SAN ANTONIO -- The Socorro Consolidated School board meeting was held at the San Antonio School Gymnasium last night, and the turnout was impressive.
There were approximately 60 people in attendance. Although the agenda read short, there were plenty of extracurricular activities for those in attendance.
President Tommy Gonzales opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance which was led by students performing sign language as well.
After covering items on the agenda such as ascertaining a quorum and tabling the proposed signage to acknowledge The City of Socorro’s contribution to SHS Fields, Principal John Dennis gave his assessment on the San Antonio’s schools Improvement and Achievement Data and also gave a review on the great charity work the school and it’s students were doing year round on a monthly basis.
He made it clear that it was important for the students to understand what it is like to give to others and not expect anything in return. It has been hugely successful and the children really enjoy helping others.
Each month they all work to help others with different charity drives such as Books for Babies, $438.00 was raised, Coat Drive, 28 coats were donated, Food Drive 289lbs. was collected for hungry families in the area, Giving Tree, where over 50 gifts and 8 hams were donated and distributed. Future charity drives planned are St. Jude’s Hospital – Habitat for Humanity – Seeing Eye-Dog – Recycle for Chemo (cans and tabs) and RIF Book Drive.
The report was followed by Mike Gurules’ Pre-Kindergarten class singing and performing songs. The songs were incorporated by Gurule with learning tools such as month and day recognition and spelling. The children sung in English and in Spanish as well.
Following the Pre-K kids, everyone was treated to two declamation stories. Autumn Bjorklund who attends Parkview Elementary and Brandon Dennis who attends San Antonio Elementary performed their declamation winning performances. Immediately after, Cynthia Romero’s classes talked about their River Partners experiences with their mentor Alex Rykken, who is a volunteer with Friends of the Bosque and is doing mapping of the area. The program has been in existence for 5 years.
The students have been involved since first grade. They reminisced about their experiences with the River Partners program throughout the years as their photos were displayed by projector next to them. The class has taken over 1,000 photos on their outings.
After the students had completed there presentations the board went into executive session to discuss the evaluation of the Superintendent.
The next School Board meeting is scheduled for Jan. 26 at the Socorro Schools Main Office on Franklin Street in Socorro.
(Photo) Pre-kindergarteners from the San Antonio Elementary School learn the days of the week in English and Spanish during a Socorro School Board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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