Shining Rock Classical Academy

Minutes

NEST Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday April 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Location

Dellwood Campus, Building A

Committee Members Present

J. Sims

Committee Members Absent

A. Adeleke

Guests Present

Amy Hector, Anita Hall, Claudia Liautaud, Rachel McFalls, Tiffany Powell

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Sims called a meeting of the Culture Committee of Shining Rock Classical Academy to order on Thursday Apr 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes

J. Sims made a motion to approve the minutes from NEST Meeting on 03-13-25.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

II. Fundraising

A.

Current NEST Funds

$12,989.82 (World's Finest Chocolate fundraiser has been closed out; we do not owe them)

B.

World's Finest Chocolate

  • ~20 children have not turned in their box yet
    • We've raised $5,000 even if the money for these boxes does not get turned in
  • Sent messages to individual teachers regarding individual students who have yet to turn in money
  • Sent back 152 boxes to World's Finest Chocolate
  • World's Finest Chocolate representative said that sales were down across the county
  • Rewards for students who sold boxes
    • Activities this afternoon
      • Mechanical pig races
      • Ice cream
      • Silly stringing Mr. Morgan
    • Prizes ordered and expected to be distributed after Spring Break

C.

Book Fair

  • Buy-one-get-one books
  • Only books
  • May 5, 6, 7 (and maybe 8 and 9)
  • We will not get funds from this
  • To promote summer reading
  • Dog from library will be attending
  • Falcon mascot will be attending
  • Scholastic will pick up leftovers between May 9 and 12

D.

Krispy Kreme

Cancelled for this school year

III. Needs

A.

Snacks

  • Spent ~$300 most recently to restock
  • Leftovers from lunches helped

IV. Celebrations

A.

Principal Celebration Day

  • May 1
  • Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Jenkins would like lunch (they choose and we deliver)

B.

Receptionist Appreciation Day

  • May 14
  • Travis, Courtney, and Alex would like lunch (they choose and we deliver)

C.

Teacher Appreciation Week

  • Week of May 5-9
  • We pick a day for breakfast and a day for lunch
    • Faculty had a lunch choice of potato bar and salad bar, tacos, and homecooked BBQ-style
      • They chose tacos
      • We need to select a vendor
      • Last year we spent ~$1,200 ($1,100 and we tipped $100)
      • Planned or May 8
    • Donuts for breakfast?
      • Planned for May 9

D.

Middle School End-of-Year Celebration?

  • Middle School student council wants to host an end-of-year celebration
  • They have asked us to serve snow cones

E.

High School End-of-Year Celebration

  • May 20
  • We will serve snow cones

V. Other Business

A.

Teacher Lunch Relief

  • Notifications scheduled to be sent out on ParentSquare pending administration approval
  • Sign-ups would be done via a public-facing signup oriented website (signup.com?)

VI. Closing Items

A.

Next Meeting

No further meetings for this school year

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 12:13 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Sims