CURRENT NEWS
INFORMATION MEETING: CANCELLED
At Noble Elementary School
(3466 Grossmont Dr. San Jose, CA 95132)
INFORMATION MEETING: CANCELLED
At Noble Elementary School
(3466 Grossmont Dr. San Jose, CA 95132)
Parent Participation Program News (February 2020):
All 4 PPP classes sponsored the purchase of additional books to be used as part of Project Cornerstone for all classrooms at Noble. These books will be used throughout the year as part of the Cornerstone lessons.
On Feb. 4th, the 2nd grade PPP class is gifting a Schmahl Science workshop called “Kapla Block Engineering” to both 2nd-grade classes. In the workshop, students will learn about forces, the center of gravity and the importance of a wide-base in structures using Kapla Blocks.
PPP classes continue to need your volunteer hours to help foster those collaborative learning opportunities for our kids. Please sign up to volunteer today!
All 4 PPP classes sponsored the purchase of additional books to be used as part of Project Cornerstone for all classrooms at Noble. These books will be used throughout the year as part of the Cornerstone lessons.
On Feb. 4th, the 2nd grade PPP class is gifting a Schmahl Science workshop called “Kapla Block Engineering” to both 2nd-grade classes. In the workshop, students will learn about forces, the center of gravity and the importance of a wide-base in structures using Kapla Blocks.
PPP classes continue to need your volunteer hours to help foster those collaborative learning opportunities for our kids. Please sign up to volunteer today!
MEETINGS
May 28, 2020 (6:00pm-7:04pm)
Spring meeting Spring meeting for PPP is conducted via Zoom meeting due to shelter in place
PPP Board Members (2019-2020): Mina Tai, Executive Director- present
Jennifer Huang, Executive Secretary- present
Melissa Revino, Head Treasurer- present
Tom Nguyen, Member-at-Large- present
Rashmi Velpuri, Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Juliette Bettencourt, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Donna Wilbanks, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Members attendance: 46 across all grade levels Mina provided a presentation via Zoom.
Agenda included:
1) Executive Director’s report
2) Head Treasurer’s report
3) Teacher’s report
4) Other business
5) Questions and answers
1) Accomplishments achieved for the school year 2019-2020:
a) Dr. Fuentes made an video about ppp that is posted in the website
b) Enhanced social media platforms via Facebook and Twitter marketing PPP and recruiting new students
c) PPP website domain has been simplified to nobleppp.com
d) New display case located at the right side of the main office showing the activities across all 4 PPP grades
e) Participated for the first time school expo at Villa sports on January 25 generating new leads.
2) Financial standing by Melisa Revino. The remaining balance from 3rd grade will be forwarded to 4th graders. This decision was made for this year only due to the circumstances of COVID-19. Each class will also give $500 to the upcoming kinder class to start off.
3) Teacher’s report: Changes in staff
There is a shift in the staffing for PPP. Mrs. Kleinschmidt, 1st grade PPP teacher, is moving. Ms. Wilbanks, former kinder teacher, will become the 1st grade teacher. Ms. Gulland kinder teacher from Noble will now be the new PPP kinder teacher. Please welcome her to our program. 2nd grade Ms. Low and 3rd grade Mrs. Bettencourt will continue to teach their grade level. As the circumstances for the next school year remains fluid, please continue to support your teacher as much as possible.
4) Other business
a) There are a couple of open positions on the PTA team for the 2020-2021 school year for Membership Chair and Parliamentarian. Please contact Shanna Brewer (nobleptapresident@gmail.com) for more details and/or if you are interested.
b) Jennifer Huang, executive secretary, will no longer be secretary for next school year. Anyone who is interested can nominate yourself or someone. Voting will be done electronically.
