September 29, 2022 8:00pm in the Library

Welcome – Adriana Arevalo (Past Chair)

• We are looking for volunteers and your participation is encouraged.
• Parent council is a great way to be an active part of the school community and know what’s going on with your child to avoid anything falling through the cracks.

Principal’s Report – Sam Iskandar

• Student report to come in upcoming meeting as well as Teacher report once they are elected.

Nomination Forms for School Council Executive

• Nomination forms for Executive Parent Council were sent out with the agenda
• They are due Oct 7th and you can nominate yourself or a friend. Please email nominations to Linda Black (Linda.Black@tdsb.on.ca)
• We usually have a Chair (or co-chairs) and a Secretary to take minutes
• Unlike elementary there is no dealing with funds
• There is $1000 given to spend and historically the Parent Council has elected to give this money to Relay for Life for a breakfast for participants or to contribute to other activities connected to this event
• Sometimes the Parent Council has speakers in and funds can be used for that. School has always helped when necessary.

Staffing

• We have been given 2 additional teachers for this semester. Seven classes are being divided in half.
• 1 teacher is already hired and we are currently interviewing for the other position
• Our goal is to have the adjustments made by Monday/Tuesday of next week
• Changes will not impact timetable just teacher. Any changes made are not personal and please keep communicating with us if you have questions.
• Classes impacted in grade 9: 1 Science, 1 BTT, 1 Geography
• Other classes impacted: 1 math, 1Marketing and 1 ESL class

OSSLT (Stacey Wylie)

• The literacy test will run primarily as it did last year
• Windows are Nov 2-Dec7th with the results at the end of January ad March 1st to April 26th with the results at the end of June.
• We will endeavour to get all of our previously eligible students and/or those that were unsuccessful to write in the fall so that they are able to meet their graduation requirements

EQAO (Rosanna Deo)

• Grade 9 math EQAO is back
• Students will be writing within their math classes
• Semeter 1 window is January 11-Feb 3rd and semester 2 window is June 7-28th
• Math EQAO will count for 10% of the student mark
• Extra time will be provided for student with IEP’s and as needed

Upcoming Dates:

New Business:

Student Success

• There are no longer student success days at the end of the semester like there were last year
• We have two late starts per month (the last 2 Wednesday’s of the month)

Sports

• Certain sports are played in different seasons
• We have intramural sports that are played within the school and varsity sports where students try out and compete against different schools
• Spectators are allowed at SCI
• Tryouts usually have 2-3 tryouts on different days and will be announced to all students
• With our specialized HP/Elite Athlete program a student cannot play on the team that they train for

Homework

• The most predominant portal for homework is Brightspace
• Teachers are always encouraged to keep students updated with their marks and communicate with families as to where they stand
• A how-to for parents to register for Brightspace will be send out with the minutes of this meeting (Register for Brightspace!)

Student Absences

• Please call the main office to update any personal information within our new PowerSchool system
• If a student must leave please have them come to the main office and we will sign them out
• There is not a maximum number of absences that a student is permitted however if a student has 15 consecutive days absent we are required to de-emit them.
• Students are responsible for any work that they miss while they are absent

Future Parent Council Meetings (7:00pm in the library)

• November 8th
• January 17th
• February 28th
• April 18th
• May 30th

Thank you and meeting adjourned. See you November 8th.