From Your P&F
Parents of Neurodiverse Learners
The Parents of Neurodiverse Learners are having a brunch meet-up, on Sunday 30 March from 9:30am.
Contact Michelle Lawson via Messenger or tickets@bizibeans.com.au to join the Parents of Neurodiverse Learners Facebook Group and RSVP for the dinner.
(Please note, the Group has chosen not to define neurodiversity so there are no diagnostic criteria to be met for inclusion.)
Sports Canteens
A warm thank you to each of these people for stepping in for an hour behind our canteens on Saturday:
Sophie Chandler, Kirsty Clune, Louise Easter, Rob Edye, Lyanna George, Daniel Hayes, Nicole Hearley (2 hours this term), Sinead Hourigan (2 hours this term), Lucy Hughes, Laura Laner (2 hours this term), Melanie, Jodie Murray (2 hours this term), Ross Murray (2 hours this term), Rachel Robertson (2 hours this term), Teka Ryder, Sara Sheffield Maxwell, Steel Tallon (2 hours this term), Tianna Tamer, Cameron Watson, Jane Watson (2 hours this term), Lauren Wiggins, Jane Wilcox, Joe Mead (2 hours this term), Rachel Jorgensen.
Please put your name in the SignUp if you can volunteer an hour this coming Saturday, or a future date (the links are the same for the whole term). Remember that students can volunteer within the MATES Program:
- Counter service only – no grills, or deep fryers
- Years 11 and 12 can Sign-Up and serve without a parent/guardian;
- Years 5-10 need to Sign-Up and serve with a parent or guardian.
- Students need to be in uniform,
- On completion of the shift, students register their time using the QR code available in each canteen. (This can be done using anyone’s phone).
Gym
McMahon Grandstand
Flats
Marist Family Support
Call for Donations
A Little About Us
Marist Family Support is a sub-committee of the College P&F Association. It was set up to provide assistance to families and students in our school community who are doing it tough or facing extraordinary challenges. Run by parents, it is a way for us to connect and make a change for those around us.
Support can take many forms. One of our most utilised is the topping up of Tuckshop monitor funds for families in need. Giving them some breathing space during tough times.
Right now, we have used up most of the funds previously donated for our monitor top-up system. And so, we are putting a call out once again asking for our community to generously donate to Marist Family Support.
To ensure probity, the funds can be donated via a Monitor link - https://bit.ly/MCA-fundraising and held by the school. All funds donated are used to support our families in this way. If anyone is having trouble accessing through the link, this is a permanent listing in the Monitor system (via the Parent Orbit App) ..... parents can simply go to the monitor link as usual and find "fundraising" under both the student and supporter shops in the My Marist Online Purchases link.
The Marist community is fantastic, and we are very grateful to the community members who are able to help out when requested. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us in the past. We also thank you for your future donations. Your donations make a big difference to our families in their time of need.
Jane and Cassandra - Marist Family Support