Make a donation to Glebe Collegiate Institute and we will recognize it with a seat plaque in your name (or someone else's name). It will live on a back of a seat in Glebe's newly refurbished auditorium. Every donation will bring Glebe School Council one step closer to reaching our fundraising goal of $15,000 to help pay for auditorium improvements. You will also receive a tax receipt for the charitable donation.
An evening about sustainable development in Africa
Sister Placida and Glebe teacher Greg John will give a detailed update of recent developments at Imani, providing a first-hand accounting of the support she has received from us. As an international award winner for creative rural development (http://www.woman.ch/june09/women/laureates08/laureates-africa-5.php), Sister Placida will share with you her vision for future developments at Imani, and for rural Africa in general. In addition there will be light refreshments, a meet and greet with Sister Placida, door prizes, African items for sale, and best of all the event is free.
The Ottawa-Carleton Assembly of School Councils (OCASC) will be hosting an information session on the IPRC process. The presentation is for OCDSB parents/guardians of children with all exceptionalities.
I want to bring a recent report by the OCDSB on Secondary School Gifted Programs to the Council's attention, including the recommendation to eliminate the gifted program at Glebe by September 2011. There was also an article in the Citizen on Friday January 30 about this:
At a Special Meeting of the Board on 5 January 2010, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board adopted a new cross boundary transfer policy. This policy comes after months of policy review, public consultation and committee deliberation.
Attached please find a memo regarding public information and consultation meetings concerning report 09-189.
For background, the report can be accessed through the following link:
The school council excutive for the year was agreed and many topics covered. One major item for the coming year was fund raising and the need to raise money for the auditorium curtain etc.
Draft minutes attached: