Twelve Mile Coulee School Council & Parent Association Meeting
Wednesday November 4, 2015
Twelve Mile Coulee School-65 Tuscany Hills Road NW
MINUTES
TWELVE MILE COULEE SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER-7:01pm
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING-motioned by Stacey M, seconded by Diane B, all in favour, motion passed
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS OF PARENT COUNCIL
TMC ADMIN REPORT
-Thank you to parents who supported and volunteered for the Casino, the money will be useful for giving our students access to materials and programs to assist with their learning.
-Google Calendar-parents can subscribe to the calendar on the TMC School website to keep up to date with what is going on in the school, there is also a Club Calendar posted that lists out the days and times the clubs are happening.
-The turnout for We Scare Hunger was awesome! The Food Bank was blown away with how many donations the students brought in.
-The first Student Advisory Council meeting is for Nov 5 at noon. Looking forward to hear what the kids have to say in this first meeting. The council is made up of 26 students, 13 students from grades 4&5 and 13 students from grades 6-9.
-Janine Wagner (Admin Secretary) has taken a position downtown so interviews will be done to fill the position.
-Remembrance Day Assembly is coming up on Tuesday November 10. There will be two time slots for parents to attend if they wish.
-Maker Week is coming up from November 23-26. The kids are really looking forward to it.
-Maker Carts have been ordered as well as supplies to stock them including robots, design books, circuits, tools. The carts will be utilized on a regular basis.
-We will be needing volunteers for Maker Week.
-An email will be going out shortly asking parents and community members to share any kind of expertise they may have with the students.
-Will be looking at utilizing Sign Up Genius for volunteering opportunities.
-If students have created items or projects at home they could potentially bring them in to school during Maker Week to show teachers and students their work.
-Will be having a Laser Cutter at the school on a trial basis and testing it out for a month.
-Tuscany Community Coalition has another parent education night coming up on November 26, this sessions topic will be “Internet Safety-Know What Your Kids Know”.
TMC School Development Plan-Focusing on Student Success
The process of school development planning begins every fall as we review student achievement data collected in the spring of 2015, identify our successes and our areas for growth, and set new goals and targets for the 2015-2016 school year. We use data including Provincial Achievement Test results, Accountability Pillar Results, Tell Them From Me Survey results, report card data and school-based surveys and observations (parent, student and staff) to inform our school development plan. Here is a link to the School Development Plan
Tell Them From Me survey results show that anxiety is higher in Grade 4 and Grade 9 students.
Provincial Achievement Tests
Results are in and our school did well. CBE was impressed with the results. Here is a link to the results
One Time Funding
Our school has been given funds from CBE for more resources to fund specific positions which will directly contribute to student learning and success at our school. They will assist other teachers on staff to ensure success for each student. The specific strategies that these experienced teachers will focus on will be identified in our school’s development plan.
TMC ACTIVITIES/INITIATIVES
Casino
Casino was a success and a lot of fun. Thanks to all those who volunteered.
Titan Lunch
Next Titan Lunch is Thursday November 19th, so far we have 19 volunteers but need more to make it a success.
Communication-Nkechi & Santana
Thanks to Sarah Scott for helping to input a huge stack of email addresses, should have everyone added now so that they are receiving School Council info emails. Also looking for feedback, do you feel that you are getting too many emails from School Council, not enough?
Fundraising
Our last fundraiser the Catalog Order Fundraiser was successful. We sold $12,000 in product and made $5,900 in profit.
86% of the fundraising was done by students in grades 4-6. Should fundraising be done differently going forward? For example should there be grade specific fundraising, the Grade 9’s would raise funds for their own grad etc. Should we be concentrating the funds raised to the grades bringing in the funds?
Need to come up with ideas to get the older grades engaged, what would engage them/be more relevant to them?
Jacket Racket
We collected 91 jackets for the Jacket Racket program.
NEW BUSINESS
Candy Canes & Hot Chocolate day again this year. We have lots of leftover candy canes from last year. We will need volunteers to hand out to students.
Possible speaker to come in-Alvin Law-he’s a motivational speaker
Possible topics for the next Tuscany Community Coalition parent education night
-Adolescent Brain Development
-Emotional Regulation
ADJOURNMENT-8:21pm
Members in Attendance: Stacey M, Shan R, Lisa M, Marion E, Diane B, Sherry W, Lindsay C, Lori H, Cindy D, Tarrah I, Tess T, Kristin M, Santana C, Sarah-Jane S, Jodey S, Nkechi O-S, Andy C, Erin C, Jenn M, Tiffany C, Shelagh R
MINUTES
TWELVE MILE COULEE PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER-8:21pm
TREASURER REPORT (See attached)
$1200 spent already
$13,000 to be spent
NEW BUSINESS
Looking to do a Shave Lids for Cancer event in the spring to support a TMC student that has cancer.
More information to come out in the New Year.
ADJOURNMENT-8:27pm
NEXT SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13TH @ 7PM
Members in Attendance: Stacey M, Shan R, Lisa M, Marion E, Diane B, Sherry W, Lindsay C, Lori H, Cindy D, Tarrah I, Tess T, Kristin M, Santana C, Sarah-Jane S, Jodey S, Nkechi O-S
