Recruitment
The Recruitment Committee works to attract new students to our school, sets and meets required recruiting targets and tracks why students are leaving the school and what attracts students to the school. The Principal, committee members responsible for specific areas of recruiting (Primary Recruiting Lead, Middle and Senior Recruiting Lead, School Open House Lead, etc.) and any interested parents are part of the Recruitment Committee. You can volunteer to help with Information Night for prospective parents or your family can be a buddy family to a new family joining the school. In the new school year you can also volunteer to help with New Families Orientation Night. The committee also works with the Philosophy and Policy Committee and the Communications Committee to promote the school in the community, both live and online. The Recruitment Committee Chair, or designate, is a member of the Parent Executive Committee.
Chair: Craig Strachan
Members: Kristina House
Committee Plan for HPAS 2010/2011
DATE Completed/Updated: November 26, 2010
TEAM NAME: Recruitment Committee
Committee Mandate: The committee is responsible for assisting the administration with activities revolving around the recruiting of new families and the integration of those families into the school community.
Committee Lead, members and roles (if appropriate)
Name of Committee Lead: Craig Strachan
Name of Committee Team Members:
- Linda Montgomery
- Kirsten Clayton
- Helen Zegouras
- Jocelyn Midghall
Approximate Meeting Schedule for the year:
- Committee meets in August to prepare for new family orientation evening which occurs in early September
- Committee holds New Family Orientation in September
- Committee meets in November to prepare recruitment activities for new families which occurs in winter/spring
- Committee holds two Info Nights in January (one for K-6 and one for 7/8)
- Committee representatives host school tours through January, February and March
- Committee representative is present for school lottery in April/May
- Committee meets in June to prepare welcome kits to present to families who have accepted offers
How do you communicate with the HPAS parent body?
The committee typically only communicates with the parent body at two periods. The first period occurs during December where parents are asked to help to spread the word in the community. The second is to work with the existing JK families in order to ask them to act as ‘buddy families’ to incoming new families.
High Level Objectives for the year (1 to 3): Same as all years. See below.
Key Actions for the year:
- Meet in August to arrange for New Family Orientation event in September. Send notices of the date to new families as well as a copy of the Parent handbook.
- September – Host New Family Orientation Night. Introduces new families to the school, to the committee structure and a chance to meet the teachers.
- November – prepare recruitment materials (ad for Newspaper, flyers for posting etc). Ensure 7/8 class is doing school visits
- January – Host Open Houses for JK-6 and 7/8
- School Tours take place January –April as requested by prospective new families
- School admission lottery takes place in May
- June – New families are invited to year-end celebration
- June – Dates are set with administration for Orientation Night, Open Houses for following year