The minutes for the October meeting have been approved.
October 2014 - Approved
The minutes for the November meeting have been drafted. They will be approved at the next meeting.
November 2014 - Draft
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Upcoming Workshops
"Parenting Now: Achieving Success in Math and Beyond" will be held on the morning of Saturday, November 15th
at St. Patrick's High School (see poster). Join us for informative
sessions for parenting of children of all ages, free breakfast and
displays from community partners.
Keynote
speaker is Dr. Marian Small, speaking about "Supporting Your Child's
Math Learning". The keynote will be followed by a series of classroom
sessions. Topics include parenting, kindergarten, special education and
support for parents, technology and internet safety, mental health,
social skills and more. A 3 hour "safeTALK" training (Suicide
awareness) will also be offered (free) as part of this event. More
information is available on the CSPA website www.ottawacspa.ca.
Parenting: Teens and Sexuality: A Catholic Conversation with
Jason Evert for parents and teachers. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7:00 - 8:30
pm at St. Paul High School. Jason offers communication techniques,
resources, statistics and a wealth of information to assist parents in
their task as the primary sex educators of their children.
Algonquin College Parent Information Session
Come learn about what college offers today's students. Thursday, November 6th, 6 PM at Algonquin. Tours of campus, speak with staff and students. Parents and students welcome!
Links to all these events are on the CSPA website and event calendar.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
School Council Minutes
The minutes for the September meeting have been approved.
The minutes for the October meeting have been drafted. They will be approved at the next meeting.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
September 2014 School Council Minutes ~Drafted & Not Approved
Members Present
Council:
Co-Chair Tracy Dunn
Co-Chair Erica Leveque
Co-Treasurer Lori-anne Bond
Co-Treasurer Colleen Piercey
Secretary Robbie Zwolak
Community Rep Cara McNulty
Parish Rep Dana Kean
CSPA Rep Cynthia Greene / Colleen Piercey
Parents At Large:
Anita DiPaolo
Christine Poirier
Heidi Pierunek
Janet Fisher
Jennifer Kearns
Jodi Eady
Lori O'Brien
Sara McDonald
Sue Gonsalves
Suzanne Easton
Tanya Wagdin
Tina Sul
School Representatives:
Brian Kelly – Principal
Kelly Butler - Teacher
Parent Attendees:
Rebecca Swedlove
Suzanne Baird
Maja Kramer
Agenda Item
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Decision / Action
Taken
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Person(s)
Responsible
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Welcome
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Call to order: 18:30
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Cara McNulty
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Prayer
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Brian Kelly
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Review and Approval of Previous Minutes
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Minutes from previous meeting (June 2014) were not available.
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Review and Approval of Agenda
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1st: Anita DiPaolo
2nd: Tina Sul
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Round Table
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Introductions of people present.
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Nominations
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Co-Chairs: Tracy Dunn and Erica Leveque
Co-Treasurers: Lori-anne Bond and Colleen Piercey
Secretary: Robbie Zwolak
Community Rep: Cara McNulty
Parish Rep: Dana Kean
CSPA Rep: Cynthia Greene
There was some confusion as to what the roles and responsibilities
were for Alternative Parent Rep and Parent at Large. A clarification e-mail will be sent out
with a link to the Constitution to verify if parents wish to still be a
member or whether to just attend meetings when available and volunteer to
help with various initiatives.
|
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Financial
|
The opening balance is $16,167.72, of which $16,000 was set aside in
June for School Yard Improvement.
Council will look into setting up a separate account to hold the
funds for the School Yard Improvement.
|
Anita DiPaolo
Lori-Anne Bond
Colleen Piercey
|
Principal Report
|
EQAO scores from last year
Gr
3 Gr 6 (Gr 3)
Reading 86% 80% (59%)
Writing 100% 83% (68%)
Math 75% 63% (62%)
Grade 6 students have shown an improvement from their scores from
grade 3.
CSPA Healthy Relations
Terry Fox Run - 2014-09-26
First Mass - 2014-10-02
PD Day – 2014-10-10
$4,200 in the school account marked as School Council. Need to look into if these funds are from
Council, for Council, or a bit of both.
Will be getting another primary section. Classes are expected to be rearranged by
2014-09-29.
|
Brian Kelly
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Teacher Report
|
Kelly Butler and Colleen Bailey will alternate.
Sports teams for the year are as follows:
Soccer
(September)
Cross Country
(October)
Badminton
(January)
Handball
(February)
Basketball
(April)
Ultimate
Frisbee (May)
Track &
Field (June)
Some clubs have started:
Choir
Green Team
Genius (coming
soon)
There is currently a decent number of iPads in the school. Netbooks are outdated and the batteries are
at the end of their life (need to be plugged in). Some Chromebooks have been purchased and
teachers would like Council’s support in purchasing additional ones.
|
Kelly Butler
|
Lunch Program
|
Approximately $5K will be raised this session.
Tina Sul will be taking over from Erica Leveque next session.
Looking into alternate pizza supplier (currently Pizza Pizza).
|
Erica Leveque
Tina Sul
|
Fundraising
|
We will continue with QSP Magazine subscriptions as it brings in a
lot of funds (Council gets ~37% of sales, about $4K in profit).
Anita has agreed to again organize this.
|
Anita DiPaolo
|
Council Goals for Coming Year
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Continue with:
Christmas Social
Fund Fair
Gift of
Reading
PRO grant – with family of schools, to be held at Sacred Heart (Math
based)
Open the parent library.
Establish Yard Improvement and Yard Maintenance committees.
Expand the use of the Council Blog for communications.
Updates to:
Welcome
Package for new students
Constitution
(especially use of e-mail voting)
|
Tracy Dunn
Erica Leveque
|
Next Meeting
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2014-10-20
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Adjournment
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19:50
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Cara McNulty
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