Daily Schedule

• Mon, Tues,Wed & Fri: ……………….8:40am – 3:13pm
• Thurs:
  • Elementary Dismissal: …….2:13pm
  • Junior High Dismissal: …… 1:50pm
• Lunch: …………………………………..11:27am – 12:17pm

Before and After School Care

Monday, May 31st, 2010
1. What new information do we know?

• Enrolment is currently at 380 (K-9)
• We have hired 2 teachers for each grade K-6, 4 Junior High teachers and 1 music teacher
• Staff will be touring Elizabeth Finch School on Monday, June 7th
• Community Tours of Elizabeth Finch will be on August 23, 24
• Check out the website- ElizabethFinch.epsb.ca

2. What is the latest information from our Playground Committee?

• Bottle drive was successful ($7000)
• Fundraising and money for the playground will come from the casino, bingo, raffle tickets, carnival, and Edmonton Eskimo Stands
• If you would like to volunteer for any of these events, please contact Trisha or Marla
• There will be a facebook account for COCL
• July 8, 9 will be the casino- 2 more volunteers are needed
• Raffle Tickets- $2 each and the draw date will be on August 8

3. How can we distill the vision statement into a mission and tag line?

• Trudy from Odvod gave us the vision handout and whiteboard words and asked for feedback
• Trudy took our feedback and now the vision statement is complete
• We brainstormed words and phrases for a mission statement

4. What is a Relationship Management Plan? How will we develop one for Elizabeth Finch School?

• Laurie explained how we are developing our Relationship Management Plan for Elizabeth Finch School and how the focus will be on Restorative Discipline.

Parents brainstormed their 3 non-negotiables for an Effective Relationship Plan:

• Clear expectations communicated to all stakeholders
• Celebrate positive behaviours and good citizenship
• Consistent consequences
• Solution focused/problem solving
• Consistent and fair- common language and clear expectations
• Trust and communication
• Respect- non-judgmental, transparency, believing in students and teachers
• Understanding
• Fair is not EQUAL

5. How will we establish a School Council and a Parent Advisory Association?

• We will establish a School Council and Parent Advisory Association at our September 20, 2010 meeting
• Monthly School Council and Parent Advisory Meetings will be held on Monday nights at 6:30pm, starting September 20, 2010.

6. Do you have any questions?

• Peanut Allergies- if there are peanut allergies in the classroom, the classroom will be peanut free

Our next Parent Advisory Committee meeting is Monday, May 31, 2010, 6:45PM at McArthur School.

Online Reference Centre

The Alberta Online Reference Centre is a valuable and free resource for all Alberta students, their families and school staff. 
The centre contains full-text magazines, seven encyclopedias and hundreds of articles.

Junior High Handbooks

These handbooks, available from Alberta Learning, are great sources of information for parents of junior high age students.

Junior High Curriculum Summaries

These curriculum summaries from Alberta Learning are a quick snapshot of the materials your child should be learning.

Key Communicator Website

This site is part of an initiative in partnership with parents and Edmonton Public Schools. Partners is a great source of information for parents.