Cornell Village School Advisory
Council
Date: March 5, 2018
Time: 7:00pm-8:45pm
Parent Council Attendees:
Marie Scott
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Y
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Rick
Chen
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N
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Susan Reid
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N
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Katherine
Strain
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N
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Kelly
Sutherland
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N
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Niruban ‘Chris’ Naparajah
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N
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Dolly
Theodore Latchman
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Y
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Kristin Vikse
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N
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Karen
Bradley
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Y
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Haafid Rahman
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Y
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Amanda
Cartan
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Y
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Casandra Bryant
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N
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Sabina
Khandaker
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Y
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Jenn
Koppes
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N
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Chris
Zarras
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Y
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Niro
Arumugam
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Y
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Nilu
Manji
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N
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Parent Attendees: Kelly Dunn, Gurpreet Kaur
Staff Attendees: Scott
Chin, Nadia
MacKinnon, Shelley Hobor
1) Welcome
& Acceptance of current agenda (Amanda)
-all were in favour of the agenda
2) Acceptance
of January’s minutes (Amanda)
-Marie accepted the minutes, Chris second the
motion
3) Committee
Updates
a) Fundraising Update & Event Planning (Katherine/
Susan via email update)
-Dance-a-thon
was a great success raising just over $5,000 between donations and
popcorn/drink/glow band sales
-after
expenses, approximately $3800 was raised
-Ms.Irgolino’s
class raised the most funds and won the pizza party
-all
prizes have been drawn and were announced at school on March 1st
-thanks
to all the volunteers who assisted with preparations and organization of the
dance-a-thon
-council’s contribution towards the end
of the year Fun Fair will be to find items/donations for the silent auction on
June 20th
-businesses can promote their business
at the fun fair if they have an activity/ donation
-Silver Leaf donated a $50 gift card
-members can list the vendors they are
contacting for donations by writing it on the goggle doc
-spirit wear was given out a couple of
weeks ago but there were some back orders and
parents were notified
-Chris will be picking up another batch
of spirit wear and the next batch will be available in April
-Chris will find out if another order of
spirit wear can be submitted; possibly limit the
inventory that can be ordered
b) Parent Engagement (Susan
via email update)
-parent symposium is on April 4th;
a newsletter was emailed out to parents
-there are 3 spots available so anyone
interested needs to let Scott know by March 7th
-walk to school was successful
-the school will track if there are 20%
more students walking to school at the next walk to school event in April; if
there is a 20% increase Scott will wear a costume (what costume will be worn is
TBD)
-the outdoor classroom needs assistance
to clean up and maintain over the summer
-Scott suggested having the hose on the
premise accessible to water the plants so people aren’t having to bring it from
home
-will have a sign up schedule for the
summer to water the garden/ plants
-Marie will contact someone about
getting top soil from Farmer Jack’s
c) Healthy Schools
(Marie)
-play leaders will be running intramural
for grade ones and twos and possibly the grade threes
-this will take place Tuesday and
Wednesday during snack recess starting after March break
-play leaders will be organizing all
games, announcements and talking to the classes about the games they will be
playing
d) Yearbook Committee (Marie/ Chris)
-confirmed vendor will be Commerce Press
-due to the favourable pricing that Commerce Press has
offered, we are required to provide a print ready file to the vendor
-Katherine to develop 4 base page templates that the
Yearbook committee will leverage for their overall design
-yearbook committee will work on page layouts and
organization for individual classes, clubs, etc so that they can be
incorporated into the print ready file
-the council will be responsible for uploading the photos
into the template
-there are pictures on the school drive in sub-folders and
teachers can continue to upload photos
4) Treasurer’s
Report (Kelly)
-copy of the treasurer’s report was distributed
but still needs to be adjusted to reflect the cost of the spirit wear and
outstanding bills from the dance-a-thon
-Amanda will send out email for items to vote
on with regards to allocation of funds as there weren’t enough members to vote
5) Update
From School (Scott/ Nadia)
-arts night is April 30th
-Nadia showed a chart of all clubs that are
currently taking place; chart didn’t include team sports
-discussion took place about informing parents
of clubs before they start
-April 5th is parent math ‘myth
busters’ workshop
-child minding will be offered
-will use school cash online for the RSVP
-will ask parents what they would like to know/learn
about regarding math being taught to their children
-suggestions were given about things that would
help parents understand how to help their children (eg. give examples of
answers to comprehensive math questions, what should students be practicing at
home, how much time should they be spending on math at home, etc.)
-Scott mentioned that parents can also
communicate directly with teachers to obtain some
guidance
-after March break, there will be another lice
check to minimize any impact that this issue has on the school
6) New
Business (All)
-discussion about introducing Subway (or
another vendor) for weekly lunches in April and May on Wednesdays or Thursdays
-discussion about having other fundraisers
where all students can participate as the dance-a-thon does exclude some
students who can’t participate due to religious reasons
-for students who were not able to participate
in the dance-a-thon, they were accommodated by providing them with ping pong to
play
-money is needed from council every fall for
cost sharing in technology: $6250
-will communicate to parents by the end of
April as to what has been purchased and funds that are still needed for
outstanding items
-a parent stated that some links on the school
website may need a code as they tried to access it but couldn’t; parent was
advised to contact administration for assistance
-discussion took place about different methods
of communicating with families and wanting to
improve
communication
7)
Motion to adjourn
-Chris accepted motion to adjourn, Dolly second the motion
If any discrepancies in these minutes
please contact:
Sabina Khandaker
sabina_email@yahoo.com