Message from the Chair

Here is a message sent out by our Chair, Irit Hartman, last week prior to our Nov 16 council meeting. My apologies for posting it so late. -Catharine

DEAR CLAIRLEA FAMILIES…

We have had a very successful couple of months with respect to fundraising and we have you to thank.  If it were not for the volunteers giving of their time and working behind the scenes as well as the countless donations and contributions from people along with all the students, Clairlea families, Clairlea Staff and Community that support the fundraisers by purchasing, participating and contributing we would not have the successes we’ve had.  Thank you to all!

HERE’S HOW WE ARE DOING SO FAR….

HALLOWEEN HOWL 2016 – Thank you to all the families that came to the event.   We had over 380 kids come through the doors, many with maps in hand!  We raised over $4000.00 in gross revenue and estimate approximately $3000.00 in net profits that will go towards the Clairlea literacy project.  We could not have done this if it were not for the generosity of the many volunteers and contributors in the Clairlea community.   We received lots of spider webs in the drop off bin in front of the office, about 500 candy bags and countless lollipops for the lollipop pull. Many families came to help setup along with a dedicated group of high school students from the community, some of which were Clairlea alumni!  Clairlea grade 7 and 8 students worked diligently to prepare the windows in the library to ensure a scary dark environment for the haunted library.  The fantastic signs for each room were made by our own Clairlea students.  Thank you to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly in a room during the event or were runners to ensure that everything ran smoothly.   We thank the Clairlea Admin for their tireless efforts and support.  We hope you enjoyed your experience!   All Looney Toss and candy guess jar winners have been contacted.

SO WHAT’S NEXT…?

MOVIE NIGHT NOVEMBER 25^th - Our first movie night will be held on Friday November 25^th, featuring “Finding Dory”.  We hope to see you there!  This event is open to children in grade 6 and under.  (See flyer.)

SCHOOL CONCERT:

There will be a winter concert on Wednesday December 21^st for half the school and the other half will take place in the spring.  We would like to raffle baskets during the concert and I have listed the classes below that will participate in December along with the theme for your class. 

What do you need to do?

Please donate an item that corresponds to the theme for your class or simply bring in a toonie and we will put the basket together.  Alternatively if you want to make your own basket and donate it that is great too!  Please make all donations by December 15^th to give us time to organize and make the baskets.

We will do this again in the spring for the remaining classes and there will be a Kindergarten concert on a separate date to be announced.

Please see below for your class theme:  Donations deadline December 15^th….

Classes and Basket Theme:  DONATIONS DUE DECEMBER 15^TH (THANK YOU!)

CRAFT THEME:  BRING A TOONIE OR ANY CRAFT ITEM (examples: scissors, paper, pencil crayons, glue, and any craft items)

Bensalam – Basket Theme: CRAFTS
Diop - Basket Theme: CRAFTS
Janke - Basket Theme: CRAFTS

BBQ THEME: BRING A TOONIE OR ANY BBQ ITEM (examples: cookbooks, spatulas, sauce, spices, and any bbq accessories)

Hawkins – Basket Theme: BBQ
Boisjoly – Basket Theme: BBQ
Roberts – Basket Theme: BBQ

MOVIE NIGHT THEME: BRING A TOONIE OR ANY MOVIE NIGHT ITEM (examples: popcorn, movie gift cards, candy, chocolates, dvds)

Avdylaj – Basket Theme: Movie Night
Scott – Basket Theme: Movie Night
Brown – Basket Theme: Movie Night
Jeffery – Basket Theme: Movie Night

NEXT CLAIRLEA COUNCIL MEETING - Our next meeting will take place tonight took place last Wednesday November 16^th @ 7pm until 8:30pm.   Free child minding is available and all are welcome!  The October 2016 minutes are here for your reference.  Please note we will not have a meeting in December.  

NOVEMBER AGENDA:

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

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

7:10 – 7:30pm - Administration Report (Mr. McGilvray and Ms. Karsh)

7:40 – 7:45pm - Treasurer’s Report (Denise)

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

7:55 – 8:25pm - Open Discussion (All)

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

REMINDER…

When you are in the school for your parent teacher interviews don’t forget to have a look through the lost and found. 

HOW TO REACH US…

If you 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.  Do you have any feedback about the Halloween Howl, Dieleman or any fundraiser and how we can make it better for next year or what you liked about it this year?  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.   

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

2016/2017clairleacouncil@gmail.com