PCI Parent Advisory Council Meeting

Monday, September 15, 2008

In Attendance;  Kinelm Brookes, Holly Brookes, Diane Hamilton, Brenda Neufeld, Dan Gagnon, Marilyn Gagnon, Rolande Williams, Betty Dueck, Tracey Taylor, Sandi Knight, Beth Connery, Jim Pehura, Mark Diboll, and Bev Stanger.

Regrets; Joyce Giesbrecht.

The meeting was called to order at 7:10 by Kinelm.

The meeting agenda was presented and there were no additions. Tracey adopted the agenda as presented and Sandi Knight second. All in favor. Carried.

The minutes of May 26, 2008 were read. There were no errors or omissions. Sandi Knight adopted the minutes as read and Tracey Taylor second. All in favor. Carried.

Correspondence; “Focus on the future”; A parent and student guide to senior years graduation requirements booklet was distributed. Discussion was held.

Changes for students in Grade 12, to obtain Honor roll they must achieve 80% or higher in English, Math, and Phys. Ed. (completed), plus 3 electives, (a total of 5 courses). Changes for students in Grade 11, to obtain Honor roll they must achieve 80% or higher in English, Math, History, Phys. Ed (completed), plus 3 electives, (a total of 6 courses).

Treasurer’s Report; There is a balance of $281.01.

Program Report; There is no report at this time.

Volunteer Report; There is no report at this time. The survey letters will be going out with the first newsletter mail out.

Safety Report; Bob Kristie oversees the fire, lock down procedures, etc. It has come to the attention that the gym is not the best meeting place for students in these situations; a new location is being looked into. There were some faulty smoke detectors that have been replaced. Gates have now been installed within the EPCS building which makes opening up the school more possible when there are activities going on, some accessibility to washrooms was an issue.

Administration Report; Staff update; Mr. Martel has moved to the Hutterian education area, and Mr. Henry Grant has been hired for Electronics and BCT programs. The electronics course has low numbers while the BCT program at his time is very healthy.

Changes have been made with the Synervoice, when students are absent the program will now call the day of the absent instead of the day after. Hopefully this will help with any confusion with what class a student has missed.

The new Maplewood program is now up and running, transferring of all information is not yet complete. All transferring must be completed by September 30, 2008. With the new program parents will be able to access their child’s information with a password once it is set up.

Barbara Kirstephen will be retiring after the first semester; her position will not be filled. If she is here she has offered to be a part of Graduation in June.

Tracey Vanstone will be leaving in March and Paulette Roe will be leaving after the fist semester as they will be going on maternity leave.

There are 40 E. A. s on staff at this time.

Jamie Mousseau is the Long Plain liaison this year.

The projected enrollment for this year is 1045 and as of Wednesday the enrollment was 1038.

The plaza is coming along. The pillars have been wrapped and are waiting for the weather to cooperate so the g routing can be done. The benches have been moved, the path has been bricked and the memorial plaque has been installed. Four banners will be going in the staff parking lot.

The fibreoptics under the plaza has only one line working at this time, there are two lines.

Student elections will be in the next two weeks with elections being held on September 26.

The undergrad (last years Grade 9, 10, and 11 students) awards are being held on September 22, 2008. There are 240 students receiving awards this year.

The sporting events are all underway for this year. The girls won the Zone 4 golf, the girls and boys soccer teams are both 3 and 0 so far. The volleyball teams are in tryouts, not all teams have been finalized. The hockey teams will be having tryouts for both teams. The football team is doing well this year. There is need for more coaching staff.

Volunteer drivers- Parents must drive (no students driving) to any away games. Parents are to fill out a form if they are driving. The coaches budget for gas when they do their team budget. All coaches are to provide a budget for their team.

Both Junior and Senior teams for volleyball and basketball will be playing in Zone 3, which is west Winnipeg, football and hockey teams will be playing in the City league (Winnipeg), with the other sports still playing in Zone 4.

Two new courses added are Clay 31G and Psychology 31G; they both classes have good attendance.

Grade 9 math will have a new curriculum for next year; it will be offered in the first semester. The students in Grade 10 will have an applied math/PreCal course and then they can specialize in Grade 11.

The shop floor was redone over the summer as it was not done right the first time, 4 ducts were replaced.

The fire that was reported was caused by spontaneous combustion from linseed oil rags that were put into a garbage can. The tire change machine was damaged and has since been replaced.

The teen clinic has been completed and should be operational late October/early November. AFM is in their new office.

One secretary will be moving over to the EPCS office.

Old Business; There is no old business at this time.

New Business; The PCI staff have a website.

Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, October 20, 2008 in the Library at 7 pm.

Regular meeting to follow.

Meeting adjourned.