Meetings

Rockwood Summit High School
PSO Meeting Notes
January 12, 2026
Attendees:

Shana Thomas, Laura Roth-Haley, Emily McCown, Emily Werner, Lara Lockey, Jill Elder, Laurie Phillipp, Katie Gregston, Erica Hallsten, Cara Gill, Joan Vorhees, Keisha Adams, Tiffani Larkin, Barb Stanek, Jennifer Guntil-Naslund, Jodi Carlson, Lindsay Wulf

The meeting began at 6:31 pm.

Minutes from the previous meeting were unanimously approved. 

President’s Report: 
•    Nothing to report
Principal’s Report: 
●    Focusing on literacy and attendance. Attendance is up; discipline is down.
●    Alternate Method of Instruction (AMI) day review. Four traditional snow days (have already had one). The 5th is an AMI day (instruction from teachers; kids should review Canvas for notes). Teachers will post something the kids can submit to show they participated. Kids have until they meet with the teacher again to submit these assignments. No Zoom calls. 
●    Winter dance is coming up (24th of January).
●    Course selection is in progress. Log onto school links to submit. Dr. McCown will send instructions to parents soon. January 30th submission deadline.
●    January 20th is curriculum night (mainly for 8th graders).
●    The electives fair is the day after MLK.
●    Feb is the canned food drive through the 13th.

Staff Report

Treasurer’s Report: 
•    Lots of concession money going in and out. Doing well there.
•    Falcon partners – matching gifts.
•    Teacher grants are coming in, will remind the teachers this semester. 

Communication/Website: 
●    We are current on uploading things to the website. 

Events/Staff Support: 
●    During American Education Week they were able to eat lunch together
●    Treats before break 

Grade Level Rep’s Report 

Senior Reps: S&S Graphics – partnering on the t-shirt design. Will send to students once they have an approved design. SLAM – all committees are full and in progress. SLAM registration sent out in January, ends after spring break. 

Junior Reps: Savor the flavors – have a few restaurants signed up. Ticket sales start 2/2. If anyone has a restaurant they want to call, let them know. 

Sophomore Reps: Senior signs as a spring fundraiser. May do a March Madness or a Super Bowl fundraiser. 

Freshman Reps: May do a March Madness. The holiday tour went well, and they expect participation to increase next year. May open it up to the elementary schools earlier next year. 

Spirit Wear
•    Did a spirit wear purge, cleaned out a lot of space. 
•    Have had some challenges with the previous vendor. Currently carrying a lot of inventory. Will bring to the snack shack and curriculum night. Looking for a new vendor because of the struggles with the previous one. May consider S&S Graphics.

Old Business: 
●    Using Square – may get away from the $5 min and just charge the $.50 surcharge. Will change the sign and instruction manual so all volunteers know. 

New Business: 
•    None

The meeting adjourned at 7:08 pm.  Motion was unanimously approved.