As per the direction of TDSB, we will not be able to host Family Council events at school for the duration of the labour disruption. This means that our next Movie Night, scheduled for February 20th, must be cancelled.
We will keep you posted on any opportunity to reschedule this event for the future.
RC Movie Night is this Thursday, October 24th for a suggested $5 admission! We are showing the Secret Life of Pets 2. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the movie begins at 6:30 pm. Bring your sleeping bags, blankets, pillows etc. to enjoy this IRC tradition in comfort. Pizza, popcorn and treats will be sold. Bring your own reusable cups for water. VIP seating available for an additional $5 per person; email Katie atkat.rybnikar@gmail.comto reserve your spot.
Volunteers Needed! Movie Night can't happen without YOUR help andso far we don't have enough volunteers to run this event successfully. YIKES! We need help setting up, selling concessions, taking admission and help cleaning up afterwards. If you can assist, please email Katie atkat.rybnikar@gmail.com.
Our firstPizza Dayof this school year is Friday, October 25. We need volunteersto help distribute the pizza. If you can help, please arrive at school by 11:30 and expect to stay for approximately 45 minutes.
Proceeds from Pizza Day and Movie Night support Family Council initiatives and important enhancements to our children's experiences at school. Thank you for your support!
Join us Friday, March 1st at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30. We are showing the animated film SING. $5 suggested admission, or pay-what-you-can. Pizza, popcorn and treats will be sold. VIP seating is available at an additional $5. Volunteers are still needed to run this event - we can't do it without you! To reserve VIP seating or to offer to help out, please email Katie at kat.rybnikar@gmail.com.
Proceeds from Movie Night fund important parent council initiatives that enhance our children's experiences at IRC.
Lift Up Your Library Fundraiser!
The Parent Council Equity Committee would like to thank everyone for their support of the Lift Up Your Library fundraiser and the book fair on February 14th. The book fair raised over$1000!
You'll get 20% off all purchases made for the library. Another Story has a phenomenal collection of children's, young adult and adult books so if you happen to make some purchases for your home collection, they will convert 20% of those sales into a store credit for the IRC library!
If you'd like to support the IRC library but don't have the time to go through the librarian's wish list, you can also make a donation through the School Cash Online system:
1. From the main page select "Make a Donation"
2. Select Indian Road Crescent Junior Public School from the "Fund Destination" drop down bar.
3. Please mention "Library" in the messages.
We're hoping to raise $5000 for our school library and so far we've raised just over $1500! Let's try to reach that goal by March 21st to expand and update the selection of books available to our kids! If you have any questions please contact Kara Stewart-Agostino atkandragostino@gmail.com.
Our nextParent Council meeting is Tuesday, February 12, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pmin the IRC library. We will circulate the agenda prior to the meeting. We hope you can join us!
TheArts Committeehas a new Liaison - Maite Feeney! Please reach out to Maite if you would like to participate in this important committee. Everyone is welcome! Email:maite.feeney@gmail.com.
We have some important updates from ourFundraising Committee:
We will be holding a Valentine's themed bake sale during parent teacher interviews. We would greatly appreciate if you can bake, make or purchase items to contribute to the sale. Please only send items that are nut free. If you are interested in helping out at the bake sale table for a shift (30 min-1 hour) or if you would like to donate peanut/tree nut-free baked goods please contact Tammy Ramalho at T_Ramalho@bell.net
Movie Night- Fri. Mar. 1st, 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Join us for movie night! We will be playing the movieSING.Bring your favorite stuffed animal, a cozy blanket or pillow and join us for pizza, popcorn and other snacks. Entry fee is $5 or pay-what-you-can. VIP Seats can be purchased for and additional $5! Doors open at 6:30pm, movie begins at 7pm. To hold your VIP seat or if you are interested in volunteering for the event please contact Katie Rybnikar atkat.rybnikar@gmail.com
80's NightSat. April. 6, 2019 (Save the Date!)
Book your babysitters now and leave the kids at home! This is an event you won't want to miss. We are excited to announce: 80's NIGHT! An adult-only night out, at Shoxs Billiard Lounge. Dance the night away to your favorite 80's music, play some pool or test your 80's knowledge by entering our trivia contest. There will also be some great raffle prizes! Stay tuned for more information. If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact Katie Rybnikar atkat.rybnikar@gmail.com
This is a reminder that our monthlyParent Council Meetingis being held nextTuesday, November 20th at 7:00 pm in the Staff Room. You can download the agenda for the meeting here. Everyone is welcome!
*We moved the regularly-scheduled Parent Council Meeting to next week in order to accommodate Principal Ghabrial's visit to Mono Cliffs with the Grade 6s this week. Thank you for understanding*
Our firstMovie Night Fundraiser of the school year is nextFriday, November 23in the IRC Gym! We are showingHotel Transylvania 3.Doors open at 6:30 pm and the Movie starts at 7:00 pm. There will be pizza, popcorn and treats for sale. It is a pay-what-you-can admission or a suggested $5 donation. For anadditional $5, you can purchase a "VIP Seat" at the back of the gym! Please email Melissa atmelissa.denomme@gmail.comby November 22 to reserve your spot. See attached poster.
