Mont Fleuri secondary includes parents in school’s new campaign |05 February 2018

“A school on the brink of change”. This is how Marc Arrisol, the head teacher of Mont Fleuri secondary school, best describes the school’s new initiatives to change how the school is perceived.

In light of the new ‘Mont Fleuri is our school and we love our school’ campaign, the school’s management organised a meeting with parents in order to brief them on how it plans to forge ahead into the future.

The goal: a better school, with a more dedicated and invested students, teachers, parents and community.

The principal secretary for Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Education, Odile de Comarmond, was also present during the meeting which was held on Saturday at the SITE auditorium.

“Parents should always stay connected to the school in order to survey their child’s progress; let us not wait until the end when they are in S5 to become interested in their performance,” PS de Comarmond stated while addressing the parents.

She also reminded them of the importance of making sure that their children adhere to the social contract which is to come into force this year.

The meeting’s programme included a brief introduction of the school’s staff followed by various presentations conducted by the school’s partners.

These included organisations such as Light Amidst My Path (LAMP), Campus Life, the Ministry of Health’s school health programme and Women in Action and Solidarity (WASO) .

LAMP, on their part, presented their peer-based intervention programme which aims to create safer schools and pro-social behaviour which they have already implemented at the English River and Plaisance secondary schools. This programme is expected to make its debut at Mont Fleuri secondary in the upcoming weeks.

A group of Mont Fleuri’s past students headed by a former teacher of the school also joined the fray and have committed themselves to meeting the Mont Fleuri secondary’s various needs.

The programme concluded with a series of detailed explanations of the school’s expectations in regards to the conduct of its students and parents as well as the school’s IGCSE and DELF  examination results for 2017.

“The turnout, although not at a hundred percent, was quite good compared to previous meetings and the parents have also given positive feedback,” Mr Arrisol stated while giving a compte rendu of the event.

“We want the full cooperation of our parents in all our initiatives and we had to ensure that the parents understood that they are our key partners, and that not much can be accomplished without their full support.”