Co-Presidents' Report Term 4 2009
The POR’s main function is ‘friend-raising’. On behalf of Colleen Moten and the POR committee, I would like to thank all the Year Level Representatives this year who have warmly welcomed new families into the Ruyton community. The Year Level Representatives meeting on the 6th November was well attended. In particular, I would like to thank Donna De Bortoli, who has ably chaired the Reps this year, providing support and lots of innovative ideas for functions.
The POR will have a busy end to the year. We are operating two very important services to parents over the next two weeks. They are the Second-Hand Uniform Sale (Saturday 28th November) and the Second-Hand Book Sale (Monday 30th November to Friday 4th December). The POR are indebted to our two Co-ordinators, Jo-Anne Sibree for Uniforms and Fiona Marsh for Books. Without their dedication and organisational skills these services would not run as efficiently as they always do. Thank you to all our hard-working sub-committee members who support Jo-Anne and Fiona so enthusiastically.
The POR are also providing one final event this term, the Junior School Disco. It will be held on Friday 4th December. This is a fun way for Junior School girls to finish off their school year. The POR provide the entertainment and a snack, while the cover charge of $5 is donated to a charity. This year the nominated charity is Anglicare.
We are also proud to be providing each Year 12 student with a Ruyton key-ring. The POR hope that the girls will treasure their individually engraved key-ring as a special reminder of their years at Ruyton.
As Colleen and I are retiring as Co-Presidents we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our committee members who have provided their support whenever asked, for our various events and services throughout the year. Our thanks also go to Elizabeth Perini our school contact person for her support and guidance. We wish the POR’s incoming Co-Presidents, Ruth Wirtz and Sue Sloan a very successful year ahead.
Mrs Karina Woolrich and Mrs Colleen Moten
Co-Presidents
POR Annual Report 2009
This year has again seen many parents tirelessly offer their knowledge and energy to assist with POR events and activities.
All the functions that have been held throughout the year were again profitable. The end of year book sale is always a great success. Many thanks to all the POR helpers for all their work in creating it, back in 2005, and making it the valuable resource it is today.
Both the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Breakfasts were again sold out. The events are very popular. This year we added a raffle to the men’s breakfast, which raised over $1,700 and made some fathers very happy! The pancakes were the talking point at the Mother’s Day Breakfast. The combined profit of the two events was just over $2,500.
There were more expenses this year with the Drug and Alcohol Resource Booklet as well as the promotional A-frame signage, plus several minor items of expenditure, but we are still showing a healthy balance.
POR would like to thank everyone who has donated their time, effort and items this year. We look forward to doing it all again next year.
I would personally like to thank Karina and Colleen for their work. It is a big commitment and needs people who have a love for the school and the girls – these two certainly do. I thank them again and wish them well.
Mr. Maurice Zajonc
POR Administrator