How can we meet or make contact with other Merchiston parents?
Merchiston does a great deal to promote contact between the School and parents, and between parents themselves. After you visit us to look around the School, we will offer you the opportunity to speak to some of our current parents if you wish. Once your son becomes a pupil at Merchiston, you will find that there are parents’ meetings to keep you informed about his academic progress, and a Parents’ Forum which meets to discuss School issues. You will also be invited to concerts, plays, sports (and other events) in which your son may take part. We also hold many social events for parents: Ceilidhs (informal Scottish Country Dances); Year Group Parents’ Dinners; drinks and supper parties; an annual Commemoration Ball; a Burns Supper; presentation evenings etc. Parents help with the organisation of these, as well as with the School Uniform Exchange, the Pipe Bands, with Sports and other tours and with fundraising. In the first term of each year we produce a Parents’ Directory, which conta
