Cowan Heights Elementary School Council - DOC - DOC

							                             Cowan Heights Elementary School Council
                              Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
                                   Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Attendance
Andrea Cook, Sherry Appleby, Sue Murphy (Chair) , Susan Goldsworthy, Giselle Benoit Humber, Donna
Preshyon, Cheri Power, Christina Reid and Chris Appleby.

Regrets
Michelle Peddle, Therese Berube

Call to Order
The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 pm.

Approval of Agenda
The Agenda was approved.

Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the last council meeting of October 12, 2004 were approved with minor changes. Photo
ID’s were to sell for $3.00 each.

Business Arising

Painting the classrooms –Mr. Curtis painted 5 classes in the Grade 5 and 6 wing over the Remembrance
Day weekend. The remaining classroom is to be painted over the Christmas holidays.

Making the Foyer Welcome - The winter display made by Chris Appleby will remain in the foyer for the
winter months. Another display will be placed in the foyer in spring.

School Council Goals – Much discussion was held on what the goals of school council were for 2004/05.
Some of the goals discussed were :

     Purchasing music that will be piped in prior to class starting in the morning. School council will
      fund the purchase of CD’s for this purpose. Various forms of music will be played during the year.
     Increase parental involvement in the curriculum.

Photo ID’s - MCP number located on school ID is the boards policy. The Company who has taken the
photos will destroy all information within 6 months.

Evacuation Update – An update was given to council regarding to the school evacuation. All agreed that
the evacuation went well and the students and staff were commended for their actions.

Capital Property Requests – The School Boards Capital Property requests were reviewed. No projects
were detailed for CHE.

Parking Lot - This year the school has a new contractor for clearing/salt/sanding the parking lot. Mr.
Curtus is responsible for clearing walkways in front of doors while the contractor is responsible for the
remainder. Comments/concerns regarding the city sidewalks were raised. Sue will write the City Council
to request that action be taken to have these cleared in the future.

Committee Reports
Finance Committee – Since the last meeting of council, the school has received two donations totaling
$525.00. Funds will be required to cover costs associated with Teacher Appreciation Week. (date??)


School Development Committee - The School Development Committee met on December 14, 2004 and
have 3 focuses for improvement – Rubrics; Critical Thinking and Engaging Learners. Yvonne Hartley and
Susan Ryan have also joined the School Development Committee. The committee discussed that these
goals would have to be the focus of various professional development days as well as brought up in staff
meetings. Parental Education is also key to this process and a session for parents would also take place in
2005. It is expected that the school plan will be submitted to the school board by the end of January 2005.

Fundraising
    Over 2/3rds of the picture ids were sold to students (at $3.00 each). All proceeds go to the school.
    Class pictures will be offered to the students at a cost of $5.00. All proceeds go to the school.
    Council will look into the cost of purchasing games for each classroom.
    Recycling efforts will continue during the year, with a blitz in January.

Next Meeting
Council agreed that the next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January11, 2004.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 10:40 pm.