Dear Parent
Welcome to ASPA – the Abingdon School Parents’ Association
As a parent at Abingdon, you are automatically a member of ASPA and our purpose is to bring together the broader Abingdon School community. We aim to achieve that purpose by organising events – especially aimed at Lower School and Third Year parents to help those who are new to the school meet other parents. We also actively encourage other social events particularly within form and year groups organised by the parents themselves.
Our purpose also includes an element of fundraising and we will be looking to have a whole school fundraising event each year, probably in the Summer Term.
As you can imagine Covid-19 curtailed the activities of ASPA and I became Chair at the start of this academic year. As such we are in effect ‘relaunching’ this year and working out what the cycle of events and activities will be going forward. We are always open to volunteers!
In addition we also aim to work closely with the other parent groups within the school which are more interest based and which you can choose to join to support those particular activities. We also oversee ‘Classlist’ which is a key resource for parents looking to reach out to other parents.
We look forward to hopefully meeting many of you in person this year after the hiatus of the last couple of years and to helping you meet and connect with others in the Abingdon School community. If in the meantime you have any questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail us at aspa@abingdon.org.uk.
With best wishes
Richard Stone
ASPA Chair