PFA News

Parents and Friends Association (PFA) News

Thank you to all those who attended our AGM last month.  We would like to welcome the new PFA committee for 2019:

President:                           Paul Williams

Vice President:                 Shez Cantile

Secretaries:                        Melanie Cotta and Emily Egan

Treasurer:                           Trisha Brumbaugh

School Council Rep:       Nickie Fidge

A big thank you to Majella Strangward for her contribution as secretary, and welcome to Melanie and Emily!  We look forward to a great year together.

Thank you to all of our families who supported the Second Hand Book Sale at the end of last year.  We were able to return over $20,000 to our families from the sale of books, this will be credited to your school accounts early next term.  The PFA were able to raise $10,000 which, together with the $1,000 raised at the State election BBQ, we now have the pleasure of deciding how to contribute back to the school!

Some of the projects that we have proudly funded or contributed to from our fundraising in the past include musical instruments, rowing boats, an art printing press, cameras for the media department, and a soon to be constructed recycling hub by the Eco Team.  We have also supported Student Wellbeing and Breakfast Club with our contributions, and each year present the graduating Year 12’s with a memento glass.  This year we will be providing four scholarships to recognise and support individual students.

All are welcome to come along to our meetings, usually the second Tuesday of the month during school terms.  We often have guest speakers to tell us about different activities happening at the school.  Our next meeting will be Tuesday 14 May, where we might be lucky enough to have a preview of the upcoming production “Legally Blonde – The Musical”!

You can also join our mailing list by emailing fhspfa@gmail.com to receive our minutes and other reminders.  Upcoming events include supporting Student Wellbeing at the Mother’s Day High Tea on Saturday 4 May, and we will be running a sausage sizzle at the Federal election!

This year we will once again be participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program.  Just remember to collect those stickers every time you shop at Woolworths as the more we collect, the more equipment we can provide for the school.  The 2017 Earn and Learn collection enabled us to get nearly $400 of equipment for the STEM program.  This year’s program starts on 1 May so let your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours know that Frankston High School is collecting and we would love to have their stickers! Frankston High School collection bins will be at the Woolworths store in Bayside Shopping Centre and at the Baxter store as well as at the Front Offices on both campuses of the school.