Parents and Friends

PARENTS & FRIENDS

Fathers Committee With two years of unpredictable lockdowns, social events were abandoned, since it was too difficult to plan ahead. In addition, new COVID procedures related to food handling at social gatherings, meant volunteer activity was replaced by pre-organised catering. As a result, some of our usual food related gatherings, such as barbeques were cancelled.

The College has a wide variety of social activities aimed at supporting the boys to bring the community together. Fathers and Male Caregivers came out in large numbers to support the students and the College in the Annual Sleep Out night. Similarly, the annual Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast was well attended. Finally, many enjoyed the Family Night, with guest speaker David Schwarz. Our appreciation and thanks to Tony Coghlan, Michelle Symss, Tony Rolf and Tim Ford for their ongoing support of the parent groups in general. Their input to our planning and activities underpins what we do.

Keep an eye out for more details about our End of Year Barbeque and the Car Sticker fundraiser. We also have a special event called ‘Time and Space’ with a guest speaker, scheduled for 2023, with further details to be listed in the College Newsletter.

Thank you to the Dads and Male Caregivers for attending our (mostly) monthly meetings. I encourage you to support the Fathers Committee in 2023 and reap the benefits of getting involved in your son’s school. Gavin Hopper Friends Association A wonderful annual event we hold is the Mothers’ Day Dinner. This year saw us celebrating at the Mulgrave Country Club and the event was well attended by Mothers past and present.

This event has proven to be very successul over the past couple of years providing the oportunity for mothers to get together for a meal and a catch-up.

The Parents and Friends Association thank Michelle Symss for all her hard work over the past 3 years. It has been a pleasure. We wish you every success in your future endeavours.