It was fitting that the first meeting to be held in the new “Conference Room” on December 19 2005 was the launch of the new “Parent Grade Representative” (PGR) organization.

At the meeting, Dr. Rashid Al-Ghafri and I introduced the concept of “Parent Grade Representatives”. It was stated 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 three or four representatives, one from each homeroom.
We also talked about current communications and gave guidelines of how to proceed with a range of enquiries. We issued the “Parent Grade Representative” lists and “Individual Class Contact” lists. Also discussed were the other possible roles of the “Parent Grade Representatives” and it was suggested that the most important of these were

• To seek opportunities to enhance and to enrich experiences and life within "The Sultan’s School Community”
• To act as ambassadors for The Sultan’s School within the “Community”

We also discussed the opportunities parents would have to participate in school activities during the next few months. These were as follows:

• The Charity Fair 23 March 2006
• Visitors’ Day 30 March 2006 (a day for prospective students and parents)
• Scholarship Search (we wish to fund a range of scholarship opportunities)
• Event sponsorship (The Oman Model United Nations Project for example)

If they already haven’t, your PGR will be contacting you shortly.

Clive Pierrepont
Director of Development and Admissions