PAC Meeting Agendas and Minutes

May 8, 2016 DRAFT PAC MEETING AGENDA May 9, 2016 7:00 – 8:30 pm Welcome & Call to Order Teacher’s update – Diane Mawson & Anita Mullaly Principal’s Report – Susannah Howick PAC Chair Update and Discussion of Upcoming PAC Elections – Russ Heritage Walk and Roll Discussion – Kulvir Mann & Martyn Schmoll Safety Committee Update – Kulvir Mann Treasurer’s Update – Marnie Carsky & Catherine Ruby Fundraising / Gala Update – Sue Bilbey & Serena Dulay  Events Committee Update – Nevasha Naidoo & Linda Gardner Communications / Parent Education Update – Lynnel Reinson Approval of March 2016 Minutes Any other business Meeting adjourned Please attend the Annual General Meeting Monday, June 13, 2016 In the School Library @ 7:00pm PAC Meeting Agenda, for March 7, 2016, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, in the Library Welcome & Call to Order Teacher’s update – Judith Lowe & Judy Hope School Planning Steering Committee Report Principal’s Report – Susannah Howick PAC Chair Update – Russ Heritage Treasurer’s Update – Marnie Carsky & Catherine Ruby Fundraising / Gala Update – Sue Bilbey & Serena Dulay  Events Committee Update – Nevasha Naidoo & Linda Gardner Safety Committee Update – Kulvir Mann Communications, Parent Education Update –Lynnel Reinson Approval of February 2016 Minutes Any other business Meeting adjourned Next meeting: Mon., April 4, 2016, in the School Library @ 7:00pm __________________________________ PAC General Meeting February 1, 2016
1.	Present at the Meeting:
	PAC Executive: PAC Chair: Russ Heritage Co-Treasurers: Marnie Carsky & Catherine Ruby Secretary: Cathy Caputo Fundraising Committee: Sue Bilby & Serena Duley Social Committee: Nevasha Naidoo & Linda Gardner Safety Committee: Kulvir Mann Communications / Parent Education: Lynnel Reinson
	Canyon Heights Administration:  Principal Susannah Howick & Jason Haywood Teacher Presenters: Mrs. Diane Mawson – Kindergarten Teacher                                            Ms. Catie Corbett – English Language Learning Teacher Hot Lunch Team: Velda Williams & Sarah Siska PAC Members: There were approximately 10 additional parents in attendance.
2.	Welcome/Call to Order PAC Chair Russ Heritage welcomed the committee, called the meeting to order at 7:00pm, and reviewed the agenda.
3.	Teacher Presentation – Mrs. Mawson & Ms. Corbett Mrs. Mawson and Ms. Corbett first thanked the PAC for approving the purchase of technology and other teaching aids, then discussed recent and upcoming events: Two SFU students are with us for the next five to six weeks. Grade 6 students went to outdoor school and it was a big hit – they played in the snow, learned outdoor survival, and learned about birds, art, and nature. Last week, the children had a week of dance education with Dance in Schools, culminating in Friday’s performance. The kids had a fantastic time. Kindergarten students will have hearing, vision, and dental screenings soon. Kindergarten students will also be taking the TOPA and District Numeracy assessments.  “Share the Love Food Drive” will take place the week of February 9 to 12. At the Target Assembly today, it was announced that the Christmas craft fair raised over $3,000 for the Nicaragua fund – enough to pay for an entire house there. Thank you for supporting the Nicaragua fund, including continued support for Tasty Tuesday. Chinese New Year, Valentines Day, and 100s day (for the primary kids) are all coming up this month. A parent raised the issue of providing training to the students in the use of software or certain applications, such as power point and other applications. This will be discussed further the Principal’s Report (Item 7), below.
