1. Welcome:
Welcome and introductions. 12 people present.
1a. Additions to the agenda - School Planning Council.

2. Minutes from previous meeting: Ken Hignell made some changes to the figures with regards to the student performance in the provincial exams. John Holt pointed out some spelling mistakes. Adopted as amended.

3. Student Council Report: 5 min.
Atlantis is the theme of the next school dance to be held on the 11th May 2006. Tickets are on sale. A survey with the grade 8 students has been done recently regarding bullying, student participation, grade achievements and performance in the school.

4. Principals Report: 45 min.
As the end of the school year approaches, there are many activities that can distract the students from their studies. The staff at JHSS is making an effort to keep the students focused on their schoolwork in spite of those distractions. There is emphasis on the importance of preparing and performing well in the coming provincial exams.

Honour roll and super G students were once again recognized for their achievements and were rewarded with pizzas and movie passes.

The Tea and Tour program for parents of new grade 8 students is under way. Some grade 7 student reps were given a tour of the school premises and followed by a video presentation.

Staffing requirements for the coming year are under review. Course requirements based on students needs will be discussed and implemented based on the availability of staff. The healthy food choice program introduced early in the year has been received well by the students. Mr. Hignell was curious about the number of students that were going to T & T during the school lunch break. Based on the above theme, the vending machines and the cafeteria will be promoting healthy food. The vendors have acknowledged the importance of healthy food style and will co-operate with the school.

There will be an earthquake drill exercise on 23rd. May 2006. The students will be informed of the location of the place where they will assemble in the event of an earthquake. The student will arrive at the field next to William Davidson Elementary School. Teachers and students will be informed of this exercise in the coming week over the PA system.

The safe teen program was a success. This program may be extended to include grade 10 boys from next year.

The visiting Thai students were entertained to a Thai cultural night at Semihaoo Secondary School. They were presented with certificates. The students were happy with their experience and look forward to visiting us once again.

David Schneider, the chef at the cafeteria will be returning again next year. There will be approximately six new staff joining JHSS and a small number of teachers will be leaving JHSS.

Ken Hignell pointed out that the school website has so far had 33000 hits.

The impact of the new legislation regarding class room size will be reviewed. At present the district average is 30 and the school average has been 28. Ken informed that the government is going to spend another $20 million to implement this program. There will also be a limitation of no more than three IEP students in each class. Exceptions to the 30 student limit are allowed, but must go through an approval process that includes a report to the School Planning Council and PAC.

5. Financial Report: 20 min.
a. Monthly report Moved by Linda, seconded by Brenda, Carried. The $500 allocated under general account for senior breakfast will not be used this year. Teacher’s appreciation breakfast is usually held once a year and an amount of $300 is set aside for this event. Linda Blais has agreed to organize the event this year.
Move to transfer $365 from the motivational speakers budget item to the Yukon Dan budget item. Mark/Brenda, carried. Yukon Dan costs $5/student. We had under funded this last year.

b. Review BASES program funds request. The report was reviewed with the comments from the gaming commission. The commission was satisfied. It was noted that the BASES and Alternate programs were heavily funded over the past 2 years, and that level of funding was not to be expected next year.

c. Linda attended the Funding Information session sponsored by the local MLA’s. It was informative, but applied to many groups and associations, not just PAC’s.

6. Committee Reports
a. DPAC committee: Mark Adams consented to continue as the DPAC representation next year. He informed that DPAC meetings are usually held on the 4th. Wednesday of each month. The next DPAC meeting is the AGM and election of officers will take place.

b. Dance Committee: The next school dance will be held on 11th. May 2006. Tickets are on sale. Emma and Brenda made sure that there would be some members of the PAC to help out at the school dance. Move to purchase superior quality coat hangers. Brenda/Steve, carried. It was also discussed to add some more coat racks to the existing stock. Ken will see what is available in the school and from the District. There was general agreement that if the school purchased one, the PAC would purchase another. Ken had done some research regarding the storage of helium gas within the school premises. His research found that it would be inappropriate to keep helium gas storage tanks within the school premises. It was unanimously agreed not to proceed with this matter any further.

c. Funding Committee: No new

d. School Planning Council: Next meeting June 14th. Expect meeting in September regarding class size limits. Council objectives pertain to ESL and new Canadians. An effort to improve our community.

e. Dry Graduation Party: M & M meats and the bottle drive were the latest items.

7. Old business
a. March 23rd visit from Superintendent of the Surrey School District, Mr. Mike McKay. Report from Emma. Item Closed
b. Review of the letter sent to the Traffic Advisory Committee of the City of Surrey. John Holt has sent the letter to the City of Surrey indicating the concerns of traffic safety issues as high lightened by Mr. Joe Punko. John will report back to the PAC with any new information. Item closed.
c. The dates for PAC meetings next year was discussed and finalized. The information will appear on the school calendar.
d. Discuss the School Master Events Calendar and June 22 meeting of event sponsors.
e. Open nominations for PAC executive positions
President - none
Vice President - none
Secretary - Charmaine Raymond
Treasurer - Linda Blais
DPAC representative - Mark Adams
Members at Large

8. New Business
a. North Delta Dogwood Lions donated $500 to the scholarship fund. The donations were greatly appreciated. Information forwarded to the school scholarship committee.
b. It was discussed that PAC members will be present at the school open house on 16th. May 2006 to attract more people to come and attend PAC meetings and volunteer their services.
c. Appoint a representative to present the PAC scholarships at the Commencement ceremonies June 19th. at the Bell Center. Steve Schnitzer.
d. Guest Speaker Program 05/06 summary. Ken was pleased to report that the school had 6 presentations this year. He thanked the PAC for funding this program, as it is not something the school could normally afford.

9. Mail: Read and distribute as required

Meeting ended at 9:10pm.
Next General Meeting: 7th. June 2006

Back to PAC