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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2016-11-02
Building: School - Parker
Address: 45 Temple Street
Purpose: Monthly Meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Conference Room
Session: Open Session
Version: Final
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Richele Shankland, Audra Cashins, Michelle Greenwalt, Priscilla Hollenbeck,
Eileen Manning, Annika Scanlon, Andrew Spinali
Members - Not Present:
Julie Joyce, Lynda Michel
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
Agenda:
1. Acceptance of minutes from October 5 meeting:
✓ Priscilla Hollenbeck motioned to accept.
✓ Michelle Greenwalt accepted.
2. Update on school happenings
✓ Gr 8 Challenge Day
o Will follow up with several activities throughout the year (during Flex time).
o Next year this work would take place in small groups through advisory. This will
be included in the schedule changes for next year
o Brendan Norton has a sign up for students interested in working on "Being the
Change"
o Students participated in a survey prior to challenge day, the week after and they
will again later in the winter/early spring
✓ Gr 7 Nature's Classroom
o Activities that students participated in were discussed
✓ Gr 6 Project Adventure
o Activities the students participated in were discussed
3. School Improvement Plan 2016-2017 (final)
-Discuss progress toward goals
✓ Advisory work: collecting information from different programs
✓ Teams have systems of recognition in place — these are discussed at Leadership Team
meetings.
✓ Data team facilitators received and will continue to receive training through our
consultant with the May Institute (Marcie Handler).
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✓ Our next data meetings will be held on Wednesday, November 9.
✓ Teachers will have access to the DCAP during data meetings.
✓ Data meeting conversations will be followed-up in regularly scheduled team meetings.
✓ Differentiated Instruction: Both Nov. PD days are focused on differentiated instruction,
several teachers are taking courses in differentiated instruction outside of school time
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