Minutes
Laurel Throssel at Assumption St. Bridget hosted the meeting. Thank you!
Introductions:
Everyone in the room introduced themselves and also talked about the best or favorite book they read over the summer. Some titles are:
Keeper, by Mal Peet, about soccer
The Blue Sky, a book about growing up in
Across the nightingale floor, by Lian Hearn, a fantasy, the first in the Tales of Otori
Trilogy
The boy in the striped pajamas, a Holocaust story by John Boyne
Uglies and also Midnighters, by Scott Westerfeld, two new science fiction series
Amos Fortune, a free man, a classic Newbery honor book by Elizabeth Yates
Shelter dogs, amazing stories of adopted strays, by Peg Kehret
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood, by Barb Ullman, a mix of realistism and fantasy
Rules, the recent Newbery honor book by Cynthia Lord
And a lesson plan idea from Ellen Conford’s book Me and the Terrible Two in which the classroom teacher has the students make up a newspaper where all the articles have catchy headlines and summaries of books, ie: Tornado rips house from Kansas farm: girl, dog, and house vanish during killer storm
Also the AASL all read book: A whole new mind: why right brainers will rule the world, by Daniel Pink
Reports
Sr. Ann Cornelia will try to contact a relative of Pat Van Gaver, the former treasurer who recently passed away, to get the association’s checkbook.
The nominating committee suggested these people – which were proposed and seconded
Co-chairs:
VP: Nancy Edwards (St. Matthews)
Secretary: Barb Cutler (
Treasurer: Susan Lisi (St. Benedict)
Old Business:
As a tribute to retiring Associate Superintendent Dr.
Anthony Gnanarajah,
Tim McCamey is the new Associate Superintendent, who seems to be well thought of and responsive.
New business:
We are looking for presenters and presentation topics for the March 14th Archdiocesan Inservice. It was mentioned that presenters do get paid. Joyce Valenza was proposed as a speaker. Copyright was suggested as a possibility. Graphic novels was another.
Future program ideas include author visits.
The Archdiocesan Theological Update is
There were various comments about the recent Archdiocesan video.
Follett Software:
Our representative is supposed to be Stan Winters, but there has been no one able to contact him. The new superintendent at the Archdiocese Tim McKamy has been trying to organize all our bills and accounts with Follett and a list was sent around for all present to indicate whether they had received a bill and/or had paid a bill. Some 32 schools are listed. Some have paid twice. Some don’t have Follett. Those of us going to WLMA will try to find out more/any information from the representative there.
Sr. Ann also indicated that there will be no more support of the Follett PhD Dolphin because they are moving towards a new model.
Sr. Ann talked about Destiny, their latest software, but there has been no date set for release and no confirmation that it is necessary to be part of a group or district and that there will be a stand alone option.
Standards
Ann Nachtigal at Assumption St.
Bridget’s and also on the Washington
State Council for Social Studies talked about the upcoming meeting on
The Puget Sound Education Service District is offering a Private Schools Day on
Class #TM8800
Sr. Ann brought the computer file of our Guidelines for
Catholic School Library Resource Centers to share on CDs and thumb drives. It was written in 1992 and needs to be
updated. There will be two committees
for the elementary level, one to look at the guidelines (
Jill Hetzler St. Thomas More and
Future meetings
January 18 at Our Lady of
March 14 at Kennedy for Archdiocesan Inservice
April 17 at
Barb Cutler
Secretary