Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Motion to approve agenda with addition of Audits and Spreadsheets under New Business: EK; Second: DH. Carried

Approval of Minutes:

• Motion to approve minutes of April 7, 2009 :EK; Second: DH. Carried

Treasurer’s Report

• Reviewed financial statement dated May 12, 2009. Discussion of presenting financial statements depicting the school year as opposed to the financial year for Director meetings. Agreed. Statements for financial year will be presented at AGM.
• Will move forward with Society filing cabinet at school and will determine with an accountant what records need to be kept and for how long.

Student Executive Report

• No report. AG is the new student fundraising representative .

Important Dates

• May 5^th – Students on field trip to Seaforth Armoury to assist in Emergency Response Training.
• Ultimate – Senior team took third at Regionals; Junior team in first place. Provincials in two weeks.
• Grade 10 Physics class attended Playland field trip for force and motion studies.
• May 13^th – Final Playhouse field trip of the year.
• May 29^th – Professional Development Day: no school.
• June 5^th – Inter-A Grad Dinner at Morgan Creek. CR will attend for the Society. Motion: DH – Society to invite and cover the cost of attendance of Shawn Wilson and Dr. Andrew Schofield to the Grad dinner. Second: EK. Carried.
• June 9^th – Kwantlen Park Athletic Awards night.
• June 15^th – Composite Exams begin in morning followed by Year-End BBQ and Apple Awards. June 16-17 – Provincial Exams
• June 17 – Kwantlen Park commencement.
• June 19^th – KP Dinner/Dance and Dry Grad.
• June 24^th – Inter-A Awards night and Society AGM.
• June 25^th- KP Awards night
• June 26^th – School closes

Teachers’ Report

• Inter-A will have 7 full time teachers next year. Working on getting 7 teaching spaces.
• Teaching team wish list as requested by Society:

1. Food Safe Course: Two teachers to take course at estimated cost of $300;
2. First Aid Course: Two to three teachers to take course at estimated cost of $400;
3. Five DVD players and mounting equipment for classroom TV’s at estimated cost of $1500;
4. Honourarium for VV to do a fine arts option next year – $300;
5. Proxima projector and mobile cart for classroom use at estimated cost of $2500.

• Motion: CC – Society to cover the estimated costs of wish list items as indicated above, to a maximum of $5000. Second: DH. Carried.

PAC

• New Principal Rick Breen attended PAC meeting and Inter-A parent information meeting.
• Dry Grad online auction has begun.
• Projected KP students for next year is 1424. Enrolment is declining and some portables are to be removed.

Fundraising

• No report.

New Business

• Year-End BBQ June 15^th: Action: Review food supplies left from May Day to determine purchases needed. Look into having the Lions Club do the BBQ for us for a donation of $150 and seek parent volunteers to assist.

• Scholarships: As determined in June 2008, two Telus Employee scholarships of $260 each will be awarded to 2009 graduates based on academic and athletic achievement. The final scholarship of $260 from that fund will be awarded in 2010. Discussion carried forward from June 2008 to establish a scholarship based on excellence in an area other than academics.
• Motion: EK – Society to provide $250 annually as funds permit toward a non-academic grad scholarship, criteria to be determined each year by the Inter-A teaching team. Second: DH. Carried
• Motion: DH – Society to provide $600 to be disbursed in two 2009 scholarships called the Harper/Vollrath and the Vollrath/Harper scholarships, criteria as described and selection made by the Inter-A teaching team. Second: CC. Carried.
• Motion: EK – Society to provide funds for a $250 Alumni Scholarship, selection criteria to be determined by Inter-A alumni and presented by alumni to a 2009 graduate. Second: DH. Carried.
• Awards night and AGM – EK will prepare AGM announcement to be sent home with students. All Directors will speak to parents as potential board members to solicit nominations. Next Directors meeting will be held June 2^nd in order to work out details of Annual BBQ and AGM.
• September ‘welcome back’ event – Thursday, September 10^th was selected. Discussed possibility of doing a pancake breakfast instead of a lunch if it can be worked out with the Lions Club.
• Audit – Discussed possibility of doing an audit of Society accounts. CR will find out from an accountant if it is recommended. EK will look for information to assist CC in tax filing.
• Spreadsheets – DH has spoken to Dr. Schofield who thought that grades could be pulled out of the school’s recording software at any time. Inter-A uses a different system of excel spreadsheets from the rest of the school. AP will work with DH to provide the information requested.

