Garth Webb Secondary School Principal’s Report December 7, 2015

Overview of Report “Bell Times” Co-curricular Calendar and Events Staffing Update Labour Update Exams Q & A

“Bell” Times for 2016-17 Growth in Student Population over first four years from 394 to 1093 Next year, grade 9 class projected at 392 Total student population will be 1200 to 1225 range May not be able to schedule common lunch

“Bell” Times Continued Currently we have a 60 minute common lunch Many advantages: shorter day, extra help sessions, clubs/activities available to all, intermural sports as gym is available, teams can practice The number of classes available, especially for special purpose classrooms is more limited with a common lunch We may need to move to a five period instructional day which would mean adding 20 minutes to the day (eg start at 8:10) We’ll seek feedback from students, staff and parents Final decision won’t be made until we have our numbers confirmed ---we’re able to delay longer than most schools because of no buses See board procedures for details on process

OFSAA Volleyball Senior Boys’ Volleyball AA championship in Kenora, November 24th to 29th Team Won the Consolation Championsip Thanks to Coach Jessica Beltran and to Will Muir for chaperoning the team Media report in Oakville paper

Winter Sports Girls’ Volleyball Boys’ Basketball Girls’ Hockey Boys’ Hockey Swim Team Ski & Snowboard Team

Co-Curricular Spirit Week December 14 – 18 (daily events) Holiday Concert, December 15

Staff – Student Hockey Game December 15 at 3:30 pm Glenn Abbey Arena Proceeds to charity Not an early dismissal

December 18 Timetable All Halton schools will dismiss 90 minutes early GWSS will have a special schedule that includes an assembly Schedule will be A,B,D,E, Assembly, then C (lunch) at the end There will not be caf service at lunch that day

Prom 2016 Prom Committee established Melissa Senn & Natasha Cannon are staff reps Survey of students re date & location Date chosen is May 18 Location is Atlantis in Toronto Cost will be same as last year: $80 early bird, $85 after that Fully school sponsored with staff supervision; school rules apply

Staffing Update Currently Peter Clarkin is on leave (shoulder) and is being replaced by Mark Rullo and Elias Papoulsis to end of Semester I Karl Mustoe has returned Jacquie Schettler is off to end of January and Sarah Kelly has taken over her classes We have hired teachers for the sections advertised: Lisa Samuels (com sci) Kaitlyn Teszeri (French) Paul Grondin (accounting) Hilary Rivett (biology) There will be more LTOs: Sophia Maras, Janine Bean, Alex Cardona, Kelly Laycock

Labour Update All labour groups (for secondary) have reached settlements CUPE Contract settled and ratified Support Workers (organized by OSSTF) have reached a contract settlement and so sanctions for this group have been lifted (ratification of deal pending)

Exams Semester I final exams run from January 28 to February 3 One exam per day starting at 9:00 a.m. Week B Schedule; students write in their regular classroom, supervised by their teacher

Pink Game Cheque Presentation to Cancer Society $1000 donation to the Canadian Cancer Society the proceeds from the “Pink” Game (football versus Abbey Park). Students made a $2 donation to attend the game.

Questions & Answers Questions Issues that need to be considered

Sibohan Lilly O’Malley

Contact Information Phone 905-847-6875 ext 222 Email: omalleyl@hdsb.ca