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1,707.28Christmas Shopping Day 1,182.00Macmillan's 4,631.43Entertainment Books 11,864.41School Supply Kits 360.00Toy Sale 374.90QSP Magazine Sale 2,301.31CVESC Donations (no tax receipt required)Metcalfe & District Lions 500.00Greely Lions 500.00Wilson Law Partners 1,000.00Huitikka-Wilton 200.00WO Stinson & Son 500.00Tony Greco 10,000.00School Account Donations (tax receipts required)Entrepreneurial Adventure (Mrs. Bickmore0 950.00Myers Orleans 125.00Fong Ng 50.00Michel Marion Distribution 500.00Clarmo Automotive 300.00Penning Huybregts 100.00S.A. Hicks Insurance Brokers Ltd. 200.00Beds for Tails Country Kennels Inc. 250.00Metcalfe & Osgoode Family Dental Centres 250.00Metcalfe & Osgoode Family Dental Centres 250.00Orchard View Reception & Conference Centre 500.00Cooper Physiotherapy Professional Corporation 500.00Millennium Roofing 500.00Peter Knippel Nursery Inc 50.00Greely Storage Inc. 100.00Scotiabank (Fun Night June 2010) * 3,000.00School Account Donations Subtotal 7,625.00*School Council 2009-10 ($3000 Scotiabank+$4500 for matching grant app) 4,500.00City of Ottawa matching grant 7,500.00Subtotal 54,746.33OCDSB matching grant 7,500.00OCDSB insurance 30,000.00Total 92,246.338
Highlights from EQAO assessment – Spring 2011Principal’s ReportSchool Council MeetingThursday, October 13, 2011Library• Gr. 3 results (student currently in gr. 4) in Reading, Writing and Mathematics exceeded both the board andthe province for students achieving levels 3 and 4.Reading: School 76, Board 67, Province 65 (area of weaker performance –Reading Fluency, but not significant)Writing: School 84, Board 73, Province 73Math: School 79, Board 68, Province 69 (evidence of knowledge and understanding and thinking arestrong; evidence of application: selecting the right tool or extracting the right information and applying it toeffectively solve a problem is a weaker area of performance)• Grade 6 results ( students currently in gr. 7) in Reading, Writing and Mathematicsexceeded both the board and the province for students achieving at levels 3 and 4.Reading: School 96, Board 78, Province 74Writing: School 87, Board 74, Province 73Math: School 84, Board 63, Province 58 (area of weaker performance is extracting the appropriateinformation and applying it to effectively solve a problem)• Point of interest: The 2007-2008 gr. 3 results are for the same cohort as the grade 6 results for 2010-2011.It is a different test and a different grade level, but it does indicate growth from grade 3 to grade 6 (thesmall dip in gr. 6 math is statistically insignificant). The processes, teaching strategies and teachingsupports are working well and are supporting improvement in student learning and achievement.Highlights of the School Improvement Plan (First cycle)• Overall focus is Mathematics – Gr. 1-3 Number Sense and Numeration(composing anddecomposing numbers - understanding of this concepts helps in the acquisition and understanding of basicmath facts).Gr. 4-6 NS and N (solving problems using multiplication of whole numbers – application of this concept toeffectively solve a problem). We are not asking them to extract the info or choose the most appropriatetool; this is being given to them.Gr. 7-8 NS and N ( use whole numbers and a variety of tools and strategies to effectively solve multi-stepproblems ( being asked to extract info, choose appropriate strategy and apply this to effectively solve theproblem).• Baseline assessments will be happening between now and Oct 21 st .• Teacher moderation of student work will happen on the Oct. 21 st P.A. Day with baseline results to theoffice by the end of that day.• Additionally, on the P.A. day, we will be reviewing the Student Indicators of Learning, the InstructionalStrategies and the Professional Learning Strategies. Explicit teaching strategies will be discussed bydivisions.• Explicit teaching strategies to occur over the next 4 weeks with a summative assessment (similar questionto baseline) to be administered late November or early December.9
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