January 2025 Minutes

January 13, 2025 6:00-6:55pm

In Attendance

A. Hutt, J. Antosik, J. Kinsman, K. Monaghan, K. Paas, P. Spear, N. Murrell, G. Cousineau, P. Perreira, S. Holliday, D. Holliday, S. Burke, L. McGill, R. Allport-Cohoon, A. Sinclair, N. Bellaera, C. Morgan
Regrets – V. Cotterill, D. MacDonald, J. Oliver, A. Link, V. Vriesen, C. Zapater, E. Bozzer, S. Ward, K. Ross, D. Martin

Welcome and Introduction – Pamela and Gillian
Chess Club: Mrs. Lambie will begin a chess club 2 days a week.
A new homework club will be running in the library before school in the mornings.
Grade 8s will have a yearbook club.
Grade 5-8 trip to the ROC Winterfest February 13, 2025.
Watson is a math priority school, and we have access to a “YRDSB math consultant” this year.
Watson is a literacy priority school, and we will have a literacy consultant working with the school for 4 weeks.
Cost share opportunity available with the YRDSB for new tech, goal is to have working tech carts in all classrooms. If school council contributes $1770.00, the board will contribute $7080.00.
The clothing drive was successful.
Student voice led by Ms. Sedore will help with the dance and will color a board like they did last year.
Bike rack on the intermediate side needs to be replaced, this is being investigated.
We are receiving apple donations from the Pegg orchard, as well as strawberry plants that we can try and grow indoors.
Next meeting: Meetings will usually be on the first Monday of the month. March 3, 2025, and May 5, 2025

Hot lunches are still selling well, and lunches continue to generate funds to support the subsidization of field trips for all classes.
Next block of lunches will run from February 3 - March 31-2025.

Red and White Dance – same format as last year. Will be held on February 12, 2025. Classes have selected their baskets, all items will be collected by Monday, January 20, 2025.
Prizes have been purchased: movie tickets, Canadian Tire toys were donated, 2 Switches, Lego, AirPods, Sutton Fair family pack (for a family of 5).
School Council will provide glow bracelets and will sell chips/chocolate bar/Gatorade combo at the dance for $5.00.
Classes will view baskets/golden ticket prizes on February 6, 2025, and put their tickets in for a chance to win.
Popcorn profited $765.00.

The school council will provide $500.00 for new game balls for the basketball teams.
We did not receive the PC grant for the school snack program.
We did receive $1000.00 from the Georgina Cares fund, which will be put towards the school snack program.
Dance-a-thon money will be put towards tech.