P&F News
Hello Parents and Friends
Welcome to the 2025 school year and an extra special welcome to new families joining the school community this year.
We hope the first week or so of school has been a positive one for your children and family.
We wanted to take this opportunity to flag a few date claimers for Term 1 for P&F events:
- P&F Meeting: Wednesday Feb 12 at 5pm in the staffroom. This is a great opportunity to meet the committee and the school leadership team, to hear about the plans we have for the upcoming year and how you can become involved in supporting your child, the teachers, the school community and each other. The meeting usually goes for an hour or so. Everyone is welcome.
The 2025 P&F Committee is:
President: Steven Montgomery
Vice-President: vacant
Treasurer: Shannon Reynolds
Secretary: Tamara Grace
Deb Ball Representative: Therese Watson
Diocesan Representative: vacant.
- Monty the Monstar Fun Run: Wednesday March 19. This has got to be one of the best days in the school calendar!! This year we are combining the event with the St Joseph’s Day celebrations. Look out for the flyer that will be sent home with your children in the upcoming week with details about how to create an online sponsorship portal. Brace yourself for a flurry of Messenger messages, Assembly reminders and emails as we gear up to the day. A call for volunteers will be sent out closer to the date.
- Debutante Ball: the Deb Ball is a P&F-sponsored event and the wonderful organising committee have already set a date (in Term 2): Saturday May 31. The Facebook page “St Joseph’s Atherton Deb Ball” has been calling for expressions of interest and an information night is coming. Contact the committee via stjoeysdeb@gmail.com or via Messenger on the Facebook page.
The start of a new school year is also an opportune time to draw your attention to the School Drop off and Pick up Parent information document that was developed at the end of last year. It is an attempt to improve the safety of our school community and to clarify expectations around School Drop-off and Pick-up, particularly the Stop, Drop and Go zone. Please review the document (attached below), and discuss it with your child/children. Please share it with any others who may assist with dropping off and collecting your child/children from school.
Here's to a great year at school.
Thank you
P&F Committee