We have had a fantastic year. With a small committee and the further help of some dedicated volunteers we have raised £7605.26 in funds for the school and spent £14,202.82 on projects to enhance and enrich the learning of all MCS students.
Thank you to everyone in the school community who has supported any of our fundraising activities. These have included the Christmas and Summer raffles, ongoing fundraising through Easy Fundraising, the collection and sale of second-hand uniform in partnership with the Bridges Community shop, and a very generous donation from a member of the wider school community.
In February, we were finally able to hold our first social event in school since 2019, our traditional curry and quiz night for parents, students and staff. The event was very popular with a delicious curry provided by the MCS catering team and a winning team of staff from the Science Faculty.
This year, as well as providing a significant contribution to the Summer Learning week (£5000) and to improvements to the library (£1500), we also introduced a new initiative where we allocated a pot of money that individual departments could apply for a share of. This has proved very popular with 3 rounds of staff applications this year. In total, we agreed funds to support 23 requests from 15 different subject areas and distributed just over £9,000 in grants; thus ensuring that money raised by the MCS Friends has contributed to learning and development across the school.
We sought to raise the profile of MCS Friends by attending Open Evenings to increase awareness of our work and involve more members of the school community. This was particularly successful at the new Year 7 transition evenings where a large number of parents signed up to receive ongoing information directly from us, and we hope some of you will now get involved in our work. We are also very grateful to Catherine Fookes, MCS School Governor, and Mr Hampshire, MCS Deputy Head Teacher, for attending our meetings and liaising with staff and Governors on our behalf.
We would like to thank everyone who has supported our activities in any way this year. As you can see the work we do makes a huge difference to what the school is able to offer MCS students. If you would like to get involved please contact us via moncompfriends@gmail.com; we have lots of plans for the forthcoming year.
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