4.	ePACT Network Guest Speaker – Kristen Koppang Telford, Co-Founder, President & COO of ePACT Network Ltd. Kristen Koppang Telford spoke about the ePACT Network, which is a service that provides a platform to securely share student emergency information and assist with communication n the event of a crisis. Other schools and sporting groups in the area have adopted this program (including many schools in our district, such as Handsworth and Highlands). How the program works: Families create a single emergency record, which replaces all of the emergency information shared with the school and various sporting groups. No more paper forms at the beginning of every year. Parents add the information once online, the organisations request access, and parents can choose to share it. Parents update only the one record and the information is shared with all parties who are allowed access. If a family already has an ePACT record it takes one minute to share the information. To set up a new record, it takes about five minutes and the information is sent back to the schools. When parents enter the alternate emergency contact info, the system sends an email to the alternate caregiver so that they can access some of the children’s information and they consent to be an emergency contact. Parents are invited to enter their information before school starts, so the school has the information before kids enter the school. Schools can access the information through secure mobile connection in cases where they need to track information remotely. Security: The data information is hosted at a very secure facility in Vancouver, and backed up to a facility in Toronto so it can still be accessed if there is an earthquake here. The privacy standards mirror those of online banks. The company does formal privacy audits every year and informal audits every 6 months. Benefits: Replaces inefficient, costly paper process Collects information quickly and accurately Information is accessible via internet, mobile or hard-copy Improved communication in an emergency Helps reunite children with family more quickly Implementation / Cost: Prior to the first year of a school using the system, the parents must consent to it by signing paper consent forms. Kristen therefore suggests that school adopt the program towards the end of a school year, so that the program will be in place before the beginning of the following school year. Training of school personnel takes 30 minutes to an hour. ePACT provides ongoing support to parents and to the school admin team if they need assistance with the program. The cost is $3 per year per student and small setup fee (usually around $200). In most schools, the fees are paid by the PAC. A parent who already uses the ePACT system for sports expressed a desire to receive regular communication from ePACT to remind parents to update their information. Kristen says more regular updates are coming. Next Steps: The parents and administration will review the program and decide if we would like to implement it at Canyon Heights.
5.	Transportation Guest Speaker – Ingrid Weisenback, District of North Vancouver Transportation Planner. The District conducted a recent study on Canon Heights Elementary. Principal Howick, Kulvir Mann and Ms. Weisenback discussed recommended improvements to the streets surrounding the school. Canyon Heights was allocated a sum of $20,000 for improvements. The proposed improvements are: Intersection of Highland at Tudor: Highland Blvd. is very wide at the intersection of Tudor Ave. The recommendation is to narrow the road and add bulge-outs on each side to help improve pedestrian crossing at that intersection. These changes will reduce the distance people have to cross, slow traffic, and safely bring pedestrians out farther into the street so they can be seen. Along Ranger Ave. near and Handsworth Rd: The District proposes removing parking from one side of the street and adding a painted line along one side for pedestrians to walk. Lions Avenue behind school: Adding a painted crosswalk and signs. School Zone extension on Highland Items 1 and 2 would likely exceed the $20,000 amount allocated to Canyon Heights but the District believes these two improvements can still be done. Items 3 and 4 would likely be paid with District funds. The work would likely begin this summer. A discussion followed with parents raising certain safety issues in the neighborhood. Ms. Weisenback took note of a safety issue at Handsworth and Rialto where a bush is protruding into the sidewalk and blocking the view. She will notify the District’s engineering department. Anyone can report overgrown vegetation to the District office and they will work with the homeowners to prune or remove blockages. Visit DNV.org for the contact info. A vote was taken and the parents present at the meeting unanimously voted to approve the proposed improvements.
