Elgin Math & Science Academy
Outreach Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday June 13, 2019 at 4:30 PM CDT
Location
EMSA Campus 1600 Dundee Ave, Elgin
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Minutes | |
| Approve minutes for Outreach Committee Meeting on February 14, 2019 | ||
| II. | Outreach: Families and Community | |
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Outreach: Families and Community
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| A. | Lottery: March 7, 2019 Results | |
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Application Goals: 15 per each additional grade, at least 75 new applicants for K, keep diversity
CURRENT APPLICATIONS TOTALS: Kindergarten: 136, 1st grade: 74, 2nd grade: 49, 3rd grade: 31, 4th grade: 44 WAITLIST: K:70, 1st: 62, 2nd: 41, 3rd: 7, 4th: 30 • 3rd grade waitlist needs additional students New student registration results from Race and Ethnicity Survey: 63 students NOTE: The lottery results are not necessarily an accurate representation of the race and ethnicity %s within the total student applications. Ethnicity: 27 Hispanic (42%) Race: 23 White, Non-Hispanic (37%) 14 White, Hispanic (22%) 11 American Indian/Alaska Native (17%) 8 Two or more races (13%) 4 Black or African American (6%) 3 Asian (5%) ***Set Lottery Date for 2020 |
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| B. | Community Outreach | |
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1. Share successes with community, "State of the School"
2. Promotional materials 3. Press 4. Donors |
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| C. | Upcoming Events and Ideas | |
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EVENTS
1. HopeFest @ Newlife: Saturday July 27 from 10am-2pm Needs: At least 2 full time adults. One must be Spanish speaking. Joseph and Armida Dominguez: armjoedom@wowway.com 2. Project Backpack@ECC, Saturday, August 3 from 9a.m. to 1pm Needs: At least 3 full time adults. One must be Spanish speaking. "Agency Registration" coming soon Megan Highland, mhighland@elgin.edu 3. National Night Out @ Spring Street, Tuesday, August 6 from 6pm to 8pm Needs: At least 2 full time adults. One must be Spanish speaking. (Do we add presence at Festival Park?) ROPE Officer Heather Farrell: 4. Back to School, BBQ BASH @ Wing Park, Saturday, August 17 from Noon to 4PM Needs: At least 2 full time adults. One must be Spanish speaking. Corey Dixon, Dixon_C@cityofelgin.org 5. Salvation Army Fall Fest 6. Salvation Army Christmas Give-Away 7. HAE Bike Give-Away OUTLETS
OPEN HOUSES Fall: Winter: |
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| III. | Other Business | |
| A. | Goals of the Outreach Committee | |
| B. | Future Meetings | |
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Should we meet mid-July?
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| IV. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |