Box Tops for Education - Send them by Thursday, Oct 31!

Please take a look through your cupboards and send clip any Box Tops for education. Some common items that you may have: Annie's crackers, Pillsbury dough, Nestle water, Cheerios and other General Mills cereals, Nature Valley granola bars, Lysol/Scott/Hefty/Ziploc products, and many more. The full list of products can be found here: http://www.boxtops4education.com/Participating-Products-Page.

Every valid Box Top earns Fort River $0.10! The first submission deadline for the year is this Thursday, October 31.

Amherst Leisure Services Community Meetings

Amherst Leisure Services has partnered with the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute to carry out a recreational programming needs assessment and comprehensive strategic plan. The final plan will provide the department with a vision, mission and strategic direction for the next three to five years. Information gathered from the community will be a vital part of this process. Participation via surveys and community-wide input gathering/visioning sessions is crucial. Join a Community Meeting on either Tuesday, 10/29 at 6:30 PM at Crocker Farm Elementary School Cafeteria or Thursday, 11/21 at 5:30 PM at Wildwood Elementary School Cafeteria.

Here's the Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/400199867341356/

Winter clothing drive

The Fort River PGO’s Annual Winter Coat & Outdoor Clothing Exchange will run from Monday, October 28 through Tuesday, November 26. Bring in items you no longer need to share with others - the donation box is in the lobby. 

Items will be available for you to choose from in Room 11 from December 4 to December 6. You do not have to bring in items to take anything home. The items that you or your child choose are yours to keep.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school: 413-362-1200, or the Fort River PGO: ftriver@gmail.com.

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La PGO de Fort River tendrá su intercambio anual de abrigos de invierno y ropa exterior entre lunes, el 28 de octubre, y martes, el 26 de noviembre.

Traigan artículos que ya no necesitan para compartir con otros - la caja de donativos estará en el vestíbulo.

Pueden elijar artículos para mantenerse bien abrigado este invierno en Sala 11 entre el 4–6 de diciembre. No es necesario traer artículos para llevárselos a casa. Los artículos que usted o su hijo escoge son suyos para guardar.

Cualquier pregunta o duda, por favor comuníquese con la escuela: 413-362-1200, o con la PGO de Fort River: ftriver@gmail.com.

Election Day Bake Sale

Calling all bakers!!! The Fort River PGO will host an Election Day Bake Sale on Tuesday, November 5th outside of the gymnasium. There is no school that day, so you and your students can also sign up to work the table. Baked goods, coffee, waters, etc can be dropped off in the office on Monday the 4th, or dropped off on election day between 7-8am. All proceeds benefit PGO programming events such as Around the World, Chili Night and Field Day!

 Sign up here to bake or work!

Please contact Lisa if you have any questions: lasolowiej@gmail.com

Amherst Nordic - meet an Olympian!

Thursday, November 7 @ 7pm
Amherst Regional High School Library

John Morton is a two-time Olympic biathlete (’72 and ’76) and has been USA Team Leader and Chief of Course at other Olympic Winter Games. A native of Walpole, NH, he skied for Middlebury and, after a tour in the Army and an Olympic / World Cup racing career, was Head Coach of the Dartmouth Men’s Ski Team for 11 years. Since 1989 he has established himself as one of the pre-eminent trail designers in the world and has worked for ski areas and schools such as Trapp Family Lodge, Rikert, Jackson (NH) and Dartmouth. John will share his experiences as an elite-level biathlete and coach, offer his thoughts on the different aspects of Nordic skiing from touring to racing and illustrate state-of-the-art trail design principles and projects. Young, old, novice, and expert skiers alike will glean insights from his talk. Come with questions; he looks forward to engaging with the audience.

This event is FREE and open to the public.
Contact: Sanjay Arwade srarwade@gmail.com

PGO Pizza Meeting - School Committee Candidate Meet & Greet

Please join the Fort River PGO for an informal Meet & Greet with the 7 candidates running for the 5 open spots on the Amherst School Committee. Pizza will be served on a first come, first served basis. Please click on the link below to let us know if you are coming so we can better estimate the amount of pizza. As always, children are welcome.

Monday, October 21st in the Fort River Cafeteria
6-6:45 Meet & Greet
6:45-7:30 PGO Meeting

Click here to RSVP

Suburban Basketball Try-Outs

Girls:

If you plan on attending, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/tTB7xDf4FbTVJSGLA

LSSE Halloween Fest

Open House

We hope all students and families will attend this special night at Fort River! During Open House the students will be in a leadership role as guides for their families. They will have a chance to share their learning environment with you and show you samples of their work.

The PGO will also have a table - and t-shirts will be available for sale! 

Bus transportation is available.  Pick up times and locations are:  

5:30 Mill Valley office, 5:40 Center of Colonial Village, 5:50 Rolling green office.  

The bus will depart Fort River at 7:00 for the return trip.

Around the World celebration

Thursday, November 14.
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria

Around the World is back in 2019! Come and enjoy the cultural diversity.

If you can share some poster displays, photos, artifacts, games, crafts, costumes, performances, or you want to set up a table/booth dedicated to your culture, please contact Yoosun Park (yoosun82@gmail.com). We welcome any genre, from music and dances to martial arts, crafts, etc. at any skill levels.

We also welcome volunteers who want to help with anything!
We need lots of international food to have a fun and successful event!
Please sign up: http://frpc.pleasebringit.com/public/PJys7XGIA4A
Please help us make this event interesting, educational, and most importantly, FUN!

October PGO Meeting

Picture Day

Fort River Picture Day is Tuesday, October 15! 

In addition to providing keepsakes of your children for family and friends, Grynn & Barrett donates a percentage of sales to Fort River School.

All students will be photographed for the yearbook and will receive a class picture free of charge.

CLASS PICTURES: Group photos of your child’s class will be taken on Picture Day.  These will be provided FREE to all families.

ORDERING A PICTURE PACKAGE: Please read the order form carefully, fill out completely and return with payment to your child’s teacher by Friday, October 11. If you do not wish to order a package, please write your child's name and "No Package" on the form and return it.

LATE ORDERS: Every student photographed on Picture Day will be able to order additional pictures, packages and merchandise through the Grynn & Barrett website.

Proceeds from picture orders go to support school field trips throughout the year.
 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, to help direct students to their photos. 

Sign up to help at: http://frpc.pleasebringit.com/public/rz4Ebb8jwIc

Questions? contact ftriver@gmail.com.

This is a very fun volunteer opportunity!

Monster Mash at the Jones Library

Optics, Lasers and Light with the UMass Science Outreach Club