Adjourned at 8:45 pm

Next meeting: Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:00 pm

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Motion to approve agenda: EK; Second: LZ. Carrie

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of March 10, 2009 :UD; Second: LZ. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

• Reviewed financial statement dated March 27, 2009. Discussion of a place at school to keep Society documents. CR will speak to teaching team and look into cost of filing cabinet.

Student Executive Report

• Nik reported on progress of donations for May Day. ND and AP will finalize a donations letter, have it approved by administration, and forward to Society to use. To date ND has approached Tim Horton’s, Wendy’s, Vancouver Aquarium, Strawberry Hill theatres, and has also had some art paperweights donated.

Teacher’s Report

• Raj Puri will be leaving the school in September; the new principal will be Rick Breen from Lord Tweedsmuir.
• April 14^th and 23^rd will be early dismissal at 1:26 pm.
• Europe trip for next year will hopefully be Italy and Greece. A mandatory meeting for those wishing to attend will be on May 5^th and parents must attend.
• The Irish Dancers at the Celtic Festival were very good and the students say ‘thank you’. The mainstream theatre group were also able to attend.
• May Day April 30^th: Students coming up with a booth or activity with an ‘under the sea’ theme. Tickets will be sold to participate in games and purchase food. Hours will be approximately 4-8 pm plus clean up. Could be up to 300 people attending. Will need to distribute food order forms by April 20^th.
• Follow up on reporting procedures: At this time, teaching team is unable to add individual unit marks to report cards due to the way the spreadsheet system is set up – it would have to be done manually and would be too time consuming.
• Grad dinner at Morgan Creek June 5^th: Will Society subsidize as in the past? Motion: Ute Doll – “to support Inter-A Grad Dinner by contributing $500.00 toward the attendance cost for eight (8) teachers and one (1) Society representative.” Second: Donna Hanson. Carried.
• District Advisory Committee meeting Thursday April 9^th. Confirmed Inter-A attendance of 163 and possibly 167 for September. Will be trying to push for the 7 FTE’s and 7 classroom spaces and will remind about promise of laptops.

PAC

• District Volunteer Appreciation February 14^th at the Bell Centre – we have been given 2 invitations. CR will send an email to see if anyone not present would like to attend.
• Tuesday May 19^th from 7-9 pm – BCAA workshop for parents of new drivers.

Fundraising

• Big Brothers not as successful – 30 bags. Discussed possibility of sending garbage bags with notices next year.
• Decided to go with M&M’s for May Day BBQ. We will purchase pop, chips, and veggies and do both pre-sales and on-site dinner package sales.
• We will continue to solicit donations for a basket raffle.
• CR and UD will look after licensing for raffle and a 50/50.

Adjourned at 8:00 pm: Next meeting: Tuesday, May 12^th at 7:00 pm

Attending:            CW, CR, DH, BH, CC, EK, JM, TB, YY, AVR, LZ

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Motion to approve agenda with Inter-A Reporting Process added as 9.1: EK; Second: LZ. Carried

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of February 10, 2009 with the following corrections: Add CR to attendance; adjust spelling of ‘Garriock:’ EK; Second: JM. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

• Reviewed financial statement dated February 28, 2009.

Student Executive Report

• No report.

