DBSPTA-PD Newsletter 2018-19

Message from the Secretary (Chinese)
Hi everyone, I am Paulina Pau, and my two boys are in G8
and G6. It’s my honour and great pleasure to serve in DBSPD-
PTA for seven years! Thanks for School’s recognition, trust and
appreciation, my family’s and many parents’ support in the past
years. These elements always motivate and drive me to serve
with passion. My sons are also very happy to see me at School as I
actively participate in many events throughout 2018-19.
Through organizing School Garden Fete, Café PEP on Open Day,
Parent Volunteers’ Tea Party, leading Community Service Subcommittee,
and working with other ExCo members on sports
related events, Cleaning Day, Lunch Sub-committee activities, my
involvement in PTA and interaction with School and parents is
even more solid and reliable than before. Not only have I witnessed the growth of my sons and many PD boys, I have
also learnt a lot from the work of PTA and witnessed changes and improvement achieved each year.
The signature event Garden Fete was successfully held on 11 November 2018. It was also my seventh year to help
organize this big annual event. Every year I was amazed by the heartfelt and holistic support from over a hundred
parent volunteers. We all sweated out during the day but I saw lots of smiling faces around me. It’s also a good and
happy experience to work with Franklin that took care of Fete Lunch.
With the great support and trust from Ms. Lo, Ms. Natalie Ng, Dr. Nadia Chan, Mr. Nick Leung, Ms. Jen Wan, all
teachers, staff of General Office, William, Joseph, Kinson, Julissa, Peter, ExCo members, parents, boys and my family,
my passion in PTA can be sustained since I am a DBSPD parent seven years ago! I am also very happy to see that a
variety of PTA events could be launched smoothly and with great success!
This newsletter shows our work in the 2018-19. Teamwork is always essential and necessary. I am glad that I am
surrounded by love, blessings, care, and support for most of the time and I am sure that I can continue to embrace
challenges and overcome difficulties. I humbly look forward to the opportunity to serve School and our community
in the years ahead.
Ms. Paulina Pau
Secretary (Chinese)
Message from the Convenor of Subcommittees and Activities
Traffic Sub-Committee
It has been my great pleasure to serve in the Traffic
Sub-committee with a group of helpful teachers and
volunteer parents. In 2018-19, 636 boys chose to take
our school bus service, which was roughly 70% of total
student number. PD roundabout has limited space
for our buses to park there at school dismissal, hence
it is difficult to expand the current fleet of 31 buses.
Our Sub-committee has been working with Poon’s
to handle all inquiries and suggestions from parents
on our bus routes. I would like to thank all parents
who have contributed in the discussion and their kind
understanding on the matters. Safety is the top priority
and we always remind parents and boys to avoid
walking on car path inside campus. We also need the
help of parents to avoid parking along the Access Road from Argyle Street to school.
We also had the tendering process for our school bus service and Poon’s came back with the best proposal among
all bidders, especially the ability to provide extra 5pm ECA bus service. We had three Traffic meetings this year with
Poon’s and we are thankful of the precious time from many teachers who joined our Traffic meetings, including Ms.
Phyllis Lo, Ms. Natalie Ng, Mrs. Vivian Chu, Ms. Jenny Lo, Mr. Anthony Lau, Mr. Ryan Li and Mr. Calvin Chan.
Mr. Victor Lee
Convenor of Traffic Sub-Committee
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