Friday, February 8, 2008

Of Interest to Fort River Families

Please note that these events are not sponsored by Parent Council. Come visit Spring Street Preschool at their annual OPEN HOUSE on Feb 9, 2008, 10 am - 12 pm. The school is located at 64 Spring Street behind the First Congregation Church. Now accepting applications for preschoolers ages 2.9-5 years for the 2008-2009 school year. For more information contact Alicia at 256-8442 or email at springstreetpreschool@verizon.net. Baskets, Books & Chocolate Silent Auction. Come by the Jones Library to bid on beautiful baskets at the 11th Annual Valentine Basket Fundraiser for Books. Each of the 100+ baskets has a theme and all include at least one book and something chocolate in addition to the other fantastic goodies (for ex. the “Perfect Parent Basket” has an Eric Carle membership and a Science Activities journal among other cool items). Bidding is going on now and will end at 4:00pm on Saturday February 9th. Jones Library: http://www.joneslibrary.org/. Family Outreach of Amherst Sixth Annual "Salute to Families." Title: "Another Place at Our Table: Simplifying Parenting in Complicated Times" by Kathy Harrison, author of Another Place at the Table and foster mother to over 150 children. A reading and discussion followed by a reception and book signing. Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais. Thursday March 6, 2008, 7:30-9:00 pm. At the Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall, Amherst College. Tickets: $25 Benefactor, $10 General, $5 Seniors, Free to students. All proceeds will benefit Family Outreach of Amherst. Family Outreach: http://www.famoutreach.org/. A note from Parent Council. We will publish information about non-Parent Council sponsored events with the following conditions: 1. The event should be of interest to Fort River families. 2. The information should be sent to Ann McLaughlin at damclaughlin@comcast.net in the form of a short blurb of 100 words or less. 3. Contact information (name, telephone and/or email address) must be included. We add new information to the blog every Friday during the school year. Inclusion in this section does not imply any guarantees or endorsements by Fort River Parent Council or Fort River School. Caveat emptor!