About Us

The Onslow Home and School Committee, with the direction of the school, oversee and execute all fundraising activities. It is a very active committee of parents and always has open arms to any parents that want to become involved in any way they can. Home and School works tirelessly to give back to the students and Staff at Onslow Elementary. Please feel free to email us if you would like to join.

 

As of 2015, we established a Constitution, please feel free to have a read.

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations (QFHSA)

Benefits of membership:

•  Access to a wide range of resources, workshops and networking opportunities that improve leadership skills of Local Home and Schools. Today’s Home and School leaders become tomorrow’s community leaders.

•  Access to a wide range of resources and workshops that raise the standards of home life and school life by the promotion of improved social and parental skills at home, at school and for the community as a whole.

•  A voice for you, the parent, through collective representation at government levels and within organizations involved in the education sector and/or youth sectors.

•  A subscription to the QFHSA NEWS, published since 1948, which preserves and celebrates the contributions, concerns and activities of local associations, reflecting the unique culture of the English-speaking school community of Quebec.

•  Provision of charitable tax receipts for your home and school donations and liability insurance coverage for every volunteer member in good standing when volunteering in a home and school sponsored event. The privilege to function as an independent parent volunteer organization with your own bank account and agenda, in conjunction with your school’s governing board and administration and in accordance with QFHSA’s guidelines.

 

The Quebec Federation of Home & School Associations Inc. (QFHSA) is a federation of local Home and School Associations driven by one objective: to provide a caring and enriched educational experience for students.  Members of Home and School Associations come from all sectors of society:  working parents, stay-at-home parents, grandparents, educational professionals, and other ordinary citizens with an interest in maintaining a high level of education in this province.  Their children attend schools that can be found in every corner of theprovince of Quebec and represent the cultural diversity within the minority English-language school system.  Our members pay a modest annual fee to be part of the QFHSA and we currently represent 80+ school communities from all across the province who share our goals and objectives. 

The QFHSA, which was founded in 1944, has built a solid reputation helping to recruit and train parent volunteers in schools, working to enhance the education and well being of children across Quebec.  

As an independent, incorporated, non-legislated and not-for-profit volunteer organization, QFHSA also provides leadership in developing and coordinating programs, activities and services for quality parental involvement in the home, the school and the community.

 

You can read more about QFHSA at www.qfhsa.org 

 

You can view QFHSA newsletters here