The Excellence Team
The Midland School Excellence Team allows teachers and parents to participate in planning and decision-making in ten specified areas of school life, which have been identified by the Rye City School District as the following:
Attendance and Discipline Motivation of Students
Communication Parental Involvement
Community Involvement School Climate
Curriculum School Procedures & Practices
Motivation of Faculty & Staff Student Achievement
The Midland Excellence Team consists of Dr. Grille, three teachers (elected by the faculty), one community representative (chosen by Dr. Grille), and three parents. The PTO Co-Presidents share one of the parent seats; the other two parents, chosen in a school-wide election held each spring, serve overlapping two-year terms.
The Excellence Team meets monthly during the school year. Meeting dates and times are announced in advance. The minutes of the meetings are available on the Eboard (www.ryecityschools.lhric.org). In addition, a parent representative may report on Excellence Team issues at PTO meetings. Parents may raise issues to be discussed by the Excellence Team by means of signed letters submitted to the Excellence Team representatives. Excellence Teams were established at each school by the Rye City School District in response to the Compact for Learning adopted by the New York State Board of Regents in 1990.
The Excellence Team is not part of the PTO, although the PTO Co-Presidents sit on the Team.
Our current parent representatives are:
Karen Belanger (925-9758 or klbelan@optonline.net)
Corina Gayk (967-5482 or kcoringayk@hotmail.com)
Our community member is
Joanie Burns (921-0718 or jburns1214@optonline.net)
PTO Co-Presidents:
Sheri DeGraw (925-1046 or sheri.degraw@verizon.net)
Suzanna Keith (925-0753 or skconcepts@hotmail.com)