School Council

Minutes

Attendees

Jen Curtis
Shukri Middleton
Shauntel Wilson
Julie White
Jane Cooper
Allyssa Handley
Danielle Taylor
Charlene Chapman
Kathy Singleton
Elisa Mulcaster

Last meeting follow up

1. Approved agenda
2. Approved January minutes – Shauntel/Alyssa

This meeting’s topics and notes

Principal’s updates

Elisa:

• LFPS has reintroduced house league colours: a way to bring students together. Acts of kindness (academic/social) receive coupon for the “house” team. Planning colour days 1x/month, Spirits days 2x/month
• book fair: raised approx. $5500 – French teachers received decodable books
• breakfast program: doing well
• Upcoming important dates:
  – April 12 grade 5/6 dance and tropical day
  – April 19 Colour Day
  – April 23, 24, 29 Rocks and Rings
  – April 26 Njacko Backo for Core French and FI
  – June 5 Dufflebag Theatre 2 performances
  – June 20 FloFranco for grade 6s at Central
• national lacrosse booked
• jr. basketball started: 2 schools looking to join for exhibition games
• spirit wear (Ontario Graphics): selling next week, all purchases are done online – adding “house colour” t-shirts for purchase – ordering starts Tuesday, April 2nd (sample sizes available in office)
• games club: first recess
• girls club: invitation only
• French Grant – applied for Njacko Backo
• Gr. 6 celebration:
  – no activity planned yet: BBQ “family picnic”, arena/skating
  – photos: FI 6’s group photo for hallway, gr 6s will be gifted class grad photo
  – field trip: bowling/swimming etc locally
  – awards: something will take place
• Announcements: No PA – moving to google slides to highlight student successes: Start TBD
• Art Night – very well received
• Math and Literacy Night – being planned

Financial report

• $2850 in Parent Council account
  Fundraising not needed at this time, but still worth considering
• Opening balance $4319 – art night classes submitted (15 submitted)

Board update

• Spring Fling: June 6th
  Allyssa and Jen – start planning
  ***Committee needed
  Check with Elisa Mulcaster before booking
• Donations of spring “toys”? Table for now – staff come to solution
  – new trikes for kindie yard needed – Julie is looking into this
  – Vicky’s Values: will put aside items needed
• medically fragile students: sending cards to students who need to be away for a period of time
• Jump Rope for Heart
• PC lunch: Hot dog day
  – Check costs – will need veg/halal
• Communication: Emails for upcoming events
  – maybe pinning a “newsletter” at the top of the LFPS Facebook page

Motion to adjourn – Shauntel/Shukri

Action items

1. Spring Fling Committee
2. Math and Literacy Night
3. Hot Dog Day – PC run
4. Look into Kindie trikes/yard toys for spring

Next meeting date

May 22 @ 6 p.m. at LFPS – room # to be decided.

Minutes

Attendees

Jen Curtis

Kim Hutchinson
Shukri Middleton
Shauntel Wilson
Jane Cooper
Steph Leith-Smith
Julie White
Elisa Mulcaster
Allyssa Handley
Jaclyn Nairn
Charlene Chapman
Shawntelle Campbell

Last meeting followup

Welcome to Elisa Mulcaster, new LFPS principal.

This meeting topics and notes

Approval of minutes

Shawntelle and Jen

Approval of November minutes

Shukri and Shantel

Principal’s update

Charlene Chapman:

• LFPS had a very busy December
• Pancake day was amazing! Thank you to Parent Council, volunteers and student; they were very efficient in getting nearly 1500 pancakes prepared, cooked, and distributed in 2 hours! All was well received.
• 25 cent sale a hit, raising $770! These funds are going to breakfast program. Teacher’s preferred wrapping happening in their classrooms this year. Next year: teacher’s wrap with students? Hold sale a earlier in December?
• Christmas carrolling happened before the Christmas break. Fun had by all!
• Darin Parish has moved to Rolling Hills PS, Elisa Mulcaster is our new principal at LFPS.
• Report cards will be coming home in February, teachers are busy writing.
• Acadience: primary teachers have been training and are now working through this with their students. This will reflect at the top of report cards, beginning in June. Elisa Mulcaster
• JK/SK Learning at the Desk has been happening since returning from break
• PC vision: working as a team – welcoming any questions or concerns. How can we make the school a better place? Volunteer/help/support the school.