6.	Safety Committee Update – Kulvir Mann We will lose the services of the professional crossing guard when the construction on Capilano Road is completed. The target date is the end of February. Kulvir and Susannah are working to keep a crossing guard until the start of spring break. We  need three additional parent volunteers to sign up for crosswalk duty. An email will be circulated through the class reps
7.	Principal’s Report – Susannah Howick The school has a new Counsellor, Claire Pijanowski. Fourteen new students have joined the school since the new year began. The administration continues to focus on the School Environment, including reminding the students about recycling sorting stations. There is some confusion about what portion of the hot lunch meals can be recycled and into which bins. There was a discussion of putting up a notice describing where the waste from hot lunch should go. Technology Update: The school appreciates the funds that the PAC has allocated to purchase new technology.  PAC funds have been approved to purchase the following:    3 macbooks    3 ipad airs    2 ipad minis    2 LitePro projectors    2 ceiling mounts In addition to these items, the school is going to purchase the following:    2 macbooks    7 ipad airs    8 ipad minis    cases    2 apple TVs    storage, charging, syncing cabinet    cost to install ceiling mounts After the new technology is ordered, the district has to configure all of the devices.  Susannah has requested a new quote for the items to be ordered and expects to order them soon. A discussion followed about how the technology is used.  The laptops are used mostly by the intermediate grades. The school currently has two sets of ipads -- one set has apps more suited for the primary grades and one set is more suited to the intermediate grades. The use of the technology is typically embedded in the curriculum – meaning the students use the technology as a tool, like they would a pencil or calculator or poster paper. Students tend to learn how to use the apps / software during the course of a project. Both teachers and students use the laptops and other technology. Upcoming Events: February 4. Better In a Sweater Day. Heat will be turned down to 18 degrees to save energy and increase awareness. Wear a sweater! February 5. District Pro-D Day (no classes) February 8. Family Day (school closed) February 9-12. “Share the Love Food Drive” – all donations will go to The Harvest Project (North Vancouver). Please bring your non-perishable food items to the front foyer. If you would like to make a cash donation, there will be donation boxes in the office. February 29. Curriculum Implementation Day (no classes) – this is an additional day added by the Ministry of Education in connection with the new curriculum March 9. Early Dismissal and Parent/Teacher interviews. March 9.  Parent Evening with Saleema Noon. She will be speaking to the students the first week after spring break. Parents will receive permission forms to sign. March 14-28. Spring Break (school closed) The School Planning committee is interested in speaking at the next PAC meeting.
8.	PAC Chair Update – Russ Heritage Chantale has had to vacate the position of Co-Chair for health reasons. For the remainder of the year Russ will be the PAC Chair. Shout out to Freedom Friday folks! It’s been terrific to build community with parents and children.
9.	Treasurer’s Update -- Marnie Carsky As of December 31, 2015, the PAC had cash reserves of $27,000 as well as the GIC account at about $20,500. There is also a separate gaming account grant of $8,000 per year, which is used to fund field trips. Some revenue highlights during the first term include: Movie Night revenue of $240 Early Investor Program revenue of $2,800 so far Revenue via the United Way of $3,000 Hot lunch revenue of almost $3,000 for the first term We currently have a surplus of funds, but we will soon be purchasing the technology discussed above. Russ thanked Velda Williams and the hot lunch team. PAC benefits from your hard work!
10.	Fundraising Update – Sue Bilby & Serena Duley The “Mad as a Hatter Gala” is planned for Saturday, May 14, 2016 and will be held at The View, which is the top of the school district building on Lonsdale.  A reception style dinner will be catered by Forage. There will be a cash bar, DJ and dancing. We will also have silent and live auctions. The early bird ticket price will be $79. After March 4th the price will go up. Tickets will be sold through munch a lunch and at the school. Hoping to sell between 120 to 150 tickets. Hoping to raise between $15,000 to $20,000. In the past, tickets have sold out so buy early. Invitations coming soon!
