Minutes
2nd
AIS Parent Council Meeting -2018/2019
In attendance
List of attendees:
Tara Tinholt
|
Grade 5A
|
Kristine Iversby
|
3A – (deputy representative, DR)
|
Per Annar Sandaune
|
10
|
Sofie Holte
|
3A - R
|
Kavita Chaudhary
|
8 – R
|
Bard Osland?
|
4B
|
Mark Williams
|
10 – R
|
Kate Rushdy
|
5A
|
Andrew Langridge
|
9 – R
|
Mette Reitz
|
6 - R
|
Anurag Sahajpal
|
7 - R
|
Ragnhild Krøglid
|
6 - DR
|
Jane Awuh
|
2A – DR
|
Tale
|
4B - R
|
Mr Robert Browne
|
Principal (beginning of meeting)
|
A handful of reps graciously sent in their
excuses for absence.
Principal’s Statement
Principal R. Browne was present to update
on the following:
Halloween
(October 26th for grades 1-5): Some
students were helping Kyle Depew in organizing the event by volunteering on
road terror etc. There was a comment that some parents had complained that
images used in the facebook Halloween announcement was too scary for some kids
but the consensus was that it was not supposed to be available to kids under 13
years old.
UN
Day (24th October): As part of the
celebrations, the school needed more volunteer speakers, while some parents had
already volunteered to speak.
Risenga
Skole/AIS campus: The school was going to start
sharing the campus with students from Risenga from 09.10.2018. The principal
added that the AIS staff will be more vigilant around campus. The hope is that
the property would eventually be bought by AIS. There will be a meeting with
the mayor on the 22.11.2018 on that topic. He hoped that the conversation of
acquisition will be concluded within 2019, for political reasons that Asker kommune will be merging with other kommunes and the fate of that building
might be down-prioritized.
Student
surveys: Its one that is required by the government
and is scheduled for January.
Winter
concert: The school had decided to split it into 2
due to the large number of potential attendees. PYP / MYP scheduled for
December 12th and 19th, at the Asker konferanse senter. Last year at the same location, the event costed
about 20 000NOK hence it is expected to cost 2x as much this year.
Food
delivery: The delivery of lunch to school had been
suspended due to the large amount of one-time-use plastic and food waste. The
caterers have come up with alternatives for improvement that the school has
decided to try out again: paper wrappings, foil, etc. The first delivery was
expected on Oct. 15th until December 2018. Quality and wrappings
will then be reevaluated.
Some constructions were ongoing around
campus.
The
principal took his leave and the PC meeting proceeded.
Approval of last minutes
The minutes from the last meeting were promptly
adopted.
Meeting chair
In the absence of the chair and her deputy,
the meeting was well-chaired by Kate Rushdy.
Budget and
financial situation
The committee was updated on the financial
status of the PC by Mette (see last minutes too as not much had changed).
With approval from the PC, a cash box of
about 1000NOK will be kept with the Treasurer to serve as change and cash supply
during events when necessary.
Proposed purchases too for the academic
year (see last minutes) were also approved and the funds would be disbursed for
the purpose to the responsible individuals (Kyle and Mette).
More details of the financial situation are
readily available from the Treasurer who will give an update at the monthly
meetings.
2018/2019 Activities/ New business
·
An email regarding producing
AIS memorabilia (sweatshirts) from the producers was agreed to be referred to
the school via the PC chair.
·
There was an effort to form committees
to run the years PC-led activities:
-
Year book (organize photos and
portraits): Kyle and volunteers he can find.
-
Teachers’ appreciation lunch:
Kate, Tale, Kavita, Mette.
-
Hotdog
sales: Once a month. Kate and Tara (at least 5 volunteers were needed to run
the activity so it was agreed to post an announcement on facebook to get more
volunteers. The grade 10 rep, Mark, also suggested he could find out from the
school if grade 10 students could volunteer as part of their school projects)
Committee reports
There was an update on how the first
activity of the year, Breakfast, concluded. There were very positive responses
from class reps and teachers. Overall it was a big success. Grade 10 did not
get the opportunity to organize one this time around.
Announcements
-
Volunteers needed for PC-led
activities (Hot dog sales once a month), please contact your class
representative if you find the time to help out.
-
Parents are encouraged to join
the AIS Parents Facebook group that also circulates information on events and
more.
-
Meetings take place once a
month, on the first Monday of every month at 15:40 prompt, chaired by the Chair.
-
The PC blog will be updated as
usual by the Secretary with minutes and other important announcements/events
Next meeting
05.11.2018, at 15:40 in AIS.
The meeting ended at approximately 17:00.
