Please find below the Meeting Minutes from the March 2025 AES PAC Meeting.
Meeting Info
Date: March 5th, 2025
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Armstrong Elementary School
Call to Order, Welcome, and Acknowledgement
Meeting called to order at 5:35 PM PST.
We respectfully acknowledge that we are grateful to live, work, and play within the beautiful ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people, Secwepemc Nation and acknowledge the Métis people who reside here.
Attendance: Aislinn Harmston, Val Edgell, Nadine Zakoski, Jordi Fraser, Pia and Sam Pechtel-Slatcher, Summer Belanger, Tammie Turner, Chloe Hale, MJ Duford, Erin Harvey
Approval of Previous Meeting’s Minutes
Approve February’s meeting minutes (all in favour)
1st: Chloe Hale
2nd: Nadine Zakoski
Additions to Today’s Agenda
Additions to March’s meeting agenda: none
Adopt March’s meeting agenda (approve amendments/all in favour)
1st: Chloe Hale
2nd: Jordi Fraser
Principal’s Report
Principal – Val Edgell
- Learning Updates will be released to students on Tuesday March 11th 2025.
- Teachers have been working hard; Val reviews all reports before sign-off.
- Pancake Breakfast: March 14th, led by the leadership class, teachers, and parents.
- Students eat with buddy classes.
- Val requested parent volunteers.
- Talent Show: March 12th, two sessions: 8:30am and 10:00am.
- Parents notified by email.
- Interior painting update: one classroom at a time post-spring break.
- LED lighting upgrades.
- Lead/asbestos testing before work begins.
- Completion in 1+ years.
Teacher’s Report
Teacher: No teacher present.
President’s Report
President – Chloe Hale
All is good. No report at this time.
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer – Tammie Turner
Bank account balances as of February 28, 2025:
- Operating: $48,399.38
- Gaming: $9,590.46
Bank account balances as of March 5, 2025:
- Operating: $48,648.99
- Gaming: $9,503.19
Old Business
Special Project: AES Garden Construction Update
- West Coast Seeds fundraiser raised $650 (30 orders + free seeds for the school)
- $2,000 grant from Farm Credit Canada received.
- ~$6,000 in business donations received.
- Thank-you cards and invitations underway (by Erin Harvey).
- Nanae will coordinate volunteers from Vernon She Shed Society.
- Fruit tree donations in progress (from Bylands Nursery).
- Garden gate/fence up; placement was adjusted by SD83.
- Garden layout had to be revised due to fence layout changes during install.
- New 3D model by Sam created.
- Bike racks moved and being repositioned.
- Tree trimming/discussion with neighbour planned by SD83.
- Communication concerns with SD83 noted; Val will submit feedback.
New Business
Kindergarten Grad Photos
Motion to spend $50: 1st Chloe Hale, 2nd Jordi Fraser – Approved
Summer to take photos during school time.
Swimming Lessons
4 days, 1hr/day, $405 per group
Grade 3 selected
Motion to spend $810: 1st Pia Pechtel-Slatcher, 2nd Jordi Fraser – Approved
One-to-One Reading
Program ending next week; pizza party and bookmarks for participants.
AES Apparel
Aislinn exploring options through 1602 Custom Designs.
Feedback: current colours too limited.
Aislinn will connect with Mr. Belec.
Freezie Friday
Starts April 4th.
Volunteer sign-up at front office.
Jordi offered freezer space.
Line Dancing Lessons Fundraiser
Nicole Shore to lead (adults only)
1-hour lesson for IPE Barn Dance prep
Nature’s Fare Fundraiser
Nanae Phung to lead
Receipts box at office; 3% return to AES
Fundraising Director Role
Will be open next year as Jordi is moving.
Teacher Recognition
Motion to spend $250 on a food platter for teachers:
1st Erin Harvey, 2nd Pia Pechtel-Slatcher – Approved
Amended to $266.10 via PAC WhatsApp on March 11, 2025:
Motion: Tammie Turner
1st Jordi Fraser, 2nd Nicole Shore
Meeting Closing
Next Meeting Date: Wednesday April 9th 2025 @ 5:30pm
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 7:13 pm
Minutes respectfully submitted by: Aislinn Harmston, Secretary