Teacher’s Report

• KR has returned from maternity leave and MB is now working elsewhere in the school district.
• Quebec trip was very successful – 20 students
• Destination Imagination – Our teams took two firsts and a second prize plus two extra awards at the regional competition last weekend. Many students from the teams had just returned from Quebec the night before. The teams are moving on to provincials in Mission on the 18^th.
• Ultimate – lots of response; we have one senior and two junior teams – more mainstream students came out this year.
• May Day Celebration April 30^th; Under the Sea theme; AP is liaison.
• Celtic Festival this Friday will include a dance group. Mainstream blocks will be invited if there is room.
• District Science Fair – Three entries from Inter-A.
• Teaching team will be busy this week interviewing 90 potential students for next year.
• Parents noted that Inter-A was barely mentioned at the KP information night for new grade 8’s.

PAC

• CR attended the last meeting and gave a short report on Inter-A. She also thanked the PAC for the funds provided for our Winter Activity Day.
• The second disbursement of gaming funds has been conducted – $10,957.
• PAC is looking for volunteers to help with an Indo-Canadian festival in April.
• DPAC March 25^th at 7:00 pm: RR will be speaking on gangs – what is really happening and what the district is doing to combat them – Surrey Conference Centre.

Fundraising

• Big Brothers Tuesday March 31^st
• Discussed BBQ for May Day and using M&M meat shop to supply food and cook. Will look into costs of renting BBQ and doing it ourselves in the hope of more profit.
• Raffles – We will get what we can donated and purchase a few things for baskets.
• AVR would like to do a plant sale and needs cuttings/divisions.
• Purdy’s chocolate lollipops will not work for this year – Easter will be over and there is a severe mouse problem at the school.

New Business

• 9.1 Inter-A Reporting Process: BH would like to see a mark shown for student performance for each unit on their report card, rather than an average over several units. Believes it would give students a better idea of progress and facilitate communication between students, parents, and teaching team. CW agreed to bring the suggestion to the teaching team.

Adjourned at 8:30 pm

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

Approval of Minutes

Treasurer’s Report

Student Executive Report

Teacher’s Report
Dates and events:

• Feb. 13 & 14: Approximately 25 students volunteering at the Children the Heart of the Matter early childhood conference in Surrey.
•  Feb 18th: Roger and Faith Garriock, creators of Destination Imagination, are visiting Inter-A.
• Feb. 19th: Student’s returning letters expressing interest in returning to Inter-A next year are due.
• Feb. 19th: This year’s School at Night will be a more traditional school day with choice block and possible square dancing. CW organizing pizza order.
• Report cards will be going home tomorrow.
• March 2nd KR will be returning from maternity leave
• March 3rd: Grade 7 & 8 Science Fair – judges needed.
• Mar 3rd: Interviews of prospective students begin. There has been a lot of interest in Inter-A. 158 attended information night resulted in 70 touring students, plus received more than 100 messages for additional tours.
• Mar 4th: Playhouse
• Mar 6th: District Science Fair.
• Mar 13th: Senior students organizing a Celtic festival on the last day before spring break. Would like to have an Irish dance group visit the program at a cost of $125.
• Haven’t heard yet whether SEVEC bursaries have been granted.
• April 30th: May Day will have an ‘Under the Sea’ theme.
• District Advisory Committee met Feb. 4th – showed Inter-A video produced by students; talked about increase in interest in the program-could we go to 7 teachers? Yes, if 170 students we can have 7 teachers. Might need another classroom. Ongoing difficulty booking computer lab – no access at short notice. AM: Inter-A will get a mobile cart with 25-28 wireless laptops by July 1/09 at latest.
• Teaching team has been working behind the scenes to offer a Social Justice 12 credit; would be the first school in Surrey to do it.

PAC
• Mr Bedard is the new Vice Principal, trading places with Mr Lamond who has gone to Panorama.

