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School Community Council

Table of Contents
Meeting Schedule
Council Members
LAND Trust
Additional Information
Elections
Meeting Archives

Welcome to our schools Community Council. Our purpose is to address the academic needs of students at the local level by evaluating and providing opportunities and programs for their benefit.

Meeting Schedule and Agenda

Community members are invited to attend council meetings, but do not hold influence over council discussion points or decisions. If you have a concern for your Community Council, please reach out before-hand to one of the council members.

  • Location: Conference Room at Orchard Elementary
  • Time: 3:15 PM
  • Next Agenda: At this time, there is no agenda to review.
  • Schedule: 1st Wednesday of the month, unless noted by *
  • Meeting Dates:
    • 19/8/2022
    • 10/12/2022
    • 11/2/2022
    • 12/7/2022
    • No Meeting
    • 2/1/2023
    • 3/1/2023
    • 4/5/2023
    • 5/3/2023

Council Members

Council Members are chosen by election and are a mixture of school staff and community members. Candidacy and election procedures begin before each school year.

Contact information for council members can be requested by contacting the School's Principal.
You can also send a message to any council member in care of a message sent to the School's Principal.

Connie TorresChair
Ann PetersonVice Chair
Ashley RegelSecretary
Renae ReidTeacher
Crista HoltPrincipal
Contact Council Member

All fields are requied*

 

Serving on the Community Council allows parents to directly influence the way LAND Trust funds are used during the school year, which can include programs, materials, and other education-based solutions.

LAND Trust

LAND Trust is a school funding program that provides discretionary funds for academic and student success. For more information about this program, visit the LAND Trust Program website.

The actual, current, and expected funding history for each school can be found online using the LAND Trust Funding Report.

Additional Information

These are additional resources that explain more about Community Council.

  • Rules of Order and Procedure
  • School Community Council Handbook
  • Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

Council Elections

Elections are not in progress at this time.

Meeting Archives

We only keep minutes for the current school year and the previous 3 school years. If you need older minutes, please reach out to a council member, and we'll do our best to accommodate you.

2022-2023

  • September Minutes
  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • December Minutes

2021-2022

  • September Minutes
  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • December Minutes
  • January Minutes

2020-2021

  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • December Minutes

2019-2020

  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • January Minutes
  • February Minutes

Welcome to our school’s Community Council. Our purpose is to address the academic needs of students at the local level by evaluating and providing opportunities and programs for their benefit.

School Community Councils are elected parent/guardian and employee representatives who work together with the principal to increase student achievement. By law, the council is responsible to review school data and develop plans for school improvement. Councils also allocate the LAND Trust funds to assist the school in reaching achievement goals. Please see the Granite District web page for more information regarding the roles and responsibilities of community councils.

Council Members

Council Members are chosen by election and are a mixture of school staff and community members. Candidacy and election procedures begin before each school year.

Contact information for council members can be requested by contacting the School’s Principal. You can also send a message to any council member in care of a message sent to the School’s Principal

Meeting Dates

Community members are invited to attend council meetings, but do not hold influence over council discussion points or decisions. If you have a concern for your Community Council, please reach out before-hand to one of the council members.

When: 1st Wednesday of the month, unless noted by *. The meetings start at 3:15 and will meet in the Conference Room at Orchard Elementary. If you can not make the meeting in person here is a link to join the meeting virtually: https://graniteschools-org.zoom.us/j/83398688644?pwd=T1FVeTYvVmtoZmQ0ZG15czJwajMxZz09

  • *September 8th, 2022 CC Meeting Minutes
  • *October 12th @ 1:15 , 2022 CC Meeting Minutes
  • November 2nd, 2022 CC Meeting Minutes
  • December 7th, 2022 CC Meeting Minutes
  • January 4th, 2023
  • February 1st, 2023
  • March 1st, 2023
  • April 5th, 2023
  • May 3rd, 2023

School Land Trust Fund 

LAND Trust is a school funding program that provides discretionary funds for academic and student success. For more information about this program, visit the LAND Trust Program Website.

