RATHFARNHAM PARISH N.S.
Registered Charity
RCN 20119676
Starting School
The N.C.S.E. has published a very useful handbook for parents of children starting school.
You can access it here:
Parents as partners
Parents play a huge part in the life of the school and we have a 'Parents as Partners Policy'
You can view it here:
Parent Teacher Association
The school is a community where parents, teachers and pupils work together. There is a long established Parent Teacher Association which runs events, helps fundraise and is consulted on policy review and development.
There is a committee comprised of parents and teachers and which is elected each year at the annual AGM. In addition, each class has a class rep who helps pass along information to parents as well as acting as a liaison person with the PTA.
This is the current committee:
Chairperson: Sandra Glover
Treasurer: Daithí Thornton
Secretary: Fintan McGrogan
Teacher nominees: Debbie Murphy and Heather O'Connor
Committee members: Ariane Grey
Yvonne Bradford
Shane Murphy
Claire Ongaro
Joy Edge
The class reps are:
Junior Infants: Zara Moloney
Senior Infants: Ulrika Gervais (O'Sullivan)
Rang 1: Hilary Fitzpatrick
Rang 2: Sue Wallace (Daly)
Rang 3: Niamh de Burca
Rang 4: Sandra Glover
Rang 5: Heather Fitzpatrick
Rang 6: Valerie Ward