A welcome note from this year's SAC Co-Chairs

Hello, Dovercourt community!

On behalf of everyone at the Dovercourt School Advisory Council (SAC), we hope you all have had a terrific start to the school year. As we all settle into the fall routine, we'd like to introduce ourselves (or re-introduce ourselves) to you all.

Peggy is returning as SAC Co-Chair. She's been involved with SAC for many years, three of which as co-chair. Her son, Charlie, is in Grade 6 at Dovercourt.

This is Deborah's first year as Co-Chair, but she's been involved with SAC as communications lead for the past few school years. Her son, Jude, is in Grade 8 at Dovercourt, and her daughter, Hazel, is in Grade 5. 

We both love Dovercourt, and care deeply about making it as good as it can be for everyone in our school community. (We suspect we're not the only ones.)

As we look to the year ahead, we have three main goals: 

1. To raise money for the school. We're planning several fundraising initiatives for the year ahead. Every dollar we raise goes towards enrichment activities, field trips, events, and other measures that improve day-to-day life at the school. (If you have ideas for fundraisers, please bring them to us!)
   
2. To host awesome events. We're already starting to organize Spring Fling, our marquee fundraising and community-building event. We're also planning the school's annual Dance-a-thon fundraiser, a winter family movie night, and our Super Swap event.
   
3. To build a strong SAC community. We want as many Dovercourt parents, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers to get involved with SAC as possible. Have you ever wondered what goes on in the school all day? Want to join a fun and big-hearted group of volunteers in making the school better? Do you simply have a terrific idea for Spring Fling? Reach out, or join us at a meeting. 

This past school year was a great one for SAC. We rebuilt our volunteer ranks and event strategy after COVID, strengthened our balance book, and laid the foundation for a great year ahead. With your help, together, we can make it happen.

Yours in education,
Peggy Gibbons and Deborah Aarts
2024/2025 Co-Chairs, Dovercourt SAC

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