Haig School Community Council
Minutes, Tuesday April 20 2015
In attendance: Lisa Mallory, Chrissy Roy, Krista Bakken, Arlene Dobson, Bailey Brookes, Kenton
Fields, Amber Istace
1. Call to Order 7:00
2. Presentation of Agenda – no additions
3. Principles Report
a. Upcoming Events
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Teddy Anderson – Hoop Dancer Performance – April 19 (done)
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Math Family Night (Technology night) – April 22: there will be a
handout for parents that will go home with all students
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Railway Safety Presentation – April 29
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Pack-a-parent/hot lunch – April 30: if there is a strike on we might
need parents to set up tables and tear down after
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K Welcome Evenings – May 4 and 5
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School swimming – 8 sessions starting May 5 for Gr 3 & 5 – this
will be dependent on busses. If there is a strike this may have to
be postponed
b. Correspondence
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Miscellaneous Fundraiser Items
c. School Improvement Planning
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PLC – Welcome to Kindergarten Program and transition plan:
there is one more PLC before these dates
d. Division Initiatives
Course Correction to focus on Reading – RtI will be co-teaching
reading with Grade One classes; will be re-evaluating what RtI will
look like for next year
e. Assessment/School Data
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Aimsweb Spring Benchmarking results – May 14 – June 5
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Tell Them From Me (Gr 4 – 6) – just completed and waiting for
results, should have results by next meeting
f. Miscellaneous Items
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SEIU – 48 hour notice for strike action
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Staffing update: Kenton is going to WJHS, Jacqueline Neilmeyer
will be VP, Melissa planning a mat leave for October, Haig teacher
numbers will go up 0.2. Administrative assistant and librarian
time will decrease. EA time may decrease as 3 Intensive needs
students will be transitioning to WJHS
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School supply purchase option for parents – SCC decided to look
at as an option for parents. There would be starter kits available
and add-ons available, supplies delivered to the school after
parents order online. Arlene will look at deadlines for school lists
and see if this is a viable option for our parents
4. Items for Discussion
a. Education Support Staff of SECPSD: how can Haig support our education support
staff? – discussed the impact on students and extra programming
b. Fundraising
i. SECPSD Employee Recognition Night May 21 2015
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Chose 2 salads
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Myrna will take care of all the meal work (serve, dishes, clean-up)
except table set-up
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Lisa will check on fridge space and cans vs bottles
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Krissy will do liquor license, pre-order alcohol, mix and cups
(maybe ice)
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Should have a back-up sound system available; Arlene will check
into this
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Cocktails/reception at 6:00, Dinner at 6:30
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Lisa will send out a timetable for that day
c. Family Night Dance – Friday May 29, 6:00-8:00
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Beach theme
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Stations: dance area, snack, photo booth, limbo
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Budget: will have a silver collection
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Music options – Arlene will check with RAK pack for playlist
suggestions; the sound system in the gym will be adequate
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Set-up after school May 29
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School has prizes for spot dances
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Bailey will check Dollarama for decorations/photo booth items
(there are items available in the drama collections as well)
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Amanda and Amber will look after snack/drink
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Would like to open the meat raffle at the dance
d. Meat Fundraiser
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Souris ran a 4 week raffle. Tickets $1 each or a book of 15 for $10.
Raffel for 4 x $100 gift certificates for meat from (co-op x 2,
maurers, western prime). Student prizes: top 2 sellers received
movie theatre gift certificates, sellers of the 4 raffle winners
received pool passes from Weyburn Leisure Center
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Haig plan: run from May 29 through June 12 and draw at playday;
lottery license $5 from the city; Arlene will ask Clark about
tracking the $ from tickets; Lisa will check into meat packs; Amber
will check about pool passes and movie passes
5. Other Business
6. Date of Next Meeting – Tuesday, June 9, 2015 7:00
7. Adjourned 8:50