P&C Meeting
It was so exciting to see so many faces at the last P&C Meeting, we almost didn’t have enough seats available.
WHY is it Beneficial to become a P&C Member?
Parent/Guardian participation in their child’s education is always a good feel for kids. P&C Meetings help parents understand the ongoing events of the school. This is often done through discussions of what’s happening in different year levels throughout the school, for example, class subjects, sports arena, technical issues, staff shortages, replacements and many more areas. The P&C’s role is to help and assist the school management when and where we can. This is not always done through fundraising or funding, it can be providing assistance for many in kind ways. For instance: Attending Anzac Day and laying a wreath, offering a supportive network to staff through the RISE committee, or the BIG one - the school tuckshop is run and operated by the P&C association. Shelley our awesome tuckshop convenor is employed by the P&C and she does a truly amazing job, but she can always do with a friendly hand to prepare food or serve at lunch time. Often when Shelley has a big catering event through the school to achieve, she requests the help and assistance of the school parents, this is classed as in-kind support for our school. The school pays the P&C for the catering and those funds filter back into helping the students, i.e. through new purchases of equipment, resources, technology needs, assistance with reduction in whole school camp fees and much more. So, as you can see from these couple of examples, it’s a great benefit to become a P&C member, your community involvement (little or big) through the Miles SHS P&C can pack a HUGE impact into the daily life of your child’s secondary education. Meetings are held BI-monthly.
Year 12 Formal fundraising Raffle and Mother’s Day event
BIG thank you to all the parents, staff, local businesses, local crafters and community members who assisted the Year 12s in any way towards their Mother’s Day fundraiser last Sunday. It was so great to see so many families outdoors enjoying life and having a relaxing day or catching up with friends. BIGGEST CONGRATULATIONS to all the Year 12s who were involved, I believe nearly the entire Year 12 cohort played a part in the day in some way or another which is outstanding. Thank you to the Miles Golf Club for donating the venue and under the guidance and assistance of Mavis Klein and Alex Hardigan for all their support to the kids. Thank you, Rob Hinds @ Hotel Australia and Jess and Brett Gorry at Maces Hot Bread for sponsoring parts of the event. A BIG thank you to our devoted P&C Treasurer Mrs Toni Brown who had the mammoth effort of counting all the coins, and taking care of business of expenditure and income on the kids’ behalf. Successful days like these don’t run on their own, it takes management and support and we are lucky our children attend a small country high school where many people only want the best outcomes for them. WELL DONE Miles and surrounding communities. All the proceeds from this event will now be held in trust by the P&C, for the 2022 Year 12 cohort for spending associated with their formal budget at the end of the year. Approximately $3000 was raised on the day.
Want to keep updated regularly of what’s happening within the school and P & C? Follow the Miles State High School Facebook page, it’s great for delivering information to parents/carers usually on a daily basis.
P & C Executive Contact numbers:
Polly Leahy - 0427 276 483 Rowena Price - 0428 696 616
Paula Derksen - 0427 271 920 Toni Brown - 0427 272 059