Loreburn Central School S.C.C. Minutes - September 27, 2011

Present:  Judy Brown, Hollis Scheller, Rob Hundeby, Brent Griffin, Dana Adams, Shawn Graham, Ian Abbott (SRC), Brydon Jess (SRC), Sue Ann Abbott, Jill Long Guests: Lorne Ulven, Darla Hundeby

Regrets: Jeff Archibald

Call to order at 7:35 p.m.

MSC - reading of the June 7, 2011 minutes

Business arising from the minutes

• - LCS was paid only $300.00 for gift certificates as fewer than 30 students had returned reading logs for the Summer Reading Challenge

Treasurer's Report

• - Chequing acc't: $149.79
• - F/T accc't: $7576.20

Principal's Report

• - 110 students enrolled
• - We have two new EA's
• - RAVE was very successful
• - Football under the lights on Friday, Sept 27
• - Two girls went to provincial golf with coach
• - Cross country team at Districts this next week
• - Smart Board and computer pod to go into C8 this year
• - Singing and piano lessons have begun
• - There is a division policy of confidentiality requiring signatures as well as criminal record checks for volunteers.
• - PLT - this year the teachers are looking at 7 Strategies of Assessment for Learning and The Leader in Me
• - Each classroom will be planning and leading assemblies this year (they did this last year as well)
• - Each classroom will also be looking at what they can do to make the world a better place - thinking about the bigger world.
• - Judy had attended a School Boards Assoc. workshop on factors affecting student achievement - in the school, community and family. Check www.statcan.gc.ca/census for information.

Jill Long talked about the Duke of Edinburgh Awards program, the program aim and what our students are doing.

SRC Report

• - Started the year with an "Amazing Race" type of event for cooperation and fun. Also had a pep rally to introduce some of the fall sports teams.
• - Magazine campaign has started.
• - Terry Fox run on Sept 28 with hamburgers sold at noon to raise money for a donation.
• - At the football game on Friday old jerseys and helmets will be sold to help fund replacements.
• - Four members of the SRC executive attended the SLC in Kindersley and reported that it was a good experience.

Old Business

• - Reviewed the School Learning Improvement Plan as set up by the staff and SCC at the August SLIP meeting.
• - The Leader in Me copies have been distributed. There is a contact person for the Franklin Covey Foundation in Saskatoon that is willing to come out to do a presentation on the program. The SCC brainstormed how to encourage people to come out to such a presentation. Final plans tabled to October 4 meeting.

New Business

• - MSC - to fully pay for the Teen Aid program for this year.
• - MSC - to have one or two people write to community groups to raise money for the next Teen Aid program (in two years) as it was community groups that requested that we continue with the program.
• - MSC - that signing authority be any two of Sue Ann Abbott, Hollis Scheller and Judy Brown.
• - MSC - to accept the proposed budget.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm.

Next meeting - October 4, 2011 at 7:30 pm