These fundraisers support important IRC Parent Council initiatives that enhance our children's learning experience. We hope you will attend Movie Night and, better still, consider volunteering! If you can help with set-up, concession sales or clean-up please email Katie Rybnikar atkat.rybnikar@gmail.com.
Please download the results from the 2016 Fundraising Survey here and the Fundraising Calendar here Parent Council here created based on those results, which were approved at the Tuesday January 17, 2017 Parent Council Meeting.
Fundraising Survey notes:
57 respondents
By the time the survey was conducted in November, between Parent Council and IRC initiatives, we had already asked families for donations (either cash or goods) 6 times. Seems we may have exhausted donors!
QSP was the only major fundraiser complete by the time of the survey - may have contributed to the negative response about the QSP program versus other fundraisers
Comments were varied - many suggested removing at least one other fundraiser if we included the Cash Donation Campaign
One suggestion that we should host events instead of selling things -parent council agreed, but this is the most laborious of fundraisers and volunteers can be scarce
Suggestions to remove toy incentives from QSP - Agreed by Parent Council
Various suggestions for new and different fundraisers - fantastic! It would be most helpful for people who have experienced successful fundraisers to bring forward details and contact numbers, and perhaps volunteer to assist or run them. Everyone is welcome to participate, we love new faces at Parent Council!
Fundraising 2016/2017
Calendar created based on survey feedback and approved at Parent Council meeting (attached)
Movie Night in March, Fun Fair in May and Acorn cards will run in March ONLY if a volunteer (or two) comes forward
Fundraising 2017/2018
IRC Parent Council can't vote on the entire 2017/2018 fundraising calendar because a new Executive Committee may be in power and new parents should have opportunity to weigh in
The only vote we conducted at Parent Council meeting for the 2017/2018 fundraising year was for no QSP in September (this is common for outgoing councils to make decisions up to September of the following school year, just to get the ball rolling)
IRC Parent Council decided to do the Cash Donation Campaign in September instead of QSP (Cash Donation Campaign 2016 raised less than $1000 but likely because of donor exhaustion, as noted before)
Parent Council suggests that QSP runs in the Winter term, without toy incentives, and only if the Cash Donation Campaign doesn't raise enough money
Interesting to note: QSP raised roughly $8,000 in sales but only about $3000 came back to IRC. If we only take in 1/2 as much from the next Cash Donation Campaign as we did for QSP, we wouldn't have to run QSP or Acorn at all next year!
Current Parent Council suggest a fundraising calendar be created and approved early in the first term, and circulated to parents so they know what fundraisers and school initiatives are coming in the months ahead
Cash Donation Campaign 2016
As you may be aware, there was some confusion regarding Tax Receipts. We would like to thank everyone who donated and apologize for the confusion. With the best of intentions in mind, the interim Principal tried to assist by taking the reigns and directing money to an IRC/TDSB bank account which would sit in a donations budget line and allow for TDSB to issue tax receipts. This is not ideal for Parent Council, as retrieving those funds is a complicated process. At this time, Parent Council cannot issue tax receipts from our own account, but we continue to look into the best way for us to do so in the future.
Thank you to all those who participated and for your continued support of all our fundraising initiatives!
Do you like to bake? WE are looking for baked goods for our upcoming IRC events:
*Concert Days on Dec. 9th and Dec.16th
*Movie Night on Dec. 11th
Please leave your baked goods in the school kitchen on the day of the event. We ask that all baking be done without nuts and nut oils as there are severe nut allergies at the school.
Please include a list of ingredients with your baked goods.
Healthy snacks are always welcome and we thank you in advance for helping out!
All money raised through bake sales support our IRC students!
Do you like to bake? We are
looking for baked goods for upcoming IRC events:
·Movie Night on Thursday Dec.11th
·Concert Days on Tues. Dec.2nd,
Tues.Dec.9th & Tues. Dec.16th
Please
leave your baked goods in the school kitchen on the day of the event. We ask
that your baking be done without nuts
and nut oils as there are severe nut allergies at the school. Please
include a list of ingredients with your baked goods.
Healthy
snacks are always welcome and we thank you in advance for helping out!
November 5th - IRC is holding our first MOVIE NIGHT of the year in the gym. This is a really fun activity for both parents and kids. You can bring sleeping bags, dress in PJ's and have fun eating pizza and watching a movie in the gym. There is a donation fee of $5.00 per family. Its a fun night for all.
Parent Council is interested in finding out what Movie we should run. Our choices are:
1. The Lego Movie
2. Rio 2
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
4. Frozen
If there are any other suggestions please toss them into the ring for voting. You can also vote right here on the blog (on the right hand side below the school calendar) or contact IRC Parent Council President Michelle Capon at michelle_capon@hotmail.com
We are also looking for some volunteers to make some baked goods for that night and to help man the food station and make popcorn. If you are available to help out please email me Michelle directly and or call 416 854 5136.
The doors open at 6pm and the movie starts usually around 6:30pm. The event usually runs until just before 8pm.
