HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
APRIL 16, 2013 - revised April 24, 2013
PRESENT: L. Levay, C. Medeiros, M. Andreana, T. Maccarone, C. Kay-Paglia, S. Parker, V. Gianfelice, J.
Argento, M. Carvalho, S. Maciek, P. Keller, D. Berbenetz, F. Pavlesen, L. Kite, R. Pontes, N. Roy, B.
McDermott, J. Carey, M. Borreca, L. DiComo, L. Viana, C. Di Iorio, V. Nunes
ABSENT WITH REGRETS: C. Henriques
OPENING PRAYER: Led by L. Levay
Review and adoption of March minutes
Presentation to Committee by Artist Hilary Inwood:
Handout outlining summary of meeting with subcommittee members and environmental art
project proposal distributed to committee members
Initial proposal mentioned only Grade 7 and 8 students to participate in project. Concerns
raised amongst committee members as funding was not promised to a project that does not
include all students
Ms. Inwood explained that given the budget, the quality of project would suffer if all students
were included in the scope
Conversation revisited later in the meeting. Proposal altered to include Grade 8’s and Grade 4’s
this year so as to include as many students as possible in coming years (assuming program will
continue) without duplicating students who have previously participated
Committee voted in favour of altered proposal
Ms. Pontes to be involved in working with students and maximizing participation
Presentation to Committee by QSP Rep, Jill Maslanka:
QSP rep invited to meeting to speak about campaign logistics
Rep mentioned that campaign sales are reduced by 50% on average when schools run the
campaign without any prize incentives for children
Approximately 80% of our campaign sales were via internet orders last year. Each year it gets
easier to report and run numbers due to increases in internet orders
Discussed QSP’s cookie dough fundraising program – distributed brochures and brought cookies
to taste. Currently not a nut free program
Principals Update:
Volunteer appreciation week – April 22-26 , all meeting attendees are invited to a Volunteer
Appreciation Tea on April 26th
Catholic Education week May 6-10 – Theme: Growing Together in Faith
May 6 – Ballroom dancing concert – Church hall (fundraising opportunity for CSAC to sell
water/food at event)
May 7 – Panorama photo
May 9 – Welcome to Kindergarden 6:30 pm (opportunity for uniform swap table)
May 10 – Hug a school day – Student council initiative
Track and Field meets to be held May, Rosary celebration – May 23, Swim Meet – weekend of
May 4/5
First communion – May 5
Grade 8’s going to Ottawa May 29-31
EQAO and CAT 4 testing – May 27th – June 6th
Staffing Model has been approved – teachers have been given tentative assignments, class
placements are tentative until final enrollment is known
Mrs. Kite is retiring
Grade 2/3 class has open spot – teachers are applying now
Mrs. Stergar will be teaching JK
School won an award for bucket filling program(noted in Newsletter)
The 2012/2013 yearbook is making good progress and should be ready by June for Sept
distribution, company is requesting a substantial deposit
Fila mentioned that the quality of the photos is a concern, and is reflected in the yearbook
Discussion regarding price increase (currently $20) to make a profit
Parish News :
Any questions about the sacraments please contact Father directly
Need ushers for both Communion and Confirmation -- anyone interested can contact Danny
Franchi
The Church thanks the Grade 8 students for a wonderful job on the Sharelife Luncheon and the
clean-up of the craft sale
Grade 8 retreat is this coming Thursday (April 18th)
Fundraising:
Popcorn:
Complete now for the remainder of this school year, was ordered 3 months at a time
Maria tried to meet with the rep several times but was unsuccessful
Kernels will replace any bad bags, but hard to do since we don’t want to give out only some bags
to students
Spring Fling:
160 people is current count
Set up is Thurs night at 7:30pm, please sign up on sheet or show up
French Café (for 2013/2014 Proposal:
Grade 8’s together with French department,3-5 classes per hour would attend
Reviewed menu from other school, needs lots of organization and volunteers
Will need parent volunteers & loan of kitchen equipment
Students will be the servers, need to meet food guidelines
CCRP (Canadian Community Reading Plan) www.ccrp.ca:
A Canadian company providing magazine sales for schools
Confirm pricing is the same as QSP (Stacey to look into)
Have CCRP rep attend next CSAC meeting (Stacey to arrange)
Send out flyers with minutes
Miscellaneous:
Uniform:
Meeting attendee requested consideration that t-shirts should be allowed in hot weather
Uniform committee to address at next meeting
PRO Grant (due May 21st, 2013):
$1000 grant sponsored by the Ministry of Education, all schools are encouraged to apply
Common use is for experts to present to parents on topics of interest or events such as family
math night, author or storyteller
Group concurred we should apply, topic agreed upon is “raising healthy children” for application
J. Carey has a colleague who has offered to help with grant application
Confirmation:
Grade 8 tea/ceremony to be held in school the Monday after the Confirmation
Sub-committee Governance:
F. Pavlesen asked that consideration be given to allowing CSAC sub-committees more
autonomy as she attributes program delays (specifically yearbook) to a lack of sub-committee
control over certain processes.
NEXT MEETING MAY 21, 2013