Board updates

• Boundary Review: no change to FI at this time (maybe next year?) JK-8 for all English stream. LFPS boundary changed to Albert St. Anyone living east of Albert St is now in the KAPS boundary. Admin will be calling these families.
• Snow Days: any solutions for at school before/after care for working families on snow days? Compass has an 80 person 3 waitlist. Can we ask Compass (Tara) to re-join PC?

Boston Pizza

This fundraiser went so well!

• We raised $350 (10% from every receipt turned in) night of, and $372 (5% from every receipt turned in) for the year.
• There is no limit on how often we can do “celebrity server”
• Celebrity Server is available on Mondays (50% off pizza!) and Wednesdays
• teachers serve?
• $350 of funds will go to the Breakfast Program. $372 of funds will go to PC account

25 cent sale

25 cent sale review in Principal update.

In addition:

• need a sub meeting with sub committee for 25 cent sale overhaul
• LFPS will have gr 7 English students next year
• potential to have gr 7 wrappers next year

Upcoming events

Carnaval

• in Feb, organized by Mme. Kheraji
• 7/8 Central student helpers

Book Fair

• week of Feb 25th
• funds will be used towards new classroom books

Valentine’s Dance

• gr. 6’s will have a dance in the last period on Feb 14th

Art Night

• Feb 28th
• PC supplies funding for art supplies for each classroom to create art
• PC approved $100 per classroom ($2300) for supplies
• parents will visit the school the night of Feb 28th to see the art displayed by their student and class and have the chance to visit the book fai
• create a passport: all passports handed in will go into a draw for a prize – Crayola? GT? Shoppers?
• seek BP coupons to hand out at Art Night: PC table to advertise next celebrity server night
• LFPS gear to order

Spring Fling

• June 6th
• sub committee to meet
• Silent Auction at Spring Fling
• $500 parent engagment fund for Spring Fling

Financial update

• $3905 in account, not including Boston Pizza fundrasing
• $770 from 25 cent sale going to breakfast program
• $350 from Boston Pizza celebrity server going to breakfast program
• $372 from Boston Pizza yearly receipts going to PC account
• Cutting costs for breakfast program: EA’s helping break down bulk foods into smaller portions. No rice krispies/granola bars (do not meet healthy requirement). Fruit and cereal being distrubuted to classrooms. Milk/cheese strings/crackers/applesauce available in the office. Will reach out to National Grocer re: helping with cost

Action items

1. Invite Tara (Compass daycare) to PC meetings
2. 25 cent sale/Srping Fling subcommittees to meet
3. Book next Celebrity Server night at Boston Pizza
4. PC table at Art Night
5. Gather donations for Art Night raffle basket and Spring Fling silent auction
6. Add Mrs. Singleton and Ms. Cooper to PC email list

Next meeting date

March 27, in-person at the LFPS Library.

Minutes

Attendees

Jen Curtis
Shukri Middleton
Shauntel Wilson
Darin Parish
Lindsay MacKenzie
Julie White
Jane Cooper
Allyssa Handley
Jaclyn Narin
Danielle Taylor
Charlene Chapman

Last meeting followup

25 cent sale set up 4 p.m. Monday, December 18.

This meeting topics and notes

Staff report

Basketball team came in 2nd
Volleyball is up next
Kindies ‘Outside Day’ went fantastic
Christmas Hampers and 25cent sale are upcoming
Picture day today – Individual pictures
Retake day in November
Class, grad, and team photos will be in February – date to be
announced

Financial report

Nothing has changed
$4,360 balance

Direction setting (chair/co-chairs)

Line painting on the yard for basketball/soccer fields etc
-Soccer field isn’t worth it, will be gone in rain or cut (line paint is expensive)
-Opportunity for parent council fundraiser to cover pavement with line painting: approx. cost $2500: school board contractors with a guarantee for a season [shoveling etc])

PC to send Google Form to LFPS parents a week prior to meetings with questions etc. (include our current ideas with an “other” option for input) + add volunteer check box with contact info Jaclyn

Look into fundraisers for the year – send spreadsheet to PC Allyssa

Parent Council initiated hot food lunch (parents don’t have to pay, allowing all students to receive)
-Can we have volunteers from outside of the school for hot lunches? Kinsmen Club/Church ladies etc
-Pancake lunch Dec 15 – need volunteers. 8am start, youngest to oldest classes
-Bring your own plates/fork – need: metal trays to transport to classrooms, griddles, utensils, peanut free/gluten free mix, syrup
per class

Whatever fundraising we bring in, we need to allocate out

25 cent sale donations will be stored offsite. Looking for storage options.

