Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School
Minutes
Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday January 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Location
Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4871252671?pwd=aklJTVBjeTczcmo1TVBXSXMvRUgyZz09
Committee Members Present
A. Kusaba (remote), E. Hatch (remote), S. Zephirin (remote)
Committee Members Absent
C. Billings
Guests Present
J. Urdiales (remote), S. Badawi (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
E. Hatch called a meeting of the Development Committee of Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School to order on Thursday Jan 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes: November 2024
S. Zephirin made a motion to approve the minutes from Development Committee Meeting on 11-12-24.
A. Kusaba seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Development
A.
Fundraising Gap and Goals
- Auction in April
- Christa sent out email for volunteers this week. Have received several responses so far.
- Art Lit not an option for supporting with class art projects. Looking to recruit someone to take that on. PTO has some leads
- Money raised so far seems to be in line with where we were last year.
B.
Grants
- Erin updated the grant spreadsheet and it was shared with the committee
- FundEd Partnership ended
- 2 grants procured: one for afterschool support and one for mentoring for Perla. Exploring if we can tweak the afterschool support grant to use for summer school needs as well.
- Review current grant applications
- Charter School Growth Fund and Innovative Schools have been submitted. Both are for use with expansion.
- OnPoint Grant for staff laptops- still haven't hear back on this one
- Ideas for Marie Lanform Grant
- Consider for funding a nursing position for 25-26
- Update on RTX Grant for Math Professional Development Funds (Sarah Z)
- Grants to consider
- Oregon Community Foundation due Feb 13th
- Might be good for cultural performances, art, etc
- Erin to add to the
- Top priorities for funding:
- Nursing- estimated $30,000-$40,000
- Renewing VISAs- 3 to renew ($15,000-$30,000)
- Cultural Celebrations
- goal is monthly events
- Typically $2,500-3,000
- It was $10,000 to our big evening event that provided food and entertainment
- Reading Intervention Specialist ($100,000)
- Sports/Equipment ($10,000)
- Art Lit Program
- Oregon Community Foundation due Feb 13th
C.
Community Relations/PR
- 3 Board Members and Jesus signed up to attend Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
III. Closing Items
A.
Action Items
- Jesus to send nursing cost details to Erin
- Sarah and Erin to connect to clean up grant spreadsheet and work on current applications
- Sarah to add data analysis dashboard to next agenada. Perla and Adreana to connect with Simplicity
- Next meeting March 13th at 6pm. Sarah to put in BOT.
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:46 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. Zephirin