Suzuki Talent Education Program
of St. John's, Newfoundland
WELCOME!
This is the website of the Suzuki Talent Education Program in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Suzuki Talent Education is a music-education philosophy by which teachers and parents help children learn to play an instrument by the same method that they learn to speak their native language. In St. John's, we have about 100 violin, viola and cello students who follow the Suzuki curriculum; some also learn Newfoundland fiddling or perform in the award-winning junior or senior orchestras. We host the Atlantic Canada Suzuki Institute every June. If you'd like to learn more about the Suzuki Method and our organization, please read the Background and FAQ pages; feel free to contact us with any questions.
Member families and local teachers: this site aims to be your primary reference to the goings-on of STEP. All schedules and reference material for the 2009/2010 year will be published here when available. Also check out the News (that you ought also to be getting by e-mail; if not, please let us know!), Classifieds for instruments and music-related items, and more. If you have news to share, questions, comments or suggestions about the webpage, send them on to your friendly neighbourhood webmaster (and Suzuki mom) Heather Patey.
Upcoming Events
Atlantic Canada Suzuki Institute!
ACSI Registration (payment of remaining balances, picking up your registration packet/schedules etc.) will take place Saturday at Lakecrest School in the front foyer starting at 9:30. For the sake of efficient processing, please note the following:
- If your surname begins with the letter A-H, please be ready to register right at 9:30
- If your surname begins with the letter I-R, please be ready to register at 9:40
- If your surname begins with the letter S-Z, please be ready to register at 9:50.
Coffee and refreshments will be served in the Cafeteria after you have registered.
At 10:00, the STEP Bi-annual meeting will be held in the Cafeteria. Please plan to stay for this very important meeting.
Directly after the meeting, we will need volunteers to help set-up the school for the week's events. This will provide you all with a great opportunity to get a feel for the lay-out of the school so that Monday morning you are not wandering the halls feeling lost!
See you all there!Notice of Biannual STEP Parent Meeting
Saturday June 26th, 2010 at Lakecrest
You are encouraged to attend the spring Parent meeting of the Suzuki Talent Education Program. This is one of two meetings per year where your support of the program is requested.
To be held on Saturday, June 26th at 10 AM in the Lakecrest School on Patrick Street.
Agenda:- Meeting called to order with the Annual Report on the Program by the Chair
- Review of finances and financial statement- Treasurer
- Discussion and motion that STEP Board Elections be held during the fall meeting. Motion will be to hold these elections in the October meeting. Should the motion not pass, elections will follow nominations at this meeting of June 26, 2010.
- Solution to Issue surrounding concern for an administrative position to support the current program. Motion that the board proceed with the hiring of a part-time administrative support for the program.
- Discussion on the program fees structure to support increasing costs of the program. Motion is to provide $70 per semester to assist in the hire of admin support as well as $20 increase to support an improved group instructor pay scale.
- Any other business as may be raised by the membership.
It is important that as many parents attend as possible as these motions will greatly impact our program as we go forward. There is an opportunity to make great strides in unifying our approach to our programs future. This can not be done without a quorum at this meeting.
Your support in attending will help make this possible. I look forward to presenting our vision to you at this meeting.
Percy Delaney
Chair of STEP Newfoundland
Upcoming Events
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