The PTO (Parent-Teacher Organisation) at ACS Cobham International School would like to extend a warm welcome to all prospective families!

As parents of an ACS Cobham student, you are automatically part of the PTO. The main objectives of the PTO are to support and enrich our children’s learning experience, to help facilitate communication among parents, staff and students, and to help enhance the sense of community, which is so special here at ACS Cobham.

The PTO is headed by the PTO Board, whose 28 members continually work to achieve these aims by, among others, organising and facilitating numerous activities, events, and projects throughout the school year.

For new families who come in during the summer, the PTO Welcome Team hosts ‘welcoming picnics’ on campus for newcomers for them to start making friends, and to help with the questions that inevitably come with moving to a new place. The WT also organises Welcome Coffees twice a year, and runs a ‘buddy family’ programme, which offers to match new families with returning families who live in the same area or have similar-aged children.

The Welcome Team works closely together with the PTO Country Rep Group, which consists of one or more parent representatives from each country group represented on campus. The CRG reps aim to welcome each new family in their own native language, and help them settle in a new environment and culture.

Throughout the school year, the PTO sponsors several Forums (general parent information meetings led by the administrators); and organises many other events, such as the Ice Cream Social, Halloween “Trunk-or-Treat,” Career Day, Staff Appreciations, and Party for the Planet.

Equally important, the PTO creates and supports various culturally-themed events throughout the year, such as the International Fair. We are so lucky to have children representing more than 60 nationalities at ACS Cobham, and students, parents, and staff fully enjoy celebrating our wonderful international community and learning about each others’ cultures.

Without the support of the parents, i.e. the PTO, our school environment would not be the welcoming, friendly and positive place it is. By getting involved, you will not only enjoy the fact that you are supporting our children’s learning experience. You will also be richly rewarded with the children’s happy faces, with beginning to feel at home, with learning more about what’s going on in our community, with sharing laughs and with soon making new friends from all over the world!

 

Camilla Mullertz
President, ACS Cobham PTO
ACS Cobham International School
Heywood
Portsmouth Road
Cobham, Surrey
KT11 1BL England
Telephone:  +44 (0) 1932 867251