My first MAPA meeting

of course it wasn't called MAPA but "oudervereniging".

Anyway - when I got there, most of the people there were "old timers", meaning that they have been part of this parent group for a while. I was also surprised that it weren't that many people, only 12 or so. Myself and two others were the "new ones", so we got some introduction of what this parent group is about.

The director of the school was also there, which I thought was a great opportunity to get to know her better as well, and not just be one of the many faces around school to her.

A lot of what the MAPA does, is to organize events, some to raise money, but others just for fun.
Someone is in charge for assigning volunteers to certain tasks and someone else is in charge for buying food/drinks and catering, and so on ...

I have already volunteered to visit stores/businesses in Tremelo to ask for donations as prizes for our quiz night while on the night itself I will also help out in the bar sections too.

So far, the people that I have met through this group have been very nice, and it is fun to know a few more faces around school. Someone else to say "Hi" to :-)