Good morning everyone!
For anyone who missed it, below is the message that our School Council chair Irit Hartman sent out by email last week.
Dear Clairlea Families…
The school year is well underway and
things are getting busy! I’ve outlined below some key dates coming up as
well as where we could use your help! Please have a look through and as
always we want to hear your comments so please contact us via clairleacouncil@gmail.com or drop a note in
the main office School Council Bin or come to the next School Council
Meeting. Also have a look at our School Council bulletin board
located outside the Main Office and the School Council Blog http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com
to keep up to date of what is going on!
REMINDER…
The next school council meeting is
tonight Wednesday October 16th from 7pm-8:30pm. Free child minding
is available. All are welcome and we hope to see you there! The minutes
from last month’s meeting as well as the end of last year are attached for your
perusal. (September 2013 and June 2013).
The Agenda for tonight’s meeting will
be as follows:
6:45 – 7:00pm Selling 50/50 tickets
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 – 8:00pm Fundraising Report (Irit)
8:00 – 8:25pm Open Discussion (All)
8:25 – 8:30pm 50/50 draw
WHAT'S COMING UP.....
NORCARD… (DUE
OCTOBER 22nd) There is less than a week left to our
Norcard fundraiser. This shopping calendar came home in the backpacks a
few weeks ago and you are able to order calendars, greeting cards,
stationary items, jewelry and much more just in time for the
holiday season. Items will arrive approximately the last week of November
2013 (perhaps sooner). All money (cash or cheque) and order forms (with
completed legible contact information and order details) must be returned to
your classroom teacher no later than TUESDAY OCTOBER 22ND
2013. Cheques must be made payable to “Clairlea School
Council”. Late orders will not be accepted and will be returned back
to you.
PIZZA LUNCH… (DUE OCTOBER 21ST) The pizza lunch
program is well under way and we are coming up on our second pizza lunch
installment on Wednesday October 30th. Please note this is NOT
when the pizza lunch envelope orders are due. Due to the large volume of
pizza that needs to be ordered for the school we need to place the order a few
days prior to the actual pizza lunch date. That means if a family submits
their order late there is a risk that your child may not receive pizza because
they would not have been part of the original order. Please make an
effort to submit your orders on time as per the date on the envelope as well
please take a moment to carefully fill out the form. From time to time we
do receive orders with missing information. If there is information lacking
on your order it will default to 2 cheese slices and water. All orders
placed for the year should have received a confirmation email if an email
address was provided. You will still get a pizza lunch envelope each
month that you can recycle.
This month you would have received two
pizza order envelopes. Please note one of them is for the regular
monthly pizza lunch and the other is if you want to pre order a pizza dinner
for the Halloween Howl fundraiser event on October 26th. If
you pre-ordered pizza for the year it does not include the Halloween Howl
dinner.
HALLOWEEN HOWL… (SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH
FROM 4-7PM) The team is working hard putting together the upcoming Clairlea
Halloween Howl Fundraiser. Please save the date and bring the
children out for a spooky fun time on Saturday October 26th from
4pm-7pm. We encourage the children to dress up in their favourite costume
so that they can participate in the contest at the end of the evening! We
are an ECO Platinum School so we ask you to hang on to the flyer/map that was
sent home with all the details of the night and bring it with you to the Howl
to help navigate. I’ve attached it just in case. Also please bring your
own loot bag/recycle bag to the Howl to enable the kids to collect all their
goodies. Entry is only $5.00/per child and we are offering the
option of a pizza dinner during the event but we need to know in advance if you
are having the dinner so we ensure there is enough. If you are planning
on eating at the event please hand in your envelopes with your meal selections
and payment as soon as possible. Help our fundraiser to be a success!
Cheese slice $2.00/ea.
Pepperoni slice $2.00/ea.
Water Bottle $1.00/ea.
Apple Juice Box $0.50/ea.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED PLEASE.....
