The Parent Council is composed of parents, staff and co-opted members with the Head Teacher as professional advisor.

Parent Council

The Parent Council’s rights and duties include:

(a)    supporting the work of the school;

(b)    representing the views of parents/carers;

(c)    consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest;

(d)    promoting contact between the school, parents/carers, pupils and the wider community;

(e)     fundraising;

(f)     taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff;

(g)     receiving reports from the head teacher and education authority;

(h)     receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses and

(i)      improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement.

Members of Parent Councils, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in decisions on placing requests by parents in respect of those situations where the number of placing requests for a particular school or for a particular stage in a particular school exceeds the number of places available.

We have a very active Parent Council in St Michael’s, which serves both our School and Nursery.  We are currently looking for new members to join our Parent Council.

Parent Council Newsletters

Parent Council Newsletter – March 24

The following parents and members of staff, serve on the Parent Council in the following roles:

Parent Council

Parent Council Members are:

Chairperson: Francesca O’Neill

Vice Chairperson: Angela Fitzpatrick

Secretary: Marisa Buchanan

Treasurer: Siobhan Smith

Church Representative: Elizabeth Reid

Teacher Representative:  Staff Members will support each meeting

Professional Adviser:  Mrs Karen Greechan

The Head Teacher is the Professional Adviser to the Parent Council.

Members:

Members of the Parent Council are any parent who wishes to attend meetings and/or support events.

If you have anything you wish to contact the Parent Council about, please contact us in one of the following ways:

• please speak to a member,
• email pc.stmichaels@gmail.com,
• find us on Facebook, St Michael’s Parent Council, Moodiesburn
• Send a letter via the school office.

We look forward to working in partnership with the parents and carers of the children in our school.