on March and April activities

▪ Relay for Life 3/21

▪ Super Saturday/Stem

o Anything for the good of the cause.

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)

• Committee Reports

• Next Meeting April 8 , 2025 7:20AM Room 809

• Adjourn

S.I.C. Meeting 3/11/2025

In attendance: Glover, Tupper, Courtney, Howard, Foster, Rutherford, White, Santmyer

• Call to order

• Review old business

o Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

o Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans

• February-Glow Dance 2/14 (White, Courtney, Ranslow) Umoja (Rutherford)

• March-Math Night 3/4 (Howard, Nelson) Relay for Life 3/21 (Dowd, Foster, Ranslow)

• April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)

• May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)

• New Business

o Discuss how February’s activities (Umoja and Glow dance) and March (Math Night) went

▪ Dance-Very organized and many staff attendance. Great fundraiser for Relay for Life. The dance floor itself was a little bit of organized chaos.

▪ Umoja-Favorable from the staff point of view. Would like more rotations for student involvement, possibly including a food component. Need to meet earlier for next year will start planning in September.

▪ Math Night-good turn out. Presentation was good, families were engaged and were able to take the game kits home. It was nice having an outside person conduct the evening. Possibly have a longer time period to play the games instead of the hour.

o Update on March and April activities

▪ Relay for Life 3/21-The AMS dance team will dance and teach a line dance to people. AMS is also sponsoring a game of Limbo. We encourage AMS and the community to come enjoy a memorable evening. Flyers are going out.

▪ Spring Title one planning meetings 3/20 7:30 Media Center & 4/10 3:30 Media Center

▪ Super Saturday/Stem

o Anything for the good of the cause.

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns) o Had a great successful Umoja and math night starting to plan for next year. Concern mainly behavior and morale because of the time of year. Trying to show the love to faculty with double good popcorn ad fizzy Fridays.

• Committee Reports

• Next Meeting April 8 , 2025 7:20AM Room 809

• Adjourn

 

S.I.C. Agenda 4/8/2025

• Call to order

• Review old business

o Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

o Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans

• April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)

• May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)

• New Business

o Review Relay for life

o Update on parent pamphlet to go out this month

o Update on April activities

▪ Super Saturday/Stem

o Anything for the good of the cause.

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)

• Committee Reports

• Next and last Meeting May 13 , 2025 7:20AM Room 809

• Adjourn

S.I.C. Meeting Minutes 4/8/2025

In attendance: S. White, M. Foster, K. Tupper, E. Glover, C. Rutherford, B. Fiorito, K. Howard, S. Courtney

• Call to order

• Review old business

o Goal- AMS Will build relationships in and out of the classroom eliciting parent involvement through monthly activities.

o Model for monthly community/parent/student events to work closely with PTSA and Title one plans

• April-Super Saturday with ABES 4/26 Possibly pair with a Stem festival (Ranslow, Glover, Nelson)

• May- House Festival (Foster, Santmyer, Tupper)

• New Business

o Review Relay for life-Raised $1,640.00 for the fight against cancer. Our dance team did a great job and we had many parents and students join us for the evening. Next year, would like to draw a larger crowd to the actual event. Maybe use incentives like raffles for attendance.

o Update on parent pamphlet to go out this month- Rutherford has gathered awards to add to the pamphlet. Pamphlet is done except for Principals letter.

o School Renewal Plan has been updated, written and submitted. Waiting on district input.

o Update on April activities

▪ Super Saturday/Stem-4/26 Doors open at 8:15 and performances go through 2pm Dance 8:30, Chorus 10:30, Orchestra 11:30, Band is 12:30 Other idea additives: Bing, SC ready prep table, food trucks, are you smarter than, raffle tickets. Possible theme baskets, movie (8th), spa, toys, make up, beach, Italian, home décor, color themed items, holiday theme. Have a survey booth and earn a raffle ticket.

• Fio will reach out to ABES and will respond back.

• Sierra will look into food trucks. Foster will send out a form to get volunteers for Super Saturday.

o Anything for the good of the cause.

• Principal Report (including school activities success/concerns)-Map excitement because teachers are conferencing with them about growth over scores. Data will be shared with SIC. Parent survey participation is down district wide.

• Committee Reports

• Next and last Meeting May 13 , 2025 7:20AM Room 809

• Adjourn