Cornell Village School Advisory Council
Date: Monday January 20th 2020
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Parent Council
Attendees:
Kirk Apel
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no
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Nilu Manji
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yes
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Marie Scott
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yes
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Niro Arumugam
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no
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Niruban
‘Chris’ Nadarajah
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yes
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Katherine Strain
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no
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Nicole Bell
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yes
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Sarah Murphy
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yes
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Kelly Sutherland
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yes
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Karen Bradley
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yes
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Haafid Rahman
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yes
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Cynthia Vo
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no
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Amanda Cartan
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yes
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Susan Reid
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yes
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Chris Zarras
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yes
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Sabina Khandaker
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no
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Monica Rivera
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yes
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Liz MacFarlane
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yes
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Kristine
Sabourin
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yes
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Parent Attendees: n/a
Staff Attendees: Scott Chin, Vivienne Baine
1) Welcome
& Acceptance of Current Agenda (Amanda)
- Agenda approved by Marie Seconded by Liz
2) Treasurer’s
Report 2019/2020 (Liz)
- Drop in Hot Lunches
possibly due to Christmas Break, less time to order
- December movie night –
Abominable, big success, much quieter than last
- Will plan for possibly
2 more movie nights
- Vote was held to
purchase a baritone and a tuba for the music program, all that were in
attendance voted in favour. Approx $6,000 in Council raised funds from last
school year.
3) Committee
Updates
a.
Fundraising – Colour Day will take place instead of
the Cornell a Thon this year, it will take place on February 26th.
Discussed council selling snack packs on this day to raise funds for the
instalation of trees for each team. **Further to meeting, this was not approved
as part of the colour day. We will
revisit as a fundraiser later.
b. Parent
Engagement – Mental
Health Night – April 16th subcommittee to meet, ideas include; Canadian Mental Health Association, workshops, survey to specify which
topic / age categories and whether to do an activity with the kids/without kids
to have that night. Parents Council will give their input by Friday January 25th.
c. Sustainability/Healthy
Schools – Winter Walk
Day- didn’t touch on
4) Update From School (Scott/ Vivienne)
Extracurricular Programs during the day
are still running, the musical production is now rehearsing during lunches.
They are trying to bring fun into the school to help with any trips, sports and
programs outside of school that are cancelled until Jan 31st as of
right now.
Scott and Vivienne addressed the costs
for programs, specifically the grade 7/8 Arts Program and what the cost covers.
Scott advised that the board is covering half the cost of the 8 week program. A
guest speaker from We Day, Wali Shah, will be in, a sewing studio, theatre
performances etc. This will not take away from classes, it is held during art periods.
Scott & Vivienne will send out a new email with more information regarding
this program.
Scott will be sending out a reminder
for the Grade 8 Grad trip to start saving, however, it is currently on hold until
further notice.
New Business (All)
a. Movie
Night – Frozen 2 is
available Feb 25th – Movie
night in March to be decided
b. Outdoor
Class – 6 trees representing each house team
will be going around the outdoor classroom, will look into costs of a retaining
wall and create a plan to put into motion to get the outdoor classroom started.
Sub-committee to plan the outdoor classroom with Scott, hoping to start as soon
as possible.
c. Other
Items – Snack Packs
for Colour Day Forms will go out on
February 18th for the snack packs, and will also be made available
on school cash online. Parents Council will handle the fundraising and not the
staff. (See note above)
d. Fun
Fair – June 11th
– Food trucks, possibly a general donation ask, and silent auction donations to
the outdoor class.
e. Cornell
A Thon – Will not take
place this year, A Colour/Team Building day will take place instead and all council
fundraising focus will be put into the Fun Fair/Silent Auction.
5)
Motion
to Adjourn (Amanda)
Next
Meeting Monday February 24th 2020
- Accepted the motion to adjourn Marie Seconded the motion Sarah
Minutes taken by Kristine Sabourin
If
there are any discrepancies in these minutes please contact:
Kristine
Sabourin
Ksabourin.90@gmail.com