School Counseling Advisory Council

Program/Area: School Counseling Advisory Meeting

Meeting Increasing ACT scores to 20+
Purpose:
Meeting Date: 9/17/2019
Meeting Time: 7am-8am
Meeting La Vergne Auditorium
Location:
Meeting Dirk Ash
Facilitator:
Chairperson: Tarron Huddleston
Attendees: Dirk Ash, Principal
Caitlin Robles, Counselor
Kimberly Malcolm, Counselor
Alicia Bonnington, Counselor
Tarron Huddleston, AP
Kyle Nix, AP
Heather Anderson, ELA teacher
Zane Perry, SS teacher
Dr. Lowe, Reading Interventionist
Crystal Shields, Psychologist
Amanda Fields, Volunteer and parent of 1 child at LHS
John Elliot, Volunteer and parent of 3 children at LHS
Minutes Issued Kimberly Malcolm
By:

Next Steps: (Task, Assigned to, Checkpoint Date) Assigned to Due Date
Teacher training Kyle Nix 10/29/19
Meet with small groups of students who are struggling with certain ACT Dr. Lowe 12/20/19
areas

Decisions Made: (What, Why, Impacts)

1. Incorporate/Embed ACT standards into EQ’s for state
o ACT standards will be embedded into the state standards in order to prepare students for
ACT better
o Teachers will be trained on how to use these standards successfully.

2. Practice Tests
o ACT practice tests will be delivered not only by CARS teachers, but twice a month or
more by ELA teachers
o Teachers will attempt to group students together that are struggling with certain areas
and work with them as small groups, with Dr. Lowe’s guidance and assistance

Discussion: (Items/Knowledge Shared)

ACT standards
 TN making the move to only have one standardized test for students: ACT
 Must start incorporating more CAT practice into lessons
 Lessons must be focused on ACT standards
 State standards must still be used as well, embedding Act standards into state standards is
forthcoming

PARKING LOT (To be discussed at a later date):

1. ACT and P-ACT dates
2. Teacher scheduling for ACT proctoring and P-ACT proctoring
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Discussion: (Items/Knowledge Shared)

3. Field Day during ACT for freshman
4. 3C Day for Seniors on ACT day

Miscellaneous Items:
Next Meeting scheduled for 3/17/20

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Program/Area: School Counseling Advisory Meeting

Meeting Increasing attendance for next year 2020-2021
Purpose:
Meeting Date: 3/17/2020
Meeting Time: 7am-8am
Meeting La Vergne Auditorium
Location:
Meeting Dirk Ash
Facilitator:
Chairperson: Tarron Huddleston
Attendees: Dirk Ash, Principal
Caitlin Robles, Counselor
Kimberly Malcolm, Counselor
Alicia Bonnington, Counselor
Tarron Huddleston, AP
Kyle Nix, AP
Heather Anderson, ELA teacher
Zane Perry, SS teacher
Dr. Lowe, Reading Interventionist
Crystal Shields, Psychologist
Amanda Fields, Volunteer and parent of 1 child at LHS
John Elliot, Volunteer and parent of 3 children at LHS
Minutes Issued Kimberly Malcolm
By:

Next Steps: (Task, Assigned to, Checkpoint Date) Assigned to Due Date
Creating PBIS and reward tickets/events Dr. Lowe Aug. 2020
Creating an Excel sheet for absenteeism among juniors and seniors Kimberly Aug. 2020
Malcolm,
Alicia
Bonnington,
and Caitlin
Robles

Decisions Made: (What, Why, Impacts)

 PBIS sytem will be utilized for 2020-2021 school year. This will be headed by Dr. Lowe,
Tarron Huddleston, and Kimberly Malcolm.
 Counselors will be responsible for tracking attendance among their senior students and
pulling them in to issue warnings for chronic absenteeism.

Discussion: (Items/Knowledge Shared)

 School attendance issues are a problem at LHS and need to be rectified to increase
academic success.
 The highest absenteeism is among juniors and seniors, likely due to increasing job and family
responsibilities
 PBIS can be incorporated to reward students for good attendance (dances, movies, pep
rallies, exemption on finals, etc.)
 18 year olds who have chronic absenteeism and no IEP should be removed from school after
receiving 2 warnings


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Discussion: (Items/Knowledge Shared)

PARKING LOT (To be discussed at a later date):

Schedule of PBIS events

Miscellaneous Items:
Dates to be determined for next year’s meetings

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