Sterling Heights High School
Booster Club Meeting
January 14, 2009
Minutes from November 19th, 2008
Secretary’s Report:

• Motion to approve minutes by Kevin.  Minutes seconded by Tom Trudell

Treasurer’ Report:

• Motion to approve Treasurer’s report: no report

Committee:
Game management:

• Try outs going on
• At the team meetings we need to look for liaisons for each game to set up a schedule for ticket takers, security, stats for basketball away games
• We have had great support for volleyball games. Parents not even part of the program went to the games
• We are always looking for volunteers to help with the games.

Concessions:

• We are done with football
• Girls basketball starts December 1st and boys basketball starts December 12th
• Concessions did well for the fall season with about $5,000

Membership:

• It’s not too late to join the booster club. We have 186 families out of 1,420 students

Craft Show:

• Craft show admission was down this year. There were 632 people that came. We made a profit of about $6,875. Other area schools reported their attendance was down too.

Publicity:

• Nothing to report.

Correspondence:

• We have the boys tennis team sent a thank you for supporting them.

Sterling Wear:

• Nothing to report.

Counseling News:

• Some of the college visiting or holding fairs have onsite admissions.
• Seniors should be looking for colleges and visiting the ones they are interested in. Some seniors have already received acceptance letters.
• Pay attention to early admission and other deadline dates. 
• The counseling News hand out is a good source of information for planning for college.  It has information about scholarships and other planning.
• When applying for college, remember breaks are coming up you need to plan ahead and fill out your paper work on time.
• Athletic scholarships need to get applications to Ernie by the deadline

Old Business:

• Nothing to report.

New Business:

• Competitive cheer had representatives at the meeting. Gymnastics is a requirement for competitive cheer. We have set up to have a gymnastic coach come to the school for 90 minutes and it costs $12 a person a week. It costs approximately $134/girl for eleven weeks. Instead it only costs $40. Motion to give competitive cheer $1500 for gymnastics. Seconded by Francis. Motion approved.
• Todd Biederwolf and representative from MCC talked about dual enrollment. Today hundreds of students are eligible for dual enrollment, only a handful is taking advantage of it. Students should take advantage of advance placement and dual enrollment. They can attend any public school in the state. They can take a college course and earn credits. The only cost is an enrollment fee of $80 and text books. You can graduate with 15 credits it is your tax dollars coming back to you. WCS will pay the tuition. Students must take the plant test and MME as a junior.  Many are online classes, but they don’t have to be.  College credits are transferable.  They can be used for both college credits and for graduation. MCC is in the area but you can go to any public college. The application plus dual enrollment form must be signed by a parent. There are a few restrictions but the counselors know them. Visit MCC website at www.macomb.edu for a list of classes available at the college.  You can take only a total of 6 courses between high school and college.  No extras.  You can not take a class that is offered at SHHS.  Students can start in the 2nd semester of their sophomore year.  Since the student is a student at the college, they have access to the student center, tutoring, etc.  Many more families need to know about dual enrollment.  The district pays the tuition where ever you go.  Goal is to get more students dual enrolled.

Principal’s Report:

•    One of our students, Patrick Harris, dad lost his life as a Detroit firefighter on Saturday.  The funeral is 10:00 am Friday.  A number of the teaching staff will be attending.
• The Test Fest data will be used by teaching staff to plan.
• We will have the Princeton review back again this year.  Last year we were slow to get the results, but this year was faster.  At the junior meeting students had the opportunity to win one of 2 full scholarships to the Princeton review.   .  The Princeton Review is about teaching how to take a test.  It is a strategy to get more points on the ACT.
• The Senior Choice Awards are next week.  The kids dress up and act obnoxious, but there is a standard of behavior that they have to uphold. 
• The annual  drive for collecting gently used toys, and other like new items is going on now.  A former teacher and prisoner of war collects the items and delivers it to the people of the Appalachian  Mountains.
• SHHS is holding a can food drive.  We are a big part of the Warren Good fellow’s food collection.  Please participate.  Return food to individual classes, Leadership, or the office.
• We are also collecting socks in the office.

Athletic Director:

• The fall  season is done, and the winter season has started.
• Boy’s Soccer won the Blue Division.  They only lost 1 game all season
• Girl’s Volleyball are the District Champs,  They won the district sportsmanship award.   They went to the Regionals and lost by 2 points.  The overall season they finished in the middle.
• Girl’s  Swimming  had a Regional qualifier. 
• Boy’s football are the Blue Division Champs
• Boy’s Tennis received the Sportsmanship Award.
• Game Management will receive $4,280. For the volunteers who helped with security, announcements, and ticket sales. 
• Come to the games to support our teams.  You can watch the games or volunteer to help. 
• Currently, no applications have been turned in for an Athletic Scholarship.  We can turn in 6 boys and 6 girls from our school.  To qualify you must be a senior with a 3.5 on a 4 scale gpa,  earned a varsity letter and turn in an essay. 
• SHHS is offering a program for female athletes on December 4th  at 6:00.  It is called “Girls Can Jump” put on by  DMC.  It is directed toward  lady athletes  to learn how to cut injuries. It is open to individuals or the entire team. It is free. 
• Winter schedules are now available.

