Meeting Minutes

December 13th, 2011

Agenda Items:

• Delegation – Vancouver Biennale
• Delegation – Educating Girls in Rural China
• Introductions to Trustees
• VMUN
• Citizen U
• Info for School Presidents
• Passport to Play
• VanCity Idol Subcommittees

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Vancouver Biennale

• Come and Perform at one of the Seven Locations
• Groups may perform poetry, drama, or interpretative dance
• Organization, marketing, and sound is taken care of
  • Sept-Oct: Inviting Groups
  • Nov-Jan: Accepting Entries
  • Jan-Apr: Rehearse and create
  • Apr 23-28: Perform Onsite
  • Groups can go online for an entry form

Educating Girls in Rural China

• Grade 9-10 transition problems occur in china (high school is free: $800 a year per student)
• 40% of grade 9 graduates are able to go to grade 10
• Muslim Girls are married off
• New High school sponsorship

VMUN

• Is offering us 25 formal aid packages
  • 8 reserved for VDSC members
  • 8-16 for students in the VSB

Citizen U

• We have applied for the 4^th cycle of Citizen U

VDSC Newsletter

• All VDSC Members have been subscribed online

Info for School Presidents

• On January 17^th, Presidents or Vice-Presidents are invited to attend from 2:30-5pm

Passport to Play

• Lord Byng has been chosen to host P2P

VanCity Idol Subcommittees

• Members collected in their subcommittees today and discussed deadlines and plans for VanCity Idol

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November 15th, 2011

Present: Lord Byng, Sir Winston Churchill, Magee, Point Grey, John Oliver, David Thompson, Gladstone, Vancouver Technical, Eric Hamber, Windermere, Britannia, University Hill, King George, Prince of Wales, Sir Charles Tupper

Regrets: Templeton, Ideal, Kitsilano, Killarney

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Agenda Items:

−Canned Food Drive

−Passport to Play

−BC MUN

−New Project Idea

−Committee Reports

−School Check-ins

Canley Cup

• Details sent out
• Emails sent to presidents
• All numbers to be sent in by December 14^th
• Canley cup sign-up sheet

Passport to Play

• Hosted at Byng in the month of May
• Disabled kids and able bodied kids participating
• Plan should be emailed out

BC MUN

• Held at Churchill on November 19^th
• Special rate for VDSC members

New Project Idea: Teen mentors with inner city schools.

• To be discussed more in detail

Committee Reports:

Planning and Facilities

• Redesigning the Britannia Community Centre
• Queen Elizabeth needs VSB to cover 50% of repairs
• Seismic upgrades at JO and other schools comes to $550,000
• 48 schools with significant risk in case of an Earthquake
• Halloween damages come to $14,000 for repairs
• After Total Ed. Fire, Total Ed students are moved to Tupper

Finance

• Finalizing the financial statements from the beginning of the year
• $700 million budget
• 2012/2013 $14 million shortfall
• Auditors to assess VSB funds

Management and Coordinating

• Hamber spends $60,000 per year on paper
• Discussing ways to make schools more sustainable
  • Use policy
  • Technology Plan

School Check-ins:

Most schools are taking part in the Canned Food Drive

Sir Charles Tupper:

− Hosting HSBC Basketball Tournament
−Blackout School Dance
−Student Council Bonding

Lord Byng:

− Twin Day
−Gala: Comics and Cartoons
−Department vs. Department

Sir Winston Churchill:

− Selling fake moustaches for Movember
−Selling SPC cards for students
Magee:

− Boys for Bucks: Boy Auction for charity of choice

Point Grey:

− Selling movie tickets for Movie night
−Filling shoe boxes for Africa for Christmas

King George:

− Movie night a success; future movie nights each month to come
−Haunted Hallway a success (turned out to be a glow in the dark hallway)

David Thompson:

− Opposite Gender Day
−Santa Photos
−Square dancing
−Candy Cane Grams

Gladstone:

− 12 days of Christmas; event for 2 weeks

− Remembrance day assembly

Vancouver Technical:

− Remembrance day Assembly
−Character Day
−Jeopardy

University Hill:

− Successful Catwalk
−Grade 8&12 Hot chocolate
−Sketch a Teacher
−Dec 8^th Dance: “Under the mistletoe” (no police or security)

Eric Hamber:

− Movember

Windermere:

− Lipdub
−Dec 15 Dance with Galactic Entertainment: Glow in the Dark
−Climate Change Conference: “System change, not climate change”

Britannia:

