Alma del Mar

Minutes

Academic Excellence Committee Meeting

Date and Time

Friday January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM

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Topic: January Academic Excellence Committee Meeting
Time: Jan 23, 2026 09:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)


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Committee Members Present

I. Almeida, J. Korn, K. Wang (remote), M. Moore (remote), S. Furtado (remote)

Committee Members Absent

A. Teevens, C. Bator, C. Wood, L. Hicks, M. Kay, M. Rosario, T. DeLoach

Guests Present

K. Goldrick, Nathalie Concepcion

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Korn called a meeting of the Academic Excellence Committee of Alma del Mar to order on Friday Jan 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM.

C.

Approve Minutes from October and November 2025 Committee Meeting

J. Korn made a motion to approve the minutes from Academic Excellence Committee Meeting on 11-14-25.
M. Moore seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.

D.

Opening Items

II. Academic Excellence

A.

Committee Goals AY25-26

The committee approved the three goals for this year with the understanding that they would be revisited following the results of the charter renewal application findings in February.

B.

Secondary Schools Update

N. Conception presented the data and headlines from this year's secondary schools process.  The committee discussed some changes to the application process for NBHS Honors Program and the increased number of students applying to independent schools.  N. Conception also reviewed the pilot program following alumni into high school.

C.

Charter Renewal and Teacher Qualification updates

K. Goldrick updated the committee that while there is no formal update regarding the charter renewal application, a summary of review has been sent to DESE.  K. Goldrick sent J. Korn an email from teacher qualification updates from Libby that was sent after the meeting.

D.

Committee Logistics

J. Korn reminded the committee that there is no meeting in February, so our next scheduled meeting will be in March.  If the charter renewal application findings require a meeting in February we will reach out to schedule that.

III. Closing Items

A.

Looking ahead to Board Meeting

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 AM.

Respectfully Submitted,
J. Korn
Documents used during the meeting
  • ACEX November 2025 minutes.pdf
  • ACEX October 2025 meeting minutes.pdf
  • AY2025-26 Alma del Mar Board Dashboard - January 2026.pdf
  • Academic Excellence goals AY25-26 112125.docx
  • 1.23.26 Secondary Schools Update for Academic Excellence Committee.pdf