CAP General Meeting Minutes

01-03-23

1pm-2pm, building B

 

UPDATES

 

  • Surprise treat & PBIS treat – Hot cocoa served at lunch with cookies. Went well, gave the last group cups with lids so they could take to the assembly
  • Spirit wear sale – waiting to hear from Ana 
  • Library – switch to a form to check out books. Will send out an email announcing change and promote on morning announcements.

 

TEACHER/STUDENT REQUESTS

  • Keurig – were on sale at Costco, put in front office, teachers bring own coffee pods

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Scholastic Book fair (February)- Katie Plummer
    • -sign up genius – needs to be created
    • Katie to make sure Scholastic has correct address for deliver
    • February 13-17th , 1-3 and then in the evening on 17th during game night
  • Game Night (February) – Tori Denfeld= 2/17
  • Grad Night- Candace Allen- fundraising events 1/26 Mod Pizza, 3/8 Chipoltle 
  • Family fun day (March)- Katie Plummer – confirmed at Crosley lanes, 10:30-12 $5/kid
  • Suprise treat- February – need approx. 500 pieced of candy and 4 volunteers
  • Teacher Appreciation Coord – Katie Cowl
  • 8th Grade Grad – email will go out asking for a coordinator

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

  • Pizza Tuesday – will send out an email asking for more volunteers
  • 8th Grade Recognition coordinator (email parents)
  • Must be cleared by the school district through the volunteer application on BGPS site

 

ONGOING FUNDRAISERS

  • Amazon Smile $112 & Fred Meyer Rewards & Box tops

 

TREASURER’S REPORT

 

Principal’s Report

  • CAM Building Update – building 1 here.  Second building arriving in March.
  • Enrollment starting in February

 

We’ll see you Tuesday, February 7th for our next CAP meeting.

CAP General Meeting Minutes

December 6th, 2022

1pm-2pm, building B

 

Attendees: Hollie Amundson, Kristina Tavares, Katie Plummer, Candace Allen, Melissa Winegardner, Ryan Cowl

 

UPDATES

 

  • Thanksgiving lunch and Family Pie Party – 16 pies leftover, apple pie was loved, need more apple and berry next time
  • Spirit wear sale – $900 in sales!
  • Payback books – Still coming in
  • Library – email address is camlibrarybgps@gmail.com, will be there next Tuesday, start new procedure possibly in the new year 
  • Surprise treat day budget – see where it ends up and adjust next school year

 

TEACHER/STUDENT REQUESTS

  • Lunch teachers – new microwave
  • NHS – chess boards for chess tournament  – got a deal for Black Friday from Fred Meyer

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Surprise Treat Day – Combining with PBIS reward  Treat and cocoa – cookies from Costco, maybe rice krispy treats for allergies
  • 8th Grade Grad
  • Grad Night- Candace Allen – Have fundraisers scheduled at Chipotle and Mod. There will be no baccalaureate. 
  • Teacher Appreciation Coord – Katie Cowl
  • Scholastic Book fair (February)- Katie Plummer – February 13-17. Will be in the gym, need volunteer sign up.  
  • Game Night (February) – Tori Denfeld
  • Family fun day (March)- Katie Plummer

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

  • 8th Grade Recognition coordinator
  • Must be cleared by the school district through the volunteer application on BGPS site

 

ONGOING FUNDRAISERS

  • Amazon Smile & Fred Meyer Rewards & Box tops

 

TREASURER’S REPORT

 

Principal’s Report

  • CAM Building Update 12/19 First Modular arrives.  Needs 5 dry days to place on foundation.  2nd arrives in March, 3rd arrives in June.

 

CAP General Meeting Minutes

November 1, 2022

1pm-2pm, building B

 

Attendance: Hollie Amundson, Tori Denfeld, Kristina Tavares, Candace Allen, Melissa Winegardner, Jennifer Ludin, Donita Parker, Mr. Cowl

 

UPDATES

  • Pizza Tuesday – been going very well, will add more dates to sign-up genius for volunteers
  • Payback books – 20 books still out. 240 sold for the year, still under goal but better than thought it would be
  • Library – No one showing up.  Need ideas to get kids to stay after.  May switch to Thursdays and use sign-up genius for teachers so Melissa knows when to open the Library
  • Mod Pizza – Went well.  Earned $437, do not know how we did against competing school (think it is Hockinson)

 

TEACHER/STUDENT REQUESTS

  • Katie P and Tori compiling list
  • Basketball net for new hoop – agreed to get 2 nets

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Spirit Wear sale and new design – Ana sold clearance items at last pizza Tuesday.  Had students vote on which new design they liked best.  Will have all new spirit wear to sell at the Thanksgiving Pie feast.  Paypal has been set up so credit cards can be used for payment
  • Thanksgiving lunch and family Pie party – Nov. 22nd.  Sodexho providing food and will be serving and handling the payments.  Sign-up genius will be set up for volunteers to help with cutting and serving pie as well as donating pies.  Allergy friendly pies need to be store bought.

