Burnaby Mountain Secondary School
Parent Advisory Council Meeting – Zoom
Monday, October 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Attendance:
| Dave Dye LeeAnne Kristmanson Angel Chen Annette Yang Brenda Lohrenz Dawn Murphy Dream Franca Spartano Heidi | Kari Kristin Schnider Lisa Ingrid Anand Janet Jen Jenica Pong Josie JungHee Seo | Mahnaz Golshan Maribeth Yap May Mayumi Natalija Kozlova Saba Sateri Sean McCarron Siva Ramesh Susan Young |
- Welcome – call to order 7:07pm
- Minutes of February and May 2020 Council Meeting – motioned, seconded, approved
- Student Council Update – from Jenica Pong
- online club participation via Teams; no fundraising in school by clubs (online fundraising encouraged); virtual community fun events (such as Halloween event); list of clubs will be up in 2 weeks (reviewing club proposals currently) via virtual clubs day on Instagram/Facebook is @bmsscouncil; grad committee chairs:
- Clare Vu: 1346830@edu.burnabyschools.ca
- Renna Rumbaua: 2201350@edu.burnabyschools.ca
- Sam Senay: 614337@edu.burnabyschools.ca
- Treasurer’s Report
- reported on June 2020 Year End Report as of August 2020; voted and passed
- majority of PAC funds are from the gaming grant and expenditures are for school, sports, clubs, events, grad, etc.; due to lack of use last year there are some funds leftover
- 2020/2021 budget deferred to November 2020 PAC meeting
- seeking treasurer for next year (someone to shadow Franca this year)
- Executive Elections exec@mountainpac.ca
- Self-nominations made by Zoom chat; passed as follows
- Dave Dye – Chair
- Dawn Murphy – Vice Chair
- Annette Yang – Secretary
- Franca Spartano – Treasurer
- Ingrid Anand – Member at Large (Parent Ed)
- Siva Ramesh – Member at Large
- Maribeth Yap – Member at Large (Parent Ed)
- Dave Dye – DPAC Representative
- Kristin Schnider – DPAC Representative
- Self-nominations made by Zoom chat; passed as follows
- Committee Reports
- DPAC – Oct 19th is first general meeting; report back in Nov meeting
- Parent Ed – Sep 17 for scholarships with 120+ parents participating; will have one more event this year for parent education (date/subject pending
- School start up and current situation
- Safe School Specialist, Sean McCarron – youth worker for BMSS; someone kids can approach for help/mediation/etc. sean.mccarron@burnabyschools.ca cell 604-760-3902
- Start of school – adapting to designated entrances, drop-offs, teacher breaks coordination working well, encouraging kids to eat lunches in their Period 1 classrooms, going smoothly
- Grade 8 visitations by Principal and Vice Principals – done over last few weeks
- COVID rules – need to remind kids to keep masks on, social distance, less physical contact as kids are tending to be more relaxed about rules
- Cohorts – each quarter, students are in cohorts of 60 students; grade 8 and 9 are in groups of 60 for both periods; grade 10-12 are cohort as period 1 and period 2; each quarter has new/different cohorts
- Fall/Winter weather – no plans for staggered lunch, need to find more space in common areas and classrooms when weather turns; encouraging G12 to leave school in the afternoons to make more space in the commons
- Afternoon Schedule – in person classes on MR or TF afternoons with no classes on Wednesdays; some classes are small and are in person MTRF
- Principal’s Report & Questions by LeeAnne Krismanson
Enrolment down – this year 1350 decreases due to international. Approx. 70 choosing outside school options.
New teachers this Fall:
- Ms. Nieumann: Spanish
- Mr. Liau: Japanese
- Ms. Dunne: Social Studies Department Head
- Ms. Cooke: Business Ed/Math
- Ms. Arron: Counselling
- Ms. Adrangi: Math
- Ms. Patel: Art
- Mr. Richards: English/ELL (for Ms Fernandes mat leave)
Orange Shirt day – lots of student participation and activities in classrooms with support from our Indigenous team leaders Jackie Norman, Lindsay Mindlin and Mr. Jack’s leadership class.
Numeracy/Literacy Assessments: Schedule will be coming soon. November (2-6) sittings will cover the grade 11 who haven’t written. Grade 10’s will write in January 25-29.
DASH BC award: “Burnaby Mountain staff, students, and partners collaborated over the last school year with a particular focus on mental health and have now been recognized by a provincial organization. They are among just 11 schools in BC to be certified as a Healthy School Community by DASH (Dedicated Action for School Health), which celebrates school communities for promoting and enhancing the health and well-being of students, school staff, and the broader community.”
Fall Sports starting this week or next: Volleyball (grade 8/9 in cohorts) X-Country (timed runs completed on different days vs Burnaby schools)
PEAK program: before and after school homework support in room 206 Monday – Thursday.
Cafeteria now open for limited service. The cafeteria is only open at 9:45-10:30am. Then open for lunch 11:25-12:15.
Coming up:
- Tomorrow is photo retakes
- Terry Fox run is Thursday and Friday morning. Donations collected in period one classes
- Grade 8 event/retreat
- Midterm marks posted – Oct 16
- October 23 Pro-D day no classes
- Remembrance day virtual assemblies on November 10
- Grad photo bookings Jan 4 – 16 in mobile unit at BMSS
- Grad – hotels are accepting/deposit
Where to get info: Daily bulletin is on our website with lots of great info such as volunteer opportunities. Instagram @burnabymountain and twitter @bbymountainsec (no longer using BMSS app – only doing Teams)
- Adjournment at 7:52pm
Next Council Meeting: Monday, November 2, 2020 at 7pm
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