Agenda for School Council Meeting
April 1st, 2026 @ 7pm
Participants in Meeting: Erin Hills, Joanna Marrelli Patti Blundell, Becca Birnie, Lynda Peterson,
Sabrina Scott.
Welcomes and Land Acknowledgements
Principals Report – Erin Hills:
● Trip to Arrowhead was a success – kids had a great time
● Mid year assessment in grades 3 and 6 occurred. We met as a school team to determine next
steps for learning in the classroom. – mock trial EQAO, use this for next steps in the classroom.
● Pink shirt day – encouragement to wear pink, assembly focused on being an upstander – its was
great
● Ski Race x 2 – great success, many Irwin students placed in the races – many kids place in these
● Junior/Intermediate speeches with 4 of Maxwell’s students and 4 of Felhaber’s students
participating –
● Parent Council meeting with Director Hahn went well (Patti and Joanna spoke about this)
-We brought up class sizes
-He brought up tech, AI and what the future looks like for our kids. They won’t be having individual
computers in grade 9, moving away from tech because of AI
-making grade 9 a smoother transition
-There is development for teachers to use AI as a helping tool
● Early Reading Screening – This is completed with students in grades SK-gr. 2 twice per year.
We have been screening all students for reading SK-gr. 8 to support their reading development better. Letters have been sent home to families with students who did not pass the screener
(SK-2). – This is done in the Fall and Feb. We do it three times, Fall, Feb and in May. We look for
kids that need extra time learning
● Continued staff learning with Indigenous learning – Elder visiting our school for learning later in
April (April 27). Informed will be sent home closer to that date. – We do have staff in the school
who are doing professional development to go along with this
● Volleyball has started – the opening tournament, games are after school Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Schedules have been shared
Other:
● Planetarium presentation on April 21. Thanks to parent council for covering the cost.
Informative letters and permission forms are going out this week. – Permission forms went out
tonight because there is flashing lights and a blow up dome
Trips to Riverside School this spring:
Maxwell and Felhaber’s classes will go for a talk with Darryl Fox, Terry Fox’s brother
Mr. Maxwell for Vaping presentation
● Fundraising plan – moving forward, we will need to have a fundraising plan set for the year in
September.
Patti Blundell update:
- Family Night BBQ, $1100.00 to use toward this night
Carnival ideas.
- Games could include: corn hole, balloon pop, cake walk, lollipop tree, duck pond, etc.
- Face Painter, (Bounce house,not able to have unless we hire a company) Photo booth with
Props (having the 7/8s and Irwin Alumni to help with volunteer hours, help with leading these we
thought would be fun, we could create a shift sheet for them to decide) - Food could be a BBQ, we could use the new Blackstone
- May 20th at 5 – 7pm
-Book fair will be open for that night
-Welcome to kindergarten night, forms for new parents for volunteers
-Committee for BBQ, email from Patti if you would like to join
Treasurer Report – Lynda
-See report.
Hot Lunch – Joanna - Hot lunch March 26th update: made $515
Next hot lunch
-April looking at dates last week of April
-May will be the family BBQ
-June kid cuterie with track and field
Breakfast Program – Lynda
-volunteers are doing great, wonderful communication amongst each other.
Fundraising:
Wish List:
-Erin will ask around for wish list items
- Anyone able to take on the garden?
Snack table at last volleyball game April 21 to sell food for fundraising for 7, 8’s
Talks of year end trips and spending money for each grade
Next meeting:
-May 5 2026 7-8pm
