Minutes

SCI Parent Advisory Council for School Leadership

November 21, 2011

Attendance: Ross Martin, Kathy Andersson, John MacDonald, Pam MacDonald, Pat Ilchena, Bob Welsh, Monica Biggar, Suzanne Suffield, Gladys Hayward-Williams

1. Call to Order at 7:05 pm by Ross

2. Approval of Agenda: Motion (1) by Kathy, 2^nd John. Carried.

3. Approval of Minutes: October 17, 2011: Motion (2) by John, 2^nd Kathy. Carried.

4. Chairperson's Report: > On behalf of our parent council, Ross sent our letter to MAPC expressing our discontent about MAPC's refusal to accept our 2011 proposed resolution regarding transparency of meeting minutes. > On November 15, Ross attended the second Bus Community meeting held by the Transportation Department. Discussions continue surrounding grandfathered students and enforcement of the 1.6 km rule. Beausejour and Powerview areas now holding community meetings. > On October 25, the Fall DPAC meeting was held out in Beausejour. Ross, Kathy, Pam and John attended the meeting and found the information presented to be worthwhile. > Sunrise School Board will be holding it's budget meeting on December 1.

5. Principal's Report: > Wednesday, November 23 is WE Day Conference at MTS Centre. 72 students and 5 staff will be attending. November 25 is a PD Day. November 30 is Band Concert. December 5 is Jazz Concert. December 7 is Pancake breakfast. Proceeds from the Pancake breakfast go towards purchase of Christmas hampers. December 8 is Voluntary Withdrawal Date. December 22 is last day of school with 2:30 early dismissal. > Pat handed out the SCI 2012-2013 Maintenance Requests list and reviewed the items with the PAC. > Per Suzanne, Kids in the Know presenting on November 28 to Grade 9 students about Internet safety. > Suzanne talked to Orest Deneka, Principal at SMS, about finding a mutually convenient date for presentation on Internet Safety to both SMS and SCI Parent Councils. Graham Milliken, Canadian Center for Child Protection, will be the presenter. Date to be set in January or February, 2012.

6. Treasurer's Report: Motion (3) by Kathy, 2^nd by John. Carried. See attached report.

7. Student Council's Report: No new information.

8. Correspondence: > Motion (4) to receive and file magician information by Pam, 2^nd Kathy. Carried. Motion (5) to receive and file MAPC Fall newsletter and registration form by Kathy, 2^nd John. Carried. Pam communicated the decision to nominate an SCI teacher for the Manitoba Excellence in Teaching Award in Fall, 2012.

9. Business arising from Minutes:

• Field of Visions: > According to Kathy, next meeting on 28^th. The group is still moving towards hiring a professional fundraiser to begin on January 1, 2012

• SPPA: > According to Kathy, Peak of the Market fundraiser just finished. Unofficially, $5,000 in product sold between SMS and SCI with a 45% profit to the individual student accounts. > December 14, 15 SMS Concerts. >Manitoba Community Services Council notified Kathy that her grant will be reviewed on December 13. > SPPA has been chosen by the Grade 12 Business class, to receive the benefit of their hard work, as charitable organization. They will be planning a dinner in April, 2012 with SMS and SCI Jazz bands and Vocal Jazz performing. The proposed feature entertainment will be Jetstream, from the Royal Air Command Band.

10. New Business:

• Ideas for engaging parents in 21^st century learner's brain: Bob has approached the learning teams associated with 21^st century learner's brain and they'd like to make a presentation to our PAC about what they've learned. Date to be set sometime in March or April, 2012. > We asked about reading material we could research and were pointed towards Time Magazine and National Geographic. Pam will research articles and write a small article about what we've learned to be included with the next school newsletter.

