The end

Well, well, well, well, well.

It's the end of the year! How did that happen?

The school council met last week. We passed new by-laws, which include a new election process - more on that next year. There are 50 spots on school council, so please think about whether you'll have some time to join us next year. We'd love to have many, many, many of you - even if you can't join every meeting, we'll appreciate your inputs and help, advice and ideas whenever you can.

We also made a plan for a school-wide snack program next year, which will include fruit and other healthy snacks in every classroom throughout the year. It's a simple program designed to promote healthy eating and make sure no one at Clairlea ever goes hungry. This will require funding, so we'll welcome any eager new fundraisers who might like to help us achieve this!

Lots of other news, including the departures of our two longest-standing members, Ann and Laura. They've been dedicated volunteers for 15 and 14 years respectively, since their oldest children were in kindergarten. Now that their youngest children have completed grade 8, we bid them a fond farewell and thank them for their energy, hard work and dedication to making Clairlea a wonderful place to learn. I know you'll all join us in extending special thanks to Ann for managing pizza lunch lo these many years! Hers will be hard shoes to fill, but if anyone can do it, Wendy can; she'll be taking on the task of pizza lunch next year.

Mr. McGilvray updated us on next year's staffing, but it's all still in flux. That's why there were no room assignments on the report cards; it's too likely that the situation will change, leading to disruption and disappointment. We'll just have to be patient until September.

Thanks for a great year, Clairlea! Have a wonderful summer. See you in September.