Both St. Anthony's and St. Moncia's are Catholic schools in Kitale. Their governing board known as the Board of Governors (BOG)is similar to our school board. They meet monthly to take care of the business of running the school. Bishop Crowley is the chairman of both schools. That shows his interest in good quality local schools. In the Kitale dioceses, St. Anthony's consistently ranks first in academics and St. Monica's in the top five.
Each school also has a Parent Teacher organization that plays a similar role to our PTAs. Parents and teachers are working together on projects to improve the schools.
Once a year the school holds an AGM (Annual General Meeting). Kenya's love acronyms! The purpose is to allow the BOG, PTA and school administrators to let the parents know of progress, issues, and needs. The parents have the opportunity in the Open Forum to speak about any topic they wish. Important guests are invited and a Chief Guest that is the keynote speaker.
The day started with Mass. These are the liturgical dancers leading the procession as the priest enters to begin Mass. Mass was followed by the meeting and speeches. One of the topics discussed was the need to purchase a generator because Kitale seems to be having electricity problems and the school is frequently without electricity.
The final activity was a late lunch. I was on the committee to help purchase food and supplies for the High Table. We also supervised the arrangement of the room for the special guests.
Click here to see more pictures of this day including many of my fellow teachers at St. Monica's.
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