Agenda for October 7th Meeting

1.    Introduction

a.    Call to Order

b.    Prayer

2.    Principal’s Report

3.    Treasurer’s Report

a.    Budget approval

4.    CSPA Report

5.    Sub Committees

a.    Fundraising

b.    Communications

c.    Social

i.      Halloween Dance

d.    Playstructure

6.    Other:

a.    Teacher Wish List

b.    House T-shirts

c.    Team Jerseys

d.    SKT Constitution

e.    Other Business

7.    Round Table

8.    Adjournment

Special Dates:

October 9, 2013             International Walk to School Day

October 18, 2013           Norcard Fundraiser Ends

October 24-25, 2013      Scholastic Book Fair

October 25, 2013           Thanksgiving Mass at 1:30

                                    Halloween Dance
November 4                  School Council Meeting

You can also access the agenda (to download) by clicking here.

2013-14 School Council Fundraiser

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This year at St. Kateri, we are excited to introduce our 2013-14 Fundraiser.  In an effort to provide a fundraiser that will include “something affordable for everyone”, at every price point, we are excited to leap ahead of the hectic holiday shopping season.  This year we are going to sell products from NORCARD – a Canadian fundraising company. We want to encourage students and their families to become involved in this event in order to help raise money for our school.

WHY DO WE FUNDRAISE?

This is the main fundraiser for School Council.  Your support helps the school in many positive ways.  In the past, funds raised have paid for the play structure, digital cameras for the school, smart boards, headphones, software programs, ipad protectors, teacher’s supplies, Jungle Sport and the list goes on.

We need your continued support to help us reach our goals so that we can help improve the school and the school experience for your children.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday September 27^th  - The fundraiser officially begins.

Friday October 18^th - All money and order forms must be returned to the school.

Orders will arrive at the school within 3-4 weeks of the school placing their order.

Orders will be distributed to families shortly after they arrive.

Parents are asked to collect all money at time of ordering.  No order can be placed without payment.  Please keep the gold (last copy) of the order form.  You will need this to distribute your orders.  Return the other 3 copies and the money envelope to your teacher.

CHEQUES must be made payable to:  St. Kateri Tekakwitha School Council    

        

Included inside each brochure package is a poster listing all of the prizes each child may receive when they reach specific sales targets.  No need to select prizes as they are delivered with your order.  There will also be three class pizza lunch prizes.  PLUS…. each and every student who participates is entered into our GRAND PRIZE DRAW:

One of 2 Polaroid 7” Android tablet worth approx $100.

So, if your child is able to sell at least 1 item, their name will be entered in the draw for one of these prizes.

If you have any questions, please send a note addressed to “SKT School Council” in the agenda and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support.

SKT School Council

2013-14 SKT School Council

There was a great turn out last evening for the first SKT School Council meeting of the school year.  We would like to take this opportunity to introduce this year’s council executive and members.

SKT 2013-14 Catholic School Council

Co-Chairs: Julie Seaborn and Crystal Soames

Treasurer: Kathie Renaud

Secretary: Angela Doyle

Principal: Paul Gautreau

Teacher Representative: Louise Hurley

Non-Teaching Staff Representative: Cindy Germain

Parish Rep: Luigina Potter

CSPA Rep: Cara Ingimundarson

Community Rep: Josée Cowley

Parent Members: Karen Crookshank, Tina Frey, Tiffany Golding, Vikki Hatson, Ben Lombardi, Connie Murphy, Mantoura (Meemo) Njeim

Committee Chairs:

Social/Volunteer: Vikki Hatson

Playstructure: Josée Cowley and Crystal Soames

Fundraising: Kathie Renaud

Communications: Julie Seaborn

Our next council meeting will be held on Monday, October 7^th at 7pm in the SKT Learning Commons.  Please know that all parents and guardians are always welcome to attend any school council meetings.

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Halloween Dance

Mark your calendar, the Halloween Dance will be taking place on Friday, October 25^th. 

