Home & School April Meeting Minutes

J.C. Hill Home & School Meeting
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
6:00 pm.


Minutes

1. Welcome - The following Home representatives were present – Deneen Montour (Co-Chair), Wilma Williams and Ida White (Co-Chair). The following School staff were present – Cathy Jamieson and Joe Restoule-General.

The meeting was held in the Staff Room. A Nya:weh to Mr. Restoule for bringing coffee & hot chocolate

2. Acceptance of Agenda – Agenda accepted by consensus

3. Review of Minutes of Last Meeting – March 25, 2008. The group read over the Minutes from the last meeting. Minutes accepted by consensus.

4. Business Arising from the Minutes –
ACTION:
• H & S requested that a report on the snack program be made at the next meeting.
• No Ottawa Trip
• There will be a Canada’s Wonderland Trip. Home & School approved to pay for buses. Last year’s cost for buses was $954.00.
• Deneen to provide a list of students whose year-end trip will be paid for by Home & School as part of the Involvement Policy. This list will be provided to Joy Johnson by May 10th.
• Deneen noted that the cost had gone up from $20.00 to $25.00/student

5. Principal’s Report made by Cathy Jamieson
• Graduation will be held on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008. There is not a conflict with the other schools
• May 13th is District Track and Field
• April 30th is Shaw Festival
• Cathy Jamieson reported on the Spelling Bee @ the WCC.

6. Treasurer’s Report – Wilma provided a treasurer’s report. Not up to date as requests need to be dealt with and cheques written. The H & S wants to put money in a GIC. Deneen and Wilma to meet on Thursday, April 17th @ 3:00 pm. to speak to bank.
• Bach to Beatles presentation - cost will be shared with Jamieson School - $200.00
• Cover Pizza Bill
• Shaw - $208.80
• Heritage Fair –
• Deneen had contacted Genina Hill re; Food Booth fundraiser. She hadn’t heard back from her yet.
•

7. Snack Program – Cathy Jamieson reported that program is running well. The Home and School requested an update be made at the next meeting. The group wants to know what the plan is for June 20th, 2008.


8. Graduation - There is a need to form a Graduation Committee. ACTION: Deneen to phone parents interested in being part of the Grade 8 Graduation Committee and set up a meeting.

9. New Business –
• Correspondence
• Request for monies was received in writing from Heritage Fair – H & S had a few questions first and these have been written down on the original letter/proposal., and given to Dan. Need to be resubmitted. Also, reminder that if funds are being requested, H&S would like the teacher to present the request (if at all possible).
• Family Day - Concern re: Family Day and that due to confusion and some parents keeping their children home - G. day should be given - refer to Dan for PAC.
• Parent-Teacher Interviews – It was suggested by H & S that Parent/Teacher Interviews be held after the 2nd Report Card
• Discipline/Ron Morrish presentation - for Sept. 5th PD day - discussion around having him as a keynote speaker for entire district, and each school or H&S contributing to speaking fee - this will be referred to Dan for PAC.
• Year End Awards – The question of How do the students know what the criteria for the awards are? Recommendation that the criteria for awards should be made known to both parents and students -some suggestions were given such as: put in Parent Handbook, staff review the criteria with students at each term, display on bulletin boards - Cathy will bring current attendance guidelines to next meeting, however teacher specific subjects need to remain with the teacher establishing the criteria.
• Suggestion for School Improvement Plan to be put on a rotational basis, rather than created every 3 years.
• Campaign for School Pride - suggestion for more fun days, painting ceiling tiles as artwork, hat day etc. to help curb vandalism of the school. H & S felt that if students took more pride in the school they would not vandalize or allow others to vandalize their school. Suggestions include more cultural relevant displays. Peer Helping Group has been doing this to some extent.

10. Adjournment

Next Meeting – Tuesday, May 20, 2008