School Community Council

School Community Council is the forum in which parents and guardians can contribute and have direct input in the following ways:

  • Meet once monthly to support school improvement and student success through shared decision-making

  • Develop a plan for the allocation of School LAND Trust money and other school plans

  • Examine important school issues and consider solutions

  • Disseminate information to the community about school progress and student success

  • Bring new ideas and concerns from the community to the school administration

  • Help promote the many successes of Diamond Fork Middle School

School Community Council is integral in developing the Diamond Fork Middle School Land Trust Plan as part of the Teacher and Student Success Plan (TSSP) (formerly the "School Improvement Plan") and how funds should be allocated in order to improve our school. Please take a minute to read and view the Trust Land Plans by clicking on the links provided in under the Trust Lands Tab.

Here is the list of the School Community Council Members for the 2024-2025 school year:

Parent Members:

Amy Baird (year 1) 

Email Amy Baird

Courtney Frost (year 1)

Email Courtney Frost

Becky Gwilliam (year 2, term 2) 

Email Becky Gwilliam

Brooke Bigelow (year 2)

Email Brooke Bigelow

Faculty Members:

Cecily Yeager--Principal

Email Cecily Yeager

Sandy Caceres -- Counselor 

Email Sandy Caceres

Ashanti Blackmon --  Teacher

Email Ashanti Blackmon

Non-Voting Participants:    

Anthony Bowden (Assistant Principal)

Email Anthony Bowden

Josh Jensen- Dean of Students (Facilitator)

Email Josh Jensen

Here is the list of scheduled meetings for this school year.  Meetings will usually be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 3:00 PM in the conference room at DFMS.

  • September 12, 2024

  • October 10, 2024

  • November 14, 2024

  • December 12, 2024 (option to have the meeting canceled)

  • January 9, 2025

  • February 13, 2025

  • March 13, 2025

  • April 10, 2025

  • May (no meeting)

If you would like to be a part of the council in the future, you do have the opportunity to run for a seat on the council.  Nominations will be called for the first week of August. If elections become necessary, they will be held annually in the third week of August. Elections will be held online and in person. More information will be sent electronically to parents and available in the front office in August.

Diamond Fork Middle School Community Council meetings are always open to the public and your input is invited and welcome. You may attend as often as you like and your ideas will be heard and considered.  

Rules of Order and Procedure

Trust Lands

2023-2024 DFMS Truslands Plan

2022-2023 DFMS Truslands Plan

2021-22 DFMS Trustlands Plan

2020-21 DFJHS Trustlands Final Report

2018-19 DFJHS Trustlands Final Report

2019-20 DFJHS Trustlands Plan

Trustlands Funding: 

2014-15: $64,171

2015-16: $75,498

2016-17: $82,304

2017-18: $103,597

2018-19: $122,645

2019-20: $144,667

2020-21: $151,903

2021-22:  $138,400

2022-23: $135,439

2023-24: $147,000

Each year we have the opportunity to distribute LAND Trust Program monies for the benefit of our school. At the beginning of each school year, we give an update of how funds were spent for the previous school year.  For example, in the 2022-23 school year we distributed approximately $135,439 to help with student achievement.

If you would like to know more about Trust Lands and the role of the Community Council, you may reference the official School Land Trust Program website.

School Land Trust

Training Videos

Follow the link to view the SCC member training videos entitled, Touch the Future and Earning for Education. Viewing the videos is a requirement for all SCC members.

Training Videos

Minutes/Agendas