11.	Communications, DPAC Rep, Parent Education – Lynnel Reinson Lynnel attended a recent North Vancouver PAC meeting about the upcoming curriculum implementation. Because the provincial budget will be finalized this month, only a small window of time remains for parents to comment on the funds allocated toward education in connection with the curriculum changes. Of particular concern is the fact that no additional funds have been allocated to fund the required integration of technology into the curriculum. Another area of concern is that the Teacher Librarian positions (the teachers who help the students learn appropriate use of the technology) are no longer guaranteed. If you’d like to see more funding, please write to your representative today. Lynnel will post the contact information on the PAC’s blog. The new curriculum seems to reflect best teaching practices that teachers are already doing. In the elementary and intermediate grades, we will be moving away from letter grades. High School likely to stay with letter grades so that students can continue to compete with students from the U.S. and elsewhere. Jessie Miller, who spoke last month, will come back to spend classroom time with the grade 6 and 7 students who were away on a field trip when he meet with the other students. There was a discussion of doing some further parent education around bullying, but moving the dialog past bullying to focus on prevention. How are we interacting with our own kids? How are we speaking with them? How can we help kids develop empathy? Lynnel will put together a workshop.
12.	Approval of November and December 2015 Meeting Minutes Marnie Carsky moved to approve the meeting minutes from the PAC meetings held on November 2, 2015 and December 7, 2015. Nevasha Naidoo seconded the motion and the minutes for both meetings were approved. Susannah asked the PAC to forward copies of agendas and minutes to the administrative office.
	The Meeting was adjourned at 8:37 pm. Next PAC General Meeting - Monday March 7, 2016 at 7:00pm in the School Library.

October 5th Meeting Minutes
For approval at the next PAC meeting on November 2, 2015

PAC Executive Committee Meeting
1.	Present at the Meeting:
	PAC Executive: PAC Co-Chair: Chantale Pamplin Co-Treasurers: Marnie Carsky & Catherine Ruby Secretary: Cathy Caputo Social Committee: Nevasha Naidoo & Linda Gardner Safety Committee: Kulvir Mann Communication Chair: Lynnel Reinson Parent Education: Tiffany Haziza & Lynnel Reinson
	Canyon Heights Administration: Principal Susannah Howick & Vice-Principal Jason Haywood Teacher Presenter: Mr. Robert Moser – Grade 3 Hot Lunch Team: Velda Williams & Sarah Siska PAC Members: There were approximately 7 parents in attendance.
2.	Welcome/Call to Order Co-Chair Chantale Pamplin welcomed the committee and called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
3.	Teacher Presentation – Robert Moser Mr. Moser teaches grade 3 and has been teaching at Canyon Heights for six years. He spoke about the teachers’ goals of encouraging independence and asking that children be dropped off at the front door and allowed to find their own way through the hallways to class. Mr. Moser then discussed several past and upcoming events at the school: Welcome Back Pizza Night and Meet The People of Canyon Heights (aka curriculum night) happened in September and were both successful. The detour caused by the construction on Capilano Road has been fairly smooth so far. The teachers just completed their first Curriculum Implementation Day—discussing implementing more information about aboriginal culture into the curriculum. Grade 7s have been charged with teaching the other grades about the school’s Code of Conduct (See item 6, below for more on this). The Terry Fox Run raised $837. The Turkey Trot is happening on Friday—children run around the field and enter a drawing to win seasonal prizes (including a turkey). Cross Country has begun—it’s a short season (three meets) and the first meet was cancelled (due to difficulties with the proposed venues) but they hope to continue with the other two meets in October. The kids will keep practicing. The coaches are Mrs. Mawson, Mrs. Bedgood, and Mr. Moser. Primary classes are looking at the signs of autumn and studying seasonal shifts while preparing for the Thanksgiving assembly on Friday. All grades are continuing to meet with their buddy classes. Mr. Sims (Grade 7 teacher) is seeking volunteers for the grad committee. They need someone to help order hoodies. Please see Mr. Sims to help out. Tiffany Haziza also has a contact that may be able to offer good prices on printing the hoodies—she will discuss with Mr. Sims. The earthquake / comfort kits are coming in. Parents should keep returning those kits and spreading the word to other parents to return them asap. Meeting on Tuesday, October 6th, for parents whose children will be attending the Big House this year.
