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GREENTREE SCHOOL COUNCIL MINUTES OF MEETING MARCH 23, 2005 ATTENDANCE: 1. Minutes of the February 16, 2005 meeting were circulated and read. No emailing of the Minutes had been done. Tammy Van Holland made a motion to accept the Minutes as presented. Shari Skytt 2nd. All in favour. Carried. 2. Carolyn Huculak, Treasurer, was unable to give our exact bank balance at this time. Teacher Appreciation week expenses are being finalized and the last hot day net is also yet to be determined (per Pat Giffin hot dog day gross is $572.50). General discussion took place regarding the sale or giving of the balance of thermal mugs (ca. 25) left over from Teacher Appreciation Week. It was decided by all those in attendance that we sell them on a first come first serve basis at the next dance. Price to be determined (purchase price was $4.50 ea plus GST). 3. Correspondence was next on the agenda and was as follows: a. CURE Foundation – inviting us to participate in National Denim Day on May 10 to help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. General discussion arose as to whether or not we wanted to participate fully in the event. It was noted that we currently participate in the Terry Fox Run, Jump Rope for Heart, etc on a regular basis. Pat Giffin suggested that rather than participate with the full event and ask for $5 donations, registration forms, pink ribbons, etc, we would advise of the event either in the May newsletter &/or by notices sent home that children dress in “denim” on May 10 and donate either a $1 or $2, doing so on a slightly smaller scale. All proceeds will be forwarded to the CURE foundation on behalf of the school. b. Letter re: Victims of Violence Child ID Program – was received from the Drumheller Lions Club advising of the availability of “Child ID Kits”. (A copy of the letter is attached to the Minute Book copy of these Minutes). Normally the cost is as much as $30 each, however, the Lions Club is willing to provide these kits to all Greentree School students at no cost and even help with the completion and fingerprinting. All in attendance agreed that this was a worthwhile project. Anne Morgan will contact Lions Club members John Shoff or Jerry Beskowine to get the program rolling. A consent form will be included in the April newsletter for parents to complete. c. A.H.S.C.A Pre-AGM package – We have previously made a motion to send to representatives to this meeting (beginning of April) and to cover their expenses. As at this meeting time no one is able to attend. d. Marketing your Organization – is happening at the ATCO Learning Centre, Royal Tyrrell Museum on Mon Apr 11. Cost is $40 per person. Anne Morgan is attending on behalf of the school. Anne Morgan made a motion that council pay for a member to attend. Tammy Van Holland 2nd. All in favour. Carried. e. Letter re: Motivational Magic (previous assembly) - Since our last meeting and prior to this meeting an opportunity arose for the school to have Mr. Steve Harmer (Motivational Magic) attend and perform at the last assembly (coincides with this month’s virtue on tolerance). Total cost is $600 + GST, and executive made the decision to pay for ½. Post motion for this was by Carolyn Huculak to pay $300 + GST and seconded by Rhonda Page. All in favour. Carried. f.
Request from Grade 6’s re: Edmonton trip – was received from teacher
Allison Ostergard (copy attached). They
are looking for $924.50 to help cover their costs to the Legislature on May
12. Anne Morgan confirmed that in
previous years council had contributed$500 and g. Thank You’s received from staff re: Teacher’s Appreciation Week we circulated. h. Entertainment Publications invitation for information evening, Apr 14 was also circulated. No one able to attend. i. Habitat playground catalogue received. Will be filed for future reference. j. The Learning Team newspaper – circulated. 4. Pat Giffin gave a quick summary of Teacher AppreciationWeek. Very successful. Thank you’s were given to all those who helped make the week great. Copies of information, invoices, planning are attached to Minute Book minutes for future reference. 5. Anne Morgan then presented her Administration Report: a. Education Plan – goals are assessment and working as a professional community. Continued focus next year on character education (fall for staff), CURB a local organization are willing to pick up for a evening parent session. K-3 are implementing a new social studies program (lead teacher is Koralee Marks). Improving literacy (AISI) and English as a 2nd language for international students. b. Spring dance – will look at either Fri, Apr 22 or 29 as possible dates. JoAnn will check with Paul Barry and confirm with council of date. $2 per family for admission, concession to be organized by Pat Giffin. Glow sticks to be determined. Door prizes and spot dance prizes will take place. c. Music Festival runs Apr 4 – 15. Apr 6 is Gr 3 – 6 choir, Apr 7 is band and April 13 are the Gr 1 (2 classes), Gr 2 (2 classes) and Gr 3 (1 class) performances. d. CanWest Global spelling bee was recently held in Calgary. Conner Travis was Greentree’s representative. Even though Conner didn’t win, he did fantastic. Way to go Conner. Anne Morgan advised that the Spelling Bee held at the school was very successful. e. Anne
Morgan, f. Numerous teachers have or will attend & present and upcoming conferences / workshops. Corinne Gerling and Anne Morgan recently attended the Professional Learning Communities Conference in Edmonton and presented a workshop on Greentree’s journey in becoming a professional learning community. Cindy Gerodo presented to the Faculty of Education students at the U of C on the importance of mentorship for new teachers and the Golden Hills mentoring program. In May, Sandra Graham will give a presentation on critical literacy. g. March 24 will be a memorial service for the late Chase Savoie. The Gr 6’s recently held a bake sale and raised $349. They will purchase balloons to release at the service and donate the balance to Suicide Prevention. h. Apr 14 and 15 Anne will be attending a retreat on communication. Please forward any suggestions or items that you’d like to see raised directly to Anne prior to this date. i. Week of Apr 25 is education week. Math activities are being planned. Also volunteer appreciation activity to be announced (luncheon or tea). j. Week of Apr 18 is environment week. Greentree is committed to community clean up. k. Jeff advised that the school’s website will be up and running very soon. It’s address will be www.greentreeschool.com. They have purchased a program and have help from a local computer programmer to get it ready. The gr 3’s will be responsible for updating / maintaining. Jeff requested some information from school council on what we do, our mission statement, how we do things, fundraising, etc for the site. Executive will prepare and get to Jeff shortly after the Easter break. 6. Spring dance – see above. 7. Other - Casino – dealt with at separate Society Meeting held tonight. Next meeting is April 20 at 7:00 in the staff room. Pat Giffin adjourned the meeting at 8:05. _________________________________ ______________________________ PAT GIFFIN – ACTING CHAIR LISA McKENZIE – ACTING SEC |