PAC Meeting Agenda
September 9, 2019
Chair: Roxanna Smallwood
Location: Lynnmour Elementary Library
Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm
- Welcome (3 min)
- introduction of people attending the meeting, many new kindergarten parents in attendance.
- Approval of June PAC Meeting Minutes (2 min)
- Eva, Regan, Zennia
- Principal’s Report (20 min)
- New Principal, Cindy Hudson, 207 students enrolled at 2019/2020 school year.
- ministry of transportation
- minimal work during pick up drop off
- re-paved Keith road by October
- Superintendent visit on Thursday Sept 12th from 9-11. PAC members are welcome to attend.
- Treasurer’s Report (5 min)
- Highlights – big fundraising events
- Intro of activity account and gaming account to new kindergarten parents
- Recent PAC events (2 min)
- Playdates in the School Park
- Saturday, August 10th 10-noon
- Playdates in the School Park
Successful event, 7 new kindergarteners
- Saturday, August 24th 10-noon
- Welcome Coffee and Scones/fruit
- Planning for 2019-20 (8 min)
- Bus and field trips
- Mr. Best Request – approved full request amount for busses, intermediate students gr 4,5,6,7 = 102 students to Museum of Anthropology, total amount of $1.147. Discussion re busses funding for next year.
- Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch – approved
- Welcome Back Dinner
- Order forms to go home by Wednesday
- volunteers needed
- open house/ classrooms for 15 mins at 5pm
- Principal will introduce all teachers to parents during the dinner
- Introduction of class rep position
- Snack Shack
- Change of date for the first one – new date Sept 25th?
- Babysitters Course
- Need a champion for this event
- Lead will be Amanda (and Tara offered to help as well).
- Performances
- Booked two for this year
- FundScrip
- led by Zennia intro to new attending parents – how does FundScrip work.
- Lorena advised about app Flip Gift – new ideas for fundraising
- Bottle Drive
- Regan?
- date might move to November 30th
- Regan to confirm with Boys and girls club that it’s ok for them to change the date for Breakfast with Santa to November 30th.
- Zennia to update on account number at Recycling Depot
- Christmas Market
- Moving date earlier
- changing date to December 10th (Tuesday) to accomodate Mr. Turco request to have more time to prepare for Christmas Concert. Change of the date of Christmas Concert to December 19th.
- Kristine Chambers to lead Christmas Market project, explanations to new kindergarten parents tradition of Christmas Market at Lynnmour school
- Cash 4 Clothes
- To coincide with the Christmas Market
- pick up date TBD
- Bus and field trips
- Spring Fling
- Likely April 25
- Fun Day
- Teacher appreciation luncheon
- Future PAC events (15 min)
- Welcome Back Dinner
- School Open House
- Meet the teachers
- Volunteers needed
- Order forms
- Snack Shack
- Menu guidelines
- Welcome Back Dinner
- Classroom Representatives (10 min)
- See draft letter attached
- Zennia (5 min)
- PAC letter to parents celebrating our contributions to the school including cheque drive (10 min)
- Q&A (5 min)
- next PAC meeting: Monday, October 7th, 2019, 6:30-7:30pm
- Adjournment