School Council Minutes - January 2025

Date: January 13, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Welcome

6:30-6:35 pm

Executive Council 2024-2025:
Co-chairs: J. Rosekat / L. Rotman Gruneir
Secretary: L. Simpson
Co-treasurers: R. Senanayake
Fundraising: S. Romeo, D. Lopes, M. Frendjian, P. Rayappa, J.Moskvin

 

Approval of the Agenda

6:35-6:40 pm

 

Principal’s Report

6:40-7:00 pm

Student Report

  • Movie Night
  • Holiday send-off
  • Mental Health - Lets Talk
  • Extracurricular: Art club, Choir, Chess club, Dance club, Forest of Reading, Volleyball, Robotics
  • Holiday Concert 
  • Tamil Heritage Month
  • Math/Literacy Night - Feb. 6
  • Report Cards - Feb. 14th
  • Preparing for Grad

Notes: Students shared about many of the events that took place at the school in the past few months.
Grad Trip: Blue Mountain, Date TBA (last week of school)

 

Review of School Improvement Plan

7:00-7:05 pm

Notes:
4 Pillars 

  1. Identity: students sharing & voice
  2. Math: continually working to improve scores
  3. Mental Health & Wellness: big day in May, and many other smaller ongoing initiatives, including SPACE group
  4. Modern Learning: green screen room; teacher dedicated to teaching coding; first robotics event is coming up soon

 

Movie Night

7:05-7:15 pm

Council Highlight and money raised

Notes: Movie night was a huge success. Potentially planning another movie night for the Grade 6, 7, 8 students. Approximately $1200 was raised. Families really loved it. Kudos to the committee who made it such a huge success. 

 

Council Purchases (Thank You!)

7:15-7:20 pm

  • We bought $4000 in new Chromebooks
  • Purchased Tech for Green Screen/Filming 

Notes: Chromebooks are coming, they have been purchased. iPad dedicated for filming. Microphones for the green screen room. Also purchased a new clarinet. 

 

Fundraising

7:20-7:25 pm

Other Fundraising - Math/Literacy Night 

Notes: 

  • Feb 6th - This will be staff lead. Council will have the option of space in the gym  for fundraising.
  • Anyone from council interested in helping with this event, please connect with J. Rosekat or S. Romeo.
  • Book Fair will also be on that week, and on during Math/Literacy Night.

 

New Business

7:25-7:30 pm

  • any items members which to bring forward
  • Spring Movie Night
  • End of year Fair
  • Bingo Nigh

Notes:

  • Spring Movie Night – date TBA
  • End of Year Fair – TBD
  • Bingo Night is not approved.
  • No new business.
  • If you are interested in helping with any of these events, please email Jeff.

 

Adjournment

7:30 pm


Dates for Future Meetings:

  • March 3, 2025
  • May 5, 2025

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