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Gledhill School Council is pleased to announce that the School Council Bylaws were approved at the last Council meeting (on March 10) and are now posted on the Gledhill Guardian website under the “Council” section. The Bylaws are also available directly here (Word format) or here (PDF format).

The bylaws provide direction to ensure that the Council is operating effectively and that the Council actions are aligned with Ontario’s legislation specific to School Councils.

The most significant change outlined in the bylaws document is related to Council membership.  All parents and guardians of children attending Gledhill are now considered members of Gledhill’s School Council and can therefore attend and vote on items at any meeting (therefore please feel free to attend any or all meetings!).

If there are any questions or comments, please feel free to email thegledhillguardian@gmail.com.

Thank you for everyone who volunteered their time to help develop the bylaws!

Highlights from the morning announcements:

1. Gledhill is having a Spirit Wear blitz! The grade 6 are soon graduating, spring is here, Gledhill Spirit wear is a Must Wear! Orders are due April 17th.

2. House league soccer today is Room 26 vs. Room 27

3. Just a reminder that there is a FolkFest practice today at lunch. Today we will meet in the music room.

4. April 8th there is a Bake Sale from 10:30-11:15am in support of http://www.dayofpink.org

The Gledhill School Council has developed bylaws that will guide the actions of the Council and will support current legislation specific to school councils in Ontario. Recently, a committee of five representatives from the Gledhill School Council was struck to oversee the development of the bylaws and provide input.  The bylaws were also developed based on current legislation (Ontario Regulation 612/00) as well as school council bylaws from other local junior public schools. A draft version of this document is available here (in Word) and here (as a pdf).

We welcome all Gledhill parents to read the attached draft bylaw document and to comment or ask questions in advance of Tuesday March 10, when the document will be voted on at the School Council meeting planned for that date.

Please send any comments and/or questions to thegledhillguardian@gmail.com.

Thank you

Highlights from the morning announcements:

1. Running club meets tomorrow at 7:30am

2. A message from the Eco-Team:

Thanks to our first participants for submitting some great ideas for how to Green Christmas! Today we would like to send a thank you and a hot chocolate to Sadie in Room 21 and Robert in P1. Sadie’s idea is: “Turn off Christmas lights when nobody is around, to save energy” Also Robert from P1 writes: “You can make homemade presents for family and friends so you don’t create plastic waste.” Great ideas! If you have any ideas please drop them in the Green Box in the office. Keep the ideas coming!

Gledhill’s first Movie Night is fast approaching (How to Train Your Dragon 2 on November 21) and we are looking for volunteers to help out. We always rely on parent volunteers to make the popular movie nights run smoothly.

If you are able to volunteer your time at our first movie night (or any movie night!), you can contact Gledhill School Council thegledhillguardian@gmail.com.