Parent Teacher Association

The NKETNS Parent Teacher Association (PTA) provides a structure through which parents/guardians can work with the Principal, staff, Board of Management and children to foster a strong sense of community. The PTA’s programme of activities aims to promote the involvement of parents and advance the interests of the school. Activities include events such as Cake Sales, Cinema Club, the School Calendar, Raffles, Coffee Mornings, Parent Talks and much more. Fundraisers fund many important additions to the school infrastructure, such as the School Name Sign, new designs in the school yard, and touchscreens in all classrooms.

All parents/guardians or teachers of children in school are members of the NKETNS PTA. The PTA is led by a committee elected at an Annual General Meeting. It includes parents nominated at the AGM, two members of the Board of Management (elected by the parent body as parent nominees to the Board), and two teachers (elected by the teaching staff). Sub-committees may also be established to support the organisation of specific events or fundraising activities.

The current PTA Committee members are:

• Sinéad Talbot (Chairperson)

• Claire McGonnell (Secretary)

• Natalie Mowlds (Treasurer)

• Vivienne O’Connor

• Ciara Gogarty

• Julia Kallmeyer

• Sarah McKibbin

• Gillian Duke

• Brian O’Neill

• Arkady Chumachenko

• Kelley Owens

• Mark McDonagh

• Aoife Leung O’Driscoll

• Sharon Curran (teacher representative)

• Lisa Sutton (teacher representative)

• Lisa Freeman (BoM parents’ nominee)

• Matt Ryals (BoM parents’ nominee)
  

The PTA Committee also has a Facebook page, which it uses as a means of communicating news about events and fundraisers, in addition to the School Aladdin and Instagram accounts. Check out NKETNS-PTA on Facebook.

Contact Us

If you have any queries or suggestions for the committee, please contact us at nketnspta@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.