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Monday, November 27

5/3/2018

MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 27, 2017 MEETING

Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute
Parent Council Meeting

Monday November 27, 2017

Present: Paul Ambrose (Principal), Victor Saliba (Chair), Renee Massop (Co-Chair), Carol Collinson (Secretary), Kate Gosine (Co-Secretary), Michelle Cole-Kennedy, Conrad Stewart, Leslie Samuel, Khalil and Bilal (SAC presidents)

Meeting called to order: 6.35 PM

Welcome and Introductions:

• Chair, Victor, welcomed everyone to the meeting. Each attendee introduced themselves.

Minutes of last meeting approved by Victor and seconded by Carol Collinson.

Student Activity Council (SAC) Update: Khalil and Bilal

• Lazer Quest fundraiser is planned for 2nd semester
• Talent show is planned for before the winter break
• Grade 8 Information event: morning for new students and evening for parents scheduled for Dec. 7
• Prom is scheduled for May 10
• Semi-formal is scheduled for Feb. 2018

Chair and Co-Chair Updates: Victor Saliba

• AGM- Community Use of School Space: Nov. 28, 2017 @ TDSB head office, 5050 Yonge St.
• SRO program: discontinued, but CCI will still have support through community police program
• Victor will e-mail final report to Council members
• PRO Grant: approved
• Need to plan an information night before Jun 2018
• Michelle will provide a copy of the application
• Extreme heat in school:
• Michelle contacted MPP regarding the heat in the school during the spring and fall months.
• Ministry of Education has announced an additional $14 billion for building upgrades
• Parent Council booth:
• Proposed for grade 8 night and parent teacher interviews.
• Need to develop a one-pager about the Parent Council including meeting dates to hand out at the booth.

Principal’s Report: Mr. Paul Ambrose, interim principal while the current principal, Ms. Jinah Park is on leave.

• Staff contract – to ensure equity in the TDSB.
• Stems from school improvement plan
• Issues in school –
• No hats in school policy - hard to enforce
• Students going to the library, mall and community centre: students can be banned and receive a no trespassing letter for infractions
• Trey Anthony, producer of “Kink of my Hair” presented to students in Nov about “Find Your Passion”.
• Commencement: full house
• Math EQAO – Jan 2018
• PA day – Dec. 1
• Teach Assist – Parents/Students can access marks
• Access with e-mail address
• Alliance of Black Students conference – keynote speaker, Paul Wall, CCI graduate

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM

Next meeting – January 29, 2018 @ 6:30pm

Monday September 25, 2017

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Cedarbrae Parent Council Meeting

Monday September 25, 2017

Present:

Jinah Park (Principal), Terri Williams (Chair), Rory Frame (Co-Chair), Michelle Cole-Kennedy (Secretary), Kate Gosine (Co-Secretary), Kelly Dunn (Teacher Rep), Victor, Conrad, Pargat, Cordia, Donna, Jawad, Marlilou, Pirathieu, Rizona, Zuleikha, Rezwanur, Renee, Claudine, Sahada, Qasad, Yasmin, and Student Reps.

Meeting called to order: 6.45 PM

Chair Updates: Terri Williams

• Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. Each attendee introduced themselves and indicated what grade their student was in.

Election of New Council:

• Chair – Victor Saliba
• Co-Chair – Renee Massap
• Secretary – Carol Collinson
• Co-Secretary – Kaye Gosine

Principal’s Report: Update done by Principal Jinah Park

• POR - Positions of Responsibility.
  • 18 positions, 2 unfilled, 1 is for ESL/French/International program, the other for Arts
  • Class Caps – only 10% of school can go over the 10%
  • Academic 30% max, open course 29, Applied 23 and ESL 16
  • Cedarbrae is at 15% over cap, requested 3 teachers, if approved it will happen before October 31. Students might have to move to a new teacher
• SRO – School Resource Officer
  • Right now, there is none,
  • Surveying students and teachers if needed
  • Decision will be next November
  • Meetings 6-7:30pm @ Scarborough Village next week, tomorrow will be at Malvern
• 1 Lockdown and 3 fire drills in each semester
• Specialized and high-risk programs being reviewed
• Cedarbrae CCI app, you can get it through google play/apple
• Teach Assist – Parents/Students can access marks
• September
  • Great Expectations Assembly held on the 11th to discuss the school's Code of Conduct
  • Unity Charity Assembly – after school program: beatbox, spoken word, video arts, and dancing
  • CSC – Caring and Safe schools committee – meetings November 15, January 18, March 22, and May 17
  • Terry Fox Run – this Thursday
  • Orange shirt day – this Friday
• October
  • Grade 9 Leadership camp – October 12, just 1 day this year
  • October 19 – Parent Teacher interviews 1-3 and 6-9
• November
  • Grade 9-11 awards ceremony 4:15-4:30 Awards assembly Nov 9
  • Assembly – Remembrance Day – November 10
  • Funny Money Assembly

Tropicana Community Services Presentation

• Every Wednesday, youth club at lunchtime
• Looking for tutors
• Steel Pan
• Chess
• Workshops

HATCH.COM Presentation

• Offers coding classes for ages 9-14 years old
• Learn how software works
• Robotics is part of the program
• They provide the computers for the students to use

Other:

• SAC Fee – what does it cover: Yearbook, athletic fields, school photo ID, agenda, school app, subsidizes students/clubs. If multiple siblings can have one yearbook only and opt-out so not all the siblings have to pay the fee.
• Discussion around student dress
• Discussion around upcoming Europe trip and copies handed out to interested parents
• Discussion around students hanging out and smoking
• PRO Grant was successful and will need to plan how and when it will be used
• High school nights for the Grade 8 elementary parents
• Working with Feeder schools for Cedarbrae

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM

Next meeting – November 27, 2017 @ 6:30pm