Twelve Mile Coulee
School Council & Parent Association Meeting
Wednesday February 3rd, 2016
Twelve Mile Coulee School-65 Tuscany Hills Road NW
MINUTES
TWELVE MILE COULEE SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING
Meeting Facilitator: Marions Enns, Co Chair, tmccouncil@gmail.com
CALL TO ORDER-7:01pm
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING-motioned by Santana C,
seconded by Nkechi O-S, all in favour, motion passed
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS OF PARENT COUNCIL
SPECIAL
GUEST - Jana MacDonald, Principal of
Bowness High School
1. How many students are currently at Bowness
High School?
There are
about 700 students registered at Bowness High School
2. How many of those students come from Twelve
Mile Coulee?
About 45%
are students from TMC, 56% are students who live in Tuscany
3. How do the students get from Tuscany to the
high school?
There are
two dedicated Calgary Transit busses that transport students from Tuscany
4. How are things like IPPs handled at the high
school level?
There is a
Resource Room specifically for IPP work, it’s a collaborative process with a
team of teachers and resource teachers working together for the students needs
5. At TMC,
we have a vibrant athletics program, a new drama presentation is happening this
year. We have had socks stuffed for the
DIC and we have numerous clubs that involve many types of students. What
enrichment programs does BHS offer?
Operates all
the same programs and services that larger high schools offer
Advanced
Placement classes
Seems to not
be as much competition because the school is smaller, many sports teams are
no-cut teams
Drama/Musical
Theater/Band/Choir/Art Program/Dance/Yearbook/Robotics/Leadership
Group/Photography
Many
students have graduated and gone on to ACAD and Emily Carr School
Senior
citizens come into the school to learn computer skills
Life skills
building
32 hampers of
food, clothing and toys were donated to families in need at Christmas
6. I have heard about the new addition. How will
this change the learning opportunities at the school?
Adding 40%
state of the art space to the school
Culinary
Arts (largest in the CBE aside from Central HS)/Cosmetology/Fitness Centre/Art
Studio/PreEngineering Robotics Lab/Dance Studio/Construction Shop/Mechanics Shop/New
classroom space
Small class
sizes, around 30-mid 30 for academic classes, less for AP classes
7. I am very excited about the new
pre-Engineering program starting. Can you please explain a bit about this?
Piloting a
preengineering program with classes in 10, 11 and 12
Full morning
block for classes (2 classes)
Students
earn a bundle of credits towards post secondary
Grade level
math & physics classes in the scope of preengineering
Two teachers
heading the program are engineers
Summer
internship at an engineering firm
No cap for
program
8. TMC is an inquiry based school and I know
that Bowness offers both inquiry based as well as more traditional teaching
methods. You also use the semester system. What advice can you give the parents
to help our students prepare for the change in learning and pace?
Homework
load is heavier than grade 9
Building
routines and study schedules
Balance
homework with extracurricular activities
Show them
how to study & review daily what they did
The school
sits final exams/mimic diploma exams so they know what to expect
Semesters
run Sept-Jan and Feb-June, 4 classes per semester, 2 core subjects and 2
options
9. TMC has a
great school spirit. Whether orange and black are your favourite colours or
not, you see them everywhere in these halls. What is the sense of school spirit
at Bowness?
School
colors are green and gold, Bowness Trojans
Motto is
“Once a Trojan, Always a Trojan”
Strong staff
Community
focused
Multi-graded
homerooms
The grade
9’s took a tour of the school last week. Kids who are involved and plugged in
have better academic success. Encourage your kids to be involved.
TMC ADMIN
REPORT
-Grade 9
students went on a tour of Bowness High School last week, starting to work on
transitioning to high school.
-Grade 9 basketball
team went to watch the “Trojan Classic”.
-Bowness
Parent Band Society paid to have clinicians work with grade 9 band students.
-Grade 7, 8
and 9 Glee Club performed in the Learning Commons
-Grade 4, 5
and 6 Glee Club started this week
Peter Pan Production
-April 27th
matinee, will be a short 3 act play, students will have a dress rehearsal
-Every child
who tried out will have a role
-Organized
by Ms. Croswell and Ms. Lowe
-Will be
looking to borrow items, a list will be coming out shortly with needed
materials
-May look at
purchasing some items if production is a success ie. Lighting
-May need
volunteers to build and paint sets
-Will have
props, tech, sound, just like a real production
-Possible
band performance
TMC
ACTIVITIES/INITIATIVES
Titan Lunch
-Next Titan
Lunch is February 18th, need more volunteers.
Fundraising-Stacey
Merkle
-Look at
having a goal to fundraise towards.
NEW BUSINESS
-Spirit Club
will be making sandwiches & cookies and delivering them to the Alek Youth
Health Center on February 10th .
Traffic
Issues
-Tuscany
Community Coalition has been talking about this issue a lot.
-Principals
are working together around how to be safe on the roads, how to make things
safer for kids, alternate ways to get to school.
Report Card
Feedback
-Need to be
more than twice a year.
-Parents are
frustrated with the grading, too basic, seems like a low grade even though it
is considered at grade level.
-Talking
with teachers about different ways to assess students.
-3’s &
4’s are showing the students are connecting their learning to the bigger
picture
-Transcripts
when printed are showing a 4 being 100%, Ms. Reading is going to print one to
have a look and see what the marks are being recorded as.
Surveys went
out to grade 4, 7 and 10 students. Please fill it out ASAP. For number #28 if
you don’t know the answer please leave it blank as it affects our results
negatively.
Outdoor
Fitness Centre
-Some items
are broken and need to be fixed
-There have
been some reoccurring issues since the outdoor fitness centre first opened,
those need to be corrected.
ADJOURNMENT-8:43pm
Members in Attendance: Colleen G, Stefan M, Stacey M, Linda
S, Diane B, Amanda F, Shan R, Nkechi O-S, Santana C, Tess T, Grant T, Nicole B,
Patty F, Tanya D, Sarah-Jane S, Mary-Lynn C, Lisa M, Deb C, Lillian W, Raymond
Y, Shelagh R, Tiffany C
MINUTES
TWELVE MILE COULEE PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER-8:43pm
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING- motioned by Santana C,
seconded by Nkechi O-S, all in favour , motion passed
TREASURER REPORT
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT-8:46pm
NEXT SCHOOL COUNCIL
MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 2 @ 7PM
Members in Attendance: Colleen G, Stefan M, Stacey M, Linda
S, Diane B, Amanda F, Shan R, Nkechi O-S, Santana C, Tess T, Grant T, Nicole B,
Patty F, Tanya D, Sarah-Jane S, Lisa M, Deb C, Lillian W, Raymond Y
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