School Improvement Council
SIC
SIC is a broad-based community advisory group comprised of parents, teachers, and community members established in every school. This advisory group works with the principal to cultivate a positive school environment supporting student success.
Meeting Dates
- October 20, 2025
- November 17, 2025
- December 15, 2025
- January 26, 2026
- February 23, 2026
- March 23, 2026
- April 13, 2026
- May 18, 2026
All meetings are at 1 p.m.
Summerville Elementary School
School Improvement Council
October 20, 2025 Minutes
Members Present
Mrs. Haddox, Mr. Hummel, Ms. Loughran, Mrs. Tupper, Mrs. Blades, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Lagasca, Mrs. Kay, Mrs. Mudde
Introductions - New and Returning members, Roles at SES
Purpose of SIC
Brainstorm how to improve and new perspectives
Principal
State of the School
Staffing 98% certified, one staff member is getting her degree, she is classified as a TA 3
School Goals – Our academic school goals are to increase our MAP scores in both reading and math growing by at least 3 percent. Our behavior goal is to decrease office referrals by 3%. Our past goals were community partners and attendance; we accomplished those goals last year. Bus referrals are the largest area of concern, one of the initiatives we are doing is a bus champ of the week. The bus driver gets to display the wrestling belt for the best bus behavior. We discussed possibly adding a quarterly or yearly award to the bus who gets the most awards. Positive referrals – we are encouraging teachers to celebrate positive behavior with behavior referrals. SES is #1 in the district for positive referrals. We are working to be intentional with the positive referrals and being specific with their feedback. We are using Capturing Kids Hearts to support behaviors and soft skills, character traits, etc. The parents present at the meeting appreciate the positive referrals as a form positive communication.
Chronic Absenteeism 24% district 15.5% SES; our medically fragile or medically complex students attribute this percentage. We have behavior and academic MTSS meetings where we track attendance and document who may need an attendance phone call and then an attendance plan.
Assistant Principal- Safety – We are up to date with all of our safety drills. Every Tuesday we have a construction meeting to discuss updates and safety audits. We are able to bring our concerns to the construction team and have them addressed in a timely manner. Officer Perez is consistently walking school and the grounds to ensure safety. Morning unencumbered time was discussed; promotes socialization, teachers get the full 30 minutes to prep.
Counselors - Program Updates and Interventions – Last year we focused on attendance, and we met our goal. This year we are working on 2nd grade major referrals at school will decrease by 10%, Mrs. Kay supports her goals by pulling small groups, right now there are 3 small groups being pulled for 2nd grade (anger management, emotion control and emotional regulation), guidance lessons in classrooms, Beacons mentoring program 16 current boys, work chart for individual students. Mrs. Kay explained the behavior MTSS process, 53 students are backpack buddies, these students were able to participate in the book fair and fall festival thanks to PTA. We will have angel tree here at SES for the students who don’t have transportation for the Faith Assembly Holiday shopping.
The 3rd grade goal is to decrease the major referrals by 5.5%, 15 girls in Leading Ladies
Bethany has always donated Thanksgiving baskets, and they are not able to do the baskets this year. We are looking for organizations who could possibly donate these. (about 10)
November 15th – as a possible date for Thanksgiving basket pickup (Mr. Hummel) Monday
November 17th - we will distribute from SES
Parenting - Past Events and Upcoming Events
Past Events - Meet the teacher, Grandparents night, 4th and 5th grade PTA performance and parent information night.
Upcoming Events – Fall Festival, 1st grade night then 3rd grade will be next, proposed GATE night to explain to families GATE scores and qualifications.
Funding – Proposed topic for next meeting - How does the funding from last year differ from the funding from last year and where do we need the additional funding / support?
Focus of SIC - Election of Officers Future opportunities
Haddox – facilitator and notes
The Chair – Jill Blades
At Summerville Elementary School, we…
*ensure school is a safe and happy place for our children.
*believe all children can learn to the best of their abilities.
*educate the whole child.
*believe relationships matter.
*prepare our students to be productive, positive citizens in society.
Mission: To educate and empower students to reach their fullest potential.
Vision: Inspiring greatness through learning, leadership, and love.