− Remembrance day assembly
− Christmas Spirit Week
−Joint Dance with other schools
−Christmas Craft Fair

Prince of Wales:

− Fashion Disaster Day

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October 18th, 2011

Present: Lord Byng, Sir Winston Churchill, Magee, Point Grey, John Oliver, David Thompson, Gladstone, Killarney, Vancouver Technical, Eric Hamber, Windermere, Britannia, University Hill, King George, Kitsilano, Ideal, Prince of Wales, Sir Charles Tupper

Regrets: Templeton

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Agenda Items:

−School Check-ins

−Committee Reports

− We Day! Project for 2012

−Canned Food Drive

− VDSC Newsletter coming soon

−New email: [email protected]
− Other Business (VanCity Idol)

School Check-ins:

Sir Charles Tupper:

− School Dance: Blackout (glow in the dark)
− Selling glow sticks Ultraviolet light

Lord Byng:

− Catwalk Halloween costume contest
− Haunted hallway
− New Vending Machines Surveys
− Twin Day
− Byng Arts coffee House
− Byng Arts Gala @ the Scottish CUltral Centretheme: comics and cartoons
− Byng Arts Passport
− Byng Arts welcome back assembly
− Sorting Hat for Grade 8’s one of 5 houses

Sir Winston Churchill:

− Dance Cancelled
− Haunted House
− Halloweek

Magee:

− Funds raised this year will go to covenant house
− Halloween week
− Fear Factor Trivia
− Pumpkin carving contest
− Catwalk
− Dance Team performing Thriller
− Grade 8 reps have been elected

Point Grey:

− Halloweek
− Movie Lunch
− Pumpkin pie eating contest
− Harry Potter day
− Bagged lunches for the downtown eastside

King George:

− Halloweek
− Haunted Hallway
− Horror Movie Night (The Last Exorcist)

David Thompson:

− Halloweek (5 day event)
− Carnival for Halloween
− Picture Day for Halloween Costumes to be put into yearbook
−  Pumpkin Pie eating contest
−  Kick off Carnival

Gladstone:

− dance cancelled
− Halloween Extravaganza
− Student Council is tackling the remembrance day assembly
Killarney:

− Halloweek
− Orange and Black
− Jello Eating contest
− Apple bobbing
− Pin the tail on the cat
− Costume
− Ninja vs ninja
− Blackout Dance
− Killarney’s night of talent grand prize is 100$
− Making a Difference Project (collect things to make packages for the homeless)
− Canned food drive contest

Vancouver Technical:

− find the ghosts for fright night tickets
− pumpkin carving contest
− Character day

University Hill:

− Halloween Haunted Hallway
− Halloween Bake Sale
− Spirit days coming up

Eric Hamber:

− Catwalk costume contest
− Extended lunch at Halloween

Windermere:

− Pumpkin carving
− Find the pumpkin (person with the most wins)
− Harry Potter sorting hat ceremony
− Movie Night (harry potter and the deathly hallows part II)
Britannia:

− Are you Afraid of the Dark? Dance: Fully loaded productions
− Spirit Week (pumpkin pie eating, masquerade, strut your stuff parade)

Kitsilano:

− Mechanical Bull at Halloween Fair
− Haunted House
− Dunk Tank Fundraiser

Ideal:

− Fundraising for nets against Malaria
− costume competition

Prince of Wales:

− Halloween Week (cartoon clips in the auditorium, pumpkin pie eating contest, monster mash (dance team, freestyle dance club), Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Costume Pageant.
− Halloween Dance by Fully Loaded productions called Paranormal

Committee reports:

Committee III Discussed:

• Aboriginal school openings

Committee V Discussed:

• Class organizational fund negotiations
• School funds balances: flex budgets
• School generated funds
• The net decline in student enrolment; they expected a 440 student enrolment increase, but the result was 300 lower
• Funding cut back $800,000. Supplemental funding from the government of BC is $800,000 + supplement of $600,000. Net revenue of 600000 put towards special needs program. Not surplus or deficit
• Schools will be in charge of their own school generated funding, and the district will be in charge of flex funds.
• How will this affect the student body? This will not because student activities come from school generated funding

We Day! Project Ideas for 2012:

Project decided on to support We Day: Passport to Play

Passport to Play is an interschool Olympic torch relay between Vancouver Secondary Schools.

