Hello everyone, our next meeting will be on December 7, 2009

UNSL CHARITY PROJECT PLANS

In preparation for our March meeting:

• Each school will identify a charity/project which will provide an educational benefit to children or a needy school (outside NYC).
• Get all the necessary contact information & documentation.
• Indentify the project and create a proposal for UNSL and your individual school's participation.

At the March meeting we will:

• Choose the charity.
• Chose the method of fundraising.
• Identify the needs and outcomes.
• Write the proposal to bring back to our schools.

BUDDY DAYS

• Make arrangements with your buddies to visit up to 2 different schools during the month of March.
• Speak to your COSA immediately to let him/her know what you're planning.
• Make an appointment to meet with your prinicipal (after 1/14) to ask permission and discuss the possible schedule for the day(s).
• Create the schedule.
• Make arrangements for meeting times & locations with your buddy.
• Take care of all business and documentation with your COSA, Principal, Parents, Security, etc. (attendance, parent consent forms, teacher approvals for class visits, etc.).
• Take pictures of you and your buddy for our website.

Thoughts, Ideas, Concerns

I hope everyone's wearing their new school shirts and that we were able to dispell some of the myths and legends and learn some new info about the high schools in our network.
Thanks to E.R. Murrow HS, Ms. Pinder and our student hosts for everything they did to make our meeting possible and for arranging for us to participate in the AIDS Quilt Project.

We need to figure out what would work best as far as the timing of our meetings.
Please post your thoughts.

It seemed that many of you would prefer to meet earlier in the day so that you could get back to school for your after-school activities. That would mean missing most of your classes. The other option is for you to adjust your schedules for the days we'll meet so you don't have to rush back.

If we want our group to work, we have to figure this out. It obviously doesn't work when people keep getting up to leave in the middle of the meeting.

We need to hear from you!!!!

UPCOMING MEETING

Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd at Edward R. Murrow High School at noon. All students and COSAs received an e-mail with the address and travel directions. We'll be doubling in size, since you all wanted 2 representatives from each school to be there. Make sure everyone brings a T-shirt with them. We'll be exchanging them, as we learn more about each of the schools in our network.
Bring ideas with you for a big activity that we can do with/for all the schools in our network in the spring. If you haven't RSVP'd to the meeting, e-mail Mrs. Siegel today!!!!
Don't forget to e-mail or bring a picture of yourself so we can put it on the website!!!