11. Date of next meeting: January 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm in school library

DRAFT AGENDA

SCI Parent Advisory Council for School Leadership (ACSL)

Monday, January 16, 2012 @ 7:00 pm

SCI Library

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Agenda

3. Approval of Minutes: November 21, 2011

4. Chairperson's Report:

5. Principal's Report:

6. Treasurer's Report:

7. Student Council's Report:

8. Correspondence:

9. Business arising from Minutes:

• Field of Visions

• SPPA

• Ideas for engaging parents in 21^st century learner's brain

10. New Business:

• Fundraising Ideas and Opportunities

11. Date of Next Meeting:

12. Adjournment

Minutes

SCI Parent Advisory Council for School Leadership

October 17, 2011

Attendance: Ross Martin, Kathy Andersson, Jodi Handoga, Pam MacDonald, Pat Ilchena, Bob Welsh, Monica Biggar, Suzanne Suffield, Lauren MacDonald, Sarah Steinbart,

1. Call to Order at 7:03 pm by Ross

2. Approval of Agenda: Motion (1) by Pam, 2^nd Kathy. Carried.

3. Approval of Minutes: September 26, 2011: Motion (2) by Pam, 2^nd by Jodi. Carried.

4. Student Council's Report: Student Council Representative position is still open, however, Ross did have a report from Faith Gushulak, Grade 11 Student Council Representative, that the student council was working on Halloween dance and speakers for this year. Magazine fundraiser information went out today.

5. Chairperson's Report: >Ross has visited the Oakbank Credit Union to have his name added and Donna Walby-Lawson's name removed as signing authority. >Ross attended the Bus Community meeting held by the Transportation dept. The enforcement of the 1.6 km rule caused significant backlash so it was dropped for this year. Community meetings are being held to reach a solution for next year. Problem with grandfathered students. Looking for solutions. November 15 is follow up meeting.

6. Principal's Report: > 6 trustees visited school today for walk around tour to see changes that have been made. >Pat discussed additional changes that will need to be made to the school, ie. Power mech room, Grooming room area, Science labs upgrades. >Bus garage might move to Beausejour leaving empty building for high school to use. >Monica presented the SCI Staff Learning Team Plans for 2011-2012. The two main goals include 1) Developing skills that enhance lifelong learning and student understanding of learning processes and strategies and 2) Developing a more positive learning environment through a focus on promoting tolerance, a culture of caring, and improving the sense of belonging and inclusion in the school. She also discussed student activities related to the school goals. The classroom that we were in gave some concrete examples of some of the learning processes used and the student's outcomes. Monica left the door open for future discussions surrounding the Learning Team Plans. >Pat revised the number of students enrolled at SCI to 609 students.

7. Treasurer's Report: Kathy stated our balance has been $240.34 for the past 6 months. Motion (3) by Kathy to accept report, 2^nd by Pam. Carried. Parent council has received it's annual $125 from Sunrise School Division.

8. Correspondence: > Thank you notes received from band scholarship recipient and Field of Visions representative. > Thank you notes made out to prior year's executive council members that have stepped down. > Excellence in Teaching Awards were forwarded to Executive meeting.

9. Business arising from Minutes:

• Field of Visions: > AGM held with election of officers. > Motion (4) to make Kathy SCI's parent council representative for FOV by Pam, 2^nd Jodi. Carried. > Board has approved Mr. Ostler and students to hire professional fundraiser. > Next meeting on 24^th.

• SPPA: >AGM has been held. >Peak of the Market fundraiser started today. Concert dates have been set for SMS but working on for SCI. To be announced. > Kathy has submitted grant for stage lighting.

• Learning Teams direction: See above under Principal's Report.

• Lunch Monitor Update: Down to 2 full time and one part time workers.

10. New Business:

• Membership in MAPC: Motion (5) to move to Executive meeting by Pam, 2^nd by Kathy. Carried.

• Review of Divisional Code of Conduct meeting: Kathy and Bob attended. The meeting was a recap of what teachers, administrators, parents and students have been saying. This will be taken forward to Board of Trustees. Kathy believes the parents concerns were accurately captured. Kathy asked Wayne Leckie, superintendent, what the next step would be. The recommendations will then be forwarded to the Board of Trustees.

• Survey results: According to Pat, Wayne will use the information to obtain divisional data and to help specific schools with specific issues identified by the survey. SCI has generated their own survey for it's students. The ProActive report wasn't very helpful for SCI specifically.

11. Date of next meeting: November 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm in school library

12. Adjournment: Motion (4) at 9:00 pm by Kathy, 2^nd Jodi. Carried.

Springfield Collegiate Institute Advisory Council for School Leadership
Financial Report

October 17, 2011 - November 21, 2011

Chequing Non-Profit Organization
October 17, 2011 $240.34

Income
October 18, 2011 PAC funds from SSD $125.00

Balance
November 21, 2011 $365.34