5) Q & A
Questions regarding class list for kinder, how classes will look like with the fall, how will we be able to keep social distances between kids are answered in the minutes below.
a) Mrs. Ortiz explained that currently there is no class list available for kinder as it is done electronically. 11 students registered for both language immersion and PPP. The district is going through the waitlist and confirming attendance.
b) As many of us are wondering how the next school year (first day of school is August 17) will look like, Mrs. Ortiz gave us a couple of scenarios. There will be no cross classroom teaching for upper grades, staggered schedules, students sit at their desk for lunch, no more reading buddies. The school day might be broken into two parts with half distance learning and the other half in classroom instruction. The main objective is to try to limit the amount of exposure to other kids. She is waiting for further instruction and guidance from the Santa Clara County Health Department and Superintendent of Education before updating parents accordingly.
Meeting adjourned at 7:04pm
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September 19th, 2019 (5:30-6:00pm) - Fall meeting
PPP Board Members (2019-2020):
Attendance:
Mina Tai, Executive Director- present
Jennifer Huang, Executive Secretary- present
Melissa Revino, Head Treasurer- present
Tom Nguyen, Member-at-Large- present
Rashmi Velpuri, Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Juliette Bettencourt, Teacher Member-at-Large- absent
Mrs. Donna Wilbanks, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Members:
Kindergarten - 19 parents
First grade - 20 parents
Second grade - 19 parents
Third grade - 9 parents
Topics of Discussion:
Mina Tai started the introduction of PPP and the board members. Encouraged parents to participate/volunteer and importance of monetary donation. PTA president and secretary was also present. We now currently have a display case on the wall for PPP to post any newsletter, each class will have a section to decorate and display their work. There will also be a school newsletter section.
Mina:
1) Marketing of PPP
a) video that the school district will help us make
b) we need the media release forms signed
c) kinder registration table at BUSD
d) paying for new website address put to vote. It will now be www.nobleppp.com
i) 2 years: 17 votes for yes
ii) 5 years: 20 votes for yes
iii) 2 votes for not paying for new website
Melissa: Read out the financials
Donations made it possible for school wide field trips and assemblies.
a) 1st grade (2018-2019) made donation of dinosaur assembly to school
b) 2nd grade (2018-2019) made donation of mobile ed a STEAM museum taking place
October 23, 2019
c) 3rd grade (2019-2020) will be performing with San Francisco Opera at our school “The Pirates of Penzance” taking place October 10, 2019
Collaboration between PPP and PTA:
1) Shanna Brewer (PTA president): Currently there are 115 members 40% increase from last year. Spoke about the Move-a-thon fundraiser. Another exciting program is the arts competition call Reflections a district wide competition with a deadline October 7.
2) Project cornerstone: 7 readers are still needed. Parents do not need to come up with the lesson plan. It’s a great way to be involved in the classroom and it counts toward volunteer hours.
Q & A
Q: A parent asked if there is any regulation regarding the extra donation funds
A: Mina read the bylaws that states initial budget needs approval which is done at back to school night. After that any extra spending is dependent on the teacher to present to the board members. The 7 board members will then decided to approve or not. Parents do not need to be notified or have a vote on how its spent.
A: Another parent responded that their class did decide how to spend the extra funds so its possible to get parents involved.
A: Mina responds that its dependent on the teachers. Back to school night is a great time to ask teachers this question.
A: Another parent mentioned about the teachers have a second budget in January.
May 28, 2020 (6:00pm-7:04pm)
Spring meeting Spring meeting for PPP is conducted via Zoom meeting due to shelter in place
PPP Board Members (2019-2020): Mina Tai, Executive Director- present
Jennifer Huang, Executive Secretary- present
Melissa Revino, Head Treasurer- present
Tom Nguyen, Member-at-Large- present
Rashmi Velpuri, Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Juliette Bettencourt, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Donna Wilbanks, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Members attendance: 46 across all grade levels Mina provided a presentation via Zoom.
Agenda included:
1) Executive Director’s report
2) Head Treasurer’s report
3) Teacher’s report
4) Other business
5) Questions and answers
1) Accomplishments achieved for the school year 2019-2020:
a) Dr. Fuentes made an video about ppp that is posted in the website
b) Enhanced social media platforms via Facebook and Twitter marketing PPP and recruiting new students
c) PPP website domain has been simplified to nobleppp.com
d) New display case located at the right side of the main office showing the activities across all 4 PPP grades
e) Participated for the first time school expo at Villa sports on January 25 generating new leads.
