Annual Meeting This Thursday
We'll see you on campus this Thursday evening for our Annual Meeting. Come vote for new by-laws (which you can check out here.) We'll also be electing new board members, so we're posting the candidate's biographies here for you to read.
Board Member Candidate Biographies
Maureen Motley, Community Member
Maureen is Evergreen’s Director Emeritus and served as Executive Director from 1999-2003. She and three teachers wrote the school’s charter and, with the help of several parents, undertook the awesome task of starting the school. Maureen is largely responsible for Evergreen’s culture of caring and community, which still exists today.
Maureen holds a bachelor’s degree in drama from UNCA and a master’s degree in social work from Bryn Mawr College. She has worked as a licensed psychotherapist with both children and adults in private and public settings. She is currently the Clinical Manager at Family Preservation Services, Inc-Asheville, which is a behavioral healthcare agency providing a wide array of mental health services to children and adults.
Maureen has served on a number of boards including Central America Solidarity Organization, Rainbow Mountain Children’s School, Francine Delany New School for Children and, of course, Evergreen Community Charter School.
Maureen and her husband Stuart Zitin are the proud parents of Rachel, 21 years old and Ari, 15 years old, both Evergreen graduates.
David Spector, Parent
Dave and his family moved to Asheville two years ago, and were fortunate enough to both move in next door to Evergreen and to be able to enroll Clay as a kindergartener. The Spectors are all outdoor enthusiasts, and the Evergreen expeditionary model feels like a great match.
Dave received an MS degree in Earth Science from Montana State University in 1999, following an undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University. Through both education and experience, Dave has tried to define himself as a broad-based environmental scientist and planner, seeking middle ground between economic and environmental perspectives as a consultant, a county planner, and through his volunteer work. Dave works for CDM, an international environmental consulting firm, and is currently managing projects related to recovery of Katrina-impacted communities.
Dave has been active with several community service organizations, sitting on the Board of Directors for the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain, the Wolf River Conservation Society, and the Crosby Arboretum. He is also a Commission member for the National Heritage Area of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and sits on the City of Asheville's Sustainability Advisory Committee for Energy and the Environment.
Jason Carter, Staff
Jason is currently the 7th and 8th grade lead math teacher for Evergreen's middle school and has been so for the past three years. He has been teaching for a total of seven years. Before becoming a teacher, Jason was the head Franchise Services representative for a national music retail chain, helping store owners across the country train employees, create business plans, and improve marketing.
Jason received his B.A. in English with minors in both mathematics and women studies from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and completed education classes at both UNCA and Western Carolina University. Before teaching at Evergreen, he taught math, science and social studies at East Burke Middle School near Hickory, NC and West McDowell Junior High in Marion, NC. He is currently married to Laura Branch, Evergreen's librarian and elementary school technology instructor.
Besides teaching math, Jason has a number of other educational activities and duties. He is the primary leader for the Asheville area People to People program and travels with high school students overseas every summer. He coaches Evergreen's award-winning Science Olympiad team, takes students geocaching on a regular basis, and is currently a member of the Level II Marimba band.
Dan Leroy, Community Member
Dan Leroy has spent the last ten years designing, developing and coordinating volunteer-based ecosystem restoration and service learning programs for a variety of organizations, including Adopt-A-Watershed, the Center for Land-Based Learning and the National Park Service.
Though trained as an ecologist, Dan has a strong background in nonprofit management, youth leadership development, curriculum design, and strategic planning. He is currently working with the Clean Air Community Trust to develop a service-based, green career training program for young adults.
Susan Sachs, Community Member
Susan is an Education Coordinator at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center for Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In her current job, Susan is tasked with telling the diverse research stories of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Her favorite method for teaching about the complex issues of the park is to get people of all ages involved in the research. She feels that citizen science is the best way to give people a personal connection to the park, its issues and resources. She works primarily with middle,high school and college groups but has worked with younger ages throughout her career.
Susan grew up a city girl in Baltimore, MD, earned a BS degree in Labor Relations from the University of Maryland and worked for a labor union for two years. She figured out that her true passion was environmental education while living in Israel for a year. After traveling for another year, she came back to the states in 1991 to pursue her current career track working in education for county and national parks in Alaska, California, Arizona, Maryland and Washington, DC.
Susan has been living in Waynesville with her husband, their three dogs and a plentiful garden since 2001.
Beth Rhatigan, Parent
Beth is proud parent to Kayleigh (5th grade), Evan (2nd grade), Maggie (Kindergarten) who are in their first year at Evergreen. She and her husband have made Asheville their home since 1995. Beth home-schooled the brood for 2-1/2 years. She served as Treasurer for the parent/teacher organization at her children's previous school where she wrote and implemented the accounting processes and participated in creating the organizations by-laws.
Beth works part-time for Festival Network Online in Weaverville where she helps manage the office and provides customer service, marketing support and business analysis.
In her free time she loves to spend time outside, cook, and hang out with the kids.
Danielle Moser, parent
Danielle is the proud mom of 5th grader, Madison, and pre-schooler, Morgan (who will next year attend Evergreen's Kindergarten program). She has a passion for learning and believes Evergreen facilitates that passion in its students!