Fundraising

• Will do raffle for May Day – UD will make a poster and sign-up for School at Night. DH will look into M&M’s for food service, otherwise we will do a BBQ dinner as in the past.
• Big brothers March 24th

New Business
9.1 District Parent Advisory Committee

• Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of the month at the District Conference Centre
•  Next meeting is a multicultural theme with the following meeting focussing on lobbying for Surrey’s share of provincial funding.

Adjourned at 8:20 pm Next meeting: Tuesday March 10 at 7:00 pm.

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Motion to approve agenda with District Advisory committee meeting added as 9.1: DH; Second: UD. Carried

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of November 12, 2008: UD; Second: DH. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

Student Executive Report

Teacher’s Report

Dates and events:

• Teachers and students from Elgin and Johnson Heights visited in early December to observe and get ideas on how to integrate English and socials in their schools.
• On Dec 12th CSL students brought 130 students from K.B. Woodward Elementary in to do the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser.
• Dec 17th Craft Day was a great success, organized by MS.
• Playhouse and swing dance instruction January 14th.
• Touring elementary schools has already begun by 3 teams of students. It seems more successful when the teachers are contacted directly.
• January 29th – Information evening for potential students and their parents. DH and EK will attend to make coffee and be there as Society representatives.
• Feb 4th – Parents call begin calling to book touring days for their children to start the following week. Interviews will start the first week of March and we should have numbers of students for next fall by March 25th.
• January 19th – RB is organizing a wrestling tournament from 4-7 pm for up to 70 high school wrestlers and their coaches. He was hoping that the Society would run a small concession and make coffee for the coaches. Shopping is not a problem but will check in the next day or so if there would be volunteers available during that time and will report back to RB.
• Feb 5th – Tentative date for Winter Activity Day: There is great support for a day trip to Whistler/Blackcomb to ski and snowboard, instruction and supervision included. With travel grant from PAC and excellent discounts from the tour company, the cost per student is $58 +$12 for rentals. Discussion that funds should also be available to use toward a winter activity for those students choosing not to attend the Whistler trip. Motion by DH: that Society fund up to $500 toward the Inter-A Winter Activity Day to be used at teaching team discretion toward general expenses or individual student need. Second: UD. Carried
• Destination Imagination – Our school will not be hosting the March regional competition after all because many of the students involved will be on the Quebec trip. CW hoped that the Society could assist with annual DI registration fees for the four DI teams. Motion by EK: Society to cover 2008/09 registration fees of up to $400 for the four Kwantlen Park Destination Imagination teams. Second: DH. Carried.
• SEVEC Quebec exchange – Tentative dates for our students going to Quebec Feb 28-Mar 7; student visiting here April 4-11. SEVEC covers the cost of airfare. Two students will not be able to attend due to finances and teachers have applied for assistance through SEVEC. Could Society cover the shortfall. Motion by EK: That Society support the Quebec exchange through a bursary of up to $400. Seconded by UD. Carried. Recognized the possibility of additional request if funding through SEVEC is not granted.

PAC

Fundraising

• Gift cards quite successful – noted that 95% of orders came in the first round. Maybe do again in the spring?
• Discussion of May Day fundraising. Silent Auction student volunteer didn’t pan out. Will wait till May Day theme is decided January 31 before choosing what type of fund raising the Society will do for the event.

New Business

Adjourned at 8:45 pm Next meeting: Tuesday February 10th at 7:00 pm

Attending: AP, UD (chair), EK, DH, LZ, JF, CC, YY, TB

Welcome and Introductions

Agenda Additions & Approval

Motion to approve agenda: DH; Second: JF. Carried

Approval of Minutes

Motion to approve minutes of October 14, 2008 with spelling correction: LZ; Second: EK. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

Financial statement dated October 31, 2008 presented and discussed. Still in good position.

Student Executive Report

No report.

