SCC at Lakeside P.S.
Tonight I joined the SCC at Hadley's school. SCC stands for School Community Council.
"Parents, staff, students and community members contribute to the life of the school for the benefit of the students.
Tonight the elections were held to fill chair, secretary positions etc. I got a vote. ODD... since I don't know anyone.
The S.C.C. holds votes on all issues affecting its finances, activities to raise money and/or promote the school community and any activity/item the S.C.C. feels requires money to benefit the school community. School community groups can make requests for S.C.C. financing.
The S.C.C. engages in a number of fundraising/school community promotion activities each year and these activities can change yearly. However, the following have become staples at Lakeside: Sept. Open House/Meet the Teachers and BBQ night, QSP Magazine Sales, Monthly Pizza lunch, Spirit Week Pancake Breakfast, and the Fun Fair.
Tonight they were looking for volunteers to help out with the pizza lunch. Someone else is heading it but I said I would help out.
The money raised by the S.C.C. will be allocated by the end of the calendar year for that school year, i.e. money raised for the 2010-2011 school year will be allocated by the end of 2011.
The monies may be allocated for goods or services the S.C.C. sees as being beneficial to the school community and are not items that the school boards budget is meant to cover, i.e. S.C.C. money can not be allocated for the purchase of text books. Some examples of what the S.C.C. funds have been used to cover all or a portion of the cost of: Scientist in the Classroom, Musical Instruments, Guest Assembly Speakers, Kindergarten Toys, To help new Clubs establish themselves i.e. Green Group, Books for Spruce/Birch/Maple/Elm Reading program, Sports Equipment and Student Agendas.
The S.C.C. participates in decisions that affect the daily functioning of the school. For example they initiated a new student Code of Behavior, a Curriculum support Committee and a Safe Playground Committee to name just a few.
The Lakeside S.C.C. meets every other month during the school year. Each meeting will last from 1 to 2 hours depending on the topics requiring attention. Fulfilling the role of one of the S.C.C. officers may require some additional time.
The Lakeside S.C.C. is committed to helping all parents/guardians participate in their childrens education to ensure students, parents, teachers, administrators and the school community as a whole enjoys the best possible experience."
I took Easton with me as it was at 7pm and the meeting would go into his bed time. He was all over the library wanting to take books off the shelf and not wanting to be held so at 7:30pm I decided to try the babysitting they offered. There were two teenage girls in the kindergarten room so I took him there and he seemed fine.
However, I checked on him half an hour later and they said he had been crying for quite a while. (I told them to come get me if he was crying for even a few minutes because he would just be ready to nurse and sleep but they didn't. So I was glad that I checked on him. He was happy to see me).
He was still crazy in the library and not willing to settle with all the stuff going on but we pressed on until the end of the meeting.
After we got home he was awake until almost 10pm.
I am glad to be involved with things that are going on at Hadley's school. I am just wondering how I might juggle it with Easton... but we will figure it out.
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