What an amazing school year we have had at Ross Road! Our Christmas Craft Fair and Parent Night were all well attended and raised much needed funds for the Ross Road students and we’re feeling the buzz about the upcoming Spring Carnival!

As the 2011-12 school year winds down, it’s time for the Ross Road PAC’s Annual General Meeting:

• Wednesday, May 30th at 7:30 PM at the school library
• Coffee, tea and treats will be served
• Babysitting available. Please send an email to either of our PAC co-chairs by 12:00pm on Wednesday to confirm a spot:
  – Lene Burgmann: leneburgmann@mac.com
  – Carolyn Sluis: rcsluis@shaw.ca
  

Consider getting involved! This year’s PAC Executive is an eclectic, fun-loving group of parents from many different backgrounds. We work as engineers, teachers and accountants, in public relations, administration and technology, as graphic designers and active family co-ordinators. We are on the PAC Executive because we enjoy being involved, we like to know what is going on at our child(ren)’s school, and we like being a part of the decision-making that goes on. Many of us are continuing next year, while others are moving on to other challenges.

For the 2012-2013 school year, we would like to welcome new parents and new ideas to the PAC Executive! We have a number of positions available for next year, big and small. While all of them require communication with the PAC Executive, not all of them require you to attend regular meetings. We meet once a month on a weekday evening.

For a complete list of available positions, please visit this page:
www.rossroadpac.ca/volunteer
Please check regularly as the page will be updated over the next few weeks!

• Haven’t found your dream job on the PAC Executive yet, but would like to be involved? We’d love to have you join anyway!
• Don’t want to be on the Executive, but would like to go to the AGM to be involved in grassroots democracy, connect with other Ross Road parents and enjoy delicious treats? You’re all invited!
• Click here for the AGM Agenda.

Hope to see you there, Wednesday, May 30th at 7:30pm in the library!

—Ross Road PAC Executive, 2011-2012.

>> For more info about PAC meetings, click here.

>> To get in touch with the PAC executive, click here.

Dear Ross Road parents,

Please note that the date of the 2012 Ross Road PAC AGM has been moved from Wednesday, May 23rd to Wednesday, May 30th, at 7:30pm in the school library. Stay tuned for more details and for the meeting’s Agenda. Click here for more info about PAC meetings, and links to previous General Meeting Minutes.

Coffee and treats will be served, babysitting available.

Everyone is welcome to attend! Hope to see you there!

—Ross Road PAC Executive, 2011-12

Hello Ross Road parents,

Here are the Minutes from the last PAC GM on February 1st. Please take the time to read them, they contain some interesting info about what’s going on at Ross Road!

Click the link below to view the file:
PAC GM Minutes, Feb 1, 2012

Thank you!

Ross Road PAC.

Just a reminder about the upcoming PAC General Meeting this Wednesday! 7:30pm in the Library. (ADHD Presentation at 7:30pm – General Meeting will start at 7:45pm).  Click here for more info. See below for Agenda.

Coffee, tea and nibbles will be available, courtesy of the PAC Executive.

Hope to see you there!

— Ross Road PAC

AGENDA

École Ross Road School
2011-2012

PAC General Meeting
February 1, 2012, 7:45 PM
Ross Road School Library

Pre-meeting presentation about students and ADHD by Brieanna Ingram, founder and owner of Outside the Box: ADHD Tutoring (starts at 7:30 PM).

Agenda:

1. Approval of the Minutes of the September 28, 2011, General Meeting (click here to view)
2. Business Arising from the Minutes
   • IT cheque-writing campaign update and RE-VOTE due to a slight failure to follow procedure at the September GM as laid out in the PAC constitution: Proposal to have a cheque-writing campaign to raise funds for IT purchases at Ross Road as recommended by the IT Committee.
   • Spring Carnival organizer urgently needed
   • Misc. brief info (School Directory, folding tables, bike rack, valet service update, yoga fundraiser)
3. Principal’s Report
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. New Business
   • Spell-a-thon update
   • Lice 911 workshop Feb. 15
   • Grant application for music info
   • Parent suggestion: Discussion of the possibility of joining the Wealthy Schools Program (www.wealthyschools.ca) with a possible resolution to start this program, if support is sufficient (Tovah Paglaro)
6. Other business

Please note that the next PAC General Meeting will be on Wednesday, February 1st, instead of Wednesday, January 25th. We regret the inconvenience, but the previously set date conflicted with three other school-related meetings or events. An agenda for the meeting will be posted on the PAC website and fanned out via email by Monday, January 30.

The meeting will take place in the school library at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 1st.

PAC General Meetings provide a great forum to voice your comments, concerns and suggestions, to learn about what’s going on at the school, and to get acquainted with other parents!

Thank you for your understanding about the date change. Hope to see you on Feb 1st!

—PAC Executive Committee

Our first General Meeting/Coffee Evening of the year was held on September 28, 2011. The Ross Road parents in attendance met our administrators and members of this year’s PAC Executive, got acquainted with other parents and enjoyed a social evening, complete with coffee and treats! Our thanks to everyone who made the effort to come out!

Minutes from the September 28th General Meeting
Click the link below to view the Minutes in PDF form:
PAC General Meeting Minutes – September 28, 2011 (Unapproved)

PLEASE NOTE: These minutes are “Unapproved”
Here’s why:

• As we move with technology and the new pace of life, we are making changes to how and when information is shared with our parent population.
• Ross Road PAC now has fewer General Meetings per school year than we have had in the past, and we are communicating much more via internet and email.
• Moving forward, we will post minutes from General Meetings on our website BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ACCEPTED at a general meeting.
• Therefore, these minutes are NOT the final version and some content may change during the next PAC General Meeting.

The next PAC General Meeting is Wednesday, February 1st, 2012.
Click here for more info.

In advance of the PAC General Meeting on Wednesday, September 28th, here are the Minutes from the May 25th General Meeting.

Click the link to view the Minutes in PDF form:
Minutes – PAC GM May 25th, 2011 (Unapproved)

PLEASE NOTE: These minutes are “Unapproved”
Here’s why:

• As we move with technology and the new pace of life, we are making changes to how and when information is shared with our parent population.
• PAC now has fewer General Meetings per school year than we have had in the past, and we are communicating much more via internet and email.
• Moving forward, we will post minutes from General Meetings on our website BEFORE THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ACCEPTED at a general meeting.
• Therefore, these minutes are NOT the final version and some content may change during the next PAC General Meeting.