Tuesday November 26, 2019
Mandatory Grad and Parent meeting
BSS Auditorium β 7:04pm start
Vice Principal β Trish Cathrine
- Announcements
- Report cards were issued last week β if you don't have them yet from your student, ask them or email Trish for a copy
- Reminder β there are no provincial assessments this year for grads
- CLC β Career Life Connection
- Requirement for all grads to complete in order to graduate
- Attendance is mandatory weekly on Fridays
- Ballenas Website
- For any Graduation information, click on the "graduation" tab for more information
- Grad transitions work is due on January 10, 2020 β this deadline is FAST approaching
- Check the website for all grad timelines
- Intros of the Parents Grad Executive Council
- Kim and Deb β co-chairs
- Darlene β food, gifts and prizes
- Barb β treasurer
- Kat and Suzanne β entertainment
- Brie β fundraising
- Kiran β adult/parent's dance
- Regrets β Mel- communications and Anissa- Fashion Show
Grad Executive Council β Kim and Deb
Kim reviewed the following info:
- Grad Fees - $100 + $100 (at this time if we get enough fundraising completed)
- Reviewed budget and revenue from last year (see attachment)
- Reinforced we need to fundraise $25000 this year for the Grad and Prom events β we need parents to help
- 2 fundraisers already completed this year β we could have made WAY more money here. We need parents support going forward
- Poinsettias β pickup on Thursday November 28th β 3pm
- 24 families participated this year
- Cheese β date to be communicated
- 19 families participated this year
- Upcoming fundraisers
- Grads are doing a bottle sort this Saturday at Rathtrevor Beach β please have any grads join and help out
- January 4th β Bottle drive at the school, meat draws at the French Creek Pub dates TBA, activity book (spring), March 7th β Adult Dance, April 18th Grad Fashion Show
- When purchasing any corsages and boutonnieres for grads, order through Thrifty Foods as they will give the grad committee back 50% of the cost in the form of gift cards so we can purchase snacks for the Prom/Grad event
- Sponsorships letters have been done up for cash donations β parents, please come see Brie for the letters if you can support or know companies who can support the grad
Next meetings
- Wednesday November 27th -7pm β Decorating Committee meeting
- Thursday December 5th β 7pm β Entertainment Committee meeting
Meeting adjourned at 7:37pm
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