The PCA – bringing us together

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The Parent Community Association (PCA) has continued its mission to bring the St Michael’s community together. Memories of the restrictions of the past couple of years are fading as we enjoy the many successful PCA events attended by our enthusiastic parents and look with optimism and positivity to brighter days ahead. One of the events strongly supported by the PCA was the Geoffrey Ryan Cup on 10 August. This annual St Michael’s v Westbourne 1st XVIII Boys and Girls Football Matches, was held for the first time at our new football home ground - North Port Oval, in celebration of the School’s partnership with the Port Melbourne Football Club. A dedicated group of PCA and staff volunteers contributed cakes for our stall and managed the barbecue offerings, with a busy coffee machine to ensure that a very appreciative crowd of over 300 supporters was nourished and caffeinated. We adopted a very successful new format for the PCA Father’s Day event on 2 September which was held at the Porsche Centre Brighton where our guest speaker, Bryce Gaton - founder of EVChoice Consulting, provided independent and up to date advice about Australia’s likely tipping point towards more sustainable electric vehicle transportation. The event was well attended by our fathers, who enjoyed the discussion panel hosted by Master of Ceremonies, race driver and St Michael’s parent Sven Burchartz, and happily socialised during our host’s tour of the state of the art Porsche workshop. The PCA Kitchen Garden Working Bee is now a biannual event so there has been continuity established in maintaining and improving this educational garden for our students’ use. The group of enthusiastic volunteers who worked at the School on Saturday 3 September was able to successfully improve the condition of several garden beds, the chicken coop and the pond, creating space for new vegetation, seedlings and produce used in various class activities. We are very grateful to and thank our wonderful PCA Year Level Representatives and volunteer Leaders who are the glue that has been re-uniting our parents post-lockdown and building links with our School. The team has continued to organise various coffee mornings and parent events to ensure those strong bonds continue to be forged across year levels as well as more broadly. Please put your hand up if you would like to offer your volunteer support with our PCA team in 2023.

1. Geoffrey Ryan Cup Girls Team 2. Geoffrey Ryan Cup Girls Match 3. Geoffrey Ryan Cup Boys Match 4. Father's Day Evening