Girls Hockey Weekend and Gear Sale

Girls - want to try hockey? Come join Amherst Hockey and the Amherst College women's hockey team at the Mullins Center for skating on Saturday, Oct. 5: 1:30-2:30 girls 8 and under and beginners, 2:30-3:20 girls 9 and up who play hockey.
Register here: https://forms.gle/M9pvvaYoFfHizgM19
(registration will also be required with USA Hockey - a link will be sent to registered participants and paper copies will be available at the event)

AHA will also be hosting a gear sale at the same time - tons of skates available in all sizes, as well as other hockey gear.

LSSE Programs Fall and Winter

Youth Swim Lessons ages 5-14 on Tuesdays & Thursdays starting 10/22



Amherst Youth Basketball Players Clinic for grades K-8
Saturday, 10/19 with the ARHS Basketball coaching staff.

Girls’ – 10:00am – 12:00pm

Boys’ – 1:00-3:00pm

$5 fee on site, no pre-registration required.

Suburban Basketball League Tryouts –

Wed. 10/23 - Boys grades 5/6 - 5:30-7:00pm, grades 7/8 – 7:00-8:30pm
Thurs. 10/24 - Girls grades 5/6 - 5:30-7:00pm, grades 7/8 – 7:00-8:30pm
Sat. 10/26 - Girls grades 5/6 - 10:00-11:30am, grades 7/8 – 11:30am-1:00pm

                         Boys grades 5/6 – 1:00-2:30pm, grades 7/8 – 2:30-4:00pm

Amherst Youth Basketball (AYBL) for girls and boys, grades k-12. 

Jamboree on 12/14/19, Games begin 1/4/20

Amherst A Better Chance Fall Foliage & Cider Run

https://www.amherstabetterchance.org/FallFoliageAndCiderRun/

Amherst Ballet

At Amherst Ballet, various dance classes are offered for students of all levels from ages four and up. Classes are taught by notable instructors including Junichi Fukuda (internationally active choreographer), Madeleine Bonn (Jose Mateo principal dancer), Stephanie Shumway (Deerfield
Academy faculty member), and Jennifer Bennett (Co-director of Hatchery, the School for
Contemporary Dance and Thought).

Visit www.amherstballet.org and schedule a free trial class today!
For more information, email info@amherstballet.org

AEF Trivia Bee

ARPS Spirit Week

Family Fun Fair

 

FORT RIVER FUN FAIR
Fort River School Playground
Thursday, September 26, 2019
5:30-7:00 p.m.

Please join the Fort River Community in celebrating the start of the new school year! Take a night off from cooking and have the 6th graders entertain your kids! The 6th graders will be selling pizza, drinks & dessert to raise funds for field trips and graduation activities. They will also organize fun games for the younger kids.

Thank you for your support and see you Thursday!

Amherst Boys & Girls Club Community Breakfast

Children's Learning, Language & Development Study Opporunity

The Cognitive Neuroscience Group at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is recruiting children between the ages of 8 and 12 years to participate in research studies funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Health (NIH).  

Study 1. This is a longitudinal study that follows children over a period of 3 consecutive years. Our goal is to improve understanding of learning in children. The study consists of 1 in-person visit (about 2.5 hours) per year for 3 years (weekdays/weekends). During this visit, children play several games on the computer and complete several language/memory tasks. The lab visit includes safe and noninvasive EEG recording. The day after the visit, kids complete a quick follow-up task from a home/library computer. More information can be found at: https://clinicaltrials.partners.org/study/feedback_learning

Study 2. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the learning patterns of children with typical and atypical language development. The study will involve 2 visits to the lab at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. During this visit, children play several games on the computer and complete several language/memory tasks. The lab visit includes safe and noninvasive EEG recording.  A visit will last about 3 hours. A week after the second lab visit your child will be asked to complete follow up tasks on a home computer or a mobile device. We are looking for children who were late to develop language, and who still receive services for language or learning difficulties. More information can be found at: https://rally.partners.org/study/does_your_child_stru

Payment is $60 for each in-person visit to the lab. We provide free all-day parking at the Navy Yard. Please email us at cnglead@mghihp.edu or call us at (617) 643-4821 if you are interested or if you have any questions.

