 At
“The Parents’ Open Meeting”, held on Monday
3 October 2005, Clive Pierrepont, “Director of Development
and Admissions”, and Dr. Rashid Al-Ghafri, Chairman
of “The Parents’ Association Committee”
jointly presented a new initiative aimed at creating an effective
forum for parents to interact and communicate with representatives
of the school. They
talked about creating “Parent Grade Representatives”
and suggested that:
The
main role of the “Parent Grade Representatives”
is to build strong working relationships among parents, teachers
and the school, in support of students and to resolve any
issues that may occur during the course of the year.
Each
grade will have four representatives, one from each homeroom.
A member of “The Parents’ Association Committee”,
with a child in that grade, will also join the meetings. Each
parent and “Parents’ Association Committee”
representative can only represent one year group.
Each
“Parent Grade Representative” will be elected
annually at the beginning of the
school year by parents of that class.
The
“Parent Grade Representatives” meetings will provide
a forum for frank discussion of issues that pertain to that
particular grade.
The
“Parent Grade Representatives” and The Director
of Development and Admissions, will promote opportunities
to network with other parents of that grade, to provide a
broad, balanced opinion on issues.
“Parent
Grade Representatives” will meet at least twice a year
with “The Director of Development and Admissions”
and the “Key Staff” responsible for that particular
grade.
“The
Parents’ Association Committee” representatives
along with “The Director of Development and Admissions”
will monitor the minutes of the meetings and bring to the
attention of “The Parents’ Association Committee”
any items that may need further discussion at their next meeting.
Minutes
will be taken of each meeting and published on the school’s
website.
Not
every parent was able to manage to be at the meeting; therefore
if you have any questions, queries or suggestions please e-mail
them to Clive Pierrepont and Doctor Rashid Al-Ghafri at pgrs@sultansschool.org
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The
Help Centre will again be running throughout the year. For
those new parents, not familiar with its role, then some
explanation may be needed. I along with other key staff,
will be available on a rota basis from 8:10-9:00 a.m. in
the mornings and from 2:05-2:45 p.m. in the afternoons,
Saturday to Wednesday to help answer parents’ questions,
queries and concerns.