Holy Spirit Elementary School CSAC Annual Report for the 2023-24 School Year
Dear Parents and School Community:
On behalf of the Holy Spirit Catholic School Advisory Council (CSAC), we wish to thank our entire school community for your commitment and engagement during the 2023-24 school year. It was so exciting to welcome families and engage in a full complement of activities this year including our BBQ & meet the teacher night, literacy math and munchies morning, Christmas turkey lunch, Shrove pancake day, and meet & greet for kindergarten night.
The purpose of the Catholic School Advisory Council is to improve student achievement and to enhance the accountability of the education system through the active participation of parents in an advisory capacity. Our school website hosts a wealth of information related to CSAC, including detailed minutes of meetings.
The CSAC held six meetings in the 2023-24 school year and engaged in meaningful discussions on various topics such as fundraising options, code of conduct policy, greening/shade, hot food days, progrant opportunities, new school boundaries and a dress code policy.
Although the School Advisory Council didn’t have a fundraiser this past year, school generated funds from other initiatives were used to support projects and activities in accordance with school board policies. Some items covered by these funds were Halloween activities, Joy week, Valentines Day, Easter classroom supplies, Turkey Lunch, Pancake Day, bussing for sports & trips, sporting events fees, Sacraments, pop up tents, Student Agendas, EQAO snacks, math contests, bible celebration, Graduation, griddles for future events, and division wide celebrations.
We wish to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the many individuals who volunteered their time to contribute to the success of the CSAC last year. Special thanks are due to the members of the 2023-24 CSAC: Daniella Ciotti, Trish Gerth, Nancy Cherri, Alysha Davy, Jennifer Williams, Liz Kotsamanes, Tanja Pecnik, Sierra Gregorio, Omotola Agbana, Geraline Laparan, Laura Ferrante, Joey Stephens, Charlene Santos, Laura Livingston, Franco Petrella, Erma Luis, Rose Bettio(community rep) and Sarah Kwiecinski(parish rep).
Finally, we would like to wish the best of luck to candidates in the September school council elections. If you are interested in any of the elected positions on council or would like to participate in council in a non-elected role, please fill out the School Council Nomination Form found in your opening of school package on School Cash Online. If you would like more information about council or the duties of the elected council positions, please feel free to contact the administration at Holy Spirit. Further, parents and family members do not have to be on council to volunteer at the various events happening at the school. Sign up for the school newswire to learn more about volunteer options.
Sincerely,
Trish Gerth, Chair
School Generate Funds:
We sincerely appreciate your contributions to the hot lunch program. Thanks to your generosity, we were able to enhance student experiences through various initiatives: Supplies for Student Events (Meet the Teacher, Remembrance Day Poppies, Christmas Concert, St Valentine’s Dance, Stations of the Cross); Supplies for Student Clubs & Activities (Sports Entry Fees, Sporting Supplies, Earth Day/Eco Team, Chess & Cards Club, Horticulture Club); Smilemakers Tooth Necklaces (for lost teeth); Brag Tags; Wipebooks; New Basketball Backboards for the gym, replacement Backboard for outside and new basketball nets for outside. Lastly, we use some of these funds to support our own families in need.
Thank you once again for your continued support of student initiatives at Holy Spirit School.