4.	Treasurers Report – Approval of 2015/2016 Budget Marnie Carsky gave an overview of the budgets for last year and this year. Last Year (2014/2015): At the beginning of last year, the PAC had $43,000 in assets and $24,000 in payables and reserves. Fundraising revenue was $29,000 and expenditures were $28,000. Last year the budget targeted a deficit of $13,000 but ended with surplus of $1,600. Revenue was on target because several fundraising efforts (including Munch a Lunch, the Fair Share program, and a parent fundraiser) came in over budget. And expenditures were lower than budget because some programs that were budgeted didn’t happen during the year.  In June last year, the PAC had assets of $45,000 and payables and reserves of $25,000. This Year (2015/2016): Pizza night and other fundraising initiatives have already brought in money. The Munch a Lunch program budget is the same as last year. We are planning to have a gala this year and a couple more fundraising initiatives. Total budget $31,450. Expenditures will be similar to last year and will include funds for various school activities, including, among other things, Saleema Noon, Parent Education, Dance in Schools, Gymsense, and referees for basketball team. Student expenditures include the classroom support fund, literature, and an allocation to the grade 7 class.  The budget for the Needs List is $30,000 and includes items such as new ipads, ipad minis, projectors, music (risers), LAC (resources for books for parents), and various items for primary and intermediate students. It also includes administrative items such as new chairs for learning commons room, shelving for the EAs, folding tables, and a new bike rack. The BC gaming revenue of $7,720 goes for fieldtrips. Overall Net Operating is expected to be a deficit of $8,890. We’re comfortable with this due to the surplus from last year. Velda Williams moved to approve the 2015/2016 budget and Tiffany Haziza seconded the motion. The budget was passed for the new school year 2015/2016. Copies of the budgets are posted on the PAC bulletin board.
5.	Agenda – PAC Co-Chair Chantale Pamplin Chantale presented the meeting agenda and stressed that all parents at the school are automatically members of the PAC. The PAC Exec represents the interests of all of the parents. We are here to facilitate the interests of the parents.
6.	Principal’s Report – Susannah Howick Principal Susannah Howick welcomed everyone to the meeting. There are a total of 383 children at the school this year. Susannah showed a presentation from the Meet the People night, introducing all of the school’s teachers and administrative staff, and describing each of their duties. Code of Conduct. Susannah and Vice-Principal Jason Haywood next discussed the School’s Code of Conduct. The grade 7 students are being encouraged to be more involved in showing leadership and demonstrating the core values of the Code of Conduct.  This year, the grade 7 students taught the Code of Conduct to the younger students. They made posters and prepared skits to demonstrate the values of Respect, Responsibility, and Safety. The Code of Conduct can be found on the school’s website. And it is in each child’s agenda. Each child, and their parents, are required to sign it. The school is required to keep the signed copies for 50 years! Another possible project for the grade 7 students is the ongoing problem of litter in the schoolyard. The grade 7s may work on this with their Kindergarten buddies. Communications. Susannah next discussed communications. She met with the new PAC Communication Chair Lynnel Reinson about the new PAC blog that is being developed. The PAC will create a robust process to determine how and what goes on the blog, and all uploads will be approved by the Communications Chair or PAC Co-Chairs. There are several different ways for parents to get information about the school: a. The school website (canyonhts.ca) is a good place to get basic info. It includes a district and school calendar and reminders about what’s happening at the school. Susannah generally updates her blog each week (see Principal’s Blog link on the website). b. Emails directly from the school or district. c. Emails directly from Pac Co-Chairs. The Co-Chairs plan to send out periodic emails to parents to inform everyone of coming events and with continued reminders to sign up to the blog updates. d. Teachers may have a blog or send out information by email or newsletters. Some teachers are participating in a new pilot program called FreshGrade. It allows parents to log into the FreshGrade site and see photos and updates of their child’s work. It is housed in Canada so it meets the guidelines for FOIPPA (freedom of information / protection). e. Class representatives may send out information or help recruit volunteers. f. New PAC Blog/Website: canyonheightsPAC.blogspot.ca. The PAC is developing a blog (which will be linked to the school’s website) to help keep parents informed about PAC events at the school. Susannah and Lynnel discussed the blog in detail. It is being developed to meet all requirements for privacy and safety. See item 7, below, for more information about the PAC blog. Susannah next discussed the requirements for all school volunteers. All PAC Exec members are required to sign the Declaration of Confidentiality. Everyone who visits the school is required to sign in at the office. All parents who volunteer should stop in the office and sign the relevant forms and should read the District’s Confidentiality Declaration and Privacy Policies.
