PTA 29
by Frances Beretta, PTA President
Pictured above from left to right: Suki Ubhi; Jennie Hughes; Suzy Grant; Maxine McMahon-Brown; Bev Smith; Jill Byles; Frances Beretta; Tracy ter Kuile; Alison Shannon; Reepa Patel; Susan Peters-Berg. Seated behind on right is Aly Kiggel and standing on far right is Alison Holland who is the outgoing Treasurer (not pictured: April Czolak and Kathy Lane).
At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Parent Teacher Association of Tanglin Trust School on the 19 March, a new PTA Executive Committee was elected which will hold office until the Annual General meeting in October. A number of new members were nominated and elected – the committee consists of parents and teachers who represent all three schools. As President of the PTA, I am pleased to welcome the new members of the committee on board and sincerely thank those members who were re-elected for their support and commitment. I know that I will enjoy leading this committee and I look forward to working with such a dynamic and talented group of people, who gladly volunteer their time and enthusiasm. My family has been part of Tanglin for 6 years – our daughter will be moving up to the Senior School in September and we are excited about getting to know the Senior school as well. As a committee, we are looking forward to meeting more of the parents and children in the community and we hope to strengthen the community spirit of Tanglin by arranging various events which will appeal to both parents and children. It is always a challenge to organise functions which everyone will enjoy, given the range of ages and interests across the three schools! Please feel free to contact the PTA (ptaoff@tts.edu.sg) if you have suggestions and ideas which we can develop.
Please take the time to read the PTA Highlights each week to keep you informed of what the PTA is planning and the various services available. Our costume service is really taking off now and photos of costumes are available on the website. The classifieds section has been renamed “Marketplace” and this is a very useful resource – advertising here is currently free of charge. The recent PTA Quiz Night was a huge success and my thanks go to Reepa Patel who arranged the event with various members of the committee – well done to everyone involved in this event. Saturday 6 June heralds the return of the Tanglin Trust School Summer Fête (previously known as the Family Fun Day) – a much anticipated event for one and all. This is the culmination of many months of planning and hard work by
the Fête sub committee, which is being led this year by Jill Byles and Bev Smith. Parents are already aware of the event and we are really looking forward to pulling out all the stops again to make this a superb and enjoyable day – so mark the date in your diary now! We were unfortunately not able to go ahead with the Ceilidh this year – we did our best to look at various dates, but it is not possible to hold a Ceilidh without a caller for the Scottish dances. Don’t despair fans of this event – it will be repeated again! Thank you for your support – the committee and I are looking forward to seeing you around school. We are also pleased to welcome new families to Tanglin and sad to say goodbye to those of you who are leaving at Easter.