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Also, each year Varsity Acres school council needs to hold an annual general meeting to vote in its members. 

The Role of a school council:

  • Representing and informing parents
  • Advising the principal and the board on matters relating to the school
  • Participating in the development of school education plans, annual education results reports and budget
  • Facilitating communication and supporting parent engagement within the school and school authority
  • Link to Alberta Government Website about School Councils

VASC AGM

This year's AGM will take place on:

Tuesday, October 8 at 6:30 pm

The roles on council to be filled include:

Chair/Co-Chair:

  • chair all meetings of the school council 
  • ongoing communication with the school principal including establishing meeting agendas
  • ensure that the operating procedures are current and followed 
  • be the official spokesperson of the school council 
  • ensure there is regular communication with the whole school community 
  • stay informed about school board policy that impacts school council 
  • provide the school board with an annual report that summarizes the school council’s activities for the previous school year

Vice chair:

  • Support the chair and take on the responsibilities of the chair in the case of their absence. 

Secretary

Ensures that the minutes are prepared accurately to reflect the decisions and discussions from meetings. Provides the minutes for the school to post on the website. 

Other roles we would like to continue with include:

  • Fundraising liaison - someone who can attend meetings and coordinate with VASPFS for budget and volunteer opportunities
  • Communications officer: Create posts on Facebooks/social media and updates communications with the school
  • Volunteer coordinator - organizes the volunteers for school wide events ex) healthy hunger 

Throughout the year there may also be sub committees (Outdoor Learning etc), where there are volunteer opportunities. These positions are not elected. For example - Fall Welcome.

For more information please email VASC.Exec@gmail.com

You can access the Meeting Minutes from our previous meeting and our Agenda for the upcoming meeting below:

Fall Welcome

Can you help?  Volunteer to help with the event and sign up here: http://volunteersignup.org/JMCDC.  

We still need help with the grade 4 table.

Looking forward to seeing you in the morning on Frid