School Council Monday September 15/2025
6:30pm
Mark Melnyk to introduce and welcome parents and staff
Staff Present: Nick Huang, Kamla Reid, Dan Rego
Students: Steven and Tristin
Steven - Student Council President
Tristin - Student Council Vice-President and Yearbook Editor
Honouring School Council from 2024-2025
Chair - Anuraag Sharma
Vice-Chair - Seema Shahjahan
Secretary- Jeet Panchal
Treasurer - Catherine Chen
Agenda overview
Welcome and Introductions
-Encouraging and welcoming words shared by our School Council Chair and Vice-Chair to our new families and parents/families joining us at MMHS
Inclusion Activity
Student Council and Yearbook Update:
Steven/Student Council - representing student voice through action / Bridge between SAC and School Admin / currently 25 SAC members / in Grade 9 50 students applied to be a Grade 9 Rep and they narrowed it down to 17 candidates and ballots have been counted and two grade 9 representatives will be shared
-many opportunities available for students / leadership opportunities in SAC Fall Fest - October 9th (food vendors and movie night)
Spirit Week - last week in October
Semi-Formal - November 6th (5pm-10pm) live DJ
December- Talent Show and Winter Market
Tristin/Student Council & Yearbook - Student Activity Fee - helps with student events and clubs Yearbook - we have solid sales every year / opening applications to volunteer on the yearbook / join the google classroom to work on the yearbook
Guidance updates - Grade 9 classroom visits this week and end of the month MLL class visits October 23rd - Post-Secondary Fair
November - Post-Secondary Application Information will be shared
October 16th IB Information Night
MMHS Staff Updates:
Music Department Updates - York Music Camp September (19th-21st), Jazz Band, Repertoire classes
Hold the Dates: Winter Concert Update Dec 3rd and Dec 4th (Junior and Senior concerts) Art - Support for portfolio development needed for post-secondary applications lunch sessions / encourage students to connect with members of the Art department
Science Department
HOSA - Medical Chapter/ Future Health Professionals, formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America: and international career and technical student organization YSS - Young Scientists Society: Departments STEM club/ Experiments and Hand-on Learning that offers G9 and 10. Homework Help: start date October 2025
EXTERNAL COMPETITIONS (2026)
University of Toronto National Biology Competition (NBC) April 2026
University of Waterloo - CHEM 13 News Exam and Avogadro Exam
University of Waterloo Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) Competition
Tech Department: First Robotics Canada team. Looking for parent involvement with the team as mentors who may have an engineering and design background or coding or specializing in promotion and fundraising.
Math Department - All Math competitions have been set up online / please pay there online
VP Updates
Fire Drills, Lockdown Drills and Hold and Secure Drills this week and next (Safety Week Monday September 22, to Friday October 3, 2025)
OSSLT:Test date:
(confirmation of MMHS dates will be shared in the Family Bulletin)
Parking & Drop Off/Pick Up Safety/New Speed Camera on Kennedy
Photo Day - Sept 5
Caring and Safe School Assemblies completed last week
Start-up Forms due please:
Set-up account on Family Dashboard
Access report cards on Dashboard
Upcoming Events
Gr. 9 Guidance Visits- Sept 17-19
Band camp - Sept 19-21
Robotics Club @ Mary Ward - Sept 19-20
Music Movie Night - Sept 25
PA Day - Sept 26
Terry Fox - Sept 30 (tentative)
Principal’s Update
Focus on Respect of Self, Others, Families, School & Community
Importance of Relationships and Ongoing communication
Student enrolment approximately 1710+ (last year was 1590 in Sept)
Leadership Team Meeting after school today. Determining MMHS priorities for 2025-2026. We are considering how to action:
Supports for MLL Students
Mental health of staff and students
Equity (CRRP, dismantling anti-Black racism, Anti-Oppression)
Assessment and Evaluation to support student learning
Fall 2025: HUBs & Professional Learning Communities to make a positive impact. Continuing to promote a Culture of Care and Respect
Review of the Purpose of School Council
Forming MMHS Council Executive
School Council MMHS 2025-2026:
Chair: Anuraag Sharma
Vice-Chair: Rupal Panchal
Secretary: Jeet Panchal
Treasurer: Chris Lee
Members: Seema Shahjahan, Denise Tabudlong, Eswaravadivu Balaji, Angela Lu, Duvaraga Selvaratnam, Baiyu Chen, Joseph Ren, Ashwin Anand, Niranjama Akaljan Kanagaratnam, Dharmine Sinnathamby