2026-01-16 Retreat Pt. 2

100th Year Events

Amy

April 18th - Longhorn Run

• We will gather together at tent after race

Fall 2026 - Family Art Day @ Blanton

• Explore art together with a docent

January 23rd 2027 - 100th Birthday

• Texas Science and Natural History Museum, toast and cake

2026 Annual Fundraising - Can’t be an endowment kickoff because of how it contributes to our yearly budget. Including the verbiage in fundraising “If you want to make a bigger impact, talk with Amy about contributing to our Lab School Legacy Endowment”.

Annual Fundraising - money we can sue now

Endowment Campaign - money we can use forever

Corporate sponsors - Applied Materials? Liz can connect

Mail Campaign - Email and snail mail

Lab School Video - 2-3 minute video with interviews and classroom footage

Friday Meeting Planning

Amy

Feb 13th - Celebration for Liz and Becca
Diana Peyton - Children and Fear

Dawn Leach - Tricky convos with families

Dell Med person - Autism specialist

Push afternoon meeting idea to next year

Fab Lab Collab

Everyone

History Committee - two spring exhibits for our favorite book and our favorite recipes in lobby - Liz has instructions

• After sprint break, we can create a display for picnic letters and pictures to show the tradition of the picnic

Outdoor Classroom

• A few projects are upcoming

• Keep adding to outdoor wishlist

Everyone

Planning for week of 1/19

• Put some wooden planks for the saws we have outside. Work bench?

• Add red tunnel

• Remove some Lego blocks

• Put two clip boards away

Loose Ends

Amy

• Musical performance this spring - Palestinian band. Outside if weather is good

• Please keep track of your training document and certificates

• 4 research projects coming through - mostly older groups

• Jobs will be posted by end of January, accept and interview in spring, bring them for visit in summer

• Hiring will potentially create a chain of reactions - everyone will eventually be