Markville
Secondary School Council
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Participants: |
Admin team:
Stephen Bewcyk (Principal), Debbie Linkewich (Vice-Principal), Linda
DiMarco (Vice-Principal) Student Council VP:
- Brandon Aitken Parents:
Arjan Samtani (Treasurer), Lee Carwana (Secretary), Janet Wellsman
Thomson (Vice-Chair), Elaine Wilkes (subcommittee), Marguerite Ennis
(subcommittee), Joyce Chan (Chair), Robyn Craig (parent) |
Minutes
7:15
p.m. – 8:54 p.m. Library
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Welcome
& Introductions |
Joyce/Steve |
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Approval
of previous meeting minutes – deferred to
October meeting |
Joyce/All |
Student Council Report
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Brandon talked about the plans for
events this year. (I.e. Fun Fridays,
Dances, Spirit Days, Semi-formal, etc…).
Brandon to report back on the availability of an electronic version of
the student newspaper ‘The Voice’.
President of Student council is Linda |
Department Presentation
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Vicki Tavernese , Department Head,
Foreign Services Language, demonstrated, using the smart board, how versatile
and easy to manage, the FSL/International Languages site is http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/teacher/languages/index.html It would be a great asset for all
subjects to create this type of access to information about their subjects
for parents and students alike. It was
very informative. |
Council Report (Joyce/All)
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School Council Elections – all
positions have been filled, as noted above.
It should also be mentioned that the Chair is responsible for the
School Council Report. It is a 1-pg.
page summary of the year’s events. The
York Region School Board gives the Treasurer $500.00 and Markville SS matches
this with $500.00. |
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Treasurers Report will be updated for
next meeting |
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Subcommittees: Constitution – to be reviewed Parent Engagement – scheduled for
April 2009 Staff Appreciation – to follow same
format as last year 2 microwaves for student cafeteria –
this is an 0708 item; as reported by Steve, one of the microwaves was
damaged, and Steve will replace it by purchasing another one from a store |
Administration Report (Admin team)
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Growing pains were felt the beginning
of the year due to a switch in the board computer systems - from a student
admin system to a student management system.
From a Board perspective, not as much back end help needed. Training has begun, will be much better in
the long term. Some problems were had
when 100 Grade 12 students did not have a full schedule and 350 came to the
office for a schedule change. Also 200
Grade 11’s requested to change their schedule. |
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We are at our projection in terms of
student numbers, which is approximately 1,300. Hopefully no restructuring will be needed.
Have many Markham District High School students coming here for a grade 12
semester. With the opening of Bur Oak,
hope not to lose students/staff. Last
year Bur Oak had Grade 9 and 10’s.
This year they have added Grade 11 and next year they will add Grade
12. It was mentioned that a surprising
number of students return to Grade 12 to complete the credit requirements to
achieve their Highschool diploma before entering a career or continuing their
education in College, University, etc… |
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Dept presentations to come this year:
Library, Computers, Geography, Art, English, History, Tech., etc… |
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New topics to be discussed each month
– For October: Boys Club |
Action items for next meeting
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Approval of the June minutes |
Steve
to purchase a microwave from a store |
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Brandon to report back on the
availability of an electronic version of The Voice |
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Next
Meeting: Wednesday October 8th, 2008
7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. School Library
Markville Secondary School
Board Trustee: Elizabeth Richardson
Email: elizabath.richardson@yrdsb.edu.on.ca
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