1. VOLUNTEERS: We need your help to
make this a fun time for our Clairlea children at the Halloween Howl. We
need people to volunteer in rooms as well as help with setup and clean
up. Please email us your contact details at clairleacouncil@gmail.com or drop off a note
in the main office in the School Council Bin. The setup times will be on
Friday October 25th from 3:30 until 9:00pm and Saturday October 26th
from 10:30 am until 4:00pm. Clean up times will be on Saturday October 26th
from 7:00-9:00pm.
2.
DECORATION DROP OFF: We need Halloween decorations of all
kinds!! There is a large blue bin in front of the main office of the school
where you can drop off all items. Dig up any decorations you are not
using or loan us yours for the event and you can have them back at the end of
the night, or pick up an extra item or two the next time you are at the
dollar store. We are mainly looking for:
Rectangular black plastic table cloths,
spider webs, all sorts of candy to hand out for prizes in the rooms, Styrofoam
tombstones, skulls, mice, bats, body parts and twinkle lights.
3. CORPORATE DONTATIONS: If your company would
like to donate a prize or gift to be used as one of our prizes during the event
please contact us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com.
4. HOME MADE CANDY JARS/BAGS: We need many candy jars to be used as prizes for the
Lollipop Pull room. You can help by filling any sized jar with (nut free)
candy and bring it to the school office anytime between now and the Halloween
Howl. The more jars we have the longer this room will be able to stay
open and it is definitely one of the favourite rooms. Feel free to
decorate your jars as well. We will use the small jars for the
lollipop pull room and if you are filling a larger jar please count how many
candies are in it and label it with the number and we will use it for the Candy
Guess station.
MOVIE NIGHT… (NOVEMBER 22nd) Our
first movie night of the year was a great success. Attendance was just
over a hundred people, not to mention some stuffed friends as well! Our
next movie night will feature the movie “Turbo” on Friday November
22nd (save the date).
MEMBER OF SCHOOL COUNCIL VS. NON MEMBER OF SCHOOL COUNCIL
In September everyone received a yellow
Clairlea School Council self-nomination form that was sent home. On this
form you were given the option as to whether you want to nominate yourself to
be a member of school council run for an executive position. If you chose
to nominate yourself as a member of council that means that when we choose to
have a vote on any topic, you, as a member will have your vote counted.
As per the bylaws we are required to have 50% plus 1 of the members in
attendance for the meetings or a pre determined number for quorum in order to
be able to have a vote be deemed valid. That is why we encourage everyone
who is a member to make every effort to attend all council meetings.
If you chose not be a member and just
want to attend the meetings, that means that you are welcome and encouraged to
come to each meeting and participate fully. When it comes time for vote
only members can partake but member as well as non members can all be
present. Should you still come to the meetings even though you are not a
member? Absolutely, your opinion is important and coming to the meeting
and being part of the discussion is always beneficial to all involved. If
you decide that you want to change your mind and become a member of council you
are still able to do so as there are some spots left. Our bylaws state we
can have up to a maximum of 50 members.
I’m not sure if I am a member or
not? Have a look at the attached minutes from the September
meeting. In the top attendance section it will state the “members” that
were present as well as the “non members” that were present. The names
that are in the “regrets” section indicate members that were absent from the
meeting.
JUST FOR FUN….
We tried something new last year and
people seemed to enjoy it so we are doing it again. For fun 15 minutes
before the start of each meeting we will be selling 50/50 tickets (@ 6:45pm)
until the start of the meeting and the draw will take place at the end of the
meeting. Participation in the draw is optional.
DID YOU KNOW…
1. The most common item
in the lost and found is a sweater or a lunch bag. Having a label on your
child’s belongings makes it much easier to find it in the lost and found!
2. It is illegal as well
as a safety hazard to park on Rosalind Crescent at anytime – even for just a
few seconds to pick up your child!
3. Clairlea is looking
for a couple of adult volunteers to join the lice checking squad throughout the
year. Please contact the office if you are able to help out.
HOW TO REACH US…
If you would like to unsubscribe to
this email (we hope you don’t) or know someone that would like to be added to
the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com. We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.
If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas
please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we
can bring them forward to the meeting.
Best Regards,
Irit
Clairlea School Council
Donations welcome:
