April 2024 Meeting Minutes

5/1/2024 12:36 pm

APRIL 2024 MEETING MINUTES

PTA MEETING MINUTES APRIL 2024

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 – 6:30 EDT
Present: Marisa Alverez (President), Danielle Collin (Secretary), Jessica Grande
(Treasurer)
Other in-person attendees: Michelle Morrissory (co-leader) Chris Audette (co-leader),
Leila Samara, Molly, Blanca Burgos, Kelly Lepley, Travis Knupp (Teacher), Demetruis
Warren, Sam Lewis, Steve Lewis, Michelle Bylsma, Ellie Morocco, Anne Essaran,
Carey Neal, Molly Jansen, Jen
Zoom attendees: Kristin Femino, Bonnie Carey, Rob Talevi, Laura Goodbody,
Stephanie Roberts, Emily C, Jennifer, Peter Alverez

AGENDA
Welcome, Meeting Overview, Introductions, Minutes Approval, PTA Recaps & Updates,
CPC, DELAC, and SpEdPAC updates, SSC, FOTL Updates, International Night &
Questions, Suggestions, Save the Date, Adjourn
Approve March Minutes - No discussion, minutes approved.

Auditorium Progress
Mr Knupp discusses the auditorium plans. He shares blueprint rendering of space. He
shared a shopping/wish list of what would be needed to create a better space for stage
productions. He presented a funding goal /total of cost ranging from $19k-$30k. If this
were to become more of a community space it would increase the value of what our
school has to offer.

PTA Focus: Bringing community together.

REMINDERS
● CORI Checks: Please make sure to do all paperwork for your CORI check 2
weeks prior to volunteering in the school - this includes bringing your ID to Ms.
Barefoot before your scheduled volunteer day.
● Building Procedures for Volunteers: Be sure to always sign in at front desk
and grab a visitor sticker to wear visibly while in the building.
● Meeting/Events childcare: Drop off in the cafeteria. Children will be onsite at

the Lyndon, for gym time, arts and crafts, and board games. Questions? email:
patricklyndonpta@gmail.com
● Lost & Found: All lost and found items were donated over February break.
Remind your children to continue to check items

Special Events - Recap
- Planetarium
- Yoga
- Cultural Night
Box Tops
● Goal: $1,000
● Current: $170.50
● Leaderboard: 5th Grade
● Referral Code: E2PN8RFB
Outdoor Classroom

Volunteer opportunities
- Spring Eco-Friendly Fridays (April 5th, May 17th, June 7th)
- Projects for parents?
- Room parents - remember the OC!
- Details of new projects forthcoming (e.g. seedling sale, community partnerships,
upper school art installation)
- Look out for daffodils this spring!

Solar Eclipse
April 8th - PTA is providing glasses for students to safely view the eclipse

NEW K1 Welcome - 4/12
- Tour and Q&A
- 8:30am and 1:00pm

Scholastic Book Fair - April 22nd - April 26th
- Volunteers Needed

Reflections
*This weekend we will find out if anyone from Lyndon won at that state level.
Dance Choreography
Primary
1st - Stella Chen
Intermediate
1st - Sedona Ma
Middle
1st - Bailey Ma
Film Production
Primary
1st - Louisa Magdol
Intermediate
1st - Desmond Lewis
Literature
Primary
1st - Zinnia Lewis
2nd - Nathan Freedman
3rd - Jack Donovan
Intermediate
1st - Desmond Lewis
2nd - Victoria Neal
3rd - Anatoli Mantis
Music Composition
Intermediate
1st - Phoenix Padgett
Visual Arts
Primary
1st - Zinnia Lewis
2nd - Thomas Schiarizzi
3rd - Evan Estrada
Intermediate
1st - James Wong
2nd - Phoenix Padgett

3rd - Nora Duane

Lyndon Reflections Showcase tentative for April or May.
First place winners have moved on to the Massachusetts state PTA competition and, if
chosen, will be honored at the Mass PTA annual meeting on April 6th in Lexington

Lyndon Night at Fenway Park
We have sold 298 tickets!! We are sold out of our original 282 + the additional row of 26
(reserving 10 for giving away)

We Need Your Help!
● Co/Vice chairs for Room Parent program
○ Shadow current chair and assist in leading the room parent program
○ Responsibilities include: Email communication with room parents and
teachers, planning room parent breakfast in October, and supporting room
parents with crafts or projects as needed

Building up 2 start up Committees:
○ Finance Committee: Focused on the budget, assist with annual audit
○ Academic Enrichment Committee: Focused on educational school
programing (field trips, assemblies, classroom visits), grant writing and
partnering with outside organizations, and working with teachers and staff
to tailor these opportunities to their curriculum

● Turkey Trot Team: Fundraising ‘street team’, support current turkey trot chair,
day of event team.
Field Day Planning Team:
○ We are looking for a few parents/guardians to take the lead in
coordinating field day efforts this year
○ Next planning meeting is scheduled for 4/29 @ 8:15am

2024-2025 PTA Board Elections May 1st!
Board positions open for Secretary and Treasurer:
○ Treasurer Role: Attend PTA meetings, take meeting notes, act as the
PTA ‘historian’ - record and catalog the work of the PTA
○ Secretary Role: Attend PTA meetings, take meeting notes, act as the
PTA ‘historian’ - record and catalog the work of the PTA, help manage
social media

Nominations open now!

