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January 13, 2026

PCD Family Association
                                                             Tuesday, January 13, 2026
                                                             8:15am Learning Hub – Lund Hall
 
  1. Welcome and President’s Report- Kathy O’Grady
    • September dues
      • To benefit the entire school
      • New instruments for the music program
      • Storage for athletics
      • Will discuss with the admin getting AV (video) things can be streamed for concerts and plays
      • Box tops – Wendy – use an app to sign up
        1. Either in class dojo or facebook page
      • FA had sip and stroll at the beginning of Dec:
        1. Stock $120
        2. Rhody Craft $28
        3. Olive Oil $50
        4. J. Marcel $120
        5. Studio Hop $200
        6. Frog and Toad – waiting on a check
      • Pictures on social media for storage unit
      • Holiday Tea
  2. Head of School Report- Kevin Folan
    • Happy New Year
    • Thank you everyone for Holiday Tea
    • Beatrice Hotel Dec 9th
    • Great responses for seniors
    • Open house, Thursday
    • Sept. 26th ribbon cutting for new art center
    • Moment of silence for Brown shooting
      • This has happened in our own backyard
      • This reality people have become accustomed to
      • Required by the state: fire drills, lock down drills
        1. Moving away from lockdown drills
        2. Moving towards ALICE trainings
        3. ALERT, LOCKDOWN, INFORM, COUNTER, EVACUATE
        4. Nov. EP Police training with teachers
        5. Feb. EP police training with parents and adults
        6. Barricade doors, fight back
          1. Looking back on Columbine if students and teachers had been evacuated – more lives would have been saved
          2. Understanding the best ages – to protect kids – not traumatize them
        7. Brand new phone system – campus alert system
 
  1. Admissions Update- Melanie Parsons
    • Thank everyone for their contributions on holiday tea baskets
    • Items came thru in the last week
    • Funds from the baskets go to – adopt family
    • Middle School / High school – Lund Hall Learning Hub
    • Lower school – Metcalf Hall
    • Re-enrollment contracts Jan. 23rd
      • News / information going out from Kevin to families eligible
      • Feb 1. Is the first deadline for new families
 
  1. Development Update-Mark McLaughlin
    • Thankful to be able to send food over to Mathewson St Church
    • Having done service projects with students in the past – more service activities we can become involved in – we are better off of as a society
    • Run the only HOT breakfast on weekend mornings
    • Benefitting the whole school
      • Feb 10th – Knight Day of Giving
        1. Run 24 hours straight
        2. Social media and emails
        3. Play the game (schools’ motto)
        4. Messaging from Alumni – families – staff
        5. Participation is key – matches and challenges will be happening throughout the 24 hours
        6. Alumni and parent challenges
        7. Many ways to get involved
          1. Stand outside, do a video, do a match – be an advocate
        8. ALL MONEY GOES BACK TO ANNUAL FUND
 


  1. Athletic Director - Marquis Harper
    • Thanking the FA for allowing us to secure the items in the field house
    • Equipment room is always a mess and things go missing
    • For every team to secure their items
      • Coaches will have a key to items in season and keep it locked
      • Kids will have extra balls to play with during the day without disrupting the new system
  2. Questions / Closing
 
      • Question: reducing hate – building a community based on empathy and vulnerability – missing from violence piece – social / emotional learning
        1. Biggest thing with Mel screening candidates – real alignment with what we are doing – lean into conversations around DEIB
        2. Great non-profit out of CO – Feb 5th
          1. Empathy building – kindness
          2. Alignment with campus and families
            1. Doing this with Rachel’s Challenge
    • How can we do more community service days with students?
      • Students are involved via PCD Baseball
      • Different groups throughout the community
      • Families participate in the coat and food drive
      • Group doing art being sent to Ukarine schools
      • Group doing pet drive
      • Kids in upper school have to do a certain amount of service hours during the year
    • Doing a mentor / protégé program with new families
      • Including new families to get involved
      • Get parents for Nights for Knight / Play for PCD
      • Be able to support new families with PCD lingo – set up new families with existing families
      • Be better – be more involved
      • Each class will receive from $150 from FA to do a night out (parent night out)
        1. Can pair with another class to double funds
        2. Coordinating the event
      • Babysitting program – for parent night out
May 1st Teacher appreciation week – sidewalk chalk
 
Next meeting Feb 3rd at 8:15am
 
 
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