Educational Excellence School Advisory Council

7571 International Studies Preparatory Academy

Pending EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    05/10/2022  02:30 PM

Please contact the school for a formatted hard copy of these minutes.

Recording Secretary:    Montserrat Ledo

Location of meeting:    Media Center / Zoom

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  08/17/2021

Attendance:

Members Present:

Alamo, Ana (Teacher / EESAC Chairperson)
Bryson, Maria (Parent)
Calvo, Tamara (Educational Support Employee)
Delp, Elizabeth (Student)
Feiler, Mark (Business / Community Rep)
Feiler, Mylene (Teacher)
Harrison, Naomi (Business / Community Rep)
Ledo, Montserrat (Teacher)

Members Absent (Excused):

Avaria, Carolina (Parent)
Bendana, Janina (Parent)
De La Cruz, Leslie (Parent)
Diaz-Blanco, Alina (Principal)
Menendez, Lourdes (Teacher / UTD)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

Diaz, Felicia (Assistant Principal)
Fajardo, Natalia (Alternate Education Support)
Famadas, Nelson (Alternate Parent)
Taracido, Kevin (Alternate Teacher)

Topics Covered:

I. Agenda
- Approval of minutes from prior EESAC meeting on February 15, 2022
- School Improvement Plan 2021-2022
• Continuous Improvement Reflections
• Areas of strength and opportunities for improvement in both School Culture and Academic Programs
• Reflect and make predictions for School Culture and Academic Programs for the 2022-2023 school year
- EESAC Budget
- End of Year Activities
- General Information
- PTSA Update
- New Business

II. Call to Order
Ms. Ana Alamo, EESCA Chairperson, called the EESAC Committee meeting to order at 2:30pm on May 10, 2022, at International Studies Preparatory Academy at Gables (ISPA).

III. Roll Call
Introduction of New Parent/Teacher/Student Members
a. Present Members
Alamo, Ana (Teacher / EESAC Chairperson)
Bryson, Maria (Parent)
Calvo, Tamara (Educational Support Employee)
Delp, Elizabeth (Student)
Feiler, Mark (Business / Community Rep)
Feiler, Mylene (Teacher)
Harrison, Naomi (Business / Community Rep)
Ledo, Montserrat (Teacher)

b. Absent Members (Excused Absence)
Avaria, Carolina (Parent)
Bendana, Janina (Parent)
De La Cruz, Leslie (Parent)
Diaz-Blanco, Alina (Principal)
Menendez, Lourdes (Teacher / UTD)

c. Others Present
Diaz, Felicia (Assistant Principal)
Fajardo, Natalia (Alternate Education Support)
Famadas, Nelson (Alternate Parent)
Taracido, Kevin (Alternate Teacher)

IV. Approval of Minutes from February 15, 2022
- Ms. Feiler made a motion to approve the minutes, and Mr. Taracido seconded the motion.
- Minutes from February 15, 2022 were approved unanimously.

V. School Improvement Plan 2021-2022
- The SIP is in its last phase. It was given to all departments for suggestions and will be finalized by June 8, 2022.
- Cultural and academic goals are based on data from 2020-2021. Academic reflections will be based on current mid-year data. We will continue to improve upon School Culture at ISPA.
- Ms. Delp made a motion to approve the 2021-2022 SIP once reflections have been completed, and Mr. Feiler seconded the motion.
- Motion was approved unanimously.

VI. EESAC Budget
- All funds allocated for student recognition activates was used, primarily buying food items to celebrate honor roll, academic, and attendance recognitions.

VII. End of Year Activities
- ISPA will once again have an in-person End-of-Year Awards ceremony. The ceremony will be held at Ponce De Leon Middle School on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM.
- Graduation will on June 1, 2022 at 10 AM. This year we return to the Adrienne Arsht Center Knight Concert Hall.
- On Saturday, May 21, 2022 ISPA will have a New Student Orientation for incoming ISPA students at 9:00 AM.

VIII. General Information
- 95% of Seniors have been accepted into a College or University.
- AP Testing is a little more than halfway done. Thus far, only one student has been absent.
- State testing is in its second week. We hope to be done by the end of next week.
- 80% of ninth grade students for next year have been accepted to ISPA.
- Admissions will run through the summer.

X. PTSA Update
- Currently running a raffle fundraiser. Two airline tickets to Spain were donated. Raffle tickets are being sold at $25 per ticket or a package for various amounts of tickets can be purchased. The raffle will end of May 20, 2022. PTSA will receive 100% profit.
- June 4, 2022 PTSA will hold a Bazaar in the parking lot. So far they have 24 vendors secured for the event.
- PTSA Senior Scholarship deadline is this Friday, May 13, 2022. The recipient will receive either $1000 or $500.

XI. New Business
- There is no new business at this time.

XII. Adjournment
- Ms. Feiler moved to adjourn the meeting and Ms. Ledo seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 3:30pm.