7.	Communications Chantale introduced Lynnel Reinson as the new Communications Chair and thanked Kulvir for everything she did last year in starting to implement a PAC website/blog. All parents have been sent home a parent consent form so that the PAC will have permission to email them. If parents also would like to receive email notices when the blog is updated, they can subscribe to the blog by going to the main page (canyonheightsPAC.blogspot.ca) and inserting their email under the “Follow By Email” heading. A few notes about the blog: Lynnel would like feedback about what people like and don’t like about it. We want it to be helpful for everyone. Chantale reiterated that blog will comply with all privacy information. All content / posts will go through Lynnel. She will seek approval of the co-chairs if necessary. She will moderate all comments. We may want to do a survey mid-year to see how people are responding to the blog and how they are using it, to better tailor the content to our members. The blog does not replace the periodic emails from the PAC. But the contents of those emails will also be posted on the blog. All PAC emails will contain a link to the blog to help drive traffic. Chantale will create cards to hand out with the blog’s address. Velda suggests also sending the cards home with the students. Maybe offer a drawing / prize as incentive to sign up. It was suggested that we might use the blog to thank local businesses that sponsor school events or provide a donation to the PAC. It was suggested that the blog might include a space for parents with local businesses to list those businesses. The blog will adopt the same policies that the North Vancouver District PAC has adopted, specifically the Code of Ethics, Communications Policy, and Policy on Payment of Expenses. The PAC blog will be cross-linked with certain pages on the school website to make it easier for parents to find information. It will also link to the district website. The blog includes a language change link to help translate the content to other languages to help communication. One of the key messages is that all parents at the school belong to the PAC.  Each different area of the PAC will have a tab that can be clicked from the PAC blog (e.g., safety, social events, fundraising, etc.).
8.	Approval of January and March 2015 Minutes Kulvir moved to approve the meeting minutes from the PAC meetings held January 12, 2015 and March 6, 2015. Karen Nordquist seconded the motion and the minutes were approved.
9.	Fundraising Chantale discussed upcoming fundraising efforts. Direct Fund Appeal (formerly the Fair Share program). The PAC will be sending out a request to all parents to donate directly to the PAC. The goal is for the Direct Fund Appeal to become the single largest fundraising event at our school so busy parents don’t feel that they need to participate in all of the fundraising events. 100% of funds go to the school. The fundraising committee is considering asking each family to donate $20 to $100 per child, if they choose to participate. There was a discussion about whether asking for donations in the range of $20 to $100 would bring in the largest amount of donations. Action Item: Chantale will go back to the fundraising team to discuss the amount the PAC will request. Last year, it was $100 per child. This request should be sent out as soon as possible as the holidays are approaching.  Post Meeting Update: The team agrees to keep the $100 donation amount rather than the range. Fundraising Events Being Planned: October 19 & 20. Family Photo Night. Registration will be available online and on the sign up sheet on the PAC bulletin board. Info will be sent home in agendas. Posters will go up. November 20. Movie night. December (near Christmas). Pancake Breakfast to be held on a weekday in early December. This event will require lots of volunteer assistance. Note: Don’t schedule on a Wednesday because that’s hot lunch day. Possibly December 3rd. Spring Gala. This is a big event and can rise between $15,000 and $18,000. In the past, it’s been held at various venues and at one point at someone’s home. We are looking at venues. There was a discussion about having a sub-committee to coordinate the gala. Members were polled and most were in favor of holding the gala this year. Velda Williams noted that last year’s survey monkey poll showed that 70% of participants were in favor of a gala. We may alternate having a gala or a spring fling every other year. We will be going ahead with a spring gala. Action Item: Add a section to the blog for volunteers to sign up.  This may help parents who don’t regularly come into the school to have more notice about volunteer opportunities and have an easier way to sign up.
