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Caldwell Youth Forum Subcommittee Min --.6 Q
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Present: Ron Bonneau, Toni Brinegar, Kelly Emry, Patrick Precht, Angie Point, Josh
Williamson, Chelsea Wilson, and 4 VHS Students: Ana Vega, Alyssa Ortiz, Gordon
Marlett, Aria Lopez.
Ron welcomed the students and everyone introduced themselves.
Josh motioned, Patrick seconded the motion to approve minutes from September 24,
2019. Motion passed.
Budget for 2019 Youth Forum was reviewed; due to the generosity of several local
businesses, there is $957.19 left in the Forum account after all expenses are paid.
Proposed schedule for 2020 was reviewed. A few changes were suggested to allow
more time for the break-out groups, and there was discussion about emphasizing the
purpose in more intentional ways.
Vallivue students reviewed a few of their current and upcoming projects:
• Put together a 4-period assembly, with Kaylee (Advocates Against Family
Violence) as guest speaker. Focus was to help students identify healthy
relationship characteristics for themselves, and for others. The It's on Us Club
members passed out white boards and facilitated with Kaylee on the last class.
• Staff Appreciation "Donut Dash Day"-- set time aside to show appreciation for
lunch ladies, janitors, bus drivers, and tech guys throughout the day. For bus
drivers, when a bus pulled up, they would jump on the bus and give a certificate
and a donut to each driver.
• Many in the group want to go to a nursing home and visit residents before and
after the holidays—especially those that don't receive many visitors—to show
residents that they are remembered. Working out who to talk to so they can
coordinate when to come and if they could provide an activity, or a game
afternoon, or just visit with residents.
• Ron commented that the impact from students visiting a facility where his Mom is
a resident was phenomenal. All the residentsl have stories, and company is
what they long for.
o Mental Health day on the day sophomores take PSAT: Four periods to
talk to the rest of the students about mental health. Another outreach
planned on SAT day.
o Talking to Intermountain Hospital about a Mental Health Fair, possibly in
April. The group wants other students to see that those with mental illness
issues are still part of the community –we still care about them and they
belong.
Other thoughts on the Forum day:
• After-Forum Survey: Patrick will look into survey options, either a paper option
immediately after the Forum, or an online option sent to student emails within a
week of the Forum. Counselors and staff would like to know if it is meaningful
and purposeful for students, and if the message the students are receiving is the
one intended for them to receive. Forum planning may need to include a little
more time at the end of the day to clarify the purpose of the "It's On Us" theme.
• PlayFair facilitator or locally available facilitator: Toni met with Kelly, Josh, Mario
Pyle (formerly with Youth Challenge Academy) via Zoom meeting, to talk about
possibilities to hire a local facilitator for the annual Youth Forum. She created a
google doc for all to comment on about activities/icebreakers that tend to work
well, and incorporating some of the focus questions into the activity time. This
would give us better control of the messaging. Josh stated that there are no
supplies needed for most activities; there is only a need for one dynamic leader
to keep everyone moving. Idaho Coalition Against Sexual Violence also has
people who know how to facilitate these kinds of events. There would need to be
buy-in from the Mayor, as his Community account is the funding source for the
facilitator part of the day.
• Spring Reunion: Looking at the possibility of staging a Youth Forum Reunion in
April, and inviting those who attended the Forum this past fall. Each school could
showcase a project or two that they sponsored after the Fall Forum, and
participate in a few `ice-breaker' type activities. Toni will look into probable costs
with food/snacks, etc., Angie will check with Plaza staff about availability in April
(Saturday) and cost. Counselors are encouraged to ask their students if they
would be likely come to this event on a Saturday in April.
Meeting adjourned at 11:20. The next Youth Forum Subcommittee meeting will be on
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 10:00 am at Caldwell High School (3401 S. Indiana
Street).
Respectfully submitted,
Angie Point