Sambro Ketch Harbour Elementary School
School Advisory Council Meeting
Monday, Sept. 26, 2016
Present: Catherine Bouliane, Pat Dempsey, Melissa Cummings, Natasha Fukala, Ralf Pickart and Pete
Rose
Approval of Minutes:
We will email all members the minutes for approval.
Introductions:
We have a new community member this year. Pete Rose will be joining us this year.
We are still looking for another person to act as community member.
Bayside:
We discussed whether Bayside is a viable option for our students this year. We will try to come
up with some good alternatives.
Student Transportation Policy:
We were asked to peruse the student transportation policy and offer any feedback for next
meeting.
Principal’s Report:
Staff were in before school to prep for the children arriving. We had a great 1’st day start up.
Primary: Mrs. Hart/ Mrs. Bennett 12 students
Grade 1/2 Mrs. Caines/ Ms. Dunn 15 students
Grade 3 Ms. Henneberry 24 students
Grade 4/5 Mrs. O’Brien 26 students
Grade 5/6 Mrs. Murphy 24 students
Mrs. Amey Learning Center 100%
Ms. MacQuarrie Resource 100%
Mrs. D’Angelo-Vibert Guidance Wednesdays
Ms. McDowell French Every 2nd day
Mr. Dykeman Gym Tuesdays and Thursdays
Ms. Kerr Music Tuesdays and Thursdays
Ms. Nason Librarian
ELT Ms. Caines/Ms. MacQuarrie
Mr. Huskins Band
As it stands we will have no choir this year as our Music Teacher, Ms. Kerr is only here long
enough to teach our 5 classes.
We are in Year 1 of our School Success Plan. This will entail survey for students and parents and
setting our goals.
We are also becoming a Caring Schools. This is also year 1. More info to follow.
Assessments:
Grade 3 will assessed on Reading and Writing and the Grade 4 assessment will be Math both on
October 5th and 6th. The Grade 6 will do Reading/Writing and Math October 5, 6, 12, and 13th.
Operations:
Emergency practices are scheduled for us this year. Some of the practices done thus far are
a fire drill on Sept. 14th which went very well. Our Lockdown was Sept. 21st and we will have
a relocation practice this week. The actual relocation will take place on Oct. 7 as we walk to
St. James Church which is our relocation site for Thanksgiving dinner.
We have new mirrors in all the washrooms. New toilets were delivered to the school for
installation sometime this year.
We again put in a work order to have the exterior of the school painted. We are hoping to get
some help from our local MLA on a timeline.
Michelle Howell and Ms. Bouliane are working on grants for playground upgrades.
Other:
Meet the Teacher and Ice Cream social was a complete success. We saw many of our school
community members that evening.
There will be professional development for teachers on Friday, Sept. 30th.
Our hot lunch program is up and running every day and our Breakfast Program will start in the
very near future.
Our grade 6 students will become a leadership team this year. Some of the things they will be
doing are delivering lunch trays, primary class helpers and school announcements.