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 

  • Surprise Treat day- December – cocoa, date moved
  • 8th Grade Recognition coordinator – Jackie
  • Need Teacher Appreciation coordinator – 
  • Must be cleared by the school district through the volunteer application on BGPS site

 

ONGOING FUNDRAISERS

  • Amazon Smile & Fred Meyer Rewards & Box tops

 

TREASURER’S REPORT – 

 

Principal’s Report

  • CAM Building Update – First building will be set 12/19 and then it takes 6 to 8 weeks to finish out. Second building scheduled for March.  Discussed possibility of waiting until next year to move all students to new buildings instead of partially moving when each building is ready.  Easier logistically and safer while construction is still under way.

 

CAP General Meeting Minutes –  September 6, 2022

1pm, Building B 

Attended: Hollie Amundson, Kristina Tavares, Melissa Winegardner, Donita Parker, Tori Denfeld, S. Chapman, Carolyn Pikering, Alla Pankratova, Katie Plummer, Mr. Cowl

Introductions: Each attendee introduced themselves

Purpose of CAM Academy Parents (CAP): To support CAM Students and staff, fundraise to allow purchase and financial support of teacher requests and student activities that help build community at CAM Academy.

UPDATES

  • Introduced CAP Board for 22/23 school year. President Hollie Amundson, Shared VP/Secretary roles by Kristina Tavares and Tori Denfeld, Secretary Sarah Locatis
  • Explain we are no longer conducting CAP meetings via Zoom as an option for attendance
  • CAP provided the annual Teacher’s Breakfast on August 23rd.  Last year it was catered but chose to do homemade options with yogurt parfait bar and bagels
  • Ice Cream Social provided on August 31st.  Offered Orange creamsicle bars, fudge bars, vanilla/chocolate bars and frozen ICEE treats.  Went very well!  Lots of attendees came to see new campus.

TEACHER REQUESTS

  • Mr. Caughie asked for a vacuum for his classroom.  Was advised by a custodian that if he started vacuuming his classroom himself, he would then be responsible and it would not be done with the professional vacuum cleaner by the custodians.  Decided to postpone that request until we discuss with Mr. Caughie further.
  • 6th Grade ELA would like to CAP to purchase copies of the book, “A Wrinkle in Time” for class use.  Looking into using credit with Scholastic, which they do not currently stock. Other option is used found online for $239 for the set.  CAP attendees approved this purchase

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

  • Pizza Tuesday is set to begin September 27th if enough volunteers are available.  Sign-up Genius has been made and currently looks to be well covered for first few dates
  • Spirit Wear Coordinator – Kristina has stepped down as coordinator.  Design from last year is on a website that can be ordered by individuals to be shipped directly to their home.  If we get a new coordinator, they can develop a new design and find a producer
  • 8th Grade Recognition Committee Leader 
  • Teacher Appreciation Coordinator
  • Watch Dog Coordinator
  • All volunteers need to be cleared through the school district on the BGPS site and show proof of vaccinations or have a waiver form filled out.  

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

  • Payback Book Fundraiser – coming soon, this week or next.  Usual format.$20 per book, $10 goes back to the school. Please help us make it a success by sharing/purchasing
  • MOD Pizza Fundraiser moved to Wednesday, October 5th.

ONGOING FUNDRAISERS

  • Amazon Smile & Fred Meyer Rewards – Go to CAP website/CAM dailies to find out how to link your account to our school. 
  • Box Tops – download the app and follow the steps. Scan receipts.

TREASURER’S REPORT

  • Spent less than half of what was budgeted for the Teacher’s Breakfast. Budget was $300. Not all receipts turned in yet, but around $115 was spent.

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

  • Drop off and pick up are going better.  First day of school was a little rough. Advising to drop kids off at Captain Strong parking lot in A.M. and pick up in the Chief Umtuch parking lot in the P.M. to help with the flow of cars coming into the CAM parking lot.  
  • Mr. Cowl sent out an email asking for a large rock to be donated that the seniors each year can paint.  It will sit in the courtyard until moved to the new campus next year. Seniors will also get a large mural they can paint.
  • Currently the gym is ready for lunches, but it is still very warm in there.  Students will be having lunch outside as long as the weather permits and the temperatures cool a bit.