TJS School Council Meeting

TJS School Council Meeting May 1, 2017

Attendance: Stacey White-Ferris, Dave Valentine, Jaz Sahdra, Lubna Malik, Stephen Meisner, Derek Hall, Katie Hetherington, Anila Haq, Olga Svicevic, Charity Lievers, Amanda Cooper, Jane Chin, Krista Benedetti, Trudy Stanfield, Miriam Tator

Meeting starts at: 7:06pm

Welcome & Adoption of Agenda - adopted by Lubna, 2nd by Jane

Secretary’s Report and Adoption of March Minutes - Minutes adopted by Trudy, 2nd by Stacey

Treasurer’s Report - see report for more details - $15 000 was moved from DAT to Technology - Scoreboard and Signage can be rolled into something else - $5000 to be taken out of Pizza and into Technology - Non-Student Fund can be allocated somewhere - Motion by Jane for $500 towards Angel Fund; 2nd by Stacey. All in Favor

Principal’s Report - TJS Board Budget Report – see for details - Majority of the Money goes to PROGRAM DELIVERY (classroom resources, consumable, musical instruments, physical educations, etc. - We are given $22,000 for student for fees (school agendas, Dreambox license, busing for field trips, speakers) - TEXTBOOKS & LIBRARY: $28,0000 - TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 - FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT: $4,000 Classroom desk & office furniture - This week is Mental Health Week: Students made stress balls - Wednesday night is Parent/Family Night - There will be Yoga, Mindful Coloring, Nutrition - Tuesday, May 2, 2017 is the kick off assembly for Jump Rope for Heart - Thursday, May 4th night – Student of Excellence Ceremony and Avery Mende-Gibson (one of the Grade 8 students) will be receiving this award - Friday, May 5, 2017 Track & Field is cancelled and will be held on another day. - Week of May 8th will be busy with Shrek the Musical. Musical will be presented to the school during the day on Tuesday & Wednesday. And on May 10th & 11th, families can attend the play in the evening. Tickets are almost sold out so buy tickets if you plan on attending - Week after will be Track and Field and there will also be a Kindie Night (for new kindies coming to our school) - May 18, 2017: Club 150 & Shrek cast will be going to watch a musical play about Terry Fox - May 19, 2017: Jump Rope for Heart - EQAO: Ramadan start May 27th - May 23-26 Grade 6’s will write the test; Make-up day May 27th - May 29-June 1 Grade 3’s will write the test; Make-up Day is June 5th - May 24th Jr/Int Jazz Band Concert will be held in the gym - May 29th Sr. Track Day - May 30th Tiger Assembly - Kindergarten Concert will be held on the following days: May 30th K6-8, May 31st K4&5, June 1st K1-3; Concert will be held from 6:30-7:00pm - Union Gas has given us $1000 towards building a shade structure and Suzanne Burwell is coming out soon to look at planning - We will be getting an outdoor shed by the dumpster for more storage - Tell them from Me Survey is coming out in a few weeks - Board survey came out today

Movie Update - Movie nights are going well - Last movie night was a great turnout with 113 people in attendance - June 9th will be our last movie night of the school year. Feature movie is Lego Batman (pre-release) - Some students (grade 6-8) have asked to come to Movie Night without their parents - Movie Nights is meant to be a community builder for families so it’s better that these older students still attend with their families

PRO Grant - looking at Internet Safety/Social Media and nothing really panned out; Decided to apply for grant focusing on Mental Health - application is due at the end of May. - Mental Health through Arts - There will be a Parent Session and workshops during the day for the students - Details to be sorted once we find out if we receive the grant money

Any Other Business - Staff Appreciation: in past we have used Council money. Unfortunately, we cannot use council money to host an appreciation luncheon for the TJS Staff - Instead this year, we will send out an email to the school community to do a nice little potluck for June 2nd on the PD Day - EQAO scribes: Looking for volunteers to help scribe with EQAO testing. Do not need to be a certified teacher. Asking for parent volunteers and will get training from Dave Valentine. Need scribers more for Grade 3 (last week of May) - Funds were requested for Kay Casey to provide landscaping services; $855 was requested for 4 days of work and material; Motion by Trudy, 2nd Stacey, Majority in favor - Derek looking for TJS School Constitution; Krista has contacted the Board looking for a copy. - Volunteer Tea is being held May 16th in the morning in the library. Please come and join us Meeting Adjourned: Next Meeting: Monday, June 5, 2017 at 7pm