Professionally, she is a consultant for Lee Hecht Harrison, a global talent solutions company doing career and executive level coaching. She works in a virtual environment with clients from all over the US and occasionally international locations. She also is a managing partner supporting the marketing of her husband's computer service and support company, Piernone Solutions, LLC.
Danielle completed her BS in Business/Marketing from Providence College, before pursuing a Masters in Education (Human Resource Development) from the University of Southern Maine. Along the way, she also served as a Graduate Assistant with Dale Carnegie, and has completed Doctoral-level coursework in Leadership at the University of San Diego. Danielle has served on the Evergreen Board of Directors since last year.
Ron Maynard, Vice-President, parent
Ron is in his 7th year as an Evergreen parent. He and his wife, Kathy, have proudly seen their two older sons Hunter and Zach graduate, while youngest son, Colton, is in 4th grade.
Professionally, Ron shares his time between Mitchell's Tuxedos in Asheville Mall, which he and his wife own, and serving as a marketing consulting with Better Publishing producing "THE GUIDE" – Asheville's first digital phone directory.
Ron is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a BSBA Marketing and minor in Accounting. He used that expertise and partnered it with a passion for cooking to form Ronz Ribz and Asheville Hot Sauce Co.
At Evergreen, Ron serves as the vice president of the board of directors, and is active on several committees. He says, "Kathy and I are always looking for ways to give back to Evergreen because it is our family."
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Go Green with Solar Hot Water!
We've teamed with local business FLS Energy to offer you a chance to win a Solar Hot Water System - fully installed for the low ticket price of $25 - and your help is needed to sell raffle tickets. It is a primary fundraiser for Evergreen and helps promote the fact that we are a “green” school. So far only about 70 tickets have been sold, and the drawing will be held on May 31.
We need your help selling tickets OUTSIDE the Evergreen Community. A Raffle Collection sheet is available (click here for a copy). This will allow you sell tickets without having to check out actual tickets from the office. Students selling the most tickets (5 or more) will be entered into a drawing for an Apple Ipod Shuffle.
Remember, the winner can choose the solar hot water system or a $5,000 cash prize. People who want to participate in the raffle should pay now (make check to ECCS), and a receipt with ticket number will be emailed to them. For those with no email address, a ticket stub will be mailed.
The system, which includes 2 - 4x8 panels and a hot water tank, is run in series with your existing hot water tank. Depending on your solar orientation it can lower the portion of your electric bill associated with heating water by as much as 85%. FLS Energy will guarantee the delivery and installation of within a 1 1/2 hour radius of Asheville. A cash prize of $5000 is being offered as an alternative to the solar hot water system.
A minimum of 300 and no more than 1200 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held no later than May 31, 2008. You may get tickets here through PayPal or in the office! You may read the raffle procedures online.
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Who are the top spellers in grades 3-8?
This year ECCS will have its first school-wide Spelling Bee to determine our top spellers. Each classroom in grades 3-8 will send their top three spellers to the Spelling Bee to be held Monday, May 19 in the gym. Grades 3-5 will compete at 9:00 am and grades 6-8 will compete at 10:45 am.
The top speller from each grade will earn a prize and the top speller in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8 will earn a grand prize. See word lists here.
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Eco-friendly School Makeover
We have another chance at winning money for being a green school. Ford and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition are providing up to $250,000 in eco-friendly improvements to one lucky school. Complete the registration form and answer the question below to nominate Evergreen – for a chance to win. You could help make your school a cleaner, safer place.
http://fordvehicles.emipowered.net/educatetoescape/registerschool/
Contest ends May 18, 2008. Enter now. Let’s go all the way to the top this time!!!!
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Announcements
Important Dates
May 8: Spring Concert and Annual Meeting
May 12: EOG’s Begin
May 15: GRITS Science Fair
May 23: Middle School Dance
May 26: Memorial Day (No School)
May 30: Commendations
May 31: Moving up/Graduation 5-7pm (attendance required)
June 4: Last day for students/Noon dismissal
Get Your ECCS Gear at the Evergreen Fieldhouse Store
In an effort to renovate our gym Jo Smith has started an Evergreen Store. Please visit the website at http://www.fieldhouse.com/evergreenccs and view the many great items for sale. Thanks for your support.
Quilt Raffle
Just one week left to enter the quilt raffle! Some lucky person will be taking home a beautifully handcrafted quilt on May 8. If you have not purchased your chance to win please stop by the office today. Teachers will be selling raffle tickets in the parking lot this week. One ticket is only $3.00 or 4 for $10.00. You may also purchase tickets on our Evergreen shop page.
Proctors Needed!
EOG PROCTORS NEEDED!!! If you can volunteer to proctor the End-of-Grade tests the week of May 12th, please let Deborah Taylor know. The tests will be in the mornings of 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. Proctors are also needed the week before (alternative tests) and the week after (make-ups). Stop by Deborah’s office, e-mail: deborah.taylor@evergreenccs.org, or call 298-3449.
Last Day for Library Books
The week of May 6th is the last week to return books borrowed from the library. Please look around your home and gather any Evergreen library books to return. Soon you will be receiving notices in your child’s folders listing the books that are checked out in their name. Help Laura by returning all books in a timely manner. Thanks for your help.
Lost and Found
It is the end of the month again. All items in lost and found will go to the yard sale this Friday. Please check for items your child may have misplaced today or tomorrow.
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