Medezeggenschapsraad | Murmellius Gymnasium Alkmaar

Participation Council

The Participation Council (MR) is the official consultative body for parents, students, and staff at the school. We contribute ideas and make decisions on important matters such as school policy, safety, educational quality, and the allocation of school funds. Our goal is to represent the interests of everyone within the school community and to ensure good and open communication between the school, parents, and students.

The Participation Council consists of elected representatives of all stakeholders and works constructively with the school management to make the Murmellius Gymnasium even better.

SOVON has a Joint Participation Council ( GMR ).
The GMR consists of a delegation from the board's affiliated schools (staff, parent, or student representatives). In principle, the GMR consists of sixteen members (of whom 8 are teachers, 4 students, and 4 parents).

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The Participation Council of the Murmellius Gymnasium has 8 members, namely 4 staff members, 2 parent members, and 2 student members.

The MR of the Murmellius Gymnasium consists of a staff section (PG) of four persons, a parent section (OG) of two persons, and a student section (LG) of two persons.

Parent Committee:
Norbert Veldman (Chairman)
Sandra Zwolsman

Staff section:
Marina Kuipers (secretary), kui@murmellius.nl
Velda Slenters
Coen van Rhoon
Laura Zijlma

Student representatives:

Fleur Tiebie
Jasper Meijns

Student Council

The Student Council is the voice of the students at Murmellius Gymnasium. We strive for a better school by discussing student ideas and feedback with the school administration. Whether it concerns school rules, facilities, activities, or the school climate, your opinion counts! The council consists of elected students from various classes and works together to make the school even more fun and better for everyone.

All students at Murmellius are automatically members of the student association. The students are represented by the student council.

The student council consists of a board of 4 members.

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Parents' Association

As parent(s)/guardian(s), you have automatically become a member of the parents' association of the Murmellius Gymnasium. The parents' association requests a voluntary contribution of €20 per year for membership. This money is used to pay for numerous things that make education even better; teachers can apply to the parents' council for a subsidy for extra activities.

The school has no further control over these funds and acts merely as treasurer. The voluntary contribution requested by the parents' association is therefore not included in the parental contribution.

The Murmellius Gymnasium has an active parents' association that is involved in various educational and social activities.

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The parents' association organizes the Open Day and the graduation ceremony together with the school management.

The parents' association provides information to parents of current and prospective students about the school from the parent's perspective, among other things. For example, by staffing the parents' stand at the annual Open Day and answering questions from visiting parents.

An annual theme evening is also held on a current and engaging topic. For example: "Help! My child is disappearing into social media or gaming."

There are numerous initiatives by teachers and students that cannot always be fully funded by the school. This is where the parents' association can step in. Thanks to voluntary membership contributions, it has been possible in recent years to provide financial support for, for example, the introductory days for all classes and the excursions to Ypres for Year 3 students organized by the English and History departments.

Would you like to help organize the Open Day, the graduation ceremony, or the theme evening?

Are you good at writing and do you enjoy helping to promote the parents' association and its activities via the website, newsletter, or email?

Do you see other possibilities to make the parents' association a thriving organization?

In that case, please contact the parents' association at ouderraad@murmellius.nl .

There is also still a vacancy on the board of the parents' association. This board, the Parents' Council, currently consists of 3 people with children from various classes.

Jaap Groen - Chairman
Marcia Pronk - Secretary
Mike van der Peet - Treasurer

There is still room for more members on the board! All members of the parents' association can sign up to join the board.

The parents' council meets approximately 5 times a year. These are both meetings at the Murmellius and online meetings.

Incidentally, all meetings are open to the public and can therefore always be attended by members of the parents' association.