Parent Support Groups and their role in our community.

As the year comes to a close and my brother settles in at his new school as a Primary 1 student, I can’t help but wonder, what makes a school a community? The friends, the teachers, and the parents. The parents that show up to every parent-teacher meeting without fail and who cheer you on from the sidelines. The ones who are there for you, always. I’m glad to know I have two of those parents. Unfortunately, not everyone does. This is precisely why there are Parent Support Groups. For parents that are Abel too, to support the school in ways that they can, to support their children and their peers while giving back to the community. Parents are cornerstones in the children’s learning, and they must support and help them in any way they can. This also allows parents to feel reassured about the school’s support systems and how to support their child or children better in terms of their holistic development. As a partner to the school, parents would be able to experience the school culture firsthand and would be able to help out when needed. This would allow schools to form communities and allow children to have a better and more united learning environment to grow and prosper, and for parents to find like-minded parents to arrange play dates, study meets, or in true Singaporean fashion, find out about tuition centres and studying tips. A true win-win situation, for the school, parents, children and new-founded community.

What make a school a community?