Principal Zondag`s Report: - John McGregor Secondary School

JMSS School Council Meeting
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Minutes of Meeting
May 13th, 2015
Present: Don Zondag, Leanne Caldwell-Polowick, Lisa Ellis, Carolyn Young, Tracey Travis
Tanisha Drew, Mrs. Rodriques
Review of Minutes: minutes from April 15th, 2015 were reviewed and accepted
Student Council Report – Ashley Jackson. The student council recently held a wake a thon
on April 24 from 7 pm to 7 am. There were sports, karaoke, a scavenger hunt, movies etc.
Actual attendance was lower than anticipated. Next year they may look at lowering the entrance
cost and making sure there is ample notice on the date. The students that did attend had a great
time.
For Semi formal 150 tickets were sold. Well above the amount sold for the fall dance.
Enough money was made to cover all costs. Any profit numbers are yet to be determined. There
will be a spirit week May 25-29.
There will a year end assembly June 12. Auditions will be a few weeks before.
Principal Zondag’s Report:
SAA will be having a dodge ball tournament. The Me to We club will be having a BBQ May 29th.
United Way fundraiser for Community Living was very successful and had lots of McGregor
volunteers.
PISA (Program for International Student assessment) went well with no glitches. Our results
will only be analyzed as an aggregate.
Computer rollouts are all complete with minimal problems. Computers went from XP to Windows
7. There are still many computers for students to utilize during the school day. There are 15
chrome books, 5 laptops and 5 ipads all available to be signed out for use in the library. As well
there are several carts with devices on them throughout the school for classroom use. Panther hour
is still run 4 nights a week after school.
The presentation by Glenn Canning went well.
Parent council money for next fall will once again be used to purchase planners for Gr. 9 students
as well as fridge magnets for all students Grade 9-12 listing important school dates as well as
parent council meetings.
Final timetabling has begun. It is a lengthy process.
There will 24 students chosen to attend the Muskoka Woods program with some of the feeder
schools’ Grade 8 students from June1-3.
Mr. John Orr, math teacher, has received one of 3 Apple Distinguished Educator awards for our
board.
LeeAnne to speak to Lori Baker again about Helping Hands project as there is some concern that
we are late in the season to plant new flowers as there will be nobody available to tend to them as
they start to grow. She will see if we are able to defer to the fall. A few parents may pull weeds
prior to the end of the school year.
The bridge in the courtyard has been fixed. All of the picnic tables needed to be removed as they
were in very poor shape. Still some work to be done before it can be used.
LeeAnne recently attended the Winston Churchill parent council meeting. They were very
pleased that someone from the high school had reached out to their group.
There will be a meeting June 2 for new members interested in the Booster Club.
LeeAnne, Lisa, Carolyn and Tracy will work on an updated flyer highlighting what parent council
is about as the current one is very outdated. There is one for the booster club that may be used as
a guide. It may be given to students at registration to encourage parent involvement.
School council meetings will still be the third Wednesday of every month excluding December,
March and June.
I wish you all a happy and safe summer.