A year of celebration, commemoration and community

Heidi Pfeffer Parents' Association President

Key community events run by the Parents’ Association (PA) sub-committees in the first half of 2023 include the Year 7 Mothers’ Day Breakfast. This year, the Year 7 mothers and sons were treated to a wonderful speech from Captain, Michael Fan and his mother, Marly Wang. Thank you to the committee members Alicia Choi, Palmyra De Banks, Ling Lin Cai, Verity Joyce, Emma Martin, Sonia Le and Vidya Muraleedharan.

The Junior School Mother's Day Breakfast was held at Leonda and had 375 in attendance at 7.00am on a cold Thursday morning. It was wonderful to be in a larger venue and the Junior School staff helped to bus the boys back to school at the end of the event to ensure smooth running of the school day. Thank you to the committee for running a wonderful event: Melissa Gallace (Convenor), Kelly Tomietto, Stella Stavropoulos, Desiree Sutrisno, Kara Fedele, Kathy Peng, Dora Papamakarios and Anna Wells-Jansz.

The Green and Gold Ball 2023 was an elegant evening of fun, food and dancing. A successful fundraising element was made possible with the support of our community through generous donations, bidding and purchasing of the raffle tickets.

An additional expression of gratitude is extended to our wonderful committee who volunteered their time to make it a wonderful experience for all. The committee of Suzanne Smith, Felicia Trewin, Sally Child, Wei Wei, Angie Kotsonis, Vicki Siamos, Sharan Jassal and Rebecca Stambanis all deserve a round of applause. Of course, without the continued support of Adrian Farrer and the Community Engagement team, we would not have been able to hold our Ball, so a heartfelt thank you to them also.

On Saturday 11 November we will have our Founders’ Day Fair and in conjunction with the Community Engagement Office, have a unique celebration to commemorate the 120th year of the school. While speaking with the school Archivist it was highlighted to me that in 1954 the P&F Hall was opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies. The main source of funds to build the hall was raised by the PA from the Annual Carnival held over two days. The PA has had a longstanding relationship with the school throughout the 120 years.

The Carnival of 1954 is the Founders’ Day Fair of today. Although it will not run for two days, the funds raised will be used for current students to enrich their schooling experience.

Please contact us via pa@trinity. vic.edu.au if you would like to be involved in our Fair celebrating our 120-year history.