50/50 raffle of $32 won by the Gorbarts.
Sterling Wear raffle winners.
8:10 motion to adjourn by Karen Pleasant.

November 19, 2008 Meeting Minutes

Secretary’s Report:
• Motion to approve minutes by Daniel. Minutes seconded by Stan Winarski.
Treasurer’ Report:
• Motion to approve Treasurer’s report by Daniel. Seconded by Nina.

Committee:
Game management:
• Nothing to report.

Concessions:
• A busy week coming up. Homecoming events on Friday and Saturday.
• Middle school football game Flynn vs. Grissom.
• Hot cider taking off.

Membership:
• We have 172 families as members. We are encouraging many of them to get involved.
• We are updating the roaster. Make sure your information is correct.

Craft Show:
• The Craft show is October 25th, from 9-4.
• We have 90 crafters/vendors signed up.
• We have signs available to put on the lawn. They say “this week…” so put them out on Sunday.
• Sign up to help at the Craft Show.

Publicity:
• The new chairperson is Thelma Oakes.
• She will email radio stations about the craft show.

Correspondence:
• Nothing to report.

Sterling Wear:
• The new chairperson is Gail Dolin.
• They will be selling Sterling Wear at the Homecoming game on Friday. We should have enough help, but if we looked swamped, stop and help.
• The new sweatpants do not have elastic at the bottom.

Counseling News:
• Conferences coming up in November.
• Some of the college visiting or holding fairs have onsite admissions.
• Seniors should be looking for colleges, and visiting the ones they are interested in.
• Pay attention to early admission and other deadline dates.
• If you are planning on retaking the ACT, you must sign up in the fall. Waiting to February is too late for most college admissions.
• Success Seminar at MCC is only open to you if you are enrolled or are dual enrolled at MCC.
• The counseling News hand out is a good source of information for planning for college. It has information about scholarships and other planning.
Old Business:
• Next meeting is November 19th, 2008.
• The tailgate party start at 5:00 pm. The cost is $3.00. The money is to be turned in into the main office.
• The senior all night party committee meets on Mondays in the Leadership room. Enter from the East side of building by the art room.

New Business:
• On Friday October 10th we are decorating the stands for the homecoming game. There will be 150 balloons to decorate the stands with that need to be picked up at the dollar store after the pep rally. Meet at the dollar store at 15 mile and Dodge Park.
• The Executive Board approved money of $210.00 for a hot cheese maker for the concessions.
• The Executive Board approved money of $450.00 for Wcspa .

Principal’s Report:
• The All Night Party has always been parent ran and we plan to keep it that way. You don’t have to have a senior to help. The sets are well done. One of the best decorated in the area.
• The channel for Game of the Week was a great time.
• The Test Fest was a success. In 2-3 weeks we should have a score from the practice ACT.
• We will have the Princeton review back. It costs a lot of money, but we get great results.
• On the SHHS web site there is now an icon for ATT and Target. We get money for each hit we receive on it.
• This week is spirit week. Pep Rally is 1:00 Friday. Bose donated a Wave Radio for a fundraiser prize. We will raffle it off at the football game on Friday.
• Bam-a-Rama is Sunday.
• Wednesday is MSBOA. Come and listen to the band.
• We put the newsletter on the internet. It saves us $700 a mailing.
• Conferences will be November 13th. Be patient. Let the teachers go to dinner on time.
• Princeton Review is being rescheduled. It is a big thing now, lots of people want it. We need 20 students to hold the event. The Princeton Review is about teaching how to take a test. It is a strategy to get more points on the ACT.
• Question: Why are there not enough text books? We are realigning our curriculum. Everyone should have books by now. It should have been taken care of already. We can’t copy more than 3 chapters without copy right infringement.
• Student count day gave us 9 more students than we thought. The student count is not bad, but as a community we need to stick together.

Athletic Director:
• The Game of the Week event for football did well to represent us. It started early and went on through the day.
• MHSAA.com has a scholar athlete program. To be considered for this you must have an essay, and a varsity letter from SHHS. The essay counts for much of it. It is about Sportsmanship. The completed application needs to be turned in by the end of November to the Athletic Director, Ernie.
• Boys Soccer is doing good. District game is Monday at Fraser. The boys have just as good as a chance as any of the 8 teams.
• Volleyball is playing in districts. SHHS is hosting regionals.
• SHHS has athletic trainers again. They are from DMC. One is here Monday-Thursday and the other is Friday games and practice. The two will be available for all contact sports.
• William Beaumont Hospital and Channel 7 will sponsor a complete cardiac check on October 17th for 20 SHHS students. To qualify the student has to be an athlete. A bus will be provided to take the students at noon and return by 3:00. Fill out the paper work and turn in to AD.
•Winter sports start in November. The winter sports are girls and boys basketball, wrestling, boys swimming, bowling, hockey, and cheer. To participate each athlete must have a physical completed.