Minutes
1st AIS Parent Council Meeting
-2018/2019
In attendance
List of attendees:
Anna Stidahl
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Grade 9 - Deputy Representative (DR)
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Edd Smith
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1A - DR
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Alfiya Mol
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1A - Representative (R)
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Sofie Holte
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3A - R
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Kavita Chaudhary
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8 – R
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Sudhil Mishra
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1B - DR
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Malgorzata Gradziel
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2A – R
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Nagarajan Lakshmanan
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1B – R
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Mark Williams
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10 – R
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Kate Rushdy
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5A
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Vidhi Kumar
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2B
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Andrew Langridge
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9 – R
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Mette Reitz
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6 - R
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Anurag Sahajpal
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7 - R
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Ragnhild Krøglid
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6 - DR
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Jane Awuh
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2A – DR
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Tale
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Mr Robert Browne
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Principal (beginning of meeting)
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Principal’s Statement
Principal R. Browne was present to welcome
the new PC body and briefly introduced what the PC was supposed to be all about
(a representative body of the entire parent community who are automatically
members of the council).
He praised the outgoing leader group and
clearly stated that it had been a great working relationship with the chair.
He urged that the new PC bring in fresh
eyes and ideas but be also mindful to look into the successes of the previous
years and continue to build on them rather than try to fix what might not be
broken…yet!
Finally, his doors were always open if
anyone had any concerns.
The principal took his leave and the PC
meeting continued with elections of the Leader Group.
Approval of last minutes
As this was the first meeting of the school
year, the minutes from the last meeting were not read. There was however, a
moment of insight from the outgoing PC chair, Anne-Lise Kielland. She
encouraged constructive communication with the school which had been
fundamental for the successes in the last year. She highlighted successes such
as the improvement of the traffic conditions around the school and urged the
new team to build on and carry such aspects forward.
Leader Group
Supported by the entire Parent Council (PC),
the following volunteered their service into the leader group for the Parent
Council:
Chair:
Vidhi Kumar
Deputy
chair: Kyle Depew
Treasurer:
Mette Reitz
Secretary:
Jane Awuh
Budget and
financial situation
The committee was updated on the financial
status of the PC by Mette Reitz who was also the treasurer in the last academic year.
The new school year kicks off with about 34000NOK in the coffers. Briefly, the
major sources of income for the PC are the sales of year books and the sales of
raffles etc, during the annual winter concert celebrations.
PC funds are supposed to be used for
running parent-led activities that enrich the experience of the kids in AIS.
Therefore, about 12000NOK was donated last year to buy materials for Art
classes and equipment for the playground area.
Regarding the budget for the coming year,
activities for the year are supposed to be run at a zero-cost level, however,
there were proposals to purchase and contribute to the following;
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A popcorn machine.
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Hotplates.
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A free pre-winter concert
hotdog service (since this is usually a long day for the kids, a treat for them
before the show was thought to be welcome proposal).
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Carnival celebrations costumes,
decorations, etc. (a one-time sum since this would be a first-time event).
All of these should bring the planned
budget to about 21000NOK.
With approval from the PC, a cash box of
about 1000NOK was proposed to be kept with the Treasurer to serve as change and
cash supply during events when necessary.
More details of the financial situation are
readily available from the Treasurer who will give an update at the monthly
meetings.
2018/2019 Activities
The following activities were proposed by
older members and approved for the academic year:
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September: Breakfast organized
by Class Reps
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October: Halloween party (PYP
1-5) organized by 4A&B
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December: Winter concert by
3A&B and 7
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February: Carnival (for Grades
1-7) by 5A&B and 6
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March: Spring (for Grades
8&9 organized by Grades 8&9) and Prom Party (for Grade10 organized by
Grades 10)
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May: 17th of May
organized by Grades 1&2
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June: End-of-school year
breakfast or after school party organized by Class Reps.
Parent council committee activities
(committees to be formed) in June 2019:
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Year book
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Teachers’ appreciation lunch
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Hotdog sales
Committee reports
Committees would be set up to manage, run
and report on the activities scheduled to be handled by the PC committee.
Details would be discussed in the coming weeks.
Announcements
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Parents are encouraged to join
the AIS Parents Facebook group that also circulates information on events and
more.
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Meetings take place once a
month, on the first Monday of every month at 15:40 prompt, chaired by the Chair.
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The PC blog will be updated as
usual by the Secretary with minutes and other important announcements/events
Next meeting
08.10.2018, at 15:40 in AIS (this is because
the first Monday of October falls within the Autumn holiday).
The meeting ended at approximately 17:00.
