Centennial Senior Public School
School Council Meeting
Thursday November 2, 2017
6:30PM Library
Minutes of the meeting
Welcome & Introduction: The meeting was initiated by Mr. Lee and Ms. Huk in the school library at 6:30PM. The meeting attendance was 14 parents in total. The council elected Mr. Dharmendra Singh as the chairperson, Mrs. Dipika Pandit as Secretary, Mrs. Cathy-Ann Shim as a Treasurer.
School Year & Reorganization : In place of chair person Mr. Lee announced the changes to the classes for the current academic year. He announced that grade 6 will have 10 classes, grade7 will have 9 and grade 8 will consist of 10 classes. Specialized program like SciTech will have one more division added to the current classes being offered along with other specialized programs.
Staffing : Mr. Lee welcomed the new staff members McIver, Powell, Forer, Law, Waltman, Wilson, Spagnuolo, Vanderhart, King, Tavares
Grade 8 & Guidance: Ms. Wilson announced that grade 8 will have course selection for grade 9 – Window opens on Nov 13th thru Nov 30th
Principal’s Report:
Open House: Mr. Lee announced the open house was a major success where Ms. Huk was present along with him to meet and greet the parents. There was teacher and parent interaction with good number of parents and children turned out. There were food and drink organized at the front entrance.
Terry Fox Walk: This was the 26th year celebration and many classes contributed by raising funds. The class which raised the most funds were awarded a pizza lunch.
Counting On You and OFIP Tutoring: Mr. Lee shared that the COY Math and COY Language has started and will be held every Monday 2:30 to 4:30PM (Math) and Tuesday 2:30: to 4:30PM ( Language)
Budget: School has received a budget fund of $98,000 and the plan for the year is to upgrade the school IT and Information system along with other activities.
Outdoor Education funds: School has subsidized the grade 6 overnight trip by $4800 and the rest to be borne by the students.
Pride Assemblies : Are held every month where students participate in various contemporary topics.
Speaker: This month speaker was rapper Wali Shah who spoke about his life and entertained the children
Fundraising :
· This year the school will have 3 dances – fall, winter and spring and will also have a graduation dance. The fall dance was free, school will have nominal charge for the rest of the dances.
· Community Fund Raisers:
o Terry Fox: Raised over $2000
o Cops for Cancer
o Vow of Silence
· Raising funds for modern learning
o Maker Space and Technologies
o Climate
o Student Activity
Parents reaching out grant update:
· ELL parent information night has already been conducted
· EQAO parent information will be held soon
· Human library and community resources
Principal and Vice Principal Profile:
Open Forum: The council decided on future council meeting dates which are Nov 30th, January 25th, April 19th and June 14th . There was also a suggestion to talk about upcoming events in these meeting along with the conducted events.