Ross High Parent Council

Please find attached, for information, a briefing note which Ross High Parent Council have been sent, which may help to explain the process that East Lothian Council are going through relating to the changes to the Home to School Transport policy.

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With a view to improving our communication and trying to engage more with parents/carers, the Parent Council have decided to produce a termly Parent Council newsletter. Attached for your information, is a copy of the newsletter for this term.

Thank you

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The Annual Report of Ross High School Parent Forum for 2009 is now available to browse in the downloads section.

Due to problems with uploading documents, it has only just been possible to publish this.

The next meeting of the Parent Council will take place on Tuesday 23rd February 2010 at 7pm in Ross High School.

There is currently a problem uploading documents and it is not possible to view the agenda through this post. If you would like a copy of the agenda, please leave a comment and we will e-mail it to you.

Thank you

Ross High School Parent Council would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all those people who came along to support and donate to our bag packing effort at Somerfield, last weekend.

A generous total of £384 was donated from the bag packing which took place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Ross High Parent Council have organised, in conjunction with Lothian & Borders Police and Ross High School, a Road Safety Event, to be held at Ross High School on Tuesday 1st December 2009 at 7.00pm.

Learning to drive is one of life’s milestones. Driving brings freedom and independence and teenagers no longer need to rely on parents/carers for lifts!

Many parents want to help their children become safe and confident drivers, capable of handling any situation on our modern roads. Research shows that the best way to develop safe and competent drivers is through both professional driving tuition and private practice.

The presentation on 1st December is to both parents of pupils that are considering learning to drive, are currently learning to drive or have recently passed their test. The aim of this event is to help guide learner drivers and their parents in the process  of learning to drive and provide information on how parents can continue to provide support to their son/daughter after they have passed their test.

We look forward to seeing you at this event.

The Parent Council will be bag packing at Somerfield in Tranent from Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November inclusive to raise funds for the school.

If you would like to support this worthwhile cause, please come along to Somerfield between the following times;-

Friday 13th November - 2.00pm - 6.00pm

Saturday 14th November - 10.00am - 2.00pm

Sunday 15th November - 10.00am - 2.00pm

We hope that you may be able to make it along at some time over the weekend.

As Ben Cairns left Ross High during the summer, Andrew Welsh was appointed as Head Boy and Darren Bellshaw as Deputy Head Boy.

Stacey McMillan remains as Head Girl and Jenny Sewell as Deputy Head Girl.

We wish them every success for the coming year.

Some of you will be very organised and will already have started your Christmas Shopping for 2009, but for those who have not started and will be shopping online – please read on!

The Parent Council has taken the decision to try to assist in raising extra money to assist with the various financial needs at Ross High School.

There’s now a new and easy way for you to help the Parent Council raise funds for Ross High School - simply by shopping online!

easyfundraising is a shopping directory that features some of your favourite online stores, including Amazon, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV and over 500 others. All you have to do is use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, we’ll receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make.

It really is that simple! It’s completely FREE to register and use and you still shop with each retailer in exactly the same way. Many retailers even offer additional discounts and money saving e-Vouchers when you shop using easyfundraising.

If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit :-

 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/rosshi…

and when you register, select The Ross High School Parent Council as the organisation you wish to support.