PARENT ASSOCIATION
Working together for our children
The Parent Association is the structure through which parents in a school can work together for the best possible education for their children. The Parent Association works with the principal, staff and the Board of Management to build effective partnership between home and school.
The work of the Parent Association
· To represent the views of the parents
· Organise fund raising and social events to support the school and foster an inclusive school community.
· To inform parents of the developments in Irish
education and in school management
· To foster co-operation between parents, teachers and
management
· To provide opportunities for parents to meet and
exchange ideas
· To provide education for parents as required
· To help with the provision of extra equipment and
teaching aids.
It is essential to the community of the P.A. that parents volunteer to take an active part and become Committee Members at some stage throughout their child's education in Multose. An A.G.M. is usually held in September to explain the function of the P.A. and to elect a new committee for the following year. It can be a useful way for new parents to get to know the parents of the school.
The Parents Association Committee for 2018/2019 is as follows:
Ann Harte - Chairperson
Maryannik Barray – Secretary
Naomi Bendon- Treasurer
CLASS REPRESENTATIVES:
Senior Infants – Kathryn Stevens-Dorman
1st Class – Ann Harte
2nd Class – Sharon O’Mahony
3rd Class - Zelda di Blasi
4th Class - Linda Gash
5th Class - Maryannik Barray
6th Class – Gillian O'Callaghan
P.A. News:
Well done to all the helpers who bag backed in Supervalu on Saturday 5th May. A magnificent €1,202 was raised.
P.A Quiz night
It was full house at the family quiz last night. It was wonderful to see so many people supporting the PA fundraiser, over €1,000 was raised! Thank you also to those who made a donation even though they were unable to attend. Our gratitude goes to Centra for sponsoring the prizes. The Trident Hotel was a great venue and the staff had prepared the room perfectly. They donated a bottle of Prosecco to the raffle. Our quiz winners were Team Brandes with a score of 54. It was a nail biting finale, requiring a tie break round to decide 2nd place. Team Gault/Brown emerged in 2nd place and Team Harte came 3rd. Well done to the many “performers” who entertained everyone between rounds.
Parents Association Disco, Friday 16th February 2018 at the Bacchus nightclub.
9.30pm to late. ‘Now that’s what I call Music Decades’. Dress code: dress in your favourite decade!
Our fantastic Harvest Fair was a great success. Thank you to all who came and supported, we raised over €5,000!
Our annual family BBQ took place on 23rd June, a great day was had by all.
We hosted a Family Bingo night on Friday 26th May 2017 in the Parish Hall. Everyone had a great time. Adrian Normanton acted as MC on the night. Thank you to his able assistant Aideen O'Riordan! Thank you also to Brien O'Reilly who took care of sound and images and finally a huge thank you to Aiden Buckley for sponsoring the raffle prizes. Over €1,000 was raised.
We raised €1,204 at our SuperValu bag pack on Saturday the 6th May.
Many thanks to all the willing volunteers and SuperValu for their ongoing support of our school.
The 80’s Disco night was a huge success and well supported by the whole community.
We raised over €1,700 for the School.
We make a submission to the Minister for Education on the Role of Religion in school admissions process.