CENTRE WELLINGTON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
PARENT COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, February 29, 2016
Present:
Bobbi Turner, Jenn T., Shelley Sparks Phillipps, Chad Warren, Principal, Lynne Vink, Co-head, Math
Dept.
Action:
Call to Order
Presentation: Lynne Vink, Math Department
Approval of January 2016 minutes
Treasurer’s Report:
 Parent Council was reimbursed $255 from
school account correcting an error from June
2015 (lunches for community members)
 Parent Council’s bank account is currently
$1,748.43
 Bottle drive earned $372; $297.60 went to
the Tech Dept for equipment. Balance of
$75.60 will go towards the Parent Council
Graduation award.
 Parent Reaching Out (PRO) grant: We will
submit an application for the 2016/17 school
year.
Principal’s Report:
 Labour – everything running as normal in
schools
 Strategic Planning - Leadership team met to
set goals for next 3 to 5 years; working on
developing the school improvement plan
 February Events:
o Exams
o Semester 1 report cards went out
but were delayed 1 day due to
printing issues
o DECA (business competition)
provincials – 4 CWDHS students
qualified for Internationals
o Course selection for next year
o Collaborative projects in math
and literacy with feeder schools
See attachment to minutes
Deferred to March 2016 meeting
Bobbi and Shelley to submit application; council
members to brainstorm ideas on how to use
grant money. See grant guidelines at
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/guidelines.
html
Bobbi to contact Guidance Dept for suggestions
Parent Involvement Committee Presentation
“Increasing Parent Involvement” takes place
in April in Guelph
Chad and Shelley to attend; room for 1 more
parent rep and 1 teacher rep.
Parent Council’s role and attendance at
meetings:
 We discussed various ideas to increase
parent participation at council meetings:
 Review our Mission Statement and brochure.
 Get the word out that we don’t fundraise.
 How can we make more parents feel
comfortable and welcome at the meetings?
 Booth at upcoming parent/teacher
interviews.
 Create a simple survey/questionnaire for
parents to complete at parent/teacher
interviews.
 Offer a webinar for parents who aren’t able
to attend our meetings but still want to take
part.
New Business:
Parent/Teacher Interviews are being held on
March 23. Parent Council will staff a booth and
require volunteers.
Bobbi and Shelley can volunteer from 5 to 7 pm.
Looking for volunteers for the 3 to 4:30 pm
period.
Next meeting date (revised): Monday, March 21, 2016. This is not the last
Monday of the month due to the Easter long weekend.