{"id":15494,"date":"2017-08-26T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/?page_id=15494"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T02:06:27","slug":"parent-group-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/parent-group-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bylaws and FAQ&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller Parent Group Bylaws<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10QoYhVEysat_D6xBQLKzNHaaxU2C9OJe\/view?usp=sharing\">2024 Steller Parent Group Bylaws<\/a> were reviewed, amended, and approved by Members on 3\/19\/2024.&nbsp; The next review should happen in 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of <\/span><b>Steller Parent Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is to enrich the lives of Steller students through the financial support and leadership from all active parents. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Steller Parent Group is part of the larger Steller Community Body which is made up of Students, Staff and Parents\/Guardians, Alumni and the Principal. The mission of SPG is to promote parent and guardian involvement in school activities, to solicit, address, and make recommendations regarding issues and policy facing the Steller Community, and to support fundraising activities and facilitate the disbursement of (those) funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPG is made up of the three pillars of our school: Students, Staff, Parents &amp; Guardians, and every one is <\/span><b>automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a member of the Steller Parent Group. Donations are not required for membership. Your participation, your voice, and your vote are all essential to the health and effectiveness of this community group.&nbsp; All members can bring a proposal, a funding request, or communicate ideas or concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meetings<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>Steller Parent Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meets in Joe&#8217;s room or via Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month for an hour and a half from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.&nbsp; Watch for e-mail announcements via <\/span><b>The Flash<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or watch our Facebook group for any updates to our schedule.&nbsp; You are highly encouraged to come join in the discussion and participate in helping shape our school. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/steller-parent-group-meetings\/\">HERE<\/a> for the meeting schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Budget<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller Parent Group is a charitable organization to which contributions are tax-deductible.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a typical year most money raised through Parent Group goes to four areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPG Operational expenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller Parent Group expenses (Welcome BBQ, Staff Appreciation etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School expenses ( Souper Steller, Ice Cream Social, Steller Olympics etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grants:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller Travel Intensives&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intensives&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Program Support (Band trips, art supplies etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passages &amp; Special Projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-2025-SPG-Budget-Document-1.pdf\">2024-2025 SPG Budget <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/4.-2023-SPG-Budget-Document.pdf\">&nbsp;2023 SPG Budget <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2022-2023-Budget.pdf\">2022-2023 Budget<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vote-for-Steller-Parent-Group-Budget-2021-2022-2.pdf\">2021-2022 Budget<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-SPG-Proposed-Budget.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 SPG Budget<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finance Committee&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All members of the Steller Community (Students, Staff, Parents &amp; Guardians) are welcome to make requests for funding to the SPG.&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/requests-for-funding\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed forms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must be emailed to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:chairstellerparentgroup@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chairspg2@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; on the first of the month to be considered at that month&#8217;s SPG meeting.&nbsp; They will then be reviewed by the Finance Committee (SPG Chair, Treasurer,&nbsp; Student, Principal, Member at Large) and then brought to a vote at the next meeting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-mail<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All communication intended for the officers of the Steller Parent Group can be sent to: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:stellerparentgroup@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stellerparentgroup@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For a list of current officers and their addresses, see below.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailbox&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The school office maintains a physical mailbox for the parent group.&nbsp; You are welcome to drop donation checks, letters, or any other matters pertaining to the group in this mailbox.&nbsp; Mail is generally picked up by the Treasurer every other week.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>Steller Parent Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is responsible for and maintains the following website:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.stellerschool712.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; This site is separate from the official website maintained by ASD staff (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asdk12.org\/steller\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.asdk12.org\/steller<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp; We maintain our own website to allow greater parent access,&nbsp; flexibility of content, and greater ease of updating information.&nbsp; Need to add or change something to our website or post an update to The Flash news feed?&nbsp; E-mail communicationspg2@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flash (Daily News Feed)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get news and post news using The Flash. &nbsp; Parents and staff both submit news and school information to be delivered via this email news feed.&nbsp; To subscribe, visit our website <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stellerschool712.org<\/span><\/a>&nbsp; dont forget to<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.us15.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=e7333166d0ebbde5bd259a462&amp;id=d898ed9d23\">&nbsp;SUBSCRIBE<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong> You will get a confirmation e-mail.&nbsp; To post school related news, email your article to&nbsp; communicationsteller@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulletin Board<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a dedicated bulletin board space on the wall right next to the Library.&nbsp; There you will find things like: Meeting Minutes, Financial Reports, and Fundraising Goals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are on Facebook<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We encourage all current members of the Steller Community&nbsp; to join the Steller Parent Group on Facebook at:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/stellerparentgroup\"><b>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/stellerparentgroup<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a public Facebook Page for Alumni and public information as well: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steller\"><b>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steller<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donations<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller Parent Group is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization and we accept donations to help fund school programs and support our students in many ways.&nbsp; Checks can be made out to <\/span><b>Steller Parent Group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and dropped off in the school office.&nbsp; Credit card donations can be made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/support-steller-2\/\">via Square<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; Your donations are tax deductible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officers (2024-2025)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>Chair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dee Dee Zobian (chairspg2@gmail.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-chair: <\/strong>Sarah Burke (<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chairspg2@gmail.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Treasurer: <\/b>Becky Cummings<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(<\/span><a href=\"mailto:stellerpg@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stellerpg@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Co-Treasurer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Melanie Wahl (as of 1\/6\/25)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Secretary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lea McKenna <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(secretarySPG2@gmail.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-Secretary:<\/strong> Lisa Wells<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(secretarySPG2@gmail.com)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Standing Committees (2024-2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Fundraising Chair: <\/b>Monica Perez-Verdia (fundraisingSPG2@gmail.com)<\/p>\n<p><b>Co-Fundraising Chair: <\/b>Charity Bangerter (fundraisingSPG2@gmail.com)<\/p>\n<p><b>Communications:<\/b> &nbsp;Vacant Position<\/p>\n<p><b>Finance Committee:<\/b> Members welcome, please contact stellerparentgroup@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>50th Anniversary Committee:<\/strong> Ky Hollingsworth (50yearspg2@gmail.com)<\/p>\n<p>Updated October 23, 2024 by Dee Dee Zobian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Steller Parent Group Bylaws 2024 Steller Parent Group Bylaws were reviewed, amended, and approved by Members on 3\/19\/2024.&nbsp; The next review should happen in 2027. The purpose of Steller Parent Group is to enrich the lives of Steller students through the financial support and leadership from all active parents. 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