Teacher’s Report

Dates:

• RB has arranged a presentation for tomorrow called ‘out in schools’ as part of the social justice projects students are working on. May have art as expression and anti-homophobia content.
• November 18^th is not an early dismissal day.
• November 27^th is the early dismissal for Inter-A and will have Purdy’s pickup that day.
• November 20^th – district advisory committee meeting (JM and UD will attend for Society). Lack of access to technology will be discussed.
• November 26^th – first playhouse trip. An error in last newsletter; there were only 30 tickets available.
• November 28^th – end of Unit 2.
• Dec 1 – 12: grade ten work experience
• Dec 1 – 19: grade eleven work experience
• Students will be starting work soon  to sponsor a family through the Surrey Christmas Bureau. Senior students will organize the fund raising. In the past they have been successful enough to sponsor two families as well as continue ongoing sponsorship to Aissata and her family in Senegal.
• December 17^th – Some grade 8’s and 12’s will be organizing a ‘Cinterklaus’ celebration for the morning of craft day.
• Feb 19^th – School at night (discussion of possible parent information session to be worked in somehow, i.e. student choice seminar)
• Saturday early in March (exact date TBA) –  will be hosting the regional Destination Imagination tournament. Will need student and parent help.
• Have run out of Husky Cards so have ordered more.

PAC

• DH attended and gave a short review of Inter-A activities to date.
• Brainstorming session with community schools representative. Parents’ idea of a ‘dream school’  seemed to include a lot of the activities and events that Inter-A already does.
• Parking and traffic flow was discussed.
• There may be an administration change

Fundraising

• Purdy’s orders coming in – pickup will be at the school November 27^th.
• Gift cards will be delivered November 27^th as well – and will do another round at that time. Linens & Things and Sony gift cards are no longer available.

New Business

None

Adjourned at 8:15 pm

Next meeting: Tuesday January 13th at 7:00 pm

7:00 PM  October 14, 2008

Attending: AP, SY, CC, DH, AVR, UD, JM, EK, JM, LG, BB YY, LZ, JF

Welcome and Introductions

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Motion to approve agenda: UD; Second: DH. Carried

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of September 9, 2008: DH; Second: UD. Carried.

 Treasurer’s Report

• Financial statement not presented as there has been no change. A $600 GST rebate has been received and last year’s Big Brother’s cheque also received.

 Student Executive Report

• Student executive is working on some events and fundraisers. They are looking into a double feature movie night at Empire Theatres. Shane will get feedback from students and report back next month; Society offered assistance.
• American Eagle may have a grant available to Inter-A. Students are working on a letter to submit.

Teacher’s Report

• KP Grad commencement date has changed to June 17^th and will be held at Pacific Academy. Dinner/Dance will be June 19^th at the Marriot Pinnacle in Vancouver (during exam week). Inter-A’s Grad dinner will be June 5^th at Morgan Creek.
• October 24^th is a Pro-D Day.
• Inter-A Craft Day will be held Wednesday, December 17^th from around noon to 3 pm. Looking for parents to assist with crafts.
• Winter Activity Day is set for February 4^th and possible activities include skiing, skating, and snowshoeing. KP PAC has granted Inter-A $1200 to use toward activities and transportation.
• School at night will be February 19th
• May Day (themed Inter-A fundraiser) will be held Thursday, April 30^th – Pro-D on May 1^st. A theme has not been selected yet.
• All students participated in the Terry Fox Run to raise funds for the cancer society.
• RB sent thanks to CR and PC for driving students on a recent hiking trip.
• Student RP piece finished in the top ten of the Young Writer’s Conference.
• A recent Facebook incident led to student discussions in large and small groups concerning how one’s actions affect others. Senior students are putting together a social justice project for all students to expand the learning.
• Students Society subsidy required for this year’s retreat was $2500, well within the $4000 budgeted.
• I-Day will no longer be used for students behind in their work as it is not educationally valuable to ‘cram’. Students who receive an Incomplete form will need to work to get caught up.
• Student ND has offered to work on soliciting silent auction items and is working on a letter. Students society will run a silent auction at the May Day Event.

