GVMS Community Council
January 17, 2023
Members present:
Adam Peterson
Sharon Mecham
Ellia Anderson
Jenny Anderson
Katie Echavarria
Kassie Donaldson
Brenda Maldonado
Alissa LIddiard
Vince Buege
Ashley Dyreng
Patsy Graves
Adam Peterson – Welcome
It takes a lot of people to run a school
Thanks for being here today
Jenny Anderson - Librarian
*Main goal is to get students in the library
Research shows that students that use the library – grades improve
Wants to make it more user friendly – talking to Jan Crane, our school IT person, about
getting a computer to assist students in their search for books.
Would like to get signage for areas of the library, to make more user friendly
Future goal: Want to have teacher collaborate on different subjects to create escape
rooms for subject retention
Budget concerns:
Signage (important because students get intimidated when they don’t know
where things are.
Maybe PTO could make donations
Sharon Mecham ask Jenny to get a needs list together and find time to discuss
Ashley Dyreng - Student Council and Strong Squad advisor
Student Council – Attended a training in the summer, Organized Welcome Back to
School activities, Assemblies, Dances, Holiday decorations for halls and have
more activities planned for the future.
Members of the student council are asked to be a friend to all, keep good
grades, be good leaders, set a good example.
Strong Squad – Emphasize Bulldog Strong goals, sponsored a donation drive which was a
competition between the grades and will deliver items on January 19 to Food and Care Coalition.
They also make posters to promote the STRONG qualities pillars.
Discussion for the 8th grade “Send Off” activity
Ellia Anderson (SBO President) Was asked what the students preferred a traditional
graduation or the “Send Off” activity and she felt like the students preferred the “Send
Off”
Officer Buege – Resource Officer
Talked about Safe School
All doors are locked except the front doors
Have completed all the drills required
Looking into District wide policy for all faculty and staff wearing ID badges on lanyards
Attendance was addressed
District flow chart handed out
Need to not differentiate between excused and unexcused absences – when a student misses school they miss valuable instruction time no matter what the reason.
Adam Peterson and Sharon Mecham:
PCBL – How to facilitate learning
Do students feel connected to their teachers?
Different ways to demonstrate learning – not the traditional way of determining how
much a student knows – choices are given to demonstrate learning
Technology has changed our world and out kids live in that world.
How to engage students in multiple ways by giving them choices and options, but need
supervision and guidance by their teachers.
Teachers need to be openminded to suggestions by the students and then guide them in
ways to accomplish their objectives that demonstrate what they have learned.
PBL = Options in learning
Comments from one teacher – “Working on this program has made me learn my CORE”
“Why Try” class
Will start January 27 and include girls only this time.
Taught by the Juvenile Justice of Central Utah
“How to make good choices”
Mental Health
Yasmine Haywood will be teaching a “Self Compassion” class
Central Utah Counseling out of Ephraim
Ruth Vantassel will be visiting our school on Tuesdays
Guiding Good Choices
A parenting class taught 5 evenings at our school
Dinner is furnished
The classes are excellent
Job Shadowing
First year Hispanic students have participated
Working on trying to close the gap
Meeting adjourned