DOVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS

PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

Dear Parents/Guardians

    We are pleased that your son will be coming to our school and we welcome him, and you, to the school family.

    The Parents and Friends Association exists to raise funds to provide more facilities for the School, to arrange social events and to help at various school functions.

    Over the years we have provided many "extras" through our fund raising. These have included automatic bar code scanner and blinds for the library, a table tennis table, football team strips, rugby posts, stools for the new science labs plus financial support for sporting, drama, educational trips and other extra curricular activities. All the money we raise raise is used for the benefit of the boys and the school.

    We provide help at events such as Sports Day, Open evenings and Concerts.

    We also sell new T-shirts and hold a good stock of second hand uniform at very reasonable prices. If you are interested please contact the secretary, chairman or second-hand coordinator.

    Our most popular activities include wine and wisdom evening, and we organise other events at various times of the year. Watch out for details in the "Focus" newsletter. One of our main fund-raising activities is the Christmas Draw. Draw tickets are sent home with all pupils, and we ask for your support by selling the tickets to your family and friends.

    The PFA runs a successful 200 club and we encourage you to support this by completing the forms. Please return them as soon as possible to enable us to enter you into the September draw.

    We are always looking for volunteers to serve on the PFA committee, and we are especially pleased to welcome parents of the new boys. Don't wait to be asked-just fill in the form, return it to the school and we will notify you of the next meeting. Alternatively, look for the date of the next meeting in the "Focus" newsletter and just come along.

    Hopefully you and your son will have been provided with details of the school rules. We would like to bring a few points to your attention. We as parents are very concerned about the safety of our children and this is particularly so at the start and end of the school day. Congestion often occurs outside the top gate, especially since measures were introduced to prevent caravans getting onto the land above the gate. We ask parents not to obstruct the the of the turning area just above it. Please do not park or stop in this area, or on the yellow lines, and please do not use the gate for turning. We would also be grateful if you would not use the school drive between 8.15 and 8.45 a.m. and 3.15 and 3.45 p.m.

    Once again, we welcome you to the school and look forward to meeting you.

Joan Gambrell
Chairman.

COMMITTEE

All the above officers, or indeed any member of the Committee, can be
contacted through the School Office if required.