From Your P&F

Marist Card and Games Day

Card Day is back!

It was a glorious for a game of cards at the beautiful Cyprian Pavilion on Wednesday 19 February.

Thank you to the P&F Card and Games Day parent volunteers, expertly led by Sue Hartfiel and Ann Rainbow, and to all of the MCA staff and students involved in making this day happen.

Parent volunteers on the day: Michelle Mead, Louise Marshall, Janice Lee, Terri Cusack, Cath Lutkic, Leah Macfarlane, Tanya Cienfuegos, Leah McGahan, Tarma Shacklady, Donna Lynn.

Baking volunteers: Manijeh Wood, Petrea Mansul, Nicole Peacock, Phoebe Walsh, Bridget Gardiner, Kath Phillips, Cassandra Davis, Kate Tyndall.

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.)

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 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

Sports Canteens

A warm thank you to each of these people for stepping in for an hour behind our canteens on Saturday:

Catherine Barnett, Eliana Breinl, Belinda Caesar, Caroline Feebrey (2 hours this term), Emma Ferguson (2 hours this term), Kelly Fowler, Jenny Fuller (2 hours this term), Ange Hamilton (2 hours this term), Amy Hammon, Rowena Hardiker (2 hours this term), Nicole Hearley, Amanda Jones (2 hours this term), Rose Mackay, Amy Miller, Rachel Robertson, Josh Saunders (2 hours this term), Tarla Steffens (2 hours this term), Monica Willoughby.

We look forward to doing it all again this Saturday. Please put your name in the SignUp if you can volunteer an hour.

MATES for Students: Remember that students can volunteer within the MATES program:

Canteen volunteering is available for students who wish to provide service 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).