Action Items:

B. New Investment Account that will require two signatures.

None.

Three students talking about our Intensives = Maeve Coughlin, Avah Lombard, and Bella Pinnette.

-What are Intensives?

*Two weeks where each grade has a topic related to the natural sciences that ends with a final project. All grades come together to share what they learned at the end; (two weeks for each season.)

-What has been your favorite so far and why?

*Bella - Survival Intensive in 9th grade/learned a lot/overnight trip.

*Avah - Aquaculture/learned new things about seaweed and kelp.

*Maeve - Apple Intensive in 10th grade/apple pie cooking competition/studying different orchards.

-Hardest part?

*Not knowing your schedule - how long each field trip will be, etc.

*Younger kids going out into the community - can be difficult at first.

*Finding your place within your grade.

-Something you will take with you from Intensives?

*New hobby = Beekeeping.

*All of the opportunities you learn about; (College of the Atlantic.)

*How to sustainably raise animals.

-Intensives expose you to career opportunities/more education opportunities/possible job shadowing and internships.

-They make you interested in a topic as opposed to just learning it.

-Hands-on learning - There are some things you cannot learn from a textbook.

-Getting to talk to people who know things is a unique opportunity.

-During Intensives the teachers are learning with the students.

-Learned about ourselves over the years.

Ashley - Received a clean result.

-We were given a donation that requires us to have a separate account; (two signatures required.)

-We need to vote to change the signers on the old account; (Admin. and Board Member.)

-Have been working with Board OnTrack to create a timeline for us to bring on new board members; (school finance or nonprofit backgrounds preferable, as well as development background.)

-Packet of information to give to prospective board members.

-Framing the way we talk about who we are as a school.

-Expenses are below budget.

-Good position for our financial goal, but still running a tight ship.

More than half way through the school year already!

-Last two months have a lot to celebrate

*Carpenter's Boat Shop Trip - 3 day/2 night hand-tool workshop on creating Mason Bee Hives.

-In the spring the Montessori school are going to come here and learn from our kids how to make them/amazing experience for our kids.

*Can We? Project at our last In-Service/Teachers are leading workshops during our In-Services this year as well.

*Enrollment - Open Houses, Shadow Days, and scheduled a handful of interviews/have 4 new students for next year already./Campus and Threshold programs have switched several students as well.

*Fundraising - "Adopt-A-Tree" Fundraiser to raise money to fund the oil for the sugarhouse./Surpassed our 40-tree goal!

*Project Showcase for Q2 was a success.

*Faculty Meetings are on Tuesdays now, not Fridays, Department Meetings are added as well.

*Hiring two new Threshold teachers for next year/going up to 70-ish Threshold students.

*Finalizing next year's budget.

*Grant-writing.

-We received the Microsoft stock and the tree adoption funds/doubled the By All MeANS campaign funds from a couple of months ago.

-Focusing on some grant possibilities.

-5-year renewal beginning late May going through October.

-Report due 9/4.

-Public hearing in the fall.