Treasurer Update
- Sharing the budget at the May meeting
- Will share a draft budget ahead of the meeting to encourage people to come with
questions for a smooth, speedy meeting
Lyndon SSC Governance Board
Upcoming Meetings
2nd Thursday of the Month from 6 - 7:30 pm
● Apr 11 – SY23-24 QSP presentation and review
● May 9 – SY24-25 QSP presentation and approval
● Jun 13 – Summer and Fall planning
Board Openings
● In the Fall, we will have 4 parent spots open on the board (per the Lyndon SSC
bylaws).
● Please reach out to a current representative to learn more!

CPC UPDATES
● District Wellness Action Plan
○ Overall school-based wellness councils declined, only 69% of schools
submitted a wellness action plan.
○ only 11% had a parent rep, only 5% had a student rep
○ only 15% of high school students, report that they’re getting at least 8
hours of sleep a night, lower than state and national averages.

● SSC and SFC Functioning Evaluation
○ family engagement is central to student success, yet is lacking at many
schools and district
○ here are specific guidelines but policies often are not followed.
○ CPC is starting an in-depth evaluation to help inform advocacy for
resources, support, and skills training, as well as maintaining
accountability
○ individual CPC reps will be trained and collect data from their own school
councils using a rubric the CPC family engagement team has developed.

○ data will be collected at the beginning of 2025.
○ CPC will also reach out to schools without a rep to help with support for
electing reps and to collect data.
○ Data will be analyzed by the end of the school year.
● Election for Leadership Team next meeting
● Petition to fully fund Dual Language school programming

DELAC Updates
● Jenny Marcelin has stepped down as our Lyndon DELAC representative.
● We are now looking for a Lyndon parent/guardian of an EL student to represent
the Lyndon on this citywide committee.

SpEdPAC Updates
● March meeting focused on Support Services for Students with Autism & Autism
Supports in BPS
● Special guest speaker Lisa Nowinski (Clinical Director of the MGHfC Lurie
Center) discussed what you should do once you receive an autism diagnosis for
your child, and what therapies and supports are available
● Important medical and psychiatric conditions that can be co-occurring with autism
● For more information please refer to this slide deck
● We were also joined by Zachary Houston (Asst. Director for Applied Behavior
Analysis, BPS) to discussed the various autism supports in BPS
● Identified students’ primary disabilities and various counseling and therapeutic
interventions
● For more information please refer to this slide deck
Watch the Meetings on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/user/BostonSpedPac
FOTL UPDATES
Save the date: Spring Auction - May 2nd @ The Elks
● FOTL has funded $13k this year
● Currently working on robotics and middle school play funding

● Save the date: Screen Free Week restaurant fundraisers
○ 3/18 @ West on Centre
○ 3/22 @ Bertucci’s
● Burn Boot Camp Fundraiser - Attend a class on Friday 22nd, will give back $5
● SAVE THE DATE: 5/2 Auction
○ We need auction items donated!
○ We need auction help! email us to volunteer (pick up donations, assemble
baskets, help the night of) lyndonfriends@gmail.com
● T-shirts for sale! Limited supply of green and lyndon lion t-shirts!
● Please email us lyndonfriends@gmail.com
● JOIN US! Next meeting: Monday 3/20, 7:30pm at school

Ways to help FOTL Auction
● Day of set up 4-6pm
● Flyers/soliciting local businesses for donations
● Picking up donations
● Organizing and printing items the week of
● Selling raffle tickets at the event
VOLUNTEERS - We are looking for the following:
● Families to bring food from their culture
● Dance, music, or other performances by students or families
● Information and fun facts from different countries
● Help with Set up/clean up
● Help finding food or other items we may need for the event
BreakOut Groups
- Book Fair
- Field Day
- Finance
- FOTL Auction
- PTA Board Interest
- Room Parents
- Teacher Appreciation Week

- Turkey Trot

UPCOMING EVENTS
April 5th - 1st Spring EFF
April 8th - Solar Eclipse
April 11th - SSC Meeting at 6pm
April 22nd-26th - Scholastic Book fair
April 26th - Lion King Musical
April 29th - 8:15am Field day planning meeting
May 1st - PTA Board Elections
May 2nd - FOTL Auction
May 6th-10th - Teacher Appreciation week
May 8th - Walk to School Day
Meeting adjourned.
Minutes submitted by Danielle Collin