Minutes Of Our October 25 Meeting
Our second monthly meeting of the fall semester was well attended and very productive! Our President, Reyna Richman, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone, offering refreshments, and introducing the officers and faculty advisor.
While students enjoyed pizza, hot chocolate, and free resources from the NAEYC, Reyna updated us with news on our latest projects. Our beautiful new club banner was unveiled, and special thanks went out to former co-secretary Jessica Pacheco for acquiring the fabric, and to Jamie Fischetti for helping to decorate it. The banner was used at our table at the recent KCC Club Fair, which was a big success, and is now on display in V115.
Each member then received a free bottle of glue for their workshop supply kit, and a drawing was held for the three special door prizes. Sherline Koseph, Delilah Atanasio, and Allison Ince each won a goldtone pin with the caption, "TO TEACH IS TO TOUCH A LIFE FOREVER."
Congratulations to our winners!
Reyna then informed our members that the club has just been awarded $400 from the Public & Health Council for the annual spring T-Shirt Party. These much-needed funds will ensure a successful and fun event, and are a big boost to our meager budget. A well-deserved round of applause erupted for Reyna and Anna Seale, our treasurer, for doing such a great job at the presentation to the Public & Health Council earlier this month.
Since some students were unaware of the role of the Public & Health Council, our Vice-President, Doreen Brittingahm, explained to the group how student government works at KCC. Doreen also gave a special greeting to all of our new members, and spent time individually afterwards with each one, helping them to feel part of the club.
Announcements were made regarding upcoming classes and workshops our members might be interested in, such as the Violence Prevention course offered by Continuing Ed. at KCC, and the seminar at the Day Care Council on opening your own day care program. Several students are planning to attend these sessions and will report back at the next meeting.
The next item on the agenda was the City Harvest Food Drive. This is the first community outreach project the club has undertaken in many years, and students are very excited about it. Special thanks went out to Theresa Maresco, our liason to City Harvest, who made all the arrangements, and to Antionetta Giannattasio for downloading the flyers. Jamie Fischetti volunteered to be our liason with Scepter, KCC's student newspaper, and will contact them about writing an article about this project. Christine Razzak, our club secretary, distributed flyers about the food drive to the KCC ECE Faculty, and will post additional flyers in the V-building.
The meeting continued with a discussion of various other projects being planned for the coming year, and new members were asked to fill out our club survey expressing their interests. Reyna informed everyone of the location of our new suggestion box, in V118, and we then began work on decorating our collection box for the City Harvest donations.
The meeting concluded with popcorn and the launch of our "Fall Film Festival." This month's feature was a special viewing of two "Bev Bos" videos. A well-known early childhood educator and the author of several popular books for teachers, Bev Bos is an inspiration to everyone who believes in developmentally appropriate, child-centered education.
We look forward to seeing you all at our next monthly meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, November 29 at 3 PM in room V118. In the meantime, please use our suggestion box for your comments and feedback, and please check our bulletin board (outside V115) for updates on club happenings. And don't forget to bring your donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items to our City Harvest collection box in room V116!
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