PAC

• PAC will disburse funds twice per year so that all groups seeking funds will have an opportunity to apply. 12 or so groups were granted funds at the October PAC meeting (including Inter-A).
• DPAC is presenting an all-candidates meeting for school trustees on October 22^nd.
• Barry MacDonald will be speaking on ‘How to Talk to Boys and Listen so Boys Will Talk’ at the District Conference Centre November 26^th.

Fundraising

• More than 85 bags were submitted on October 10^th Big Brother’s pickup ($2.50 per bag)
• Gift card and Purdy’s fundraisers are ready to go out with October 29^th report cards. DH will need help to sort and deliver Purdy’s product to school for pickup on November 27^th.

New Business

• None

Adjourned at 8:20 pm

Next meeting: Wednesday November 

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Agenda approved as circulated.

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of August 28, 2008: BB; Second: JF. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

Motion to approve financial statement dated August 31, 2008: BB; Second: UD. Carried. C is coordinating the updated signatories for the bank.

Student Executive Report

• No report

Teacher’s Report

• Beginning of school year has gone smoothly.
• Registration of 151 students which is just right to maintain 6.5 staff.
• Still working with administration to get fair use of gym time; now have better position in the rotation and should have gym two times for each outside P.E. time.
• Physics 11 has field trip to Playland on October 1 to study forces and motion.
• 35 senior students can sign up for the Playhouse series.
• Retreat will be next Tuesday to Thursday; probably 143 students will be attending. Cost to student is $90.00. Motion for Students Society to subsidize the 2008 retreat as needed up to $4,000.00: BB; Second: UD. Carried.
• Welcome back pizza lunch went well. Discussion about offering a different meal. Teaching team likes the welcome back idea but it could even be some smaller token or treat. Will make it an annual event but need to set the date in June for the following September. 

PAC

• No report. D volunteered to attend November meeting and do a short update on Inter-A.

Fundraising

• First Big Brothers pickup Friday October 10^th.
• D will look at doing Purdy’s for the student’s accounts to go out with first report card.
• L will run gift card fundraiser to go out with first report card approx. Oct 29 and again in the first week of December.
• Husky/Mohawk ongoing

New Business

• 9.1 Foodsafe – Who has it? BB and JM both have Foodsafe training and JF and CR will be taking it this year.
• 9.2 Parent Information Night – Very good turnout this evening and many parents had questions about the Society.
• 9.3 Note: CR will be away from October 12^th to November 27^th

Adjourned at 8:45 pm

Next meeting: Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00 pm

7:00 PM – August 28, 2008 at Blenz Coffee House

Attending: CC, CR, EK, UD, JM

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Agenda approved as circulated.

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of June 10, 2008: JM. Second: UD. Carried.
• Follow Up from June 10^th – Will ask for a list of criteria for all current scholarships so that students will be able to see what to strive for. Will establish an additional fine arts scholarship before June meeting.

Treasurer’s Report

• Report tabled to September meeting.
• C will go to the bank to update authorized signatories.

Student Executive Report

• No report

Teacher’s Report

• No report

PAC

• We will do 3 Inter-A reports during the year at PAC meetings – likely November, March and June.

Fundraising

• Still waiting for Big Brothers cheque; U will check on it. October 10^th first Big Brothers pickup for this year; will do another in spring.
• Will ask L for gift card fund raiser
• Husky/Mohawk ongoing
• Will need to think of something for May Day April 30th

New Business

• 9.1 Welcome Back Lunch – Motion to spend up to $450 for a welcome back pizza lunch: UD. Seconded CC. Carried. U can organize the lunch and C will check with teachers for the best day for it.
• 9.2 Retreat – Tabled to September 9^th meeting
• 9.3 September meeting/Parent information night – We will meet at 6 pm and ask if teachers would like anything from us for the 6:30 parent meeting. J will look after food if necessary. E will bring Society handouts and C will say a few words about the Society.
• 9.4 November meeting date – Since our meeting would be on Remembrance Day, C will check with AP to see if Wednesday November 12^th would be all right.
• 9.5 Family information – We will add a tear-off to the newsletter to have parents give us email addresses and availability to help out at events.
• 9.6 District Advisory Committee – Dates for this year are November 20, February 19, and April 23. All meetings are in the library at 3:30. As C will be away Oct 12 – Nov 27, J and U will attend the November meeting.

