Somerset PACE

August 28, 2018 PACE meeting minutes

Published on September 18, 2018 by somersetpace1 Comment

Attendance: Julia Schoonover, Jennifer Alberto, Dr. Paula Manchester, Stephanie Roy, Lisa Bancroft,

Cristina Paulo, Jennifer O’Connell, Kara Wilkinson, Jessica Melo, Tammy Arruda

Notes from the President

Summer Recap: SOAM, big success! Extending community outreach by offering hands on Sensory experiences and increasing face to face communication. Huge Thanks to our principals, Vice principals and school administration for supporting us and being soaked with water by our kids. They loved it!!

Meeting suggestions/ideas: Offering smaller, sensory friendly events such as dances, bingo, etc for kids that may be having a hard time integrating into large social groupings. Sign language class, ADHD workshop, and homework help all wonderful meeting ideas, ? piggy backing PACE meetings to PTO meetings to increase attendance

Looking Forward: Continued appearances at SOAM. Small introduction at Back to School Night. Providing resource binder/manual for parents looking for external resources and agencies.

Guest Speakers: Julia Schoonover and Jennifer Alberto, teachers at North Elementary and South School respectively. Discussed the importance of routine and schedules for children with special needs. When children know what to expect, this reduces the anxiety and increases executive functioning. Schedules can be different for everyone, so building a custom visual board is one way to start the day/school week. Having a set schedule also allows children to handle “zig zags” which are unexpected changes.

Hands-On: After lecture, we broke into individual groups and created custom visual boards.

Next Meeting: Sept 25th

6-8 PM, location TBD. Potentially South School pending approval from Dr.

Hanneken.

Approved for publication on 9/12/18 by Stephanie Roy

Minutes from Meeting April 24, 2018

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PACE Minutes Nomination meeting April 24, 2018

-The meeting was called to order. 1^st motion by Lisa Bancroft, 2^nd motion by Hannah Duarte

-New committees as allowed by the bi-laws were discussed and then voted on.

-First committee is Finance which was voted on and accepted

-1^st motion Hannah Duarte, 2^nd motion Lisa Bancroft

-Second committee was Family Outreach and Support which was vote on and accepted

-1^st motion Allison Faunce Richards, 2^nd motion Shannon Toolin

-Nomination for Secretary- Hannah Duarte. Motion to accept nomination of Hannah Duarte for secretary given by Allison Faunce Richards and 2^nd by Stephanie Roy. Hannah Duarte accepted the nomination

-Motion to nominate Lisa Bancroft as Vice President by Stephanie Roy, 2^nd motion by Hannah Duarte. Lisa Bancroft accepted the nomination

-Motion to nominate Stephanie Roy for President by Lisa Bancroft, 2^nd by Hannah Duarte. Stephanie Roy accepted the nomination

-Motion to nominate Amy Lavoie for President by Marion O’Conner, 2^nd by Amy Lavoie. Any Lavoie accepted the nomination.

-Meeting called to a close by Lisa Bancroft

Pace Minutes meeting Election meeting April 24, 2018

-Meeting called to order with a first motion by Stephanie Roy and a 2^nd motion by Hannah Duarte

-Hannah Duarte elected as secretary by majority vote as the only candidate

-Lisa Bancroft elected for Vice President by majority vote as the only candidate

-President Vote taken

-Stephanie Roy elected as president by a four to 2 person vote.

-Words by our new President Stephanie Roy

-Excited about another great year of reaching out and helping families At SOAM

-Our big outreach this year will by an all-inclusive carnival

-We will be trying some new things throughout the year

-there will once again be a parents rights workshop

-Motion to adjourn meeting given by Stephanie Roy, second by Lisa Bancroft.

Submitted for approval by Hannah Duarte 5/3/18

Approved for publication by Stephanie Roy 5/3/18

Shirt Fundraiser

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Have you been by our sensory/activity tent at the Somerset Open Air Market?

Have you been to one of our educational events for parents?

Funds from these shirt sales will help us continue to do those things and much more!

Follow the link to purchase either a t-shirt,hoodie,baseball tee or kids shirt!

https://www.bonfire.com/somerset-pace-315/

Our hope it that all kids of all abilities are given great opportunities!

*All profits will be used to educate our parents and community on Special Education issues and provide services through workshops, lectures and various activities(such as the sensory activities at SOAM.) Fundraising helps make events like this possible!*