The Parents’ Association supports the family-life balance of our members by offering services like Childminding, Extracurricular Activities, School Buses and Holiday Camps via our subsidiary EuroKids gGmbH. We represent the voice of all ESF Parents in a variety of committees and support the school on everything that happens outside the classroom and contributes to the school community.
"Conflict Management" Talk on 9 November 2017
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- Published: 16 November 2017 16 November 2017
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Dear Parents,
If you were not able to attend the talk held last Thursday 9 November 2017 on "Conflict Management" at the ECB but are interested in finding out about the presentation, here is the link (careful - 320MB download). Also attached are the two handouts which were available on the night of the presentation on "Dealing with toxic resolutions" and the Guidelines on "Conflict Resolution" and a list of books recommended by Dr. Lubbe on the Conflict Management subject. On this website you will also find the previous presentations. If you have any suggestions for the topic of our next talk, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Many thanks again to our expert Dr. Patricia Lubbe for the illuminating presentation and the material she has provided us with and many thanks to the Secondary School Principal, Ms. Chatzivassiliadou, and the Secondary School's Counsellor, Ms. Michelle Ehrler, for our fruitful collaboration on the "Talks" project.
Enjoy the reading!
Doriana Brunner
Interview with Barbara Soszyńska, President of the PA Board
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- Published: 09 November 2017 09 November 2017
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As president of the Parents’ Association, are you the person responsible for school buses and after-school childcare?
Not any longer! Until last school year these services were indeed run by the Board of the Parents’ Association. Now we have a dedicated services company – EuroKids, with a General Manager in charge.
But the Parents’ Association still has an important role to play. In the past it was not as visible as the daily services. It consists in representing parents and working for the school community. Now we want to fully focus on this role. Unlike services, it cannot be delegated to staff or external providers.
Why is representing parents so important?
There is one aspect of the European Schools system that most people are not aware of. Can you imagine that in your country you would be invited as a parent to give your opinion to the Ministry of Education? In our system you are! Parents have a guaranteed place on all decision-making bodies. Both on school and system level. This is a unique opportunity to try to influence things. It is entirely up to us how we use it, and if we make use of it at all.
Of all the stakeholders, we parents have the most at stake: it is about our children!
Read more: Interview with Barbara Soszyńska, President of the PA Board
Save the Date - General Assembly 28 November 2017
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- Published: 06 October 2017 06 October 2017
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Dear Members,
The 2017 General Assembly of the ESF Parents' Association will take place on 28 November 2017 at 19:30 (registration from 19:00) in the Aula of the ESF. Members will be invited via E-Mail at least 2 weeks before the event, but you may want to mark this date in your calendars.
The General Assembly is open to members only. Members can authorize a person to come and vote in their place. But you still have time to become a member!
Halloween Party 10 November 2017 Invitation
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- Published: 11 October 2017 11 October 2017
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Registrations via the following links:
On behalf of the Halloween team
Catherine Brodie and Mariella Spata
Back to school!
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- Published: 07 September 2017 07 September 2017
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Summer holidays have come to an end. As of September, the responsibility for after-school childminding and afternoon activities as well as bus transport has been successfully transferred to EuroKids, a non-profit company founded by the Parents’ Association in cooperation with the ECB. This represents a major improvement in operating and managing the services. Further information on EuroKids is available here.
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PA Board members, EuroKids contractors and ECB representatives from DG-HR celebrating the launch of EuroKids |
