Link to September Agenda and Self Nomination Form

Reminder to parents interested in attending the first virtual St Philip School Council Meeting on Monday September 28th at 6:30.

**to receive a Google Meet invitation please email Dana @ danakean@gmail.com to indicate you wish to attend.

Link to September Agenda:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m0ITf0f3Ath8Zk8xFzRujWRz0BtwTFdQ/view?usp=sharing

Link to Self Nomination Form (submit to danakean@gmail.com by Sunday September 27):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mr5iHCMdCwlbwHkJ83txzO9aOKpnPH3ZcqNfpv7OkAM/edit?usp=sharing

Welcome Back to School! First School Council Meeting 09/28/2020 @6:30PM

 Hello and welcome to a new school year at St. Philip School:)  

Please mark your calendars for the very first St. Philip Catholic School Council meeting of the year!

Monday September 28th at 6:30PM 
(Virtual Meeting using Google Meet)

**to receive a Google Meet invitation please email Dana @ danakean@gmail.com to indicate you wish to attend.

All interested parents are invited to attend. At this meeting we will elect a new St. Philip Catholic School Council for the 2020-2021 school year.

Each Catholic School Council functions as an advisory body to the School Principal

and the Board and can make recommendations to the Principal or the Board on any matter.  

All Elected Catholic School Council members will:

●   participate in C.S.C. meetings, vote on issues as required

●   be committed to the improvement of the school

●   act as a link between the C.S.C. and the community

●   encourage the participation of parents from all groups and of other people within the school community

All parents are welcome to attend meetings throughout the school year.

You do not need to be a council member to attend meetings, any parent can do so.

Only elected members of a school council have voting privileges.  By checking off the box to become a "voting member at large" you will be able to vote on decisions made by council.  Please plan to attend a majority of meetings this year if you make this choice as we must have quorum in order to pass any votes.

Any executive position can be put to a vote at this meeting if there are more than one person interested in the position.  This year, the position of secretary is vacant at this time. All other positions have indicated they are willing to return if needed.  If you are interested in an executive position other than secretary, please contact Dana Kean to discuss further.

Please see the 2020/21 self nomination form located on the right hand side of this page
under "Important Forms" for more details. Forms can be submitted electronically to danakean@gmail.com.

June Virtual School Council Meeting Scheduled June 15, 6:30PM

A virtual St. Philip School Council meeting for June will be held Monday June 15th during our normal school council time slot from 6:30-7:30.

At this meeting we will review the school council financials from March to June and discuss wrap up items for the 2019-2020 school year.   This will include updating our year end budget based on fundraising that was cancelled (part of Session 2 and all of Session 3 hot lunches, Fun Fair, etc) as well as expenses that were cancelled due to school closure.  Normally we would also start to do planning for the 2020-2021 school year so we will discuss as best we can plans for next year in this time of uncertainty.

As always, the documentation for our meeting will be posted in the school council drive here:

Agendas: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16UC6WFdP7p9pwrh7XzwKZvHnJ1vxxvu0?usp=sharing (June Agenda now available)
Meeting Minutes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wGz3NRrQdj-DkHBmXPHBaVcJ_KeVlbMt?usp=sharing
Financial Reports: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XiNz-hvKglnoJcWitzIOCLIyNMm_Ylc1?usp=sharing

Any member of the school community is welcome to tune in and join our virtual meeting.  Please email danakean@gmail.com if you would like an invite.

Hot Lunch Program refunds now being processed

Update on Hot Lunch Program Refunds:

Refunds are now being applied for the school council run hot lunch program.
We have tested out the process and noted the following:

1) The refund will be applied to the PayPal account where you made the hot lunch payment.  If you do not have a PayPal account (you chose to pay as a "guest") you will get an email indicating that you will receive a refund.  If you create a PayPal account, you can monitor the progress of the refund.

2) The refund may take up to ten days to be processed (credited) to PayPal.  You can view the refund amount, but it will remain in "pending" state until the funds are released by PayPal.  Once the funds are cleared, the refund should be applied to the credit card you used for the purchase. It may take an additional few days to be processed to your credit card.  Please be patient.

3) If your credit card has changed or they are unable to credit your original credit card, the funds should be credited to your PayPal account.  If  you don't already have a PayPal account, you should create one using the email you used for the hot lunch transaction.  At this point, you can choose to:

a) leave the funds in your PayPal account and use them to make purchases as a PayPal credit.

b) link your bank account to your PayPal and transfer the funds to your bank account.  Again, there is a PayPal delay (a few days) to release the funds from PayPal to your bank account.

4) You can check your hot lunch account to verify the correct amount has been credited under the "Orders" tab.  Select "Account Transactions".

Any issues with refunds, please contact us via the hot lunch email account st_philip_lunches@bell.net or directly to danakean@gmail.com.

Thank you for your patience!

Sincerely,
Dana Kean and Suzanne Easton