Posted in Meetings and Events, Parent Involvement, WOFOS on 29 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I received the following e-mail from P4Ed today and pass it on for your interest.
Subject:
Info re. PICs and Regional School Councils, Conference Notes, Human Rights Day Event
Date:
Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:51:07 -0500
From:
Jacqui Strachan jacqui@peopleforeducation.com
Hi Everyone,
I have a couple of items of interest for you.
First, the notes from our conference have now been posted to the website. [...]
Posted in HDSB, Ministry of Education (MoE), Parent Involvement, WOFOS on 27 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Halton DSB is holding it’s third Parent Involment Committee Meeting this Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 7:00 PM in the Banquet Hall at the Milton Sports Centre on Derry Road.
The agenda has been set as follows:
Review of Key Features of the Parent Involvement in Education Policy
Facilitated Discussion:
Who should be a member of the Regional PIC?
How should these individuals [...]
Posted in HDSB, Meetings and Events, Ministry of Education (MoE), Parent Involvement on 27 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Roberston, past President of the Ontario Federation of Home & School Associations, lends the following insights into Parent Engagement and Parent Involvement Committees:
Keep fighting the good fight. The PIC is supposed to be a Parent Involvement Committee, not a school council involvement committee. Any identifiable group should be able to attend and be a [...]
Posted in HDSB, Meetings and Events, Ministry of Education (MoE), Parent Involvement on 27 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Attached is the agenda for the Parent Involvement Committee Meeting on Thursday, November 30 at7:00 PM in the Banquet Room at the Milton Sports Complex on Derry Road. I think Jacki Oxley, School & Community Liaison for the Halton District School Board, is hoping for at least one representative from every school community.
For your interest, [...]
Posted in Community, Ministry of Education (MoE), WOFOS on 26 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Please pardon the partisan nature of this excerpt from OPEN. It’s good news, nevertheless. We’ll find out shortly how and when this will affect Halton.
News from OPEN – Ontario Provincial Education Network
McGuinty Government Affirms Commitment to Keep School Doors Open to Community Groups
Youth And Community Groups Continue to Benefit From Reduced Fees
November 25, 2006
OTTAWA – [...]
Posted in Best Practices, Parent Involvement, WOFOS on 23 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link that has information about the public/catholic elementary and secondary school systems for newcomers to Canada. It is available in 18 languages.
http://www.settlement.org/site/ED/GUIDE/
Wendy
Posted in Meetings and Events, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 19 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, November 21 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., if you make a purchase of a regularly-priced in store item at Chapters Oakville Town Centre location, 10% of the purchase will be donated to Eastview! If you have not completed your Christmas shopping and are planning on purchasing books for family or friends, please consider [...]
Posted in HDSB, Meetings and Events, Parent Involvement on 18 November 2006 | Leave a Comment »
From: Jacki Oxley <oxleyj@hdsb.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006
To: HDSB School Councils
Some of you were unable to attend the Parent Involvement Committee meeting held last week. I’ve attached the powerpoint presentations and 2 Word documents. The first is the input you gave during the fishbone activity at the April 11th PIC meeting and the second is [...]
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