Executive Committee
The Parent Executive Committee includes the Co-chairs, Treasurer, Secretary and Chair (or designate) of some of the HPAS Committees. It is the primary administrative body of the school’s membership. Among its many tasks, the Executive: communicates with teachers and school administration; maintains liaison with the TDSB and other organizations; prepares, presents and manages the school’s budget and finances; schedules, plans and chairs parent meetings; receives reports from committees; and generally deals with ongoing school-related administrative matters.
Our Parent Executive Committee members are:
- Chair/Co-chairs: Stewart Nam
- Treasurer: Esther Seidel
- Secretary: Jocelyn Midghall
Committee Chairs:
- Vacant (Philosphy & Policy)
- Rebecca Holzman (Alternative School Advisory Committee)
- Maggie Dodge (Environment and Social Justice)
- Helen Zegouras (Events)
- David Derry (Ward 7 rep)
- Craig Strachan (Recruitment)
- Anita Masters (Communications)
- Kirsten Clayton and Stewart Nam (Fundraising)
- Vacant (Volunteer)
Admin:
Heather Wheeler (Principal)
VP (Michelle Newlands)
If you would like to send an email to the above list of people, you can do so by sending your email to hpasexec@googlegroups.com.
Committee Plan for HPAS 2010/2011
Date completed/Updated: November 26, 2010
TEAM NAME: Executive Committee (Co-Chairs)
Committee Mandate: The Executive Committee is responsible for ensuring that the following occur:
- Executive and General Meetings occur following appropriate guidelines as set by the parent body and the Board.
- Supporting the Committees to set and achieve appropriate goals.
- Liaison with the Administration at HPAS.
- Facilitate Communication and information sharing between the committees.
- Ensure Elections for the following positions occur annually (2 Co-Chairs, Treasurer and Secretary)
Committee Lead, members and roles (if appropriate)
Name of Committee Lead: Stewart Nam is the Chairs of the Executive Committee
Name of Committee Team Members:
- Treasurer – Esther Seidel
- Secretary – Jocelyn Midghall
- Fundraising Committee Member/Chair – Kirsten Clayton and Stewart Nam
- Communications Chair – Anita Masters
- Philosophy and Policy Chair – Vacant
Approximate Meeting Schedule for the year:
- Date and time of First Meeting of the year: September meetings occur for both the Executive and the Annual General Meeting
- Approximate time of the following meetings:
- Executive Committee Meetings – Approximately each 6 weeks.
- General Meetings – Sept is the Annual General Meeting, October is the Planning Meeting, February is for Elections and a speaker, May is to approve the following year’s budget
- All meetings are listed on the HPAS Website
How do you communicate with the HPAS parent body? We communicate in the following ways:
- Website updates
- Email updates
- General Meetings
- Start of year newsletter