10.	Upcoming PAC Events – Social Committee Chantale introduced Nevasha Naidoo and Linda Gardner and thanked them for their work organizing three events with very short notice at the beginning of the school year: The Welcome Back Tea, Kindergarten Tea, and Pizza Night. Social Events Being Planned: Parents Social Evening (date and venue to be announced – possibly late November). The committee wants to make it exciting and have a karaoke competition (pay money to opt out if you don’t want to sing). Year-End Bash (possibly June 28). Possibly have the kids do a talent show, have food trucks. More details to be finalized. The kids would come up with their talents and practice at home.
11.	Safety Committee Update Kulvir discussed the organization of the emergency kits and ordering of new water for the storage locker. (Old emergency water can be used for upcoming social events). She next discussed the traffic changes resulting from the construction on Capilano Road. Every two weeks meetings are held at the Capilano Church so residents can give feedback and get updates on the project’s status and current detours. Kulvir will give the information to Lynnel so she can post it on the PAC blog. The RCMP have issued over 80 tickets since school started. People are driving too fast on Highland, Ranger, and many of the surrounding roads. The highest speed clocked through the school zone was 63 km per hour (by a parent). A disgruntled driver deliberately ran over the foot of one of the crossing guards. The majority of tickets are being given to people who live in the neighborhood. Lots of tickets are being given out for speeding. Kulvir introduced Martin, who is also on the North Shore Safe Routes Advocates committee. Martin spoke about how walking and biking to school can help to foster safe, independent, and confidant kids. It also helps build community and provides health benefits (kids blow off steam, are ready to learn, and better understand their communities). If you live within a 15 minutes walk, Martin encourages people to walk to school. Or if you live farther away, you can “drive to 5” (drive and park a 5 minute walk from the school). There was a discussion about making sure that children arrive at school safely when they are walking on their own. The school will phone the parents if a child does not arrive and no one has called in to report that they are ill. The parents are relying on the school to be notified if a child doesn’t get to school. Martin showed a video about Safe Walks to School, made in Portland, Oregon. In Portland, every day is walk or ride to school day: 10% of kids in bike and 32% walk to school. Since 2006 they’ve had a 25% increase in kids walking and biking to school. It was inspiring. Follow the North Shore Safe Routes Advocates on Facebook and twitter to see what’s happening and to help promote cycling and walking. October 5-9 is International Walk Week. Please encourage your kids to walk. Transit is free for kids.
12.	Volunteering at Canyon Heights Chantale introduced Tiffany Haziza, our Parent Representative Coordinator who will coordinate the parents who volunteer to be class reps for each classroom (each class has two parent reps). There are currently nine classes that are without volunteers. The teachers for those classes will be asking families to participate. Please volunteer! The sign up sheet is on the PAC bulleting board. Tiffany is working on a plan of linking fundraising events to the grade levels—meaning that each grade level would be in charge of an event. So the class reps from those classes and the other parents from a particular grade will be in charge of an event. For example, the Grade 7 class could be in charge of the welcome back pizza night. Grade 3 could be in charge of the kindergarten tea. Thanks to Mr. Haywood for suggesting that idea. We will announce more info about this as it is figured out.
13.	Any Other Business The PAC is considering revising its constitution, which was last revised in 2011. We will look to the North Vancouver District PAC constitution for guidance.
	The Meeting was adjourned at 9:05 pm. Next PAC AGM Meeting - Monday November 2nd, 2015 at 7:00pm in the School Library.