April 25 meeting notes

 April 25, 2023, Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.

National Hug A Plumber Day (This one "cracks" me up."

Guests: 

• Bill Ostheimer (Wayne M's guest)
• Emma Crowe
• Julie Banken
• Jennifer Moraski

Announcements

Road Apple Roulette Update - Wayne

• 2346 Ticket Sold (of 5000 available)
• More opportunities to sell tickets 
• Memorial Park - This weekend (4/29 and 4/30)
• SELL! SELL! SELL!

 New member zoom meeting available

• Check with Robin and watch email

Youth Parade - Volunteers Still Needed - Alan Walker

• Parade scheduled for 4/29

All Service Club Meeting/Dinner - Carol Adamson - 5/3/23 at 11:30am - $25

• The guest speaker will be the Apple Blossom Grand Marshal Colonel Sarah (Droz) Babbit 
• Click here to see the Apple Blossom Website for her biography and to purchase tickets to the luncheon

5/6 - THE BIG EVENT - Road Apple Roulette and Apple Blossum Parade

• A horse will make one lucky winner $10,000 richer!

5/12 - Dose de Mayo fellowship event - Rebecca and Carol

• Event will be at Robin's house
• Check with them for details

6/13 - Tuesday 5:30pm - Change over dinner - Robin passing the torch to Craig

• Will be held at Pybus!

Community Paul Harris Award

• Robin is looking for nominees for someone in the community that would deserve recognition from Rotary 
• They should be making a difference in the community in line with Rotary values

Brags and Confessions

Carol Adamson

• Rotary Park Event
• Sunrise Club had more volunteers than the other clubs combined
• Jennifer (not even a member yet) was there (she is becoming a member)

Mark VanHorne

• Went to the Wild Game
• He got on the "Dance Cam" 4 different times
• He will be hosting a hockey player 

Wayne Massing

• Attended the Gold Show
• Purchased a rock guaranteed to have gold in it
• He got quite a few shavings he showed in a vial

Kathleen McNalty

• Traveled to Seattle with her husband and son
• They went to 2 Mariners/Cardinals games

Robin DeRock

• Her Huntsville hockey team (with a player she had hosted) lost and is out of the playoffs

Program - Bill Eagle - Wenatchee High School Interim Superintendent

Bill originally joined Wenatchee High School as a Math teacher in 1987. He later moved to administration, first as a Vice Principal and later as a Principal. Since then, he has worked for ESD responsible for 4 central Washington counties.

He was training Principals, among other responsibilities, when he was approached by the Wenatchee School District to take on the role of Interim Superintendent. When he stepped into the role, he was handed a "newly minted" 5-year strategic plan to implement. While the plan is "not flashy" Bill is excited about the key outcomes for students laid out in the plan.

The plan's 6 Student Outcomes:

• High Quality Instruction - Both content and delivery
• Heavy focus on training teachers to have a united approach

• Feel that they "belong and feel connected"
• At least one teacher or high school official will find a way to connect with each student
• Their goal is to make sure each student feels "Safe, Seen, Valued"
• The Violence project identified that these goals as critical to preventing school violence

• Read on Grade Level by the 3rd Grade
• It has been determined that each student needs to "learn to read" by the third grade
• They will then be asked to "read to learn" from the 4th grade on

• Ready for Algebra
• This will be accomplished by helping them to recognize facts 
• Achieve "fact fluency"

• On Track for Graduation at the end of Freshman Year
• A student that finishes their Freshman year having passed every one of their classes (including gym class, etc.) have 4 times the likelihood of graduating from High School

• Well-rounded education opportunities Real World Learning Experience in:
• Medical Occupations (i.e. Nursing)
• Tech Skill Center
• Cooking
• Law Enforcement
• Air Force ROTC

Bill's tenure is ending at the end of May. He will be handing off the Superintendent role and returning to ESD.

Questions/Answers:

• Freshmen enrollment is down, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to companies like ALCOA leaving town.

• Graduation rates for Wenatchee High School and Westside High School are over 90%. Westside High School students may take 5 years to graduate but their success rate is over 90% as well.

• Wenatchee High School is hiring Integration Specialists in Math to raise test scores.

• Modernization of the High School is needed. A study is in progress with a recommendation in 5-6 months. A new bond will be proposed from the recommendation in 3-5 years.

• There was a reported issue with their budget for around $8mm. The issue was an error in reporting of an expense, not an overspend on the part of the school. FYI 85% of the budget is in employee and teacher salaries.

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The raffle was $488. Earl did not win so it will continue to grow. (Awwwwww....)

Next Programs

• 5/2 - Ryan Graig, Project Manager and Volunteer Coordinator for TREAD

Joke: "The Doctor told me I was suffering from multiple personality disorder. I told him he had the wrong guy."

Rotary Anniversaries

• Erin McCool:       04/16/2013
• J. Woody Lotts:   04/26/2022
• Ruth Dagg:          04/17/2018
• Mark VanHorne:  04/26/2022

Earth Day event at Pybus