Meeting commenced at 7:05pm

1. Welcome and Introductions
Three funding items were added to the agenda under "New Business"

2. Review of Previous Minutes
Motion to accept - Carried

3. Principal’s Report
Jim Deacon gave the following report:
That the proposed art designs for the 2005/06 school calendar will be picked by the PAC Committee at today’s meeting.

Round one staffing is almost completed and the new principal is involved in the hiring (total of 6 positions).

Final dance of the year will be held on May 25th. from 6 - 9pm.

Johnston Heights sports teams have been having an exceptional year. The highlights are as follows:
Senior Rugby Team is now in the Fraser Valley Finals
Senior Girls Soccer is now in the Fraser Valley Finals
Senior Golf Team is in the Western Fraser Valley Finals
Junior Badminton Team is in the Fraser Valley Finals
Senior Badminton Team is in the Western Fraser Valley Finals

A "Bullying" article will go in the next school newsletter to address "on-line Internet" bullying.

The Graduation Newsletter has now been distributed.

The "30-Hour Famine" Fundraiser is coming up on May 19th and 20th.

The Athletic Banquet is on June 7th.

Rebecca Plant recently won a bronze medal in a recent provincial fashion competition.

Steve Tran, who recently won a culinary arts competition, is off to Philadelphia to compete for a $30,000 scholarship.

Ken Hignell will be the new Johnston Heights Principal and will be in attendance at the June 1st. PAC Meeting. He is currently Vice Principal at Sullivan Heights.

Jim and Ken plan to visit schools in the area to talk with grade 7 students about moving into grade 8 at Johnston Heights.

Jim Deacon recently met with the Principal’s from the five feeder schools. These schools may be interested in the proposed "Speaker Program" if it is approved. Jim then handed to the PAC a proposed list of speakers and a request for funding.

Motion: That the PAC support the 2005/06 "Speaker’s Program" to a maximum of $5000.00. CARRIED

4. Financial Report
Linda Blais provided a Statement of Revenue & Expenditures for April 2005. The General Account has $3805.64 in it, while the Casino Account has $40,937.41 in it (of which $23,310 will be moved to the General Account as per direction from the Province).

Linda also reported that she will soon be starting to prepare the submission for the 2005/06 Gaming Revenue request. This submission is due by June 30th.

Motion: To accept the Financial Report. CARRIED.

5. Committee Reports
DPAC: No report.

Dance Committee: The next dance is scheduled for Wednesday May 25th. from 6 - 9pm. Brenda Holt requested 6 volunteers for the coat check/concession. If anyone is interested in volunteering, Brenda can be e-mailed at: holtinsurrey@shaw.ca

Fundraising Committee: Seven cases of coffee are still left to sell.

Progressive Fundraising made a $22.00 profit in April.

Emma would like to approach the feeder schools and explain Progressive Fundraising to them to garner future interest. The PAC thought that this was a good idea.

The next fundraising insert will be in the June 2nd. Newsletter.

It was suggested that the parents of grade 11 students be contacted and reminded that Dry Grad is a parent sponsored event. It would be a good idea to start planning soon for the class of 2006.

School Planning Council: The new Principal is being updated on the current School Plan. A meeting will be scheduled once Ken has settled in as the new principle.

6. Old Business
Potential BASES Funding: A proposal was sent to the PAC by the BASES Department Head, Mr. Vick. The list was extensive, and it was agreed by all present that John Holt would ask for clarity regarding the programs needs.

Nominations Committee: There were no nominations for positions on the PAC Executive at the April PAC Meeting. Brenda Holt volunteered to be the PAC member on the Nominations Committee and to try to get some interest in joining the executive.

The floor was then opened for nominations with the following nominations being made:

PRESIDENT: John Holt was nominated and he accepted.
VICE PRESIDENT: Steve Schnitzer was nominated and he accepted.
TREASURER: Linda Blais was nominated and she accepted.
SECRETARY: Murali Krishnan was nominated and he accepted.
MEMBER’S AT LARGE: Brenda Holt, Darlene Taylor, and Emma Dyck were nominated and they all accepted.
District PAC Rep: Mark Adams was nominated and his letter of acceptance was submitted by Emma.

Further nominations for all positions will be accepted at the June 1st. PAC Meeting, and a vote will then be held for each position, if required.

7. New Business
2005/06 PAC Meeting Dates: The PAC Committee agreed to the following dates:

September 14, 2005, October 5, 2005, November 2, 2005, December 7, 2005, January 4, 2006, February 1, 2006, March 1, 2006, April 5, 2006, May 3, 2006, June 7, 2006

2005 PAC Scholarships; Ten (10) $400 scholarships have been given to students in the past several years, and this will be continued this year. John Holt will represent the PAC at the June 14th Commencement Ceremony in handing out the PAC Scholarships.

Super "G" Program: This program began last year to honour those students that had 16 or more "G’s" for effort during the school year. It was proposed that the PAC continue to sponsor publishing the names of all recipients in a local newspaper.

MOTION: That the PAC provides $500.00 in funding to publicize the Super "G" recipients in a local newspaper. CARRIED

Learning Support Team - Request for Sound System: Maureen D’Ercole requested consideration to provide a sound system to assist the Learning Support Team. The team teaches students who are ESL and learning disabled as well as supporting students with literacy and numeracy instruction.

MOTION: That the PAC provides funding of up to $380.00 in funding to purchase a CD/Cassette Player. Funding to come from the Gaming Account. CARRIED

Alternate Program: Discussion occurred on the request for a presentation to the PAC from a representative of this program. Jim Deacon will make the request for a 20 - 30 minute presentation at the June 1st. PAC Meeting. If a funding request is submitted on behalf of this program on June 1st., the PAC will consider it.

Teacher Brunch: MOTION: That the PAC provide funding of up to $300.00 to pay for a teacher appreciation brunch for staff on June 28th. CARRIED

"Protecting Surrey Schools Together" Web-site: This new web-site is currently under development and is sponsored by the Surrey School District. The web-site is a forum for students to report bullying and vandalism, as well as other activity. The web-site can be viewed at: this link.

8. Mail
Teacher Todd Zanatta sent the PAC a thank you letter from the Social Studies Department for the PAC’s continued sponsorship of the "Yukon Dan" Program.

Miscellaneous fundraising information was received during April. All fundraising materials are left in the "Fundraising Binder" in the front office.

Adjourned at 9:02pm.
Next Meeting: June 1st. 2005

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