2) Financial standing by Melisa Revino. The remaining balance from 3rd grade will be forwarded to 4th graders. This decision was made for this year only due to the circumstances of COVID-19. Each class will also give $500 to the upcoming kinder class to start off.
3) Teacher’s report: Changes in staff
There is a shift in the staffing for PPP. Mrs. Kleinschmidt, 1st grade PPP teacher, is moving. Ms. Wilbanks, former kinder teacher, will become the 1st grade teacher. Ms. Gulland kinder teacher from Noble will now be the new PPP kinder teacher. Please welcome her to our program. 2nd grade Ms. Low and 3rd grade Mrs. Bettencourt will continue to teach their grade level. As the circumstances for the next school year remains fluid, please continue to support your teacher as much as possible.
4) Other business
a) There are a couple of open positions on the PTA team for the 2020-2021 school year for Membership Chair and Parliamentarian. Please contact Shanna Brewer (nobleptapresident@gmail.com) for more details and/or if you are interested.
b) Jennifer Huang, executive secretary, will no longer be secretary for next school year. Anyone who is interested can nominate yourself or someone. Voting will be done electronically.
5) Q & A
Questions regarding class list for kinder, how classes will look like with the fall, how will we be able to keep social distances between kids are answered in the minutes below.
a) Mrs. Ortiz explained that currently there is no class list available for kinder as it is done electronically. 11 students registered for both language immersion and PPP. The district is going through the waitlist and confirming attendance.
b) As many of us are wondering how the next school year (first day of school is August 17) will look like, Mrs. Ortiz gave us a couple of scenarios. There will be no cross classroom teaching for upper grades, staggered schedules, students sit at their desk for lunch, no more reading buddies. The school day might be broken into two parts with half distance learning and the other half in classroom instruction. The main objective is to try to limit the amount of exposure to other kids. She is waiting for further instruction and guidance from the Santa Clara County Health Department and Superintendent of Education before updating parents accordingly.
Meeting adjourned at 7:04pm
______________________________________________________________________________
September 19th, 2019 (5:30-6:00pm) - Fall meeting
PPP Board Members (2019-2020):
Attendance:
Mina Tai, Executive Director- present
Jennifer Huang, Executive Secretary- present
Melissa Revino, Head Treasurer- present
Tom Nguyen, Member-at-Large- present
Rashmi Velpuri, Member-at-Large- present
Mrs. Juliette Bettencourt, Teacher Member-at-Large- absent
Mrs. Donna Wilbanks, Teacher Member-at-Large- present
Members:
Kindergarten - 19 parents
First grade - 20 parents
Second grade - 19 parents
Third grade - 9 parents
Topics of Discussion:
Mina Tai started the introduction of PPP and the board members. Encouraged parents to participate/volunteer and importance of monetary donation. PTA president and secretary was also present. We now currently have a display case on the wall for PPP to post any newsletter, each class will have a section to decorate and display their work. There will also be a school newsletter section.
Mina:
1) Marketing of PPP
a) video that the school district will help us make
b) we need the media release forms signed
c) kinder registration table at BUSD
d) paying for new website address put to vote. It will now be www.nobleppp.com
i) 2 years: 17 votes for yes
ii) 5 years: 20 votes for yes
iii) 2 votes for not paying for new website
Melissa: Read out the financials
Donations made it possible for school wide field trips and assemblies.
a) 1st grade (2018-2019) made donation of dinosaur assembly to school
b) 2nd grade (2018-2019) made donation of mobile ed a STEAM museum taking place
October 23, 2019
c) 3rd grade (2019-2020) will be performing with San Francisco Opera at our school “The Pirates of Penzance” taking place October 10, 2019
Collaboration between PPP and PTA:
1) Shanna Brewer (PTA president): Currently there are 115 members 40% increase from last year. Spoke about the Move-a-thon fundraiser. Another exciting program is the arts competition call Reflections a district wide competition with a deadline October 7.
