All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[THC]

ANITA TOURANI:

Hi ,


writting this msg with total disappointment , that my parent volunteering application for 2007 born with Raffles girls primaary school has been rejected. We both me and my husband are well qualified, i cant understand on which damn basis do they even select the application for PV.

I have written an email to David Chew the Admin manager of PV and the chair person but got no reply , went to the school and they are away .

Really dont know what to do and ultimately what for them they will just say sorry and i dont have a chance also to try...

I applied for PV in a popular school a couple of years back and was rejected as well. But i learned that we should \"focus\" on the areas that the school excel in, example CCA or Music or others. Nevertheless, I will be registering my DS1 in P2B (GRL) this July.

[inusa]

for foreigner, non-Singaporean and non-PR, there is no chance to get to the phase 2B even with 40 hours of PV work’s done, right?

[phtthp]

not for hot, popular / branded schools.

by end of phase 2C, all hot popular schools are snapped up.

all foreigners can only enter Phase 3 (last phase)
refer MOE registration phases:-
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/phases/

[phtthp]

ANITA TOURANI:

Hi ,


writting this msg with total disappointment , that my parent volunteering application for 2007 born with Raffles girls primary school has been rejected.

We both me and my husband are well qualified, i cant understand on which damn basis do they even select the application for PV.

it doesn't mean that once you are well qualified, your chance for PV is high.

my friend is a primary school teacher, teaching English for many years in a Convent girls school.

She also applied PV for a hot, branded school - at the other side of Bukit Timah road. Her daughter was born 2007, due for P1 2014.

Her PV application was rejected. She wrote in to appeal 2nd time - still got rejected. Her husband, a doctor (also well qualified) then helped her appeal & spoke to the Principal. Also not successful. Somehow, this school doesn't need his medical skills. My friend was very upset, disappointed.

different school(s) have different need.

[phtthp]

Scary:

You may be in demand if you can provide medical, IT services, etc.

may I know which school require medical services for PV?
apparently, the school that my friend applied PV for - doesn't need.

[durian0096]

hi,


Some branded schools dont need PV so even u offer medical/teaching services they still reject. e.g MGS at the other end of bukit timah road…

[phtthp]

you are right! MGS doesn't need PV.


for phase 2B -
MGS only strictly accept Methodist church members.
Not any other Protestant denomination: Baptists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutheran, Brethren, Pentecostal, Free Evangelica, Charismatic, Jewish churches, Reformed churches, etc. or admit those who came in via GRL, staying < 1 km.

from 2010 to 2012 P1 intake -
balloting for MGS start less than 1 km.

http://www.mgs.sch.edu.sg/documents/0000/2329/Phase_2C_-_2011.pdf

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=424&start=1920

the school my friend had applied for PV wasn't MGS ...
at the other side of Bukit Timah road. She was upset because she stayed < 1km from that school, yet not selected for PV.

[Scary]

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Scary:

phtthp:

[quote=\"ANITA TOURANI\"]Hi ,


writting this msg with total disappointment , that my parent volunteering application for 2007 born with Raffles girls primary school has been rejected.

We both me and my husband are well qualified, i cant understand on which damn basis do they even select the application for PV.

it doesn't mean that once you are well qualified, your chance for PV is high.

my friend is a primary school teacher, teaching English for many years in a Convent girls school.

She also applied PV for a hot, branded school - at the other side of Bukit Timah road. Her daughter was born 2007, due for P1 2014.

Her PV application was rejected. She wrote in to appeal 2nd time - still got rejected. Her husband, a doctor (also well qualified) then helped her appeal & spoke to the Principal. Also not successful. Somehow, this school doesn't need his medical skills. My friend was very upset, disappointed.

different school(s) have different need.

[/quote]Is he flexible in timing when it comes to volunteering his medical skills? Is he willing to continue his service after clocking the required no. of hours? Again, who will be the one contributing most of the required no. of hours? Your friend or her husband? The P after talking to so many parents over so many years, will know whether to select your friend even if he can provide the services that the school may require.

[nite]

Hi,


Don't mind me asking. Is it RGPS, NYPS or ...?

Thanks.

phtthp:

you are right! MGS doesn't need PV.

for phase 2B -
MGS only accept Methodist church members (Not any other Protestant denomination: Baptists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Charismatic, etc), or come in via GRL, staying < 1 km.

the school my friend had applied for PV wasn't MGS ...
at the other side of Bukit Timah road. She was upset because she stayed < 1km from that school, yet not selected for PV.