Information about the PTA for the International School of Helsinborg

• How we work• Current Members of the PTA board• Current Projects• Recent Successes• Class Representatives• Useful Information

THE PTA VISION

To create a better everyday School

experience for the students at ISH

• The PTA is elected from those who volunteer to help every year and operates for a calendar year.

• Class representatives are selected at the beginning of each school year.

• The PTA board meets approximately every 6 weeks and a full meeting with all class representatives is held 2 or 3 times a year.

• A voluntary donation of 300 / 500 SEK per family is requested at the beginning of each school year to help subsidise activities within the school; provide funding towards class trips; organise social events for parents, students and teachers; support special needs within the school.

Pictures from Spring Fair 2007

PTA – what we do

The Idea

The Concept

The Task

Parents and teachers together play an active and important role to meet the goals of PYP, MYP and Diploma programs at the International School

The PTA is the platform that helps with simple & efficient support in all practical school issues using cooperation between the school and the parents

Raise moneythrough do-nations andmembershipfees

Provide links to externalexpertise whennot availablewithin ISH

Organise practical helpfor all kinds ofschool eventsand activities

Actively help promote develop theschool

Communication• Minutes from meetings

– Minutes from board meetings are published on the main school website– Issues to be brought up at the next meeting can be taken up directly

with a board member or via the class representatives

• PTA website– www.ishpta.wordpress.com

• New Parent Welcome Book– For all new parents and teachers to the school a 44 page handbook has

been published with information about Helsingborg, helpful information about Sweden and general useful information to help settle into life in Sweden

WELCOME !

Some hints and tips from the Parent Teacher Association

How we work

Chairman

Vice - Chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

Social Secretary

SchoolPrincipal

Diploma ProgramCoordinator

MYPCoordinator

PYPCoordinator

Class Representatives

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Parents

Teachers

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Students

PTA Board

• Recent Projects– Over the recent years the money raised by the PTA

has helped the school in numerous ways. This includes, but not limited to:

• 100’s of new books for the school library• Common room areas for the MYP and Diploma programs• Playground equipment• Playground surface• IT equipment

Class Representatives

Class Representatives help to stimulate and support the active contribution of parents to the school community. They are the eyes and ears of PTA from the parents perspective.

Class Representatives help to stimulate and support the active contribution of parents to the school community. They are the eyes and ears of PTA from the parents perspective.

Contact between class teacher, parents and studentsContact with other Class RepresentativesForward parents ideas to the PTA board

Financial Information

Bank-Giro NumberFor donations to help the PTA our bank-giro number is 5605-0214