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Participants: |
Nancy Elliott, Arjan Samtani, Amanda Perkins, Debbie
Linkewich, Maureen Weaver, Stephen Bewcyk, Joyce Chan, Elaine Wilkes, Archana
Seth, Marguerite Ennis, Naomi Tsuji-Tamaki, Judy Hall, Michael Tamaki, Lee
Carwana, Erise Fung |
Monday September 10, 2007
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Welcome
& Introductions |
Joyce
Chan/Steve Bewcyk |
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Approval
of the June 4th Minutes, and a big thank-you to Elaine Wilkes for
holding the Chair position for the past two years. Follow
up on item #4: School Weekly Bulletin
– events will be updated on an as needed basis and not
weekly; once MSS gets its dotcom, the outdoor tall sign will be updated to
include the website address; council info for updating will be given to Maureen
Weaver who will then issue to Mark Melnyk for updating onto the website. |
Elaine
Wilkes/Nancy Elliott Joyce
Chan/Maureen Weaver |
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Treasurer’s
Report: at the end
of 0607 fiscal, there were $0 left of board funds and $135 of non-board
funds; some of the key expenses were for the May Parent Engagement,
landscaping, and signage letters for the school. An item for the 0708 Wish List is for
microwave stations in the student cafeteria. |
Nancy
Elliott |
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SCHOOL REPORT (Steve/Debbie/Maureen)
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Anne Cape – Library Resource Centre
presentation: an overview of the
resource centre’s products and services curriculum based, were showcased
including: library etiquette (do’s and
don’ts), usage of computers, printers, scanners, copier, multimedia products,
newspapers, internet, databases; reading programs such as the White Pine;
volunteer hours; go to http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/teacher/library/libraryindex.htm
for the presentation and its products and services. |
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Amanda
Perkins Grade 11 – Student Liaison: reported on the SAC attack event which was
a fun filled and successful fundraising activity, specifically, the dunk
tanks, rides, and freezies were a hit with all. A brief mention of the passing of the teacher
Christopher Durham. He is sorely
missed. |
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Staff
Update: 8 new
teachers this year; net enrolment projected at 1285 such that an extra half
teacher for the second semester is a possibility. FYI, last year, we lost a half teacher
because the enrolment was off by 9 students. |
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OSSLT
Results: down by 1%
from last year, and confident in the overall student performance for the
upcoming year |
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Board
sponsored events: 1) Oct1
Character Matters – whole day session with a team consisting of student/admin
team/council; requested 2 spots for council; this topic is on the October
Council Agenda – very timely indeed. 2)
Oct15 School Council Forum at Bur Oak 6-9pm session
with a team consisting of admin/council; topics will be effective parent
engagement, and funding proposals; need council member(s) to volunteer to
attend this session. |
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School
sponsored event: Steve
will table with the department heads to secure topics/theme for the admin
organized November Parent Engagement evening; kudos goes to the admin team
and the teachers for the astounding November 2006 Parent Engagement
evening. Encore! |
COUNCIL REPORT (Joyce/All)
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Meeting
Guidelines: a
list of meeting dates to be issued to “Steve” the custodian who has kindly
agreed to open the Library Resource Centre by 7pm for the said dates – this
will facilitate the meeting to begin on time at 7:15pm; it was tabled that
the School Report gets 30 minutes such that the admin team gets the
flexibility of not submitting their agenda to School Council before the meeting
and that any department presentation time is included in the allotted time of
30 minutes; |
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Clarification
on Council meeting dates: here
are the set dates: Sep10 October to be issued due to the Ontario
Election Nov21 is Parent Engagement Evening organized
by the admin team (no council meeting) December – no council meeting Jan14 Feb6 March – no council meeting Apr7 May14 Parent Engagement Evening organized by
the parent council Jun4 |
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Elections: here are
the results: Treasurer
– Nancy Elliott Co-Treasurer
– Arjan Samtani Parent
Grade Reps: Grade 9 Marguerite Ennis,
and Judy Hall Grade 10
Lee Carwana Grade 11
Marguerite Ennis, Elaine Wilkes, Archana Seth Grade 12 Judy Hall, and Nancy
Elliott Chair
– Joyce Chan Deferred to October Meeting: Vice Chair, and Secretary |
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0708
List of Agenda Items: to
provide some measure of focus topics, the 0708 List will be a guide to the
council in the hopes of adding value to the education and school experience
of the students, teachers, administration, and parents |
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0708
Item #1: Communication to Parents – information
such as the council minutes, surveys, callout for volunteers, events such as
the Parent Engagement Evenings in November and May, etc, will be communicated
to Maureen Weaver who will then issue the information to Mark Melnyk for
posting onto the website; as a sidebar, we are excitedly awaiting the dotcom
to MSSJ |
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0708
Item #2: Council Website – again,
the process for council is to submit information to Maureen Weaver who will
issue to Mark Melnyk for updating the website; the frequency will not be on a
weekly basis, but will be on an as needed basis; further the 0708 dates for
council meetings and parent engagement evenings will give rise to information
sharing with parents. |
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0708
Item #3: Profiles of the
administrator, school – deferred to the October council
meeting |
PARENT REP REPORT ()
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With
the newly elected Parent Reps today, October meeting will be the first set of
reports from the Parent Reps. Congrats
to all our newly elected Parent Reps and maximize your time and effort and
table your issues; please send your agenda items to the Chair joyce@ophea.org |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING (All)
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Maureen Weaver: Library Resource Centre – Maureen Weaver to
issue document for parents to sign with respect to the resource centre
property signed out by students. |
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Next
Meeting:
Email: elizabath.richardson@yrdsb.edu.on.ca Phone