Message from the Chair

A message from School Council chair Irit Hartman:

DEAR CLAIRLEA FAMILIES…

Please find attached the Clairlea School Council draft minutes for the month of April 2013.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday May 15^th @ 7:00pm, see agenda below.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA:

6:45 – 7:00pm - Selling 50/50 tickets to be drawn at the end of the meeting (optional)

7:00 – 7:10pm - Introduction and voting in the past minutes (Irit)

7:10 – 7:35pm - Administration Report (Mr. Mcgilvray and Ms. Harroun)

7:35 – 7:45pm - Treasurer’s Report (Tina)

7:45 – 7:55pm - Fundraising Report (Karen)

7:55 – 8:25pm - Open Discussion (All)

8:25 – 8:30pm - 50/50 draw and wrap up (Irit)

KEY POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND....

1. In June we will have a FREE Pizza lunch day on Wednesday June 19th.  Keep this date in mind and you will see order forms go out in early June.  What does this mean??  Every month we have a pizza lunch fundraiser on the last Wednesday of each month whereby order forms are sent home and anyone can pay and pre-order for their desired lunch.  This is a fundraiser that we have been doing all year with Pizza Pizza.  Due to the fact that we have been ordering for the last 8 months, Pizza Pizza will provide us with free pizza in the amount of what we have been ordering on average througout the year for the month of June.    Therefore we are going to make this available to the whole school whereby any child that wants free pizza on June 19th can have it regardless of whether they have ordered throughout the year or not.  So....  however many orders come in for June 19th we will use the free pizza to cover it and any additional funds needed will be covered by the School Council.  (see attached minutes for vote details). 

2. Parents Reaching Out grants – Please review the link below as we will be submitting a proposal in an effort to receive this grant.  The grant can reach a maximum of $1000 specifically to enable any parents and community members to be more involved in our school and our childs education.  Please see attached minutes for discussion points and we would like your suggestions as to what you think the proposal should entail.  Deadline for your suggestions are this week.  Please send all ideas to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.   A draft proposal will be put together and presented in our next school council meeting on May 15th.   The link below outlines the full proposal process along with sample proposal ideas that have been granted to other schools in previous years.   http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/reaching.HTML

3. Mabel's Labels - The Mabel’s Labels fundraising campaign is open until the end of the school year.  The website to place your order is:  http://www.clairlea.mabelslabels.com/.   If anyone is using a Clairlea water bottle and requires a label you can get one in the school office. 

4. Track and Field Day - We will be providing refreshing fruit for the participants for Track and Field Day this Wednesday May 1st.  A few volunteers are needed for this effort.  If you are avialable please send an email to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

HOW TO REACH US…

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You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Clairlea School Council