Call meeting to order at 6: 30

Mount Joy School Council

Minutes for Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Meeting from 6:30 to 8:00pm

Attendees: Kevin, Amy, Anita, Sabrina

Staff: Ken, Carolyn, Lorne, Ellie,

1. 
   Call meeting to order at 6:30
   

2. 
   Approve Minutes
   

3. 
   Principle’s Items
   

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  Mount Joy is the holding school for Becket Farms school – we have gained several new students many of whom are being bussed in.
  
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  Some are being bussed
  
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  Staffing changes – Ms. Durani will now be here until September, Ms Petropolis returning in Jan
  
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  Lego club started – lego robotics starts in January. Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, board games club, dance and exercise club are continuing
  
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  Movember raised $800 for prostate cancer research
  
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  Logo in gym – do we want to rebrand ourselves – talk to all stake holders – not a difficult process – put on graffiti board to get student feedback – looking at Mustangs, or Jaguars, spirit assembly great opportunity to unveil – consider buying spirit wear and selling it here – more than just t-shirts – begin process in January and launch in March
  

4. 
   Wellness/Fun Day/Pro-Grant
   

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  3 parent volunteers, kevin, Maria, Anne
  

5. 
   Movie Day
   

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  Successful
  
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  Next one Jan 17 – Planes
  
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  COUNCIL APPROVES the purchase of a Blu-ray player with av hook up at an approximate cost of $50 to $140.
  
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  Pop-corn provider - $150 min order so we would have to combine with tuck shop and make a bigger order – could charge a dollar – have to buy 600 to get best price – tuck shop will do first
  

6. 
   Pizza Days – new session starts tomorrow
   

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  Lots of late orders this time but the are accepted because it brings in additional money
  

7. 
   After School Programs
   
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     Same ones continuing
     
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     Looking at a tennis program
     
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     Do we want to look at arts programs? – Ms Manimanakis offers to do an after school program – Sabrina and Ms. Manimanikis will talk further – Charge a minimal amount to cover cost of supplies – if a lot of kids could do more than one night – will need to figure out space
     

8. 
   Healthy Schools
   
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     play program – grade 6 students have been trained – they go to each classroom and gather a group of kids to play
     
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     public health nurse wants to share some resources – Katie will meet with her.
     
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     we could start you are the chef in January – there may be another training session for those interested in running this program
     

9. 
   Treasurers Report – grade threes are going to heritage school house and will use their subsidy
   

1. Curriculum Night: The Sep 26, 2013 Curriculum Night, $110 of costs have not yet been posted. There will be a net profit of $78.

2. Pizza Days: Total sales of $13,152 are for orders from Sep 25th to Nov 27, 2013 (10 weeks). We have a net profit of about $6,103 from this first session.

3. Movie Day: The costs for the Nov movie day has not yet been posted

4. As per the Feb 5, 2013 school council meeting, approved costs of $1,040 subsidy for Grade 8 grad pictures: $500 was posted in June 2013 and the remainder to be posted in December 2013

10. 
    New Items
    

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  Mabel’s Labels – 20 percent of sales – they provide a URL – and we just get the money we can include the information in the next newsletter
  
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  Covered area outdoors for the Kindergarten students – to provide shade – could we purchase tents – could we also have water available – council ca review costs and review in spring
  
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  Agendas – total cost was $2400 – budget $3000 - we can cover most of cost – ask students for $1-$2 – COUNCIL agrees to subsidize next year
  
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  Grade 8s – will council subsidize the cost of the grad photos ? – vote next meeting once we have a firm cost
  
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  Camera Club – Photography Club - $270 plus tax for camera - $60 for lenses,$500 plus tax is an approximate cost – will council provide funds?