Welcome Back!

Dear Fort River Parents,

Welcome to the start of the new year!

Parent Council is an organization of parents and guardians who work together to make Fort River a fun, stimulating, and welcoming environment for all children and families. Every parent and guardian is automatically a member of Parent Council.

Here are some of last year’s Parent Council sponsored events:

• A Free Yearbook and Student Directory for Every Student
• Family Fair
• School Picture Day
• Fall Festival
• Book Fair
• Field Day
• Special Education Staff Needs
• Classroom Support & Enrichment
• Extra Funds for Field Trips
• Library Funds
• Scholarship Fund
• After School Clubs
• Staff Appreciation Luncheon
• Bus Driver Breakfast
• And many more …

To continue these and other activities we hope all parents will make two commitments to Parent Council this year:

• Volunteer 2 hours of your time.
• Donate money to our Annual Fund.

ANNUAL FUND

This year Parent Council would like to focus time and energy on student events and community building rather than fundraising. If we can raise a significant portion of our $13,000 budget by Sept 25th we will eliminate several time-consuming fundraisers. Please help us by making an early donation to our Annual Fund. Suggested donation is $25-$50 a child, but donating more will help the families who cannot afford as much. All amounts will help us reach our goal. Please choose your tax deductible donation amount:

• $25
  
  
• $50
  
  
• $75
  
  
• Other

Send cash or check (payable to Fort River Parent Council) to the Fort River Office (mail it or send it to school with your child to give to his/her teacher) or

Donate online via PayPal.

Thanks for all your support !

Sue Borden
Parent Council President

Upcoming School Events

COFFEE WITH A PRINCIPAL.  Friday, Sept 4.  8:30 am. Cafeteria. Fort River parents are invited to share coffee and light refreshments with Principal Ray Sharick and Asst. Principal Susan Kennedy-Marx.

LABOR DAY. Monday, Sept. 7. No School.

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING. Wed, Sept 9. 8:45 am, Cafeteria. All parents are invited to attend the first Parent Council meeing of the year.  

*Items in teal are sponsored by Parent Council.

Parent Council Thanks Volunteers for Staff/Faculty Welcome Back Brunch

Parent Council would like to thank the following Fort River parents who helped out and/or donated food items at this week's staff and faculty welcome back event:

Iris Berkman
Chris Felton
Rebecca Fricke
Elly Hosea
Jacqueline Kang
Karen Helfer
Bart Hollander
Lynn Logan
Susan Loring-Wells
Michael Lynch
Gloria McCann
Tammy Rahhal
Carol Richardson
Hana Rivkin
Catherine Sanderson
Suzanne Schilling
Matt Schulkind
Ellie Skinner
Michele Spirko
Jenn Wellman
Traci Wolfe

And special thanks to Michele Spirko who organized this lovely event!

Sorry if we missed anyone!

Welcome to the Fort River Parent Council Website

Welcome to the new school year!

This is the official website of the Fort River Parent Council. 

Parent Council is an organization of parents and guardians who work together to make Fort River a fun, stimulating, and welcoming environment for all children and families. Every parent and guardian is automatically a member of Parent Council.

This website is the place to check for the latest information on all Parent Council events. It is updated by the Fort River Parent Council every Friday during the school year and is completely parent-run. It is not an official publication of the Amherst School District or the Town of Amherst. All content is published solely at the discretion of the Fort River Parent Council.

SIGN UP FOR PARENT COUNCIL EMAIL REMINDERS. If you're not already on our email list, you might want to consider signing up. You'll get weekly email notifications after the website has been updated, and you'll also get automatic calendar reminders before the various Fort River events such as the Family Fair and Parent Council meetings. Just click on the link below and tell me your name and preferred email address. All Fort River families, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up!

Subscribe to the Fort River Email list.

Have you been getting Parent Council emails this year? Have you recently changed your email address? Make sure I have your latest email address or else you won't be kept up-to-date on the latest Parent Council news! Click on the above link to let me know your new email address. Please include your old email address so I can remove it from the list.

Thanks!
Ann McLaughlin, Webmaster
Fort River Parent Council
damclaughlin@comcast.net

Upcoming School Events

Hi All! We have two events this week before the start of school on Thursday. New Family Welcome - Monday, August 24, 6:30-8 pm. Staff Welcome Back Event - Wednesday, August 26th - 10:30 am drop off for food. Contact: Michelle Spirko email: spirko@pol.net. I'm looking forward to seeing you all soon! Ann McLaughlin