Christmas Hamper: 3 food donation families, 3 full donation families – awaiting family nominations

No updates with Spring Fling as of now

Culture Night/Arts night? Choose an artist to mimic per classroom, families come to see, passport to collect scavenger hunt stamps – evening event – March/April? Match with book fair

PC will need to approve cost – approx $175 per class – donations from parents outside of this budget

Carnival: Thurs February 1st
Book Fair possibility in March/April

Hot lunches: vegan cheese and cauliflower crust offered Nov 15th on – sufficient volunteers for Pizza days

All voting yes to purchase insulated bags for hot lunch
transportation with a budget of $300. Allyssa motioned, Jaclyn 1st, Jane 2nd

Administration report

Get back into data – data gives specificity of where kids are. School trends, classroom trends. Getting more resources and assessments from the board. Need to go back in order to move forward. Every teacher in the building receives board level PD.

Motion to adjourn: Jaclyn, Steph, and Danielle.

Action items

1. PC fundraising: What fundraisers? How will we spend funds
2. Google form to LFPS parents: fundraising, general ideas, willing to volunteer?
3. PC pancake lunch Dec 15th – 8am start, volunteers needed
4. Seek hot lunch bags/totes – $300 budget
5. Christmas Hampers

Next meeting date

November 22 at 6 p.m. in-person at the Leslie Frost Public School gym.

Minutes

Attendees

Jen Curtis
Shukri Middleton
Cheryl Nobrega
Zachary Tisdale
Shauntel Wilson
Darin Parish
Sarah Dowswell
Steph Leith-Smith
Waylon Skinner
Julie White
Allyssa Handley
Jaclyn Narin
Brianna Wright-Jeyes

Last meeting followup

Welcome back – new school year, new council members.

This meeting topics and notes

Parent Council Election

Chair: Jen Curtis
Co-chair: Jaclyn Nairn
Treasurer: Shukri Middleton
Secretary: Allyssa Handley

Staff report

Junior sports are back.
Soccer – Oct 20th in Dunsford
Cross Country Oct 5th at Ken Rei Park
Grade 6’s are at Camp Muskoka Oct 4/5
School Photo Day – Oct 25th
Terry Fox – Organized by Mme. McGrail, raised $4528 online as of
October 4 (which does not include any physical donations of
money)
NCTR Orange Shirt Day – Sept 29th (great level of participation)
Franco-Ontarian Day – Organized by Mme. Kherraji;
Announcements made and flag flown (lots of green and white worn on this day)

Financial report

There is currently $4300 sitting in the PC account.
Boston Pizza reached out re: pizza day. $4.29+tx ($4.85) per individually boxed pizza
Moving forward: Any monies to be handed in to the office, please roll change and complete a deposit sheet.

Direction setting (chair/co-chairs)

Create sub committee chairs, to report back to chair/co-chair for PC
meetings.

Hot lunches: Shukri
Spring Fling: Jen
25 cent sale: Cheryl
Christmas Hamper: Allyssa
Book Fairs: Sarah-Lynn

To discuss consenus on what funds will be used for, layout for the year. All fundraising requires a stated purpose of which the school community is aware.

Other business

Beginning to continously seek volunteers.
Post in guidance office’s at the high school for students looking for hours. Jen will follow up.

Boston Pizza hot lunches to Start Wednesdays in November. Will explore other hot lunch ideas in the future.

25 cent sale: Dec 19th/20th – will need volunteers to set up Dec 18th at 4pm.

Spring Fling: June 6th

Action items

1. Boston Pizza set up
2. Sub committee chairs to gather info and report back to PC
3. Book Gym for 25 cent sale
4. Purpose(s) of fundraising for 2023-2024 school year

Next meeting date

October 25th, in person at the LFPS Library.