Details to follow.

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Good Shepherd Parish News

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a Parish Breakfast at the church (3092 Innes Road) after the 9:00 and 11:15 masses on Sunday, September 29^th. 

The cost is $5/person or max $15/family.

Agenda for September 2013 SKT School Council Meeting

The first SKT School Council Meeting for the 2013-2014 School Year will be held on Monday, September 23rd at 7pm in the Learning Commons (library) at the school.   We hope you can make it out!

Here is the Agenda for the meeting:

Agenda for the meeting of September 23, 2013

1. Introduction

        a. Call to Order

        b. Prayer

2. Elections

3. Approvals

        a. Review and Approval of Agenda

        b. Review and Approval of ROD for June 20th meeting

4. Principal’s Report

5. Treasurer’s Report from 2012-13 School Year

6. CSPA Report

7. Set Council Meetings for the Remainder of the School Year

8. Sub Committees

        a. Fundraising

                i. Major Fundraiser

        b. Communications

        c. Social

                i. Halloween Dance

                        1. Choose a DJ.

        d. Playstructure

9. Other:

        a. Teacher Wish List
        b. House T-shirts

        c. SKT Constitution

        d. Other Business

10. Round Table

11. Adjournment

You can also download the Agenda by clicking here.  As we are a green council, we will not be distributing copies of the Agenda, but we will be using the Smartboard in the Learning Commons to display any notes for the meeting.

Meet the Teacher Night was a success

Thank you to all parents and staff of SKT for making the Meet the Teacher Night a success.  We hope you all enjoyed the social aspect of the evening ahead of the time with the teachers in the classrooms.  If you have any suggestions on how we can make the night even better, please feel free to either leave a comment at the bottom of this post, or by sending us an email at: skt.council.ocsb@gmail.com.

We hope that all of our events are just a successful as this one.  We look forward to a wonderful school year!

September 2013 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The September 2013 Newsletter was distributed today to all oldest and only children at the school.  Hopefully all of you have received it.

You can also access the newsletter online.

In the future, we will only be distributing the newsletter via email through the school email system and posting it on the council website, but if you would like to continue receiving a paper copy of the newsletter, please return the "SKT School Council Paper Newsletter Form" before Friday, September 20th.

Just a reminder that we have our Pizza Social ahead of the Meet the Teacher night on Thursday evening (Sept 12th) at 5:30-6:30pm.  Even if you didn't register for a slice, you are still welcome to come out and meet other parents at the school.

Hope to see you Thursday evening!

Meet the Teacher Night Pizza Social

Please join us for Saint Kateri Tekakwitha 

Meet the Teacher Night

September 12, 2013

This is an evening for parents and teachers to meet, visit classrooms and learn about the school year ahead.

If possible, we would like to keep this an "Adult-Only Event" and give the parents valuable one-on-one time with your child's teacher.

We are serving pizza, one slice per person.  We are a green friendly school, so please feel free to bring your own drinking containers.

Pizza, coffee, tea and water will served from 5:30-6:30 in the school gym.  Teachers will be available to meet the parents in the classrooms from 6:30-7:30.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact

skt.council.ocsb@gmail.com or paul.gautreau@ocsb.ca

All of the oldest children at the school should have received a flyer with a detach portion to give us an idea of the number of people attending.  If you have not received the flyer, and are coming, can you please email one of the above email addresses or call the school to let them know that you will be attending.

Hope to see you on Thursday evening!

Welcome to the 2013-14 School Year!

Welcome back to school all students, teachers, staff and parents of SKT.  We are looking forward to another exciting year.  SKT School Council will be hosting the Meet the Teacher Night Pizza Social before parents head out to the classrooms to speak with the teachers.

We are always looking for more parents to get involved in our council, so watch for the nomination forms to get involved with council.  Our first meeting will be Monday, September 23rd at 7pm in the Learning Commons.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: skt.council.ocsb@gmail.com or you can leave a message at the school office.