Parent Council

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Parent Council

The Primary, Middle and High schools, along with the Kindergarten, is supported by an elected council with one representative for each class in the school. There is also an alternate class representative who is available for times when the parent representative cannot be. Parent Council class representatives are generally elected at the class meetings which are held early in the school year.

The Parent Council holds regular meetings, approximately monthly. One elected member of the council attends the school’s board meetings to ensure that the parents’ interests are represented in that forum. He or she is able to both take parents’ concerns and views to the Board and to share information from the Board with the parent body through the parent council members.

Involvement of Parent Council

All parents are encouraged to express general ideas, concerns and suggestions about the school through their elected parent representatives.

The Parent Council supports the school with projects such as fundraising, improving the facilities and supplementing the school’s resources, arranging special events. Meetings are usually held at the beginning of each month.

Becoming involved in the Parent Council or its activities is an excellent way for new parents to meet others and to become a more active part of the Skagerak community.

Parent Council members 2023/2024

Gretha C. De la Garza
Chairperson
Eldrid Jacoby
Deputy chairperson
Shyam Venkatraman
Finance
Nil Kamacioglu
Secretary
Mhairi Sweenie
Event
Hazel Venkatraman
Board representative
Roxanne Kapperud
Deputy board representative
Christian
School representative MYP
Student representative HS

Parent Council members 2023/2024 (Class representatives)

Kindergarten
Fredrik Austrheim, Tony Laurie
PY1
Johan van den Berg, Marten Broockmann
PY2
Sarah Cruz-Rodriguez, Davis Naveen
PY3
Elfrid Jacoby, Hazel Venkatraman
Big MAC
PY4
Loan Mathiassen, Rabia Warraich
PY5
Adriana Herrera Merckoll
PY6
Hannah Aarvold
MY1
Nil Kamacioglu
MY2
Roxanne Kapperud
MY3K
Mhairi Sweenie
MY3R
Hannah Aarvold
MY4
Year 11
DP1
DP2

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