The final meeting of the Valleyfield Parent Council for the 2013/2014 school year took place on June 5, 2014. It's been a great year and the Council has made a lot of progress in the school. Thank you to everyone who worked on and supported the Council this year and we wish everyone a safe and happy summer.
Valleyfield Parent Council Meeting – June 5, 2014
·
Staff looking forward to June staff meeting – to
decide what to continue/what to move/what to start for the new year
·
Thanks to co-chairs and executive for work
·
Looking forward to more community involvement
through Abdi
·
Class placement meetings to take place next week
– academic strengths/areas of need
o
used to help balance out classes by using
feedback from current teacher
o
try to build high/medium/lower level reading
groups in all classes
o
with combined classes – look for more
independent students
o
children will find out who teacher is in Sept.
·
Staffing Changes
o
New ECE starting in September – info will come
out in newsletter
o
New primary teacher coming as well
o
New FI teacher to be joining staff
o
Mr. Kozaris to be leaving for a middle school
o
Mme. Bicaku will be leaving as well to teach in
a school closer to her home
·
EQAO is completed
·
Achieved first Valleyfield Banner – soccer team-
Congratulations!
o
11 competitors to go to next level of competition
·
Ambassadors helping with Kindergarten Open House
– June 16 @ 5pm
·
Welcome bag given to kids when they come in
·
Play day – June 17 – World Cup Theme with
Ambassadors assisting again
·
Golf clinic – June 13
·
School play coming along nicely
·
STEM – Ms. Vasillaros has organized students
from York U to come to do a workshop/lesson on what STEM should look like
o
for primary grades, Ms. Vasillaros will do a
demonstration with another teacher
o
will begin in September
·
Ms. Rattner will join Admin Team – to join Mme.
Bruce and Ms. Vasillaros
·
Kindergarten yard will be installed this summer
·
Ordered material for PRO Grant for this year –
waiting for presenter – to launch workshop in September
·
Ambassadors to award students with “ballots” for
drinking water – draws for backpacks filled with school supplies.
o
backpacks donated through Staples
o
drinking fountains have filler spout (filtered)
Committee Updates
1.
Budget Update
a.
No treasurer position for 2013/2014
b.
Wanted to focus on the classroom kit for
2013/2014
c.
To plan for 2014/2015 – will sit with Model
Schools to determine monies available for workshops/etc.
d.
Model Schools money ($14,600) went to pay for:
i. bus
to vision clinic
ii. costs
for glasses
iii. sports
equipment purchase
iv. learning
partnership (kindergarten bags)
v. field
trip buses
vi. small
allocation for mileage club
vii. Groove
eduction (dance workshops)
viii. Clay
artists
ix. Spring
Play
x. Duffelbag
theatre presentation
xi. Scientists
in the School
xii. Laptop
purchase (12 laptops)
xiii. Vision
clinic
e.
Graduation for Gr. 5-6 and year-end outing
f.
Dance-A-Thon money also to be used for STEM
workshop
g.
To purchase a tent for sports team
h.
To purchase a banner for sports team
2.
All bins have been filled for classroom kits –
money still left over from Dance-A- Thon fundraiser ($872) – still to do
kindergarten classes
3.
Teacher Appreciation Potluck/Lunch
a.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
b.
Abdi to bring East African Samosas x 250
c.
Council to create/maintain list of who will
bring what
d.
Library – 11:00 am
4.
Year End BBQ & Fun – June 17
a.
Theme is World Cup Soccer
b.
Recommend purchasing cooler (with wheels)
c.
Need freezies
d.
To have hot dogs and watermelon (talk to Rahima)
e.
Consider face painting/temporary tattoos
5.
Parent Engagement 2014/2015
a.
Need to focus on meet & greet
b.
Organize workshops – perhaps use space at
another school
i. find
out what workshops parents want
ii. consider
having coffee/etc. available at curriculum night and surveying parents at that
time
c.
Make sure information is getting out to parents
d.
Rejuvenate class parent representatives –
delineate roles and what they would be needed for
6.
Parents Reaching Out (PRO) Grant 2014/2015
a.
STEM theme for 2014/2015
7.
2014/2015 Parent Council Election
a.
To be completed at first meeting of 2014/2015
school year
b.
Sarah to provide MDM with information to be used
to inform parents about Parent Council
i. provide
information at curriculum night
Teacher Feedback
·
No teacher feedback
Q&A
·
Do we have to funnel pizza lunch money to snack
program? Need to provide some money back
in order to keep grants in line.
·
Could we have more pizza lunches?
o
had almost 2 per month – could go to once/week
as long as volunteers are available
o
need to get a pizza lunch coordinator to shadow
for one year
o
to look for another provider that can provide
Halal with volume and at school rate – provide plates and napkins
o
not to expand to kindergarteners
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