Parent Council Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School Nov 2nd, 2015 – Attendees: Lily Gall, Sammi Khachi, Rodolfo Rivas, Tracy Taylor, Karen Ditoro, Joanne Jones, Lenie D’Souza, Bernadette Madill, Grace Melo, Benny Lynette Tinoco, Ceyda Tocsoy, Rey Reyes Absent: Angela McIntyre Principal - Gino Montanari Vice Principal Kevin Wong – Holly Roberts Teacher representative – Claire Peace Social Worker non teaching representative – – Student representative Sharen Jarjis – Agenda Opening Prayer Lily Gall – Approval of Agenda accepted – 1st - Lee Weare 2nd - Tracy Taylor – Declaration of Conflict of Interest None – Principals Report Gino Montanari – Review of School Administration and introduction of VP Mr. Wong Increase in twitter presence attributed to Mr. Wong active role in that regard Role of School Council is to advise and provide feedback to assist parent and student engagement within the high school Student Performance - Applied courses students performed academically from 2013/14 - 58% to 71% this year which is 6% above the board average. The academic students fell from 85% to 81% which is 6% below the board average. This is just a high overview of the statistics and additional information is needed to put this data into the appropriate context. A computer lab is being installed into room 213 Overview of annual school generated funds plan details of which may be added to minutes – by Mr. Montanari. Charity fundraisers by school Councils are permitted but restricted to one major and one minor fundraiser per academic year. Monies to be raised have to be marked for their intended use. i.e. cover council event expenses. In addition to those categories already detailed council recommended the wording be changed to include a category: the “at discretion of school council for student and school needs as deemed appropriate”.
Parent Council – Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School Nov 2nd, 2015 Attendees: Lily Gall, Sammi Khachi, Rodolfo Rivas, Tracy Taylor, Karen Ditoro, Joanne Jones, Lenie D’Souza, Bernadette Madill, Grace Melo, Benny Lynette Tinoco, Ceyda Tocsoy, Rey Reyes Absent: Angela McIntyre Principal - Gino Montanari Vice Principal – Kevin Wong Holly Roberts – Teacher representative Claire Peace – Social Worker – non teaching representative Student representative – Sharen Jarjis Agenda Opening Prayer – Lily Gall Approval of Agenda – accepted 1st - Lee Weare – 2nd - Tracy Taylor Declaration of Conflict of Interest – None Principals Report – Gino Montanari Review of School Administration and introduction of VP Mr. Wong Increase in twitter presence attributed to Mr. Wong active role in that regard Role of School Council is to advise and provide feedback to assist parent and student engagement within the high school Student Performance - Applied courses students performed academically from 2013/14 - 58% to 71% this year which is 6% above the board average. The academic students fell from 85% to 81% which is 6% below the board average. This is just a high overview of the statistics and additional information is needed to put this data into the appropriate context. A computer lab is being installed into room 213 Overview of annual school generated funds plan – details of which may be added to minutes by Mr. Montanari. Charity fundraisers by school Councils are permitted but restricted to one major and one minor fundraiser per academic year. Monies to be raised have to be marked for their intended use. i.e. cover council event expenses. In addition to those categories already detailed council recommended the wording be changed to include a category: “at the discretion of school council for student and school needs as deemed appropriate”.
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