PTA Next Gen Skills Lab
When parents actively shape school life, they pass on skills and values that no textbook can teach. Their voices, knowledge, and presence help build resilience, broaden horizons, and create a support system for every student. A parent's involvement shows boys that education is a shared responsibility and that their future is worth collective investment.
Legacy Parent Network
What is it?
Parents of alumni share experiences about their sons' transitions into university, trades, or employment.
How it Works
A mentorship-style event where parents explain challenges faced after school and how boys overcame them.
Long-Term Benefit
Provides real, relatable guidance for current students and families, creating continuity between past and present. Strengthens alumni ties to the school.
Future Entrepeneurs Fair
What is it?
Parents who run businesses showcase how to start and grow a business.
How it Works
Once a year, parents set up booths explaining their operations, from small shops to professional services. Boys can try mini business challenges.
Long-Term Benefit
Sparks entrepreneurial thinking in students, showing them how to create opportunities rather than wait for them. Builds financial literacy and job-creation skills.
Wellness Warriors Program
What is it?
Parents in healthcare or wellness lead sessions on nutrition, exercise, mental health, and personal hygiene.
How it Works
Monthly talks or practical workshops like cooking healthy meals or stress management techniques.
Long-Term Benefit
Encourages healthy lifestyles among boys, reducing long-term risks of chronic illness while teaching them to care for body and mind.
Innovation Hubs
What is it?
Parent–teacher teams collaborate to design and run small improvement projects within the school.
How it Works
Projects include recycling drives, hydroponic school gardens, or simple mobile apps for school communication.
Long-Term Benefit
Cultivates creativity, problem-solving, and ownership in students. It also modernizes the school environment without heavy reliance on outside funding.
Read to Lead Programs
What is it?
Parents volunteer as reading partners for students struggling with literacy or comprehension.
How it Works
Weekly one-on-one or small group reading sessions. Parents encourage reading for fun and help boys expand vocabulary.
Long-Term Benefit
Improves literacy rates, boosts confidence, and sharpens critical thinking skills. Strong reading ability impacts every subject positively.
Sports Boost Clinics
What is it?
Parents with sporting knowledge volunteer to train students in their discipline.
How it Works
Extra coaching sessions in cricket, football, athletics, or martial arts. Sessions focus on discipline, teamwork, and fitness, not just competition.
Long-Term Benefit
Produces fitter, more disciplined boys, some of whom could pursue sports professionally. Instills lifelong healthy habits and resilience.
Tech Builders Program
What is it?
Parents with IT or digital skills help improve the school's tech readiness while teaching students practical applications.
How it Works
Hands-on sessions in coding, robotics, cybersecurity, or even troubleshooting common hardware/software issues. Parents can also assist in upgrading school systems.
Long-Term Benefit
Builds a generation of digitally skilled students ready for a technology-driven future, narrowing the digital divide.
Heritage & Identity Days
What is it?
Parents contribute to events that showcase food, music, dance, and traditions reflecting Trinidad and Tobago's multicultural roots.
How it Works
Once per term, different cultural groups host a mini festival at school, with students participating in cooking, performances, and storytelling.
Long-Term Benefit
Reinforces national pride and cultural understanding, helping boys appreciate diversity and respect traditions while strengthening school spirit.
Parent Mentor Circle
What is it?
A structured mentorship program pairing parents with small groups of students to guide them in academics, discipline, and personal growth.
How it Works
Mentors meet students twice per term, offering advice, listening to challenges, and encouraging responsibility.
Long-Term Benefit
Builds confidence, accountability, and life skills in boys. It also fosters strong bonds between school, parents, and students, creating a culture of trust and shared guidance.
Career Compass Sessions
What is it?
Parents from diverse professions give interactive talks or workshops about their careers, challenges, and the skills required.
How it Works
A monthly series where parents share real experiences, from engineering and law to trades, farming, or digital entrepreneurship.
Long-Term Benefit
Students gain a clearer picture of career pathways, better aligning their studies with real opportunities in Trinidad and abroad. This prepares them for informed choices after graduation.