Interschool Canned Food Drive Competition 2011:

Date for Vancouver District canned food drive is November 22-December 13

Idea for prize:

Trophy (like the Stanley Cup) may be made for the winner of the Canned Food Drive every year

VanCity Idol:

• District wide singing competition; Spring 2011

New Ideas for this year:

• So you think you can dance Vancouver?
• Vancouver’s got Talent
• Multiple Singers on Stage
• No school teachers as judges
• VanCity Idol Pre-Show Showcase

To Do’s for all Schools:

1. Will your school be participating in the Canned Food Drive? Email us @[email protected]
2. Get your retreat permission forms in to Patsy

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Theme for VDSC 2011/2012: Working with the City to promote civic youth engagement.

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Present: Lord Byng, Sir Winston Churchill, Magee, Point Grey, John Oliver, David Thompson, Gladstone, Killarney, Vancouver Technical, Eric Hamber, Windermere, Britannia, Templeton, University Hill, King George, Kitsilano

Regrets: Prince of Wales, Sir Charles Tupper

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Agenda Items:

− School Check-ins

− Executive Elections

− Delegation: Ryan Clayton – The Purple Letter Campaign

**Most schools hosted a Clubs Day at the beginning of the year to introduce options to students**

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Lord Byng:

− Annual Gala at the Scottish Cultural Centre including performances by students

− Coffee House: “The Good, The Bad, and the Artsy” – occurs once every few months

− Planning Byng Olympics

Sir Winston Churchill:

− Halloween Dance

− Churchill Lipdub

Magee:

− Thank-a-Turkey-trot-a-thon

− The House Cup (each grade is a team competing for the house cup; eg. free food, etc.)

Point Grey:

− Halloween Spirit Week andMovie Night

− Harry Potter Day

− I Spy (teacher’s photos are cut up and students guess who it is)

− Grade competitions every month

King George:

− KG Fair

− Planning a mass game of “Clue” for the whole school (teachers are suspects)

John Oliver:

− Aid for Africa; $2000 raised

− Pep Rally for school’s centennial

− Contest between teachers and students: “Are you smarter than a Department Head?”

David Thompson:

− Pumpkin Carving Contest

- Head Shaving Pledges (Boys shave their heads, Girls cut minimum of 8 inches)

- Basketball tournament

- Costume contest

- Pumpkin Pie eating contest

- Kick off Carnival

Gladstone:

− Dance in November

− Events for the global community

Killarney:

− Killarney’s Night of Talent

− Hiring Security Guards to make dances happen

− Alice in Wonderland School Production

− Halloweek

Vancouver Technical:

− Spirit Week

- Chocolate Milk Chugging Contest (Grade 8’s)

- Find the Talisman

- Hide ghosts to enter into a draw to win prizes

- Shoot for Loot (Basketball in the hoop for prizes)

University Hill:

− Bake Sale for Halloween

− Letterman Jackets for Seniors

− House Cup within Home Rooms

− Spirit Week: Wacky Hair Day, etc.

− Dance Nov. 8th

Eric Hamber:

− Pajama Day

− Halloween Haunted House

− Dressup for Halloween

− Chair-ity (raising money for new chairs)

Windermere:

− Welcome Back Event (mini Games, Watermelon Eating Contest)

− Grade 8 Sports Day

− Alumnus are coming

Britannia:

− Terry Fox Run

− Spirit Week for Halloween

Kitsilano:

− Grade 8 Welcome Week (dodge ball game, pizza social, movie night)

− Halloween Carnival (Haunted House, games)

− Grade 8s only dance

Templeton:

− Grade 8 games and Tour (meet and greet)

− Halloween Carn-Evil Grade 8 and 12 dance

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Meet your 2011/2012 Executive Board:

President: Leah Bae

Vice-President: Jennifer Yoon

Communications Officer: Rita Steele

Public Relations Coordinator: Yue Lu

Marketing Coordinator: Peter Ryu

Social Events Coordinator: Sally Lin

Alternative School Officer: Nicholas Milum

Information Technology Officer: Cynthia Ho

Committee I Rep. (Management Coordinating): Jacqueline Louie

Committee II Rep. (Planning & Facilities): Aaron Wong

Committee III Rep. (Education & Student Services): Samantha Truong

Committee V Rep. (Finance & Law): Gary Xia

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VDSC endorses the Purple Letter Campaign!

- Inspired by the It Gets Better Project.

- Ryan Clayton is asking you and people you know to write a letter sharing your LGBT story

- Letters will be sent to the Premier to ask for a Province-wide anti-homophobia policy.

- Deadline is October 20th

- For mailbox locations around the lower mainland see website

- For more information:

> Website: http://purplelettercampaign.ca

> Email: [email protected]

> Twitter: @purple_letters