Canadian
Parents for French
June
21, 2012
Meeting
Minutes
In attendance: Kari Eisner, Linda Wilson, Carolyn DeFreitas , Julie Livgard, Emily Suderman .
Call to order: 7:15
Welcome new members and brief discussion around CPF’s
mandate.
Minutes of last meeting – approved and seconded.
President’s Report :
Welcomed new executive.
The BC Gaming
application was filed, $2,500 was requested.
The Kindergarten orientation went well. There were 3 different sessions and a
representative from CPF gave a short presentation at each of them. Currently, there are 29 children registered
for Sept.2012
Carolyn has spoken to Suzanne Dorais and her daughter as
well as Mme. Bégin about redoing the Bonhomme costume. Mme. Bégin has agreed to take on a student
helper (Suzanne’s daughter, a grade 9 French Immersion student) to redo the
Bonhomme costume over the summer.
The arena cannot be booked until the beginning of August. Linda has agreed to book the arena in August
for the Welcome Back Skating Party on Sept. 23/12.
Renee Sevret from Jack Cook, will be offering French
language classes again starting in Sept. 2012.
Terrace Parks and Rec.
are holding a French summer camp at the beginning of July. They currently have 21 children registered with
5 + on the wait list. It will be held at
Jack Cook School. In support of the
camp, at the end of the week CPF will be presenting the children with a certificate of
completion, a CPF application form and a
gift certificate for Chills.
Sociocultural Grants – our chapter is now able to apply for a
sociocultural grant retroactively for Cabane A Sucre and Marc Tardiff the Magician.
A backpack notice home will be sent home before the end of
the school year thanking parents for their help this year, reminding them of
the summer reading book club, the French activities at the library and of the Welcome
Back Skating Party in the fall.
Treasurer’s Report:
The gaming account currently has $965.77. There has been no movement with this account
during the month of June. There is $2963.92
in the general account. We received payment
for a Socio Cultural Grant for the Family Dance of $469.73.
Secretary’s Report :
Our chapter is up to date with all of the reports required by CPF. Both the Chapter Information Form and the
Chapter Annual Summary of Activities were completed and submitted this month as
well as the AGM minutes and the necessary financial documentation.
Director’s Report:
Garage Sale –
Julie reported that the garage sale raised $315.00, on target for the amount we
were hoping to raise. Overall, it went
well although there were many items leftover.
The following suggestions were made for next year:
·
Send a notice home in the children’s back pack
the day before
·
Set up the garage sale closer to the road, if
weather allows
·
Open the garage sale to CPF families the night prior
to opening the sale to the public
Grad Report – Dina’s
report was discussed. Shannon Walker organized
a grad luncheon for the Caledonia graduates on June 12, 2012 at Flavors (Cafenara).
She also hosted a luncheon for the Skeena grads at her house where the kids where
Dina presented their sweatshirts from CPF. Dina is giving out 2 CPF Grade 12
awards this evening.
New Business
CPF Conference - The
CPF BC &Yukon Branch AGM is being held in Ottawa this year on Oct.17-19,
2012. The cost for attending is $750.00,
with a $250.00 rebate from CPF, our cost then $500.00. Discussion ensued around the pro’s and con’s
of attending the conference. The decision
was made by the members to forgo the conference this year due to the high cost
and the time away required.
Summer Reading Club
– Dina and Carolyn will be adding gift certificates for Chills to the books and
prizes that the children in the Summer Reading Club can win. Discussion around possible prizes for the
future. The library is planning to hold
a few French activities this summer as well.
Welcome Back Skating
Party – Kari and Julie have agreed to help organize this activity. Dina will work the registration/membership
table and coordinate teen volunteers. Flo will be asked to run the canteen.
Others will fill in as needed.
Fall Fundraiser -
The suggestion of a Fall Fundraiser to be held in November was raised. This would replace the Family Dance that was
held in years past. It could include a
dinner, catered by NWCC Culinary Arts Program, fair-like games and an Usborne book
fair. The event location could be other than the EMV gym.
Information/Resource
Guide - The suggestion was made to have a “Welcome Wagon Resource Guide”
for parents. This would be a small
booklet with suggestions of helpful websites for French/English translation,
French pronunciation guide, basic verbs, glossary of school terms (eg: NID),
etc. Suggestions can be passed along to
Carolyn.
French Entertainers
– There is money for this, (Socio Cultural Grants), so if anyone has any
suggestions they are welcome to bring them forward.
Teacher Appreciation
Event –This is usually held in December.
Carolyn will approach Flo to see if she is willing to organize this again
next year.
Cabane A Sucre –
Carolyn and Julie have agreed to organize this next year. The suggestion was
made to try to encourage high school students to assist with this and similar activities
throughout the year.
Concours –This
will be held in April 2013 and it is Terrace’s turn to host this event. Dina has volunteered to organize this and
Emily is willing to help her. Some
discussion whether Concours could be part of the Pacific Northwest Music
Festival.
Early Years Fair
– Will recruit volunteers for this closer to the date.
Garage Sale –
Julie and Linda have agreed to volunteer for this. It will likely be held in May 2013.
Movie Night - The
suggestion was made to have a Movie Night in the fall with popcorn.
Any new suggestions for fundraisers and activities are
welcome.
Social Media – currently our Chapter has a blog which is not well
used. Linda is willing to set up a CPF
Facebook page for our Chapter. Discussion
around the pro’s and con’s of using Facebook in particular the use of
photo’s. Discussion to continue at next
meeting.
Meeting Dates and
Locations:
Our meetings will continue to be the 4th Tuesday
of every month except for the first meeting of the year which will be held on Sept. 11, 2012 – this will be a Skating
Planning Party. We will continue to
rotate our meetings around to each school.
Our next CPF General Meeting will be held on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012 at Ecole Mountainview - 7:00 pm.
