School Council Meeting Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

All Westminster PS community members are welcome to our School Council meeting on January 25th at 7:00-8:30 p.m. Child care will be available for school age children.

As parents it is very important to be involved in your children’s education and being involved in your child’s school is very beneficial to their whole educational experience.

Some reasons to get involved in School Council are:

1. To stay abreast of school initiatives and focus.

2. To have a positive impact on your child/children’s learning environment.

3. To help make the school a better place to learn.

4. To meet the Principal and teacher representatives at monthly meetings.

5. To create a standard of excellence all parties will be proud of.

6. To build relationships with other parents.

7. To familiarize oneself with new school issues.

8. To help raise funds so that our students are given more opportunities.

As parents, we are all busy, but we urge you to make the time to come out to our meetings and get involved, meet other parents just like you who want to help the school and to ensure that our children are getting the very best school experience.

Save the date for our next Community Outreach event: FAMILY GAMES NIGHT FEBRUARY 2ND!

See you there!

WPS School Council

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