Parent's Association

Parents Association AGM ‐ President’s Report for 2019 Tuesday 26th November 2019

The St Francis Xavier Parents’ Association aims to support the school in creating a strong, positive and inclusive community spirit that makes every family feel welcome. We aim to enhance the education of the students through fundraising for resources and equipment that all children at SFX will benefit from, as well as create opportunities for parents to be involved in the school community.

We’ve had a really successful year this year, holding a mix of fundraising activities and also social events. This year we brought back the SFX Trivia Night as a replacement for the annual comedy night. As well as being a great fundraiser for the school (with the addition of a live and silent auction) the event brought nearly 200 of our parents into our school hall for a fabulous social event! The team received some really positive feedback from those who attended as it provided a welcome opportunity for parents to socialise in a relaxed and fun environment. This year we have also included a Christmas Market into our annual calendar. With this being planned for the 1st December we are yet to realise the full fundraising effort of this event however it will be another great opportunity for our community to come together.

We would like to acknowledge a number of people who have supported the efforts of the PA throughout the year.

• To all the event coordinators and the PA team that have worked on events this year. It has also been great to have new prep parents involved. Without each and every one of you these events could simply not happen:

▪ Pancake Day

▪ Twilight sports

▪ Mother’s Day Stall

▪ Mother’s Day Breakfast

▪ Pie Drive

▪ Father’s Day Stall

▪ School Disco

▪ Art Show BBQ

▪ Graduation Bears

▪ Art Cards

▪ Christmas Market

• To all the individuals that are not on the PA that have volunteered at our events – thankyou. We appreciate you giving up your time and it makes a huge difference to the success of our events.

• A special acknowledgment must go to Ben McDonald and Kate Harford. Their leadership with regards to the coordination of the Trivia Night and associated sponsorship and live/silent auctions was outstanding.

• We would also like to recognise Rachel Salvitti for her food inspiration and catering for both the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day breakfasts. The message we received this year

from those that attended these events was that the food was amazing – so thank you Rachel!

• Maree – thank you for your support and financial guidance.

• Nella & Nicola – thank you for your assistance in posting our never‐ending flexibuzz posts, as well as admin support throughout the year.

• Michael, we’ve appreciated your assistance in dragging out barbecues and eskies for our events throughout the year.

• Thank you to Lynne Lennon for her assistance across a number of initiatives, such as art card coordination and Easter Chocolates.

• Thank you to the Vander family. Without your assistance over a many number of years our highly valued Christmas Art card initiative could not take place.

• Thank you to Kara Bourke & Deb Black for your ongoing management of the uniform shop.

• Thank you to the executive team. Although you had not planned on playing such an involved role this year, however due to early withdrawals you stepped up to the plate and we thank you for your support this year. In our role as co‐presidents, we definitely would not have had such an enjoyable time in the role without the three of you.

• Thank you to Nick and Adriana, you support and guidance throughout the year and at meetings each month is well and truly appreciated.

Finally, to our entire 2019 PA group, after an unsteady start in February/March, our key objective for the year was around maintenance and ensuring our regular calendar of events continued as per previous years. We think as a group we well and truly delivered on this objective and we did more than just maintain a ‘status quo’.

We look forward to seeing what 2020 brings.

Thank you

Mia Jones & Jane Fraser