Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday May 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Location
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4871252671?pwd=aklJTVBjeTczcmo1TVBXSXMvRUgyZz09
Committee Members Present
C. Billings (remote), E. Hatch (remote), S. Zephirin (remote)
Committee Members Absent
A. Kusaba, E. Morris
Guests Present
J. Urdiales (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
S. Zephirin called a meeting of the Development Committee of Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School to order on Thursday May 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes: March
S. Zephirin made a motion to approve the minutes from Development Committee Meeting on 03-14-24.
C. Billings seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Development
A.
Fundraising Gap and Goals
- Still waiting on final auction totals. On track to raise more than last year's auction total.
B.
Grants
- FundEd working on two main grants, and looking into a third. These are larger dollar amount grants. Very involved application
- FundEd requested a point person to support with outreach to foundations before grant is submitted. Jesus happy to support with this. Discussed having one point of contact from admin team and one from the Board.
- Erin submitted final paperwork for the mural grant
- Final Marie Lanform grant report due in two weeks. Erin reached out to Michelle for support. Also need to determine when we are eligible to apply for more money with them
- Current building needs: Technology purchases (budget is purchasing 2 carts of Chromebooks for state testing); Luis interested in adding murals to the building
C.
Community Relations/PR
- Mural project completed!
- Jesus meeting with someone regarding the Seal of Biliteracy application. Ours was not accepted for the current year. Would like feedback on improving our application for next year.
- Erin and Christa attended the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce "101" meeting. The networking there helped support additional money from mural project. Worthwhile to continue attending their events for networking, example monthly coffee chats.
- Christa submitted for the free quarter page ad for a summer publication
D.
Playground
- Ok to remove this from future agendas, will be discussed in regular Board meetings.
- As of now, we have not been successful securing regular volunteers to support with the playground equipment. There are 4 volunteers scheduled for tomorrow. Team brainstormed some ways to support this effort.
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
- Christa to work with Perla on payment system for next year
- Erin to ask Tonya to loop into Christa, Erin and Jesus to confirm when grant money arrives
- Erin to submit report to Marie Lanform
- Erin to look into Good Neighbor Grant that Elise shared with us
- Sarah to schedule next meeting for second Thursday in September. Ok to remove playground as an agenda item
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:36 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Zephirin