2021 – 2022 School Land Trust Plan

Funding History and Their Use 

The actual, current, and expected funding history for each school can be found online using the LAND Trust Funding Report.

The yearly reports can be found online using LAND Trust Public Reports – Choose Granite as the district, Orchard as the school, click on the year you want to see, and then Yearly Report.

Additional Information 

  • Rules of Order and Procedure
  • SCC Handbook
  •  Teacher and Student Success Plan

Council Council Minute Archives

2021-2022

  • 9-13-2021 Minutes
  • 10-11-2021Minutes
  • 11-8-2021 Minutes
  • 12-13-2021 Minutes
  • January 10th 2022 Agenda
  • February 14th 2022
  • March 14th 2022
  • April 18th 2022
  • May 9th 2022

2020-2021

  • CC 10.1.2020
  • CC 11-12-2020
  • CC 12-10-2020
  • CC 1-21-2021
  • CC 2-18-2020
  • CC 3-09-2021
  • CC 4-15-2021 Agenda (1)
  • CC 5-13-2021 Agenda

2019-2020

  • Community Council 10-19
  • Community Council 11-19
  • December 3rd 2019
  • Community Council 1-7-2020
  • Community Council 2-3-2020
  • March 3rd 2020
  • April 7th 2020
  • May 5th 2020

2018-2019

  • CC Minutes 9.11.18
  • CC Minutes 10.1.18
  •  CC Minutes 11.3.18
  •  CC Minutes12.5.18
  • January 8 2019 No Meeting 
  • CC Minutes2.5.19
  • CC Minutes 3.5.19
  • April 9 2019
  • May 14 2019

2017-2018

  • September 12 2017
  • October 10 2017
  •  CC Minutes 11-14-17
  •  CC Minutes 12-12-17
  • CC Minutes 1-9-18
  •  CC Minutes 2-20-18
  •  CC Agenda 3-13-18
  •  CC Agenda 4-10-18
  •  CC Minutes 5.8.18

2016-2017

  •   CC Minutes 9-13-17
  •   CC Minutes Oct.11
  • cc-minutes-11-1-16
  • December 13 2016  12-13-16-cc-agenda
  • January 10 2017   No Meeting
  • *February 7 2017*  No Meeting
  •   CC Minutes 3-14-17
  • April 11 2017  No Meeting
  •   CC Minutes 5-9-17

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School PrincipalCrista Holt
Main Office Phone(385)646-4954
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School Address6744 West 3800 SouthWest Valley, UT 84128(View Google Map)
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Recent News

From the Blog

Ms. Holt’s Weekly Update 3-9-2023

March 9, 2023 by tfarley

March 9, 2023 Orchard Families, If you have a child or know anyone with a child that will be five before September 1, 2023, please come to our office next week to register for kindergarten. This will allow us to get all the required information ...

Read Ms. Holt’s Weekly Update 3-9-2023

PTA Read-A-Thon Fundraiser

February 27, 2023 by tfarley

Dear Parents and Students, Today we kicked-off our PTA Read-A-Thon fundraiser! The Read-A-Thon starts today 2/27/2023 and goes until 3/17/2023. Attached are the pages that came home in a packet today about the fundraiser. The first goal is to ...

Read PTA Read-A-Thon Fundraiser

Ms. Holt’s Weekly Update 2-22-2023

February 22, 2023 by tfarley

February 22, 2023 Orchard Families,Our Cyprus Network Superintendent Town Hall is at Cyprus High School on February 28, 2023, at 6:30 pm. Attached is more information about the event.Are you interested in joining our PTA board next school year? ...

Read Ms. Holt’s Weekly Update 2-22-2023

2/22/2023 Distant Learning Day

February 21, 2023 by tfarley

Dear Granite District Parents and Families, Due to significant snowfall with the ongoing winter storm and under advisement from the Governor’s Office and the Utah Department of Transportation who both advise limiting travel to the highest extent ...

Read 2/22/2023 Distant Learning Day

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