Attendance: Paul Warner, Amy DiRienzo, Julie Drapeau, Scott Blythe, Andrea Hoyt, Jocelyn MacKenzie, Brian Herron, Mike Hickey, Deb Hickey, Chris Mollison
Regrets: Gwen Allingham, Pat Furlong
Call to order.
Minutes of December 14th, 2010 meeting passed.
Reports
Principal –presented by Scott Blythe
- PD day Jan 14th for report card writing. Report card day is February 2nd. There are no parent interview days scheduled. If parents have concerns about the report cards, they will need to contact the teacher directly.
- Lock-down drills planned for later this month. Children may share their experiences but it is just a drill at this time.
- February 18th is a PA day. There are workshops being held at the Congress Centre. Five invitations to the conference were offered to Parent Council.
- ARC meeting planned for January 17th at AY Jackson. Might be contentious. All parents are welcome.
- We have a new superintendent - Jill Bennett.
- The teachers will be getting some specific training using Smart Boards for mathematics.
- 260 tins were collected by student council for the food drive.
- We were offered the opportunity to have a fundraiser of black polar fleece scarves. $2.50 each, plus embroidery. Parent council not very interested.
- ARC information available online here
- Treasurer
- Mrs. MacOdrum’s wish list still needs about $30, not completely confirmed, unable to ok funds at this time.
- Banking: account manager did not know why NSF cheques weren’t returned. We can now do online banking and ATM deposits which should reduce our fees
- 3 of 4 payments for pizza are still outstanding. 1 of the 4 requested a refund; their refund cheque of $49 was not cashed - to be contacted directly. This family has not been receiving pizza. Brian to contact all 4 families.
- Gwen and Brian to sign cheques for QuickBooks purchase
- Chris and Deb have been in contact. Chris is being trained in the software
- Approximately $3,400 is left in the bank. First term pizza raised $2,000. Will need about $1,000 available for picnic outlay. Picnic made about $200 last year. Cotton Candy was a great deal.
- Very short meeting, http://ocasc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/minutes-2010-12-16.pdf
- John Young has been supporting us to keep the 7/8’s in our school instead of sending them into the high school.
- We would like to invite Glen Cairn’s ARC committee rep to coffee
- Pizza for next few months: Getting better pizza raises the cost, thus lowering the profit. Amy will continue to approach pizza places for next year’s orders. Food guidelines are available here
- Literacy book swap day is going ahead. Children to get notices Wednesday for the following Wednesday’s book swap. Will be using library tables
- For future literacy days, do we want to invite authors in to read to the children? We’d be willing to pay them to come in.
- Entertainment pack: Are we willing to sell them? Yes. We will pay only for the books we will sell. We’ll do entertainment pack sales in the fall. Brian to confirm with Diane Theron.
- Silent Auction/raffle: we would need a raffle number if we were to go ahead with that. Silent auction is a sale, we don’t have enough items to move ahead with an auction. Can we create an EBay account and put items on it? We will ask Pat if there are any rules we need to follow. Paul will confirm PayPal account requirements.
- When is the picnic? Picnic tentatively to be held June 17th. Andrea to forward Karaoke lady email address to Paul. Chris will ask her friend about spinning cotton candy.
- Skating Days at Jack Charron arena. Parent volunteers are always needed. Kids need snow/skating helmets, not biking or ski helmets. Must be CSA approved. We need to ask Pat about storing surplus /donated helmets and skates if we get donations.
- Kindergartener came home saying scarves were banned. There was a miscommunication, scarves are welcomed as it helps keeps the kids warm.
- Student council is doing a Valentine’s Day bake sale; we won’t be holding a cupcakes sale at that time. We may do one later in the year.
Next meeting, February 8th, 7pm
