January 31, 2021  9:30 am

Welcome and Attendees

• Alaric welcomed everyone to the first morning scheduled online PAC meeting.
• Chris Daum, Alaric, Jon, Mabel, Belle, Bonnie, Carl, Dean Frechette, Jeta Hasimja Babalia, Dorothy Lee

Motion to Adopt Minutes

• Belle, seconded by Jon

Adopt Jan PAC Meeting Agenda

• Belle, seconded by Jon

Financials

• End of Dec, no activity in Jan so far
• Financials looking OK
• $12,000 in revenues, doesn’t take into account some invoices not been paid yet, or cheque not cashed yet ($2000 still pending) 🡪 $10,000 revenues 
  • Pizza day raised $4000
  • Movie tickets sales and gift card sales 
• Expenses at $4000, big one is outdoor mural
• Balance sheet has $20,000 in general account, about $8000 in gaming, $3000 in gift cards
• Ticket sales made around $700, Spirit Wear $300
• All fundraising quite successful, esp. gift cards which got $25000 sales (like non-pandemic year)

Food Days - Alaric

• Suspended in Jan because of safety
• Hopefully can get food days started again, because we are not in a worse shape compared to Nov 2021
• Planned to have sushi day added to our Jan schedule, and adjustments have been made to Munch a Lunch in Dec, hopefully can get back to like before
• Policy is consistent throughout the district
• With the exception that there are hot meal programs are being provided for families that need it

Mural

• Kids have been working on this late last year and everything designed and created already, now waiting to be installed (want community to be involved)

Outdoor Ed - Bonnie

• Trip for Gr 6/7, happens every 2 years
• May not be good idea to have fundraising right now
• Talked to parents before, can do Krispy Kreme because it should be safe (can bring $300-$500)
• Can explore other options such as freezes, movie nights, etc. 
• Mr. Daum will explore the Health and Safety of the ideas and connect with Bonnie
• Can the gaming account be used? If not able to use this year, can carry over to next year
  • May be able to use it for something outdoors, like Ultimate in late spring
  • Applied for next year’s grant already

Admin Report – Chris Daum

• Lots of fun things still happening in classrooms, despite COVID, which is positive
• Thank families for the flexibility during the first week of Jan 2022
  • Went through fine details on health and safety protocols
  • What enhancements are needed
  • Looked at physical design of classrooms
  • Structure hand washing schedules
  • How we move around the school, how we minimize contact, etc.
  • Spent a lot of time to plan if we have to pivot to functional closure (e.g., high absentees or staffing concerns)
    • Have learning ready-to-go and to be shared with family
  • We haven’t experienced some of the concerns that we thought might happen, but those plans are ready
  • Proud of the hard work of the staff over that 1st week
• Additional safety protocols
  • Limitations on how many people can access the space in the building
  • How to move in hallways
  • Sign up for spaces (e.g. pods)
  • Looking at how we design learning opportunities in the classroom (not sitting face to face)
  • Floor markings in the classrooms 
  • Signage in classroom as reminders
  • Keeping health and safety protocols and how to emphasize these
  • Allow as much distancing as possible while learning in their classrooms
  • Doors and windows are open all the time
• Updated Daily Health Check that came with Wowk News last week, and flow charts
• Parents have had questions on when the kids can return to school
  • Note that these are guidelines, as school is not medical professionals
  • If you have questions, go to health practitioner or call 8-1-1
• If develop symptoms at school
  • School will contact parents and ask them to pick up the kids
  • Do offer gargle and spit test at school, happened at Spring 2021, then will send to Life Labs
• Grade 6/7 Ski Trip
  • Carried on and the students have greatly appreciated it, extended learning
  • Thank teachers in organizing this 
• Play volleyball at Lunch for Grade 6/7, and will continue with this
• Discussion about what basketball is like, but could potentially be done outside
• Math Club on Thurs is proceeding for Grade 5-7, good to see kids engaged 
• Hot Lunch
  • Paused for a short bit of time, wait-and-see period
  • Tough because it is successful fundraiser, and kids love it
• Staffing updates
  • Ms. Wong, move to become early childhood educator, wish her all the best
  • Hired Ms. Rana, she was a social worker beforehand, and does tremendous job already
  • District has additional 0.4 Educational Assistant time (2 days) and Ms. Davidson is the successful candidate 
    • Role of EA is someone who works collaboratively with both classroom teacher and resource teacher
    • Go through a diploma program, and educated on how to work to support student learning
    • Hours are different and requirements on the job is a bit different than teachers
  • Div 7, Ms. Conway, contract to end at the end of this term 🡪 Plan for Ms. Yan to return
• Mural
  • All the pieces are done in the mural
  • Strong connection to spring time, so good to unveil then
• Parent Teacher Conferences
  • Mid-Feb is student-led conferences
  • Teacher will talk to us about what it will look like
• Pro-D Day on Friday
  • Staff spent time connecting in the morning and looking at successes in welcoming students back
  • Determine what else is needed to support students (diversity, numeracy, etc.) and what resources are needed
  • Later in the day, staff gathered to pursue different areas of their interest
• Mid-Year Student Learning
  • Division 5 Ms. Tang: Report will be available on Feb 11
• Food and Veggie Program is also on hold right now