November Heximer Parent
Council Meeting Agenda
Thursday November 29 2012
Welcome
Ms. Vetrecin
Review / Updates
Information for
Parents / Newsletters
Sport t-shirts
Current
Muskoka Woods - date/ fundraising?
Gr 8 grad
committee
Uniforms
Report from PIC –
Jenn L.
Hot food days
– pizza serving size very small / - council would like to co-ordinate one (?)
Molly & Jake
– Who are they ? Why are they visiting Heximer?
EQAO –
reports in the news can be misleading... what / if any differences this year?
(prep / execution of tests)
School budget priorities...
Money from the DSBN goes to ____ ? (ie. Technology
budget )
Chocolate Bar profit went to library / iPads
Dance-a-thon profits are earmarked for ____
Friday Lunch (Subway/ Hot Dog ) money used for
___
Future
* Block Parent – Need 3 – 4
volunteers to make this a success.
* Parent
Involvement
* First Aid class. Who do we speak
to from school / board ? Do we need permission to offer this
* Invite parents of Star Students
to the monthly assembly and/or a general
invite to parents for Star Student
Assembly
* School profile
... Are members interested in discussing this at future meeting?
Round Table
Your ‘two cents’ in
two minutes. {Comments / topics to be
added to next meeting.}
Information
on School Councils / Answer to: “What is a school profile?”
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/council/council02.pdf * paper copies available upon request
COUNCILS: A GUIDE FOR MEMBERS 3.7
T h e R e g u l a t i o n s G o v e r n i n g S c h o o l C o u n
c i l s
Developing a school
profile. Another important activity in
which principals can involve school
councils is to invite them to participate in the development of the school profile. Their participation
will help them gain an understanding of the needs of the school,
an insight into the unique characteristics
of their school community, and an understanding of the
demographics and other aspects of
the school environment. Many schools have found that developing a
school profile can be especially
helpful in recruiting community representatives and other school
council members, during the improvement
planning process, or when preparing for a change in the principal
or vice-principal. A school
profile will also help a council identify the resources that the
community might have available or suggest
strategies that might be included in the school’s action plan. A
school profile can include any combiSCHOOL
nation of information but usually includes at least the following:2
·
student demographics
·
enrolment trends
·
languages spoken in the home and
the ethnic
·
composition of the community
·
the school’s and/or board’s mission
statement
·
the school’s program priorities
·
programs offered in the school
(e.g., guidance,
·
library services)
·
school facilities
·
class sizes
·
the rate of student turnover or
transfer
·
other relevant information, such
as the relationship between the school and local French-language
cultural organizations in the case of Frenchlanguage schools, or
the links between the school
and the parish in the case of Catholic schools A school council
can help ensure that the school profile
is kept up to date. By doing so, the school profile can
demonstrate over time how changes in any one
area have impacted on the school as a whole.
