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CLIPCO September Meeting Highlights
Fri, Oct 9 8:47pm

CLIPCO September Meeting Highlights

🎉 Community & Upcoming Events

  • Multicultural Night — September 25! CLIPCO is preparing for a wonderful celebration of our community’s cultures. Volunteers and event support are needed!

  • 🎃 Trunk or Treat — October 30 at Muir.

  • 📚 Muir’s Book Fair and parent-teacher conferences are coming October 1–9.

  • 🧮 Math Kangaroo team event is coming in November, with the individual competition in March.

  • Thank you to all the volunteers who help make CLIP events possible!

🏫 School Updates

Muir Elementary

  • A new Chinese Culture Class for 4th and 5th graders begins this month, featuring Lion Dance and Chinese cultural traditions, history, etiquette, and values.

  • Recess 101 continues with a new coach, and the program now includes 4th and 5th graders.

  • The school is planning safety walk drills, beginning with 5th grade. Volunteer opportunities will be shared as details become available.

Miller Middle School

  • Chinese Power Hour has started!

  • The Back-to-School Bash is September 17 — families are welcome on campus.

  • Lunchtime clubs are helping students build connections, and 11 teams have signed up for Battle of the Books.

💰 Financial Snapshot

  • CLIPCO ended the 2025–26 fiscal year with approximately $73K in net income for the period, after beginning the year about $60K behind.

  • Total assets increased by $184K year over year, largely due to investment performance.

  • CLIPCO’s goal remains to operate around break-even and reinvest available funds into programs that benefit our students.

  • Approximately $375K in PTO Grant funding is due October 31, with another $125K due December 31.

📊 Direct Give Campaign (DGC)

  • The campaign, “Together We Make CLIP Possible,” runs through September 25.

  • As of early September, 49% of the fundraising goal has been reached, or 51% including Apple’s 2:1 match.

  • Family participation is currently 38% overall: 41% at Muir and 33% at Miller. Our goal is 100% family participation!

  • Kindergarten is leading the pizza/popsicle party standings, with middle school grades close behind.

  • A new bilingual dashboard tracks donations and participation by grade.

  • A student T-shirt design competition and community sponsor initiative are planned to help offset campaign costs.

Every family’s participation helps support the CLIP community. Please share the campaign with friends and family who may wish to support our programs!

🙌 Volunteers Needed

CLIPCO is looking for committee leads and volunteers for:

  • Chinese New Year Parade

  • Lunar New Year Festival

  • Trunk or Treat and Decorations

  • Girls on the Run (co-lead needed)

  • Safety Patrol (co-lead needed)

  • Yearbook photography

  • Walkathon

Please consider getting involved — our programs depend on parent volunteers!

📘 CLIPCO Board Updates

  • The Board approved an additional $850 for mandatory reporter training credits, allowing up to 100 more volunteers to complete training.

  • The Board approved a one-year pilot to accept cryptocurrency donations through every.org, which converts donations to cash so CLIPCO does not directly hold cryptocurrency.

  • The proposal to expand glazed-clay art projects beyond 5th grade was tabled for further discussion.

📅 Next Board Meeting: Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 6 PM.

See attached for the full meeting notes.