Canadian
Parents for French
November
27, 2012
Meeting
Minutes
Principal
Report: Cory Killoran, Skeena Middle School
Skeena Middle School has had a good start to
the year although they do have issues around resources. The school is addressing these issues as they
arrive - Grade 7 & 8 resources are currently needed. Mme. Begin has been helping with this
(borrowing books from Ecole Mountainview).
An order worth $4000 – $5000 is also being put together. French immersion students are now receiving double
the amount of time in FI than they previously did due to the block scheduling –
Math and science are now available in French.
Exploratory instructors are being very flexible and helpful in arranging
the timetable to work with the FI students as well. A couple of students from Jack Cook are taking
online courses at a grade 8 level. FI
students are mixing with other students during the exploratory classes. Grade 9
FI students however, are not able to pick their electives due to the time
tabling. Grade 7 has 21 FI students,
grade 8 has 14 FI students and grade 9 has 9 FI students. Skeena Middle School has 632 students in
total. If our CPF chapter would like to have any
information passed on to the students, parents or staff at Skeena we can email
it to Phillip Barron and he will put it in the newsletter. Any information we want in the Christmas
newsletter needs to be sent to Phillip Barron by Dec. 5, 2012.
Flo – reported that Skeena has been an
extremely positive experience for her daughter.
Resources – Dina delivered a letter to
Skeena Middle School offering $800.00 from the Terrace CPF Chapter for
resources. French Award – Our Chapter of CPF would like to offer an award for a student at Skeena Middle School (similar to the one offered at Ecole Mountainview). Discussion ensued around the reason for the award and the possibility of giving out 2 awards – one for FI students and the other for CORE French students.
President’s
Report:
Festival de Famille – The festival will begin
with a performance by Angela Roy from 1-2 pm, followed by an intermission from
2-3 pm in which we will have 6 carnival games, pictures with Bonhomme and
crepes for sale and from 3-4 pm well-known local musicians will perform
Traditional Quebecois, Acadian and Cajun music.
Our chapter received a $100.00 contribution from Skeena Diversity.
Sociocultural applications – We received 5
of the 7 grants we requested. One of the
grants was denied and one is conditional.
In total we received $3162.50 in cultural grants. They include:
·
$175.00 for Idelaire
·
$962.50 for Caban A Sucre
·
$275.00 for the summer French
camp
·
$1250.00 for a Regional French Entertainer
·
$500.00 for Concours Public
Speaking Competition
A reminder that the Gaming Banner needs to
be brought to the Festival de Famille.
Angela Roy has been scheduled for Jan.16
& 17, 2013. She will do one workshop
and one school assembly at EMV. Should
there be expressed interest in French entertainers at the Middle School –level,
we would be pleased to see it provided.
Book Reserve Fund- there is still $800.00
left in the book reserve. We are
proposing to buy the Terrace Public Library
2 Kobo Readers – 1 relevant for students in middle school and 1 for students in
senior school. Each Kobo will contain at
least 3 French book titles. Also discussed
was a display piece for the library which directs patrons to the location of
French books. Jess Dafoe has discarded many of the old French books, deciding
to hold a smaller collection of more preferred titles. Still underway are the
French “themed book-bags”, we have funded the purchase of materials to fill 12
such bags. Motion made to spend $400.00 for Kobo’s and $400.00 for a
promotional display for French books at the Terrace Public Library. Approved and seconded.
Director’s
Reports:
Dina reported that Concours will be held on
March 2, 2013. Agnes Casgrain, the Principal of Kinkalda in Kitimat informed
Dina the Concours winner and chaperon, will be fully funded (airfare and
hotel), to attend provincials in
Vancouver this year. Students in grades
6-12 will be competing. Students in grades
4 & 5 receive participation prizes.
Caban A Sucre – will be held the following
day – March 3, 2013. Our Chapter would like to promote it as a “French Weekend”
for students and their families.
Caledonia Sr. Sec. currently has 4 students
from Quebec here on a student exchange. They
will be returning home on Friday. Dina
reported that they have had a wonderful time and made a lot of new
friendships. Richard Claire is the
instructor at Caledonia who is responsible for all of the arrangements for this
exchange trip. 4 students from our
community will be going to Quebec in February for 3 months.
Teacher Appreciation Tea – Flo has agreed
to plan this event and is currently considering the third week of January to
hold it. She would like to hold it at
Cafenara again. Last year, our Chapter spent
under $200.00. She will speak to
Cafenara about the details.
Movie Night – Discussion around the
possibility of another movie night being held during the end of March or the
beginning of April as CPF will have a list of French movies available at that
time.
Treasurer
Report: In
our Gaming Account we have $1667.70 and we will have $2442.00 in our General Account
after we pay for Angela Roy in January.
New
Roles for CPF:
Social Media Sub Committee – Carolyn would
like to create a facebook page and possibly a website but we need to form a
subcommittee. Linda has offered to be on
it. Discussed the possibility of asking
Sarah Zimmerman to join as well.
Next Meeting – Wednesday, January 16 at
Caledonia Sr. Secondary, 7pm.