Adjourned at 8:45 pm

Next meeting: Tuesday, September 9^th at 6:00 pm in classroom

Attending: CC, JF, PV, CR, BB, AC, DH, LL, RP, EK, AO, UD

Welcome

Agenda Additions & Approval

• Agenda approved as circulated.

Approval of Minutes

• Motion to approve minutes of May 13, 2008: EK. Second: BB. Carried.

Treasurer’s Report

• L presented the financial statement dated June 10, 2008.
• Discussion of Telus Employees scholarship donation of $1040 resulted in following motion: “Using the donation received, the Inter-A Society will offer four Telus Employees scholarships of $260 each based on academic and athletic achievement, one to be awarded in 2008, two in 2009, and one in 2010.” Motion by BB, seconded by DH. Carried.
• Motion by JF: “The Inter-A Students Society will provide funds to support a $250 Alumni Scholarship, selection criteria to be determined by Inter-A alumni, to be presented by alumni to a 2008 graduate.” Seconded by LL. Carried.
• Motion by BB: “The Society will provide $600 to be disbursed in two 2008 scholarships called the Harper/Vollrath and the Vollrath/Harper scholarships, criteria as described by the Inter-A teaching team.” Seconded by JF. Carried.
• Note: Take time in September to establish a scholarship checklist that is addressed before the June meeting; discuss possibility of adding a scholarship that focuses on something other than academics, i.e. Fine arts.

Student Executive Report

• R reported the student executive had no plans for events at this time.
• Two students are organizing a coin drive to raise funds for China’s earthquake and hurricane relief.
• Faces of the World balloon is complete and will be inflated once there are a few days of good weather. Inter-A was well represented on the project.

Teacher’s Report

• Currently tidying up for year end and coordinating with KP administration.
• I-Day will be the 18th (school is in session) along with two provincial exams and the year-end barbeque and apple awards. (BBQ: E to pick up/return BBQ; U & C pick up food; be at school at 10:00 AM, serving at 11:30. Helpers: B, A, E, C, U, C)
• Composite exams taking place June 12, 13, and 16th with presentations on the 17th.
• Teaching team will be busy readying student marks to be submitted by the deadline of June 20th

PAC

• PAC has decided to space out the distribution of gaming funds. Applications for funds will be accepted once in the fall and once after the winter break. Draft forms available.
• School planning committee will report to PAC on occasion. 85% of students report being bullied and this will be the focus of the committee.
• PAC is starting a parent library to be housed in the school library and works on an honour system. They are looking for library donations.
• A brought information on healthy food guidelines for schools that will filter to other public buildings, recreation centres, etc. All will apply only if you are selling food.

Fundraising

• Tabled to September.

New Business

• 9.1 District Review Report – This is now a public document. P will ask for a copy in WORD so that it can be published on the Inter-A web site. We will provide copies at AGM and C will speak for a few minutes about the report. Some of the recommendations are good ones but some will be difficult to implement. Teachers will attend a meeting on the 26th to discuss implementation.
• 9.2 AGM – We will meet at 5:00 pm to help set up gym and the food tables. (Fruit – E; Veggies – A, A; Cakes, plates, etc – C from Costco; Cookies – D). AGM to start at 6:30 and J will run the elections. CC has accepted the nomination as Treasurer and E will check with other directors to see who will stand again.

Note: For August/September meeting discuss membership forms going out to families to get email/contact information for Inter-A mailing list and volunteers.

Adjourned at 9:00 pm

Next meeting: August 28 at 7:00 PM, Blenz at Central