ARPS Homecoming and Spirit Week

  Amherst Regional Public Schools

Homecoming & Spirit Week

Stay tuned for Spirit Week Activities in next week's newsletter!

Monday, September 23 - dress by the color of your grade:

Parenting Workshop

Fort River School Building Committee

The Fort River School Building Committee will present its final report to the Amherst School Committee and Amherst Town Council on September 17, 2019 at 6pm in the Town Room at Amherst Town Hall.

Please join the designers, TSKP Studio, as they provide information on the  variety of options explored for multiple enrollments using a range of new construction versus addition/renovation, and various approaches to sustainable building. Cost information and strategies for complying with the Town of Amherst’s zero net energy bylaw will also be discussed.

The full final report will be  available at  https://www.amherstma.gov/3379/Fort-River-School-Building-Committee and at the Jones Library after September 17, 2019.

Bay State Textiles - Textile recycling

Room Parents Needed!

Room parents are still needed for the following classrooms:

2nd Grade
Bhowmik

4th Grade
Keins

5th Grade
Holabird/Doggett
Severance

6th Grade
Almodovar
Austin
Flanders

Please consider throwing your name in! The Directory will be printed next week and we would love to include this info in it! Thanks!!! Send an email to meri.fortriver@gmail.com

FR Student Directory Forms Due!

Last call for Directory Forms! If you did not fill out a form, your family's information will not be published in this year's Fort River Student Directory! Forms were due back on 9/9/18, but we will hold off printing for a few more days. Please get the forms to the office by this Friday the 13th!

Help needed in the Fort River library

Are you or your family members interested in volunteering in the Fort River library? Anyone and everyone can shelve books - and they really need the help! Lani the librarian is also excited to hear from anyone who wants to share stories, books, or videos from their culture. Contact Lani at: blechmanl@arps.org

UMass Developmental Research

Contact Cognitive & Developmental Neuroscience Lab for more information.

codeneurolab@gmail.com or 413-461-0056.

T-shirt order forms

In case your student lost the order form or if the dog ate it....T-Shirt order forms can be found here: ORDER FORM

Part-time job openings in our schools

 The Nutrition Department currently has part-time openings as well as a need for substitutes for kitchen staff.  Each of the schools in our district has these openings.  The hours would range from 2 - 5 hours/day several days/week.

 

Anyone interested should contact the Nutrition Department Director, Michael Gallo O'Connell at 413-362-1826 or email him at oconnellmg@arps.org.  

Fort River T-shirts for Sale!

Fort River T-shirts for sale!

Show your school spirit while helping the PGO raise money to support the Fort River community!

BLUE shirts with white lettering will feature our motto “Elegimos el Amor/We Choose Love” and are on sale now! Students, staff and parents -- we’ve got you covered with lots of available sizes!

ALL SHIRTS ARE JUST $10!!!

The PGO is committed to providing a shirt for all students this year.  We would appreciate any support to reach that goal. If you are willing to donate any amount in addition to your child's shirt, it would be most appreciated.

Please return your order form with payment to the main office by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th. Checks can be made payable to Fort River PGO.         

Questions? Send an email to  stacey.fortriver@gmail.com

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¡Camisetas de Fort River a la venta!

¡Muestre su espíritu escolar mientras ayuda a la PGO a recaudar fondos paraapoyar a la comunidad de Fort River!

¡Las camisas AZULES con letras blancas tendrán nuestro lema "Elegimos el Amor / We Choose Love" y ya están a la venta! Estudiantes, personal y padres: ¡lo tenemos cubierto con muchos tamaños disponibles!

¡TODAS LAS CAMISAS SON SOLO $ 10!

El PGO se compromete a proporcionar una camisa para todos los estudiantes este año. Agradeceríamos cualquier apoyo para alcanzar ese objetivo. Si está dispuesto a donar cualquier cantidad además de la camisa de su hijo, sería muy apreciado.

Devuelva su formulario de pedido con el pago a la oficina principal antes del VIERNES, 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE. Los cheques se pueden hacer a nombre de Fort River PGO. Preguntas? Envíe un correo electrónico a stacey.fortriver@gmail.com