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Welcome to the Home School Association Page!
Coffee Mornings: Thanks for your support, it has been our pleasure to host parents, staff and students and offer a forum to meet and greet during the School year.
As we finish another school year, it has indeed been our pleasure to enhance the St. Ignatius experience for staff, students and parents alike. We wish all families a wonderful summer and we encourage you to get even more involved with the Home School Association next term. Remember, we can all make a difference; we can all make it better; all we need to do is show up and try!
Regards,
HSA Executive Committee 2009/2010
Uniform Shop: The Uniform Shop will open prior to the new school year in late August to facilitate any late purchases or exchanges, however please be advised that if you will require special sizes (Slim/Husky/Plus) these are not kept in stock and we advise that you order them online. The current catalogue with relevant order details is available in the school office. For furher details on the Unform Shop, please visit the UNIFORM section of the website.
REMINDER ABOUT PE HOUSE SHIRT CHANGES:
A letter was sent to all parents on May 26th outlining the changes to PE houses for next year. The entire school will have PE uniforms as follows:
St. Luke will now wear red shirts (formerly Egrets).
St. Mark will now wear yellow shirts (formerly Swallows)
St. Matthew will now wear royal blue shirts (formerly Herons)
St. John will now wear green shirts (formerly Parrots)
Please also note that the new nursery programme will wear light blue shirts.
All students will be required to have their new shirts for the opening of the new term.
A PE shirt order form is on the front page of the school website.
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HSA Background Information |
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 HSA Operating Procedures
Who are the H.S.A.?
The Home School Association (H.S.A) is a group of volunteer parents and teachers who work together for the betterment of the School.
Who are eligible for membership?
The following are eligible for membership: Any parent, guardian, or other person standing in, with a child enrolled and attending the School; Each member of the teaching staff working in the School and The principals.
The Executive Committee:
The executive members of the H.S.A. are elected each year at the May General Meeting of the Association. The nomination committee or members from the floor nominate them during the meeting. The executive committee then meets monthly to drive the work of the H.S.A.
What precisely is the purpose of the H.S.A.?
The aims and objectives of the Association are:
1. To represent the views and interests of the parents, teachers and children of the school community.
2. To promote the physical, emotional, social and spiritual well being of the children and youth of the school community.
3. To promote positive school/community relationships so that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of the child.
4. Through fund raising and other activities, enhance the educational facilities and opportunities for the students that are not otherwise provided for in the school budget.
5. To seek to participate in establishing school policy where appropriate, by working in partnership with the School’s Board of Governors and Principals.
6. This Association will make suggestions to the administration and to the Board of Governors concerning activities of the school, if such suggestion is made toward the betterment of conditions for all concerned i.e. students, teacher, administration and parents.
What has the H.S.A. achieved?
Projects accomplished in recent years include:
* The playground at the KG block.
* The roundabout at the drop-off.
* The football fields
* The basketball/netball court
*The playground equipment for the Prep School.
* $79,000 worth of desk top computers
* Window Blinds for Classrooms - $20,000.
* Replaced the School’s computer server - $5,500.
* Contributed $10,000 for the upgrade of Library.
* Shade covering for the KG’s playground.
* New playground equipment for the Prep side.
* Blinds for the Loyola Hall.
* Procurement/Installation of Interactive White Boards for all classrooms.
Upcoming Projects:
* Erection of covered walkway from KG block to administration building.
* Rewiring of IT Network
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ST. IGNATIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL