April Minute

April Minutes

Sunny View School Council – April 13, 2012


Present –

Joanne Downing Ijeoma Ross
Paul Kay Michele Hopper
Brie Rutter Julie Suh
Susan-Jane Bynoe Dale Zimmerman

Welcome – Joanne welcomed us and let us know our next 2 meetings will be May 11 (to plan staff appreciation) and June 8 (to deal with staff departures, retirements, grads.

Insurance update – elected members are covered and we have opted out of coverage for volunteers.

Last months minutes – motion to accept/Susan-Jane
Second/Michele, all in favour.

Principal’s report

Back health care is now opened and they will be starting demo of the front health care April 30. It is planned for 12 weeks for completion.
We will also be getting our large boilers replaced.
All reviews are finished.

Int. dance day – bollywood dance with Owen, Seneca and the national ballet.

Blythwood very enthusiastic about our interactions with their kids.

Spring Pizza night – May 3 – all food paid for by Odettes.

- babysitting, small resource fair, brochures and applications for parents, HBV is involved, spiral garden is coming.

Blythwood earth day celeb – they are cleaning our yard with our kids.

Spring concert and lip sync will be done together.
Barrier free track meet will be coming up.
School will receive lap top cart with 30 lap tops in May. This is from our family of schools based on a submission from staff.

Treasurer report

-Ijeoma needs a request for life jackets.
- small amount of money out for Brie/art supplies/Dale
- need to sort out money for Brie
- money still to come from HBV ($200)
- Bibs will be paid for by SVKA
- $98 & $31 from QSP for magazine subscriptions.

Michele – SVKA report
- SVKA has approved Bib project and cost of detergent.
- Brought cheque for smartboard $4835
- Communication plan/ 5 people to talk to
- 1) Tom and foundation (HBV)
2) within school – recruiting for AGM
3) someone from SV needs to add blurb to SV newsletter to keep parents aware. (Julie)
4) political group
5) contact people who bought art and give them and update of lab and art programme. In fall, would like to do event to get people in here.

Card fundraiser
- need clear instructions of what they need. Can be done in class or expressive arts. Will go out to parents.

Brie 
- custom art, who do we target? Staff? Parents?



Community grants

- parent reaching out grant is available



Camp

- K-8 only – no high school kids

- Our kids will take up 85% of camp

- See if some kids can get 2 sessions

- Want to find out if there is someone else to help fund camp. Sara and Michele will look into this

- Joanne will send spending criteria to Marc Brown for summer camp expenses



June 1, PA day

- breakfast for staff for appreciation

- yoghurt, coffee, tea, fruit trays, bagels



Graduation

- 17 grads – maybe do composite of all grads 8 x 10 for each student



Recognition

- retiring – Susan-Jane Bynoe, Dennis Farbstein

- leave of absence – Brie Rutter