2) Project cornerstone: 7 readers are still needed. Parents do not need to come up with the lesson plan. It’s a great way to be involved in the classroom and it counts toward volunteer hours.
Q & A
Q: A parent asked if there is any regulation regarding the extra donation funds
A: Mina read the bylaws that states initial budget needs approval which is done at back to school night. After that any extra spending is dependent on the teacher to present to the board members. The 7 board members will then decided to approve or not. Parents do not need to be notified or have a vote on how its spent.
A: Another parent responded that their class did decide how to spend the extra funds so its possible to get parents involved.
A: Mina responds that its dependent on the teachers. Back to school night is a great time to ask teachers this question.
A: Another parent mentioned about the teachers have a second budget in January.
June 26, 2019 (1:00-2:30pm):
Meeting between Dr. Fuentes (Superintendent), Mina Tai (Executive Director) and Jennifer Huang (Executive Secretary). Topics Discussed:
A) Marketing
District will hire contractor for making a video for PPP at no cost. Project will start in fall of 2019 and is projected to be completed by end of 2019.
1) District website: video of PPP classroom activities, pictures of field trips, spokesperson to advocate PPP, teacher/parent/student voicing their experiences, sharing history and mission statement. Video will be less than one minute.
2) New class position communication and marketing assistant
3) Set up table at district office during registration period to promote our program.
i) bring scrapbooks, memory books, informational board of each grade to promote program.
ii) registration process, information night meeting
4) Different channels (Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to potential new parents to join program.
should be named “Noble Parent Participation Program”. Dr. Fuentes suggested to state on description section “An organization of parents supporting PPP at Noble Elementary”, “All opinions are independent to organization.”
B) Website:
1) BUSD is currently redesigning district website. Dr. Fuentes will help advertise the two
Alternative programs (PPP and Language immersion) on the new BUSD website.
2) Informed Dr. Fuentes about PPP's website: nobleppp.weebly.com
C) Parent participation
The meaning of the program. The integral part of the program is parents being involved in the child’s education. Parents making an impact whether it be in the classroom or outside. Shows parent care and improve the overall experience of the child’s education in school. Teachers to open up their classrooms for parents to help. The field trips and extra workshops are a great addition to student’s education, but the volunteer hours from parents make it possible to provide the extra help for teachers and students to learn.
Meeting between Dr. Fuentes (Superintendent), Mina Tai (Executive Director) and Jennifer Huang (Executive Secretary). Topics Discussed:
A) Marketing
District will hire contractor for making a video for PPP at no cost. Project will start in fall of 2019 and is projected to be completed by end of 2019.
1) District website: video of PPP classroom activities, pictures of field trips, spokesperson to advocate PPP, teacher/parent/student voicing their experiences, sharing history and mission statement. Video will be less than one minute.
2) New class position communication and marketing assistant
3) Set up table at district office during registration period to promote our program.
i) bring scrapbooks, memory books, informational board of each grade to promote program.
ii) registration process, information night meeting
4) Different channels (Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to potential new parents to join program.
should be named “Noble Parent Participation Program”. Dr. Fuentes suggested to state on description section “An organization of parents supporting PPP at Noble Elementary”, “All opinions are independent to organization.”
B) Website:
1) BUSD is currently redesigning district website. Dr. Fuentes will help advertise the two
Alternative programs (PPP and Language immersion) on the new BUSD website.
2) Informed Dr. Fuentes about PPP's website: nobleppp.weebly.com
C) Parent participation
The meaning of the program. The integral part of the program is parents being involved in the child’s education. Parents making an impact whether it be in the classroom or outside. Shows parent care and improve the overall experience of the child’s education in school. Teachers to open up their classrooms for parents to help. The field trips and extra workshops are a great addition to student’s education, but the volunteer hours from parents make it possible to provide the extra help for teachers and students to learn.
