Rosemont School Council
Teacher's reports
The kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Hector, gave a report of the castle investigation center time that has been going on in her classroom.The Grade 1 classroom report, given by Mr. Careclakis and Ms. Amanda, showed:
- Children working on a rubric to help students self assess their own writing
- Math: numbers 0-20, count to 100, skip counting by 2, 5, and 10
- Social studies: family groups, Todd Parr art project to create illustration of families
- Science: creating colors, using chromatography paper dip in water and separate colors, seasonal changes
Principal's report
The Principal's report discussed the many different events that occurred since the last meeting and the upcoming events to happen in December:- School Development plan (SDP) to be posted on the school website. Click here for the SDP report.
- Accountability pillar survey was discussed. Click here for results of the PAT's and Accountability Pillar survey.
- Painting of the common areas to be done in the next few weeks with zero VOC paint.
- School branding and colors work is ongoing. School colors to be red and grey. Final logo in place by December.
- Teachers attended a math professional development day with Queen Elizabeth school in regards to complex math problems for elementary kids.
- Season of giving to be held in mid December.
- Ready to purchase robotics for January.
Halloween party at the Rosemont Community center was well attended with a total count of 312 people. It was suggested to form sub-committees to organize food/beverages, games, crafts for future Halloween party.
Child care provided at the School council and Fundraising meetings are not getting the expected numbers. It was suggested to keep it going for two more meetings (January and February) and to open it up to younger children (preschoolers). Eventually, the plan is for Grade 6 students to do the babysitting.
Babysitting and Home alone course at the school, provided by Child Safe Canada, requires 10 children to be registered. It is recommended for the course to run on Friday afternoons.
A fun lunch program was discussed at the meeting. Jodi is looking for volunteers to organize and to help with distributing the lunches.
Here are the recorded minutes from the November 22 Rosemont School Council (RSC) Meeting:
Rosemont Fundraising Society
The Treasurer's report discussed funds raised and spent since the last meeting:- Farm to School and Balzac meat fundraiser brought in $2000 less then last year.
- There was a motion to approve up to $7000, of the unrestricted funds, for moveable shelving units for the Library Commons space. This will make the library commons space a more accessible and flexible area.
- There was a motion to approve funds to continue babysitting for both the January and February Council/Fundraising meeting. The plan is to advertise the babysitting service and to open it up to younger preschool aged children.
- The school is finalizing the purchase of Ozobots and Spheros that will be ready to go in January. This is the first phase and the robotics are funded by the Curricular Enhancement money raised by the Fundraising Society casino.
An update from the school ground subcommittee mentioned there was six RFP's sent out to architects to give quotes on the master landscape plan. More details are recorded in the meeting notes below.
Here are the recorded minutes from the November 22 Rosemont Fundraising Society (RFS) Meeting:
