Saint Mary/Saint Monica Catholic School Council Meeting
January 16, 2012
7:00PM
Attendance:
Administration: B. Moreau, J. Flynn, T. Mucha, W. Sweetland, R. Harris, J. Valdez
Council:
M.E. Dunn, K. Salm, C. Conan, C. Pedersen
Parents:
J. Sansom, E. Huculak
Opening Prayer – Mary Elizabeth Dunn
St. Mary Business Meeting
1.
Approval of October minutes – C. Pedersen, M-E Dunn 2nd
2..
Principal Report
2.1
St. Mary - Bill Moreau
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Administration is already planning for the 2012/2013 school year;
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Alberta Government will release budget mid-February, and will allow for decisions to
be made regarding staffing;
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A letter of intent will go out mid-February to students / families regarding enrollment
for next year;
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Report cards will be out in March;
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School deficit is lower due to restored funding, goal for next school year is to be out
of deficit;
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Mr. Moreau will attend St. Monica Parent-Teacher night to encourage parents to
transfer to St. Mary for grade 2. A letter of intent will also be given to current Grade
1 families to get a sense of student numbers for Grade 2 next year;
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2.2
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March 15 – student led conferences at St. Mary
Julie Valdez – Health and Wellness Conference
April 28th, 2012 from 8:30am – 2:00pm St. Mary will host the Health and Wellness
Conference. Following the format of Arts Alive Conference and Young Authors
Conference, this event will focus on nutrition, fitness and technology. A parent
session will also be offered. An information sheet will be available late February /
early March. Ms Valdez has received a $5000.00 Wellness Grant to be used
towards honorariums for this event. In addition, this grant will be used for the
purchase of 2 blenders and 3 roasting pans for the kitchen, set-up for the Snack
Shack. Funds were also provided to the enrichment programs.
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February 4th St. Mary will host the Volleyball tournament.
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Snack Shack is open now, first recess and lunch recess.
2.3
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Wendy Sweetland – Faith Formation Day
Friday, February 24th, St. Mary students will participate in ‘A Seed of Hope – a Life
of Grace’, faith formation day. This day will be a conference style approach where
the school will come together to celebrate our faith. There will be many presenters,
and sessions, as well as a parent session.
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Costs related to this event total $2406.70, and SAC has agreed to support this
program with a $1000.00 contribution. The Knights of Columbus have also been
approached for a donation, however an amount has not yet been determined.
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Discussion on the implementation of the student pretzel snack was discussed, with
a decision made that the cooking enrichment class will prepare the pretzels, and
parent volunteers will be solicited to bake them.
3.
Treasurers Report – Claude Conan
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Fundraising has brought in additional funds –
Magazines $3300.00
Poinsettias $1400.00
There is minimal fundraising done in the second half of the school year. The
December casino was very successful, with amounts to be announced soon.
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CIP Grant will be applied for to match casino money, Claude will begin application
process.
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4.
Jeff Sansom, Capital Power, has donated $500.00 towards St. Mary as well.
Updates
4.1
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Casino – Jeff Sansom
The casino in December was very well attended, and we will see final totals very
soon.
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Jeff thanked all the volunteers for their time and efforts.
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The Fall 2013 casino will be run by Jeff Sansom as well, however, he would like to
have a successor to transition to.
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4.2
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Casino funds will be available late February, early March.
Community Spirit Grant – Terry Mucha
It came to light that a society needs to make the application for this grant, not the
school. Therefore, the fundraising society will make the application. As well,
financial statements need to be submitted as well.
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To date, $4500.00 has been donated, which now will be pooled with the proceeds
from donations up until September 2012, when application can be made again.
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St. Mary will have another campaign this spring to bring awareness again to the
families that this campaign is ongoing for the next 3 years, and to gain more
donations.
5.
New Business
5.1
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Grade 5 Math Club – Konrad Fassbender
Proposal of a Grade 5 Math Club to begin in February. Students have been
approached and have responded with enthusiasm.
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This would be a ‘demo project’, and if successful, can be used to have additional
clubs in the 2012 / 2013 school year.
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Premise is the build on existing math skills, and to work towards two math
competitions – Mathematica and Kangaroo math (each is grade specific).
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With the intent of meeting on every second Thursday, at 12:00pm, the Club will
meet for 7 sessions.
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Math competitions: April 18th (Mathematica) written at St. Mary, March 25th,
Kangaroo Math (at Concordia College).
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Discussion: Logistics of number of students, teacher on site, transportation of
students after Club has ended – all need to be figured out.
Letter of interest / permission will be sent home with interested students.
Motion to adjourn
Next meeting: Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 7:00pm in the St. Mary Library