Thank you to all for attending the meetings last night.
As a highlight, Principal Joanne Higgins talked a bit about Wilma Hansen School and their collective efforts at easing student's transition to junior high school. Of particular interest is the effort of the school to use expectations of responsibility as a tool for grade 7 governance. But to be honest, I am even more happy to hear that Mrs. Higgins goes to the 7-11 across the street every day at lunch to control loitering. This simple act underscores the level of apparent fostering that goes on at Wilma Hansen and should serve to ease some of the stress that 'transitioning' parents may feel.
We also reviewed the proposed resolutions that will be introduced at the ASCA AGM (for the acronym challenged: Alberta School Council Association Annual General Meeting). The AGM will be April 15-17, 2011 in Edmonton. Our council will be sending two representatives to carry our votes to the meeting and make our voices heard at the provincial level. If you are interested in becoming a rep, please send me an email and I'll let you know the expectations. The PA will cover your travel expenses. For more on the resolutions, stay tuned, I will post them shortly.
We had a review of the AISI (FTAC: Alberta Initiative for School Improvement) roles and responsibilities at Haultain as well. For more about that: follow the link, send me an email, or chat with Mr. Fero.
We also got a quick update on the LAWN (FTAC: Learner Accessible Wireless Network). Mr. Fero says the LAWN will be live shortly and that the policies are available for review here and here. If you have any questions or would like to see changes to either document, please let Mr. Fero or Mr. Barkley know and they will be happy to discuss it with you. You can email me too if you'd rather I talked to them.
We also voted to expanded our license for the BrainPop program. Currently the Division 2 classes have been enjoying the program and now the K-3 classes will have the same opportunity.
Our next meeting is March 17th - please plan on joining us.
You forgot to highlight the most eventful part of the evening... the debate over Santa Claus!
ReplyDeleteGood point Roxane - I should have mentioned that there was a bit of a debate over the 'Christmas' part of the concert. Does anyone think we should have more traditional songs (secular or non-secular) at our Christmas Celebrations in the future?
ReplyDeleteWhat if we canceled the concert all together! We could have an activity night instead, and just make ginger bread houses!
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