Maynooth Post Primary School Parent Teacher Association: Minutesof the PTA Meeting, 8th December 2009

Next Monthly Meeting on Tuesday – 9^th February 2010, at 8 pm at the MPPS

All Parents welcome!

Approval of Minutes

The minutes were reviewed from the last meeting. Minutes were approved by Julie O’Dea and Anne Marie Coyle.

Treasurers Report

Balance from the end of October Statement was €23, 399.40

Income €306.63 (from Standing orders)

Expense €2050.00 (Musical 1500 & Handbook 550)

Action Items

Item	Description	Owner
School Musical	Volunteers still required for bag packing in Tecso. Send list of volunteers to Mary Murphy. Donation of 1500 provided.	FMag

Subscription	Letters sent out. Many thanks to volunteers. Update on contributions will be given at next meeting.	GQ, AJ
Christmas Concert	Volunteers still needed for this year’s Christmas Concert on Thursday 17^th December. Mary has sourced wine etc from O’Donovan’s for €306. Need to purchase table clothes. Mary has provided list of what is required from school.	FMag AMC MF
First Aid Certs	Certificates for some teachers are expiring. Teachers will need to attend a refresher course. Can PTA cover cost of this? A. Dunne/J. Nevin will check on costs from various suppliers – provide at next meeting.	JN/AD
VEC elections	Letter sent to VEC voicing our concerns. Provide update at next meeting.	FMag

Principal’s Report
Andrew Dunne presented the Principals Report. It included:

· Sincere thanks to Mr Collopy and Mr Hayden, both recently retired, for their many years of dedicated Service.

· Welcome to new members of staff: Mr Gildea (Eng/Metalw) Ms Fahy (Spainish/German), Mr Noone (Geog/Hist), Ms Gaffney (Guidance C.), Ms Flaherty (LS)

· Parent/teacher meetings – today 8^th Dec for L. Certs from 9:30-12:00pm and J. Certs from 1:00pm-3:30pm.

· Auditions and rehearsals for annual School Musical are ongoing. The show will be on Thurs 4^th Feb for 4 nights. Fund raising activities include bag packing in Tesco and Carol singing in Manor Mills on Thursday 10^th and Friday 11^th from 6-8pm.

· Transition students are organizing a collection of household electrical goods to be recycled. They are asking each student to bring in at least one electrical item. Items will be collected every Mon/Tues in December.

· Christmas Charity Day will be on December 14^th – non-uniform Day, decoration making competition, a fashion show using recyclable items, collection of goods for those affected by recent floods. The money raised will go to a number of charities.

· Applications for 1^st year enrollment should be submitted by 11^th Dec ’09.

· Eportal system will be up and running very soon. Initial administration taking time due to cutbacks on Administration resources. It is being introduced to staff on Dec 9^th. Plan to have reports in electronic format.

· Vaccine for H1N1/Swine flu will be offered shortly by HSE. The school continues to ask that all follow procedure to limit the spread of the virus.

· Playing Pitch Development – There will be a meeting with GAA in January. Survey will be completed Issue over lease ongoing. It will be a phased development.

· Mr McKeever will be a guest speaker to 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th year students on 16^th December. He has also written a book on ‘Give Me Irish Heroes’ costs €15 of which €5 will be given to the school.

· Other Dates – School reopens on Jan11, staff meeting on January 11 – 2:40pm-3:50pm

· TY & 5^th year Parent teacher meetings on 13^th Jan from 1:50=3:50pm.