Saturday, 25 June 2016

June 2016 Council Minutes & AGM


Twelve Mile Coulee School Council
Meeting Minutes and Annual General Meeting
Wednesday June 1, 2016
Twelve Mile Coulee School-65 Tuscany Hills Road NW
MINUTES

TWELVE MILE COULEE SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

Meeting Facilitator: Andy Crocker, Co Chair, tmccouncil@gmail.com

CALL TO ORDER-7:02pm

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING-motioned by Nkechi O-S, seconded by Lori H, all in favour, motion passed

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS OF PARENT COUNCIL

TMC ADMIN REPORT
  • Thank you for supporting the Kernels Popcorn Fundraiser, in total it raised $3000. The kids had a great time and felt empowered executing their idea.
  • Admin Secretary has been busy and is still placing teachers and grade teams for next year, won’t be complete until the end of June.
  • Staff is busy making class lists
  • Next year plans are being talked about
    • Grade 8 Open Minds, week long experience, Vivo, UofC
    • Grade 9 Open Minds
    • Grade 5 Waterton Eco System Investigators, 90 spots available, will most likely be run as a club, more info will be sent out to parents about the trip to give families time to plan.
    • Banfield Trip-looking at what the interest is for next year, want to give families time to plan
  • Traffic Rally has been rescheduled
  • Art & Soul has morphed into the Learning Celebration (CTF)
    • Successful evening
    • Looking for feedback, positive and negative
    • Nice for families to see what the older grades are doing
    • Some felt like the students were not communicated to very well about what the night was about, better communication next time
    • Better feel than the student led conferences
    • Program for each grade for parents so they know what to expect, more details on the map
    • Work to coincide the Learning Celebration evening better with other schools including Robert Thirsk
    • Spoke with the students about the tragedy that happened in our community


TMC ACTIVITIES/INITIATIVES - none
NEW BUSINESS - none

ADJOURNMENT - 7:22pm
Members in Attendance: Lisa M, Cindy D, Rahul K, Kristin M, Linda S, Lori H, Tess T, Sarah-Jane S, Shan R, Tanya D, Nkechi O-S, Stefan M, Stacey M, Deb C, Diane B, Andy C, Judd C, Shelagh R, Tiffany C

MINUTES

TWELVE MILE COULEE PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING

CALL TO ORDER - 7:22pm

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING- motioned by Nkechi O-S, seconded by Sarah-Jane S, all in favour, motion passed

TREASURER REPORT
  • Additional garbage cans for the Outdoor Fitness Centre
  • Sand for the sand pit---overage from the OTC


NEW BUSINESS-email tmccouncil@gmail.com
  • School Council-contact info sheet by the end of the month
  • Rahul Kumar-Thank you for your help with all of our IT needs


ELECTION OF OFFICERS
  • Treasurer-Stefan Merkle
  • Co Treasurer-Diane Barth
  • Titan Lunch Coordinators-Sarah-Jane Scott & Shan Roth


OFFICERS CONTINUING TO NEXT YEAR
  • Co Chair-Marion Enns
  • Communications Coordinators-Nkechi Odina-Seale & Santana Cunnington
  • Fundraising Chair-Stacey Merkle
  • Volunteer Coordinator-Linda Spence


VACANT POSITIONS
  • Co Chair-Any Crocker stepped down
  • Secretary-Lisa McGregor stepped down
  • Tuscany School Liason-Tanya Didluck stepped down


ADJOURNMENT - 7:39pm
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING DATE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14th @ 7PM

Members in Attendance: Lisa M, Cindy D, Rahul K, Kristin M, Linda S, Lori H, Tess T, Sarah-Jane S, Shan R, Tanya D, Nkechi O-S, Stefan M, Stacey M, Deb C, Diane B, Andy C