From the Pymble Parent Association
We have a wonderful family of enthusiastic parent volunteers across the College and we would love you to meet Edwina Beveridge who is the committee leader for our Boarding community.
I am proud to be mother of Alice (Year 10) and Sophie (Year 8), both have boarded at Pymble since Year 7. We live on a farm near Young, a four-hour drive from Pymble. On our farm we grow sheep, cattle, crops and pigs. Our daughters can ride horses, motorbikes, drive tractors and know their way around a pig shed. I am the Chair of the Pymble Boarders Parents Group, who organise Boarder parent events, raise money for Boarding scholarships and provide feedback to the school on boarding.
Boarding is very special at Pymble. Parents trust the school to look after our beautiful daughters, girls can come from as far away as a ten-hour drive and a few even live overseas. Most girls are not able to go home during term and may only see their parents a few times a term. We send them to boarding school so they can enjoy the opportunities of what Pymble has to offer and to make a wide group of friends from Sydney and across the country.
Thank you to all the parents of day girls who give them lifts to sport or have them to stay for the weekend, we will always be grateful! If you would like to help out a Boarder, please encourage your daughter to make friends with the Boarder in her class and invite them to your home for an afternoon or the weekend. They love going to day girls houses just as much as they love showing day girls around their home/farm/town.
Written by Edwina Beveridge, mother of Alice and Sophie
The Pymble Gives Back initiative is a great way for the girls to get involved in and meet other students who may share the same passion and interest to serve our community. It is also an important part of our girls’ growth to learn to extend their gifts and talents for the benefit of others.
If you are new to the College, please don’t forget to register for our New Parents High Tea! We would love to meet you. Please click here to register by Friday 17 March.
Sunny Hres
PPA President on behalf of the entire PPA Committee