Upcoming Community Events

Please note that these events are not sponsored by Parent Council. Music Together For Valley Families offers summer classes for young children and their parents/caregivers. Through May 29, 2009: Free sample classes offered celebrating 10 years of Music Together® for Valley Families, an internationally recognized parent/child music enrichment program. Eight week Summer session begins June 23 and registration deadline is June 8. Locations are in Amherst at Immanuel Lutheran Church, at The Congregational Church Parish House in Belchertown, The Children’s Museum at Holyoke and All Saint’s Episcopal Church in So. Hadley. Call (413) 259-9400 or see www.valleymusicgroup.com for more information. Please call for available class times and to reserve a space. Travel Soccer Team Tryouts. Does your child want to play travel soccer for Amherst in the next school year? If so, you need to preregister your child by May 30th for the tryouts which are held in June. There are boys teams and girls teams for rising 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Tryouts for the Amherst Travel Soccer teams will be held between May 31 and June 17. Mandatory pre-registration forms are due May 30th. The pre-registration forms, the tryout schedule, and more detailed information about Amherst Travel Soccer can be found on the Amherst Youth Soccer Association website http://www.amherstsoccer.org/. The 7th edition of "Your Amherst Government" in honor of the Town’s 250th Anniversary and the League of Women Voters' 70th birthday has been published by LWV Amherst. This 72-page booklet provides information about Amherst town government - its history, structure, programs and services, finances, and its relationship to other units of government. This free publication is available at the Amherst town libraries, the Amherst Town Clerk’s office in Town Hall and on the League’s website, www.lwvamherst.org. A copy can also be obtained by contacting the League at 253-0633. Multi-Arts Workshop: “Disaster Awaits!” Saturday, May 23,11:00 a.m. at the Jones Public Library, Amherst. Disaster awaits! Your mother-in-law calls and says she's moving in for a month..."Broken Hips" Written by Amherst local Savannah Stutie. Come and watch this hilarious one-act play performed by young Amherst actors. Afterwards, Multi-Arts drama teacher Ilana Meredith will lead children through a short storymaking workshop. For children ages 6-12. Contact: Catalina Arrubla, Director, www.multi-arts.org. Multi-Arts Financial Aid. On June 1, Multi-Arts will be assigning Financial Aid to families who applied for assistance to attend camp in summer 2009. To apply for financial aid, visit www.multi-arts.org and download the financial aid form from the program page. Forms should be received by Multi-Arts on or before June 1. Contact: Catalina Arrubla, carrubla@gmail.com. Attention Parents of Twins and Multiples! The Multiples Family Festival, presented by the Hampshire/Franklin County Mothers of Twins Club, will take place on Sunday, May 31, from 2-5pm at the Florence Civic Center, Park St., Florence (right off of Rt. 9). Bring your multiples and their siblings for an afternoon of fun! Face painting, free raffles, games, cookie decorating, Ed Popalarczyk Magic (from 2:30-3:30pm). For more info contact Sam at promogirl73@yahoo.com. 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 description. 3. Contact information (website or name, telephone and/or email address) must be included. We add new information to the blog every Friday during the school year. Please note that we do not accept announcements of items or services for sale (with the exceptions of children's classes/lessons). Inclusion in this section does not imply any guarantees or endorsements by Fort River Parent Council or Fort River School.