Exciting Updates:

Vern and Karen Harpole have agreed to be the co-leaders of the Lyle Movie Night, and will be contacting you this week to learn the particulars... how to run the projector, movie selection process, when, where, how, etc.

They will also be forming a team that hopefully includes students who can help with movie selection and audio/visual technical support. By having a team approach, that includes students, we are hoping to expand the school-community integration beyond just the showing of the movie, but also during the coordination that occurs to make the program possible.

Vern will also be doing the 10 yard markers at the football games, and Harry Moss would love to be involved in the volleyball judging... he coached the national Marine Corps team for many years.

Julliet Pouillon has expressed interest in leading a Community Garden group. She suggested not only a Community Garden.. but a Lyle Garden Club... maybe the Community Garden could be a project of the Lyle Garden Club... Thoughts? Interest? The garden club could deal with such issues as setting up your own green house, heated hummingbird feeders, tropical plants, native plants, garden sculpture, etc.

Please post comments and interest on this blog.

Volunteer Opportunities Identified

Volunteer Opportunities at Lyle Middle/High School identified by Martin:

§ Volunteer Coordinator(s)

§ Sell tickets at the gate of home games

§ Sell concessions (supervise students) at home games

§ Run the clock at athletic events

§ Keep score at athletic events

§ Work chain/yard markers at football games

§ Community Garden-plant & upkeep, landscaping project

§ Help w/ the after school program

§ Tutors to work w/ students

§ Line judges at Volleyball games

§ Play piano for music classes

§ Help w/ various activities w/ the school play

§ Career speakers

§ School Booster Club

§ Career coordinator—job shadow, job opportunities

§ Dance DJ

§ Dance Chaperone

§ Movie Night

Lyle School - Community Partnership Meeting

Meeting Date: April 20, 2009

Attendees: Bob Hansen, Lori Hull, Glenda Lovejoy, Patty Elkins, Marcia Buser (note taker)

Purpose: Brainstorm volunteer coordination as it relates to the Lyle High School Community integration.

Minutes:

1. Background: Discussion originated during Leadership Plenty. Bob, Vern, Oren and Barbara met with Martin and Phil. They had an idea of having a volunteer coordinator with an inventory of resources to contact. Bob followed up with emails, and another meeting was held with them. List of volunteer opportunities identified by Martin is section 5.

2. Brainstorming:

· Getting a class project to work on newsletter. Setting up for senior projects for next year: business or trade in community.

3. Discussion:

· Structure: Have various coordinators with a recourse compiler. Coordinators in 4 areas.

a. Student community involvement

b. Arts

c. Social & entertainment

d. Sports

e. Career/life skills

· People – how to get more involved

a. Blog for youth – create

b. Article in July newsletter

c. Direct solicitation with original Horizon’s volunteers

d. Identify team leaders

· Next steps - Choose several small projects. Need to get more information and take information to take back to community to get more involvement. Projects to be initiated in short term

a. Movie night

b. Community garden

c. Landscaping project – need more information. Put on hold on for now, may come out of community garden.

Need to have students involved from the get-go with any effort

4. Action Items:

a. Marcia will serve as “compiler” of contact info for those interested or able to provide specific activities, skills, etc.

b. Movie night – Bob will contact Vern and Karen to see if they want to initiate

c. Community garden – Bob to set up time with Juliet (Juliet Pouillon 509 365-2795 dpnwine@gmail.com) & others who are interested. Those who signed up at Community Forum:

Community Garden
Rosemary	Hop	509 365-6884	Abundantroses@gmail.com
Sondra	Clark	509 365-2713	sclark63@embarqmail.com
Angie	Kenney	509 432-9504	marie_kenney@hotmail.com
Karen	Harpole	360 606-5290	vharpole@aol.com
Sherri	Starkin	360 608-5916	dstarkin@msn.com
Pam	Essley	509 365-4673	pamess@gorge.net
Rollean		509 343-1515	flexwildcat@gmail.com
Nicholas	Fitzsimmons		micahash1@yahoo.com

d. Glenda to contact the LHS English teacher regarding student reporters and/or a class project for To The Point for next year.

e. Info to Lorie: those who signed up for mentoring at Community Forum:

Mentoring Program (Habitat for Humanity, teens teach adults)
Amanda	Robison	509 774-8052
Marcia	Buser	509 365-2798	buserpdx@yahoo.com
Sherri	Starkin	360 608-5916	dstarkin@msn.com
Pam	Essley	509 365-4673	pamess@gorge.net
Lori	Hull	541 993-4061	hull@gorge.net
Lisa	Conway		lisaconway@gorge.net

f. Bob will be calling us together in the next week or so... after communicating with Vern and Juliette, to provide an update.... maybe introduce Juliette and Vern and their ideas... to the group, before we meet with Phil and Martin.