Welcome to the Arthur Miller Parent Group
We're a group of parents who meet monthly to put fundraising opportunities into action and organise social activities for parents. Our group also includes a staff representative and a Board of Trustees member who come along to meetings to keep us in touch with what is happening at a management level.
Like all schools, some activities and equipment fall outside core business funding from the Ministry of Education. The Parent Group, in conjunction with the Board, is proactive in ensuring students don't miss out as a result. In the past we've been very successful in raising funds to purchase fitness stations, computers, sports equipment, undertake landscaping and build the sandpit.
Each year the Board member and staff representative, put forward where funds might be used in the next year, enlisting parent group agreement and support. We like to fund one or two big projects that parents can see completed by the year's end – so the funds raised get spent on the children at the time.
This year, our goal is to raise $15,000, to fund landscaping and shade sails around the new classroom block.
We appreciate all parents' support in fundraising activities, from selling lollies, donating goods for raffles and stocktaking to running a stall at the biennial gala. Every little bit helps.
We would love to see new members, or if you can't commit to meetings but would love to help in some way, please don't hesitate to contact the parent group chairperson or Lauren Pitts, the staff representative on the Parent Group.
The Parent Group meets at 7pm on the first Tuesday of the month, in the school staffroom.