Parents’ Association

De La Salle Parents’ Association

book raffle in the Tiverton Library on Friday afternoon. All money raised at the raffle went to support the “Coolies”. Our online resources, World Book Online, Electric Library, Mediascan, ANZRC, and The Source, continue to be available both from all networked PCs in the College, and from home. These are accessible by visiting the College’s web page at delsalle.melb.catholic.edu.edu, and clicking on Staff/Students to log in to the College’s intranet. These resources make good quality, relevant, in-depth information available to all staff and students, without having to visit the Library. New acquisitions this year include around 200 fiction and 450 non-fiction titles for the Kinnoull Library. Subject areas for particular focus in 2006 included social issues, Australian flora and fauna, job-hunting and resumes, sport biographies, musicology and environmental change. The Tiverton collection gained around 500 fiction titles and 550 non-fiction titles. Particular focus was on alternative energy, environmental change, general science, natural disasters, animals, visual arts, magic tricks, sports, and European countries. Major audio-visual purchases this year included a cassette-to-CD recorder, video-to-DVD recorder, DVD recorder, five DVD players, and a number of CD players. At the end of 2005, we farewelled Mrs Jenna Jackson, Ms Nicole Humphrey and Ms Pauline Mulholland. Thank you to Mrs Marian Evans, Mrs Jane Pretty, Mr Val Railey and Mr David Ferguson for replacing them in 2006. Susan Jost College Librarian As we approach the end of 2006, I look back on the past year, its milestones, its memories and its many changes. The parents have filled the role of the quiet achievers with their generous help at mail-outs, functions and other school presentations. Many parents enjoyed the opportunity to mingle and get to know other parents at a Wine Night, two Mothers’ Weekends and a Father and Son Weekend. There was also the opportunity to learn more about what was going on in the school and to ask questions at our Open Forum in October, as well as the opportunity to attend any of our monthly executive committee meetings which a number of parents did and enjoyed. We joined in the celebration of the De La Salle Brothers’ Centenary in Australia, with a mass followed by supper. We are looking forward to the changes and experiences of 2007 and hope to meet many more of our De La Salle parent community.

Mrs Liz Kortum On Behalf of the Parents’ Associationa