CLIPCO March Meeting Highlights

🎉 Community & Program Updates

• Lunar New Year Festival at Miller was a huge success — full of performances, lion dance, and strong community spirit! 🧧
• CLIP students participated in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade, with performances featured on district media.
• Silent Auction raised over $7K and concluded on March 14.
• Book Fair at Muir wrapped up successfully, featuring a fun prize wheel for students.
• Recent & upcoming events:
  • 🧮 Math Kangaroo (March 19) had 170+ student participants
  • 🔬 Science Fair (May) — planning is underway with a multi-night format

🏫 School Updates

Muir Elementary

• Chinese New Year Parade participation went very well.
• School Site Council meeting took place on March 12.
• We celebrated the retirement of a longtime staff member after 47 years of service 💐

Miller Middle School

• Lunar New Year Festival brought the community together in a meaningful celebration of culture.
• CLIP students hosted booths and performed during the event.
• Math placement information for Grades 6–7 was released on March 13.

💰 Financial Snapshot

• February income highlights:
  • $4K LNY sponsorship
  • $9.7K stock donation (+ company match pending)
  • $8K DGC donations + match
• Early donations have started coming in for the 2026–27 school year.
• Expenses included teacher support, student T-shirts, and robotics programming.
• 94% of annual fundraising goal achieved — on track to meet 100% by July.
• 74% of budget spent to date; remaining funds will support programs through the end of the year.

📊 Fundraising & Giving Updates

• ~$80K in company matching donations are pending and expected soon.
• Early DGC momentum has been strong, with families already pledging for next year.
• Apple 2:1 matching campaign communications were shared via ParentSquare and Konstella.

📘 CLIPCO Updates

• The new CLIPCO website redesign is now live — thank you to our parent volunteers!
• A draft Gift Acceptance & Fund Policy was introduced to ensure fairness and equity:
  • Large restricted donations require board approval
  • Focus on equitable distribution across classrooms/grades
  • Portion of restricted gifts supports the broader CLIP community

🧑‍🏫 Programs & Staffing

• Recess 101 program is continuing through June.
• Planning is underway for next year’s program and staffing (decision expected by summer).

📅 Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (in person)

See attached for full meeting notes.