Child Care, Voting, Membership Perks

Here a couple things for tomorrow's meeting;

There is a nursery and we have a few teens willing to watch kids. However, we only have a few. If your teen is willing to come and help we'd greatly appreciate it.

That being said, there will be "limited" babysitting. If you have another option for childcare, we'd ask that you use it in hopes to not overrun our few volunteers. But, by all means, bring little ones if means otherwise you'd have to miss the meeting.

Eventually we'll have money to pay babysitters, and have child care at every meeting. Soon, very soon!

All voting, and anything done officially as a PFA will be for members only. If you want to vote in tomorrow's election, or anything else we decide as a PFA, only those who have paid their dues (at the meeting or prior) will be counted. Those people who have paid their dues prior or during tomorrow's meeting, and who are unable to attend, will have the option of voting via email until Wed. No votes after Wed will be counted. This option will be available to all members who are unable to attend our meetings. Your votes count!

We also plan to offer Minutemen t-shirt discounts to PFA members. So, it pays to join! We are also working out other benefits. Ideas are welcome.

Important Discussion

Dear NCA families,

After the recent decision by the Idaho Charter School Commission to not allow any religious documents in our Academy, many people were left confused and frustrated.

At this time many of us do not know what steps to take to have questions answered, or let our voice be heard. In the PFA, we have a voice. Monday we will be discussing this topic, and have asked our Director of Operations/Founder Isaac Moffett to address us. He will give us ideas on how to go about expressing our concern and support to our Board of Directors. As a PFA we have the right and privilege to come together in discussion. Through this, we can find ways to express our desires to our local legislation, Board, and one another about what we want in our schools.

Tuesday our Board will be holding a special meeting to discuss what actions they want to take, if any, in light of the Charter School Commission's ruling. Mr. Moffett will explain to us how we can become involved and support our Board in their decision.

As a classical school, using original source documents is essential to our curriculum. What can we do? How do we keep the integrity of our curriculum with banning such documents? Although, our Board and Mr. Moffett are unable to discuss aspects of these topics on the recommendations of NCA’s legal counsel, there are some things we can discuss to keep us all informed, along with ways to support our Board in the tasks they have ahead of them.

Please join us! We are all in this together, and need to stand together to have our voice heard.

Join us on August 31, 2009 7p.m.

Location: United Methodist Church 5420 Southside Blvd. Nampa, ID(Directions: From 12^th Ave heading toward Melba turn left on Greenhurst Rd then turn right on Southside Blvd the church will be on the left side of the street.) (Due to construction: from 12th heading toward Melba, turn Left on Greenhurst Rd, then turn right onto Sunnyridge,then turn Left onto Lewis Ln on the corner of Lewis Ln and Southside Blvd)

August PFA Meeting Agenda

NCA Parent Faculty Association

Meeting Agenda

August 31, 2009 7p.m.

Location: United Methodist Church 5420 Southside Blvd. Nampa, ID

(Directions: From 12^th Ave heading toward Melba turn left on Greenhurst Rd then turn right on Southside Blvd the church will be on the left side of the street.) (Due to construction: from 12th heading toward Melba, turn Left on Greenhurst Rd, then turn right onto Sunnyridge,then turn Left onto Lewis Ln on the corner of Lewis Ln and Southside Blvd)

Welcome & Thank You’s-Amber Gunnell

Presidency Reports:

President-Amber Gunnell

VP/Treasurer-Holle McRae

Secretary-Andrea Egan

PFA Council Reports:

Fundraisers-Christine Plummer

Coupon/Business Directory Book -Addy Cagle

Get Acquainted Night (September 3, 2009 6:30-8:00pm) -Pam Kruck/Jody Luke

Window Decals -Addy Cagle/Jody Luke/Sabrina Orihuela

Old Business:

T-shirts by Shawna Schneiderman & JoLynn Morriss

*Election of New Presidency-Amber Gunnell

Ad in Press Tribune for Music Volunteers/Instruments-Addy Cagle

New Business:

* Vote on Bylaws and Standing Rules-Explanation by Amber Gunnell

PFA Book-JoLynn Morriss

Curriculum/Board Recognition-Isaac Moffett

* Items requiring votes, in order to vote on items one must be a member of the PFA.

Move In & Sat Ideas

First, we wanted to say how impressed we have been seeing so many parents come out to help with the move in. Thank you! It has been fun working with you, and getting to know you better. It's exhausting work, but isn't it exciting! It really means a lot to our faculty and board that we are all pitching in to help, too.

The below are some ideas for Saturdays cleaning, what to bring, and what needs to be done.

• Vacumns!!!!
• Scouring pad/sponges
• Soft Scrub
• Dish soap or other multipurpose cleaner
• Straight edge razor blades to scrape off stickers and gum
• De-greaser, Goof Off or another Adhesive remover
• Disinfecting spray
• Buckets and Rags (lots of buckets as there is no water in most of the classrooms, and has to be hauled from the spigot)
• Paper Towels
• Post-it-notes and pens to write what has been cleaned and what has not, or where something needs to go.

We mostly need people to come and clean desks and chairs, organize classrooms, and help organize the books in the library. People need to wear tennis shoes as it is very dusty.

Booth Helpers

We are in need of helpers during the Meet & Greet on Sep 3 at 6:30pm-8:00pm. These are for 30 minute spots at our PFA booth, and possibly helping sell ice cream. We don't want anyone staying for longer than 30 minutes, so they have chance to mingle and meet teachers (so the more helpers the better).

We will be selling Minutemen tshirts and water bottles, and taking PFA membership dues at the PFA table, and ice cream bars at the other tables.

It's going to be a great night, and we hope with a few people pitching in we can give Pam Kruck and our other tireless helpers a break and a chance to meet their kids' teachers.

Please email her if you can help. krucks4@yahoo.com

Minutemen

Although the terms militia and minutemen are sometimes used interchangeably today, in the 18th century there was a decided difference between the two. Militia were men in arms formed to protect their towns from foreign invasion and ravages of war. Minutemen were a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly. Minutemen were selected from militia muster rolls by their commanding officers. Typically 25 years of age or younger, they were chosen for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength. Usually about one quarter of the militia served as Minutemen, performing additional duties as such. The Minutemen were the first armed militia to arrive or await a battle.

...Thus, although lacking central command, the Minutemen were still better organized and battle-tested than any other part-time military. They were a vital and necessary force, playing a crucial role in not only the Revolutionary War, but in earlier conflicts. Without these "ready in a minute" men, our history may have been written in a very different way.

From ushistory.org

Thank You Music Theater of Idaho!

Jean Andrews is a NCA parent and posted this to our blog. Thank you Jean and the Music Theater of Idaho for this generous donation!

Mr. Lamitina will connect with you on the collection of the items.

My business (The Music Theatre of Idaho) voted to donate to the PE department. Today we purchased 10 kick balls, 3 soccer balls, 3 basketballs, 2 hand pumps for the balls, 8 jump ropes, 16 large cones, 12 flat cones. We are looking for the hula hoops and softballs. The stuff is in the back of my husbands car..love to drop it off but I work most evenings. Let me know how to proceed.