School Council Meeting - Thursday March 30

Minutes for March 30, 2017

Members Present: Madeleine Cruickshank, Erica Spencer, Katherine Ball, Sara Clark, Sarb Nagra, Jen Alefounder, Tina Braun, Eli Klein, Shane Corkery, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Jeany Ellis, Natalie Kemerer, +1

Staff Present: Alana Hardy

Welcome and Council Update (M. Cruickshank)

• New Movie Night volunteer needed.  Alana offered to partner with a teacher to organize. FB ad required to recruit

• No new requests for funding yet from teachers. Science equipment, PE equipment hasn’t been requested yet.

• We had budgeted for a Kindergarten field trip. The Little Red Theatre to come instead.

 

Ward 7 Update

• Parent Census has been sent home. Very important for parents to fill out.

  • Alana started a Garden Twitter account.

 

Principal’s Report

• Numbers for class allocation are out.

  • Kindergarten numbers are low. Will lose a kindergarten teacher, most likely.

• This year, a large number of Grade 3s moving to Extended French at Fern. Some discussion around this.

• Q: Did the recent boundary change cause these lower numbers? Will the school eventually close? A: It’s difficult to say, and not certain at this time.

• Discussed possible class models for 2017-18

• Alana invited council members to have a go with models, if anyone is interested.

 

Fun Fair Kick-off (M. Cruickshank)

 

Introductions

• Most of the roles are filled but need someone to take on prizes for games.

• Eli needs volunteer for cotton candy/popcorn

 

Food and BBQ (E. Klein)

• Question remains of whether to ask Barque to donate again.

 

Silent Auction (S. Clark)

• Where to locate it? Gym? Discussion around whether to invest in pipe and drape. Sarb to investigate further.

• Table numbers need to know by the end of the month

• Volunteers: Will need 2 in there all day, and 3 at end of day to organize prizes.

 

Mystery Bags (S. Nagra)

• Sarb to organize

 

Face Painting

• Tent has been earmarked for this.

 

Raffle Baskets (J. Alefounder)

• Jen went over plan

Bake Sale (J. Ellis)

• Kindergarten room to be used again like last year.

• Jeany went over her plan/numbers of volunteers, Grade 6’s can manage it.

• Coffee - question of donation or make percolator coffee?

• Last year’s efforts for donations provided a huge return.

• Can we accept donations from local bakeries/cafes?

Bouncy Castles and Games

• Games, bouncies and dunk tank same as last year

• Fire truck

• Plan on having a water-to-go cart for reusable bottles and bottled water for sale.

  • Communicate to school to bring own water bottles to Fun Fair

• All-access bracelet planned for this year.

Karaoke (S. Corkery)

• To stay in music room like last year.

• Party pass online - plug in to the PA

Seedlings (M. Cruickshank)

• Andrea Muehlebach to take it on. Planting to begin next week

  • An event to plant seedlings to take place?

Book Sale (M. Cruickshank)

• Gen Currie is running it this year. Will probably need two rooms

  • Discussed set up

 

Arts & Crafts (K. Ball)

• Button maker needed. Jeany E. can access one

  • Some discussion around particulars

• Q: It is possible for vendors to come and sell products? A: Probably not on TDSB property.

 

Spiritwear (M. Cruickshank)

• Plan to have table with Garden water bottles and ball caps

 

Volunteers (E. Klein)

• Suggestion for volunteers to wear aprons to easily identify them. Can we ask Norm to source Garden-branded ones?

• Suggestion for volunteers to use walkie-talkies. Mary Anne can probably get some.