ESB Students pass touch typing course
News about our first group of students who passed their touch typing exams has made it into the local newspaper.
For the full story click on the link below:
http://www.dichtbij.nl/groot-alkmaar/regio/artikel/2253362/acht-blindtypers-.aspx
February Half term 2012
Dear parents,
In about two weeks, the European School has planned the first holiday of the year 2012.
As you all know this will take place from the 20th February – 24th of February.
Please let us know if you want to join Alles KITS. For Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we will be at the European School. On Wednesday and Friday we will take care of the children at the Adelbertusschool.
Regards,
Marit Kriek General Manager Kinderopvang
Kinderopvang Alles Kits
Thank you!
Dear Parents, Teachers, Students and Staff,
We would like thank everyone for coming to our party Friday evening. The food, drinks, preparation, help, support, entertainment and all the positive feedback you provided made the evening very special! Everything was appreciated and we hope even the children that came enjoyed themselves as well.
We hope you all had a nice time and we look forward to having another party with everyone from the school again! Thank you. The PAC
Dr Lewis, teachers and student performing at the party.
European School wins Silver medal in School Chess Championships second year in a row
The School library needs more Spanish books.
If you have any Spanish books/magazines you do not need,
please donate them to the school library so our students can make use
of them. Thank you!
Thanks! PAC
Workgroups for Health & Safety / Child Protection
Dear Parents / Guardians,
The workgroups for Health and Safety / Child Protection are being set up and we would like your participation.
There will be twelwe different workgroups working on Child protection, and we have been asked to represent the parents in at least nine of them.
The subjects differs from bullying, allegations of abuse, environment to outside school activities. If you are interested to join, you can ask to be working on a certain area.
Please send me an email if you are interested, with your name and contact details.
You do not need to have any past experience, but if you have a background in a certain field that could make a contribution, please state that as well.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Looking forward to working with you.
Best Regards,
Sara Sundsten Kolset
pac.kolset@gmail.com
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Help! Help!! Help!!!
We need your help in different areas within the PA, for further information of how you can help contact us at
info@europeanschool-parents.nl , we are also available in the PA room every wednesday from 09:00-10:00am.
Come in and talk to us.
Membership contribution reminder
We are in the second month of the school year, Extra-curricular activities started on Friday,
for your child to take part in these activities,you need to be a member of the PA and should
have paid 25 euros annual membership fee. Please visit the PA website, under membership,
complete the form and send it to us with your payment.
Regards
PAC
XS T-shirts are now available
We are pleased to announce that the XS T-shirts are now available to be picked up from the PA room 39 on Wed, 09:00 and 10:00 hrs
If you have purchased a bigger size and would like to exchange it for a smaller size, you are more than welcome to do so.
Donation of board games needed
Do you have old board games that you do not need anymore?
We are in need of board games for the Secondary students, it does not matter what language we will take them.
Please bring them to the PA room 39 on Wed between 9:00 and 10:00am.
Thank you for your help.
Sign up for updates
On the right hand side of this web page, you can sign up to receive by email, the latest news from the Parents Association.
If you sign up you don’t need to go to PA website every time you want to know the latest news.
There may be an important message that for some reason doesn’t reach you through the usual channels.
New Parents
The PA room (39) will be open as usual on Wednesday’s from 09:00 – 10:00. Here, school tee-shirts etc, can be purchased. Members of the PAC will be present to answers any questions from new parents.
Join the PAC
We still need more parents for the various workgroups and to be part of the Committee.
If you are interested to put in a few hours to improve the school for your child/ren please contact us at pac.helpdesk@gmail.com.
Transport
For any information about transportation from Amsterdam ( door-to-door-service) or Alkmaar ( taxi service or public bus), don’t hesitate to look at our website, on the page Transportation or contact this address : info@europeanschool-parents.nl or pac.helpdesk@gmail.com
Hot Lunches
The hot lunches will start again right from the beginning of the school year, on Tuesday September 6th! Please refer to the attachment for details concerning the subscription.
Please note that payments should be made before September 18th. Hotlunch letter to parents
We would like to ask more people to help us serve the hot lunches this year. We would need at least 6 more people to get the service running!
The helpers need to spend 2 hours twice a month and will be entitled to a 25% discount over the hot lunches prices. Write us an email at HotlunchBES@gmail.com
Hope to see your child(ren) happily eating at the hot lunches!!!!
