2014/15 Year At A Glance

The following is a list of some of the work undertaken by NVPAC on behalf of North Van parents during the 2014/15 school year:  

August 2014           Attended DPAC Chairs Summit in Richmond convened by BCCPAC

September 2014    Created email/blog post re advocacy by parents

October 2014         Presented NVPAC Annual Report to Board of Education October 21      

                               NVPAC General Meeting October 22 2014

                               - Approval of 2013/14 Financial Statements and 2014/15 Budget

                               - Presenters:  Joanne Robertson and Kathleen Barter:

                                 Communicating Student Learning K - 12

                                

November 2014     Hosted School Trustee all candidates meeting at Sutherland 

                               Blog post: School Trustee Candidate Q & A responses

                               NVPAC General Meeting November 26 2014

                               - Presenters:  Carmen Farrell and Wendy Holtan, Friendship Groups;

                                 Cathy Jenkins, Conor McMullan, Cheakamus Centre;

                               - BCCPAC Fall Conference Nanaimo – Classroom Resources Funding

                                 Framework

January 2015          NVPAC General Meeting January 28 2015

                                - Focus on safe and active travel to school - Presenters:  Harvey
                                  Kooner; ICBC, Tom Walker, North Shore Safety Council; Carol Sartor,
                                  Montroyal PAC

                                - Results of NVPAC 2014 Survey presented

February 2015        NVPAC General Meeting February 25 2015
                                -  Adopted changes to Policy # 103
                                -  Presenters:  Trustee Franci Stratton, Board Liaison to NVPAC;
                                   Tristan Crowther, Ilona Wardas, Janet Mclean, Windsor FOS, Topic:
                                   “Self-Regulation”; Kirsten Koppang Telford – ePact - Online
                                   Emergency Network

March 2015            Remarks on behalf of North Van parents to 25 Year Employee Reception

                               Presented NVPAC Budget Priorities to Standing Committee meeting
                               Hosted March Parent Education Event:   Christopher Burt - The Problem with Discipline

April 2015              Presented results of NVPAC 2014 Survey to Presidents Council            

                              Blog post: 2014 Parent Priority Survey Results
                              Assisted VCH to present Foods that Fit Workshop
                              Joint Advocacy Letter to Ministers of Finance and Education
                              - Advocating for adequate funding for public education in the 2015/16
                                provincial budget
                              NVPAC General Meeting April 22 2015
                              - Discussion of Parent-School Communication Processes

 May 2015             Attended the BCCPAC Spring Conference and Annual General Meeting;
                              additional Conference reports can be found here and here.

                              NVPAC Annual General Meeting

 June 2015            Joint Advocacy Letter to Minister of Education

                              -  Submission of 2015/16 Needs and Opportunity Budget

                              Conducted Annual Parent Perspective survey June 3 - 19