Annual General Meeting: April 11, 2015

The P.E.I. Home and School Federation’s 62nd Annual General Meeting & Convention is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, 8:45 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Plans are in place for a meeting with networking, sharing best practices, and new learning initiatives workshops in the afternoon for Home and School delegates.

Any parent, guardian, teacher, administrator or staff person at any PEIHSF member school is invited to the meeting with each member school appointing five (5) individuals to attend as voting delegates. Local Home and Schools are encouraged to pay registration fees, travel and accommodation (if applicable) expenses for their delegates to ensure there are fewer barriers to attending.

Ask your school secretary/admin assistant to post the meeting information in the March school newsletter, on the school websites, and spread the word on your Home and School Facebook, Twitter, blog and/or website. 

Please ensure that your school is represented at this meeting.  Contact the office if you have further questions.

Resolutions

Nine resolutions will be voted on at the Annual General Meeting. Members will received the complete text of resolutions by mail; they are also available online.

Please discuss and vote on these resolutions at your next home and school meeting: your voting delegates should reflect the opinions of the parents, guardians, teachers, administrators and staff in your school.

Nominations for the PEIHSF Board

The PEI Home and School Federation is the umbrella organization of home and schools across PEI, and is overseen by a volunteer board elected by delegates from member home and schools. Every year at the annual meeting elections are held for vacant positions on the board, and members are encouraged to nominate candidates who, in your opinion, have the necessary qualifications to do the work of the provincial Federation by March 27, 2015.  A nomination form has been mailing to all member schools; it is also available online.

Volunteer of the Year  and Life Membership Awards

These awards are presented at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations are due March 6, 2015. More information is available here.