Family Fair postponed to Tues., Sept. 18th 5-7pm

Due to the rain, the Family Fair has been postponed to Tuesday, Sept. 18th from 5-7pm.

Parent Council Meeting Postponed to Sept. 20th

Due to Rosh Hashana this coming Thursday, the first Fort River Parent Council meeting of the year has been postponed by one week to Thursday, Sept. 20th at 8:30am. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!

Sign up for automatic email reminders from the Parent Council!

If you're not already on our email list, you might want to consider signing up. You'll get weekly email reminders to check the updates on this blog, 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 and tell me your name and connection to Fort River. 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? Make sure I have your latest email address or else you won't! Click on the above link to let me know your new email address. Thanks! Ann McLaughlin

School Picture Days

School Pictures will be taken on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 16 & 17. More information, order forms, and volunteer opportunities will sent home soon. Questions??? Contact Pam Rietkerk at pjrietkerk@aol.com or 256-2605.

Welcome to the New Fort River Blog!

Hello to All Fort River Families, Staff and Friends! I hope that you all had a great summer and are now settling back into the school year. I have been busy making some changes to the way the Parent Council will communicate with all of you this year. Instead of sending out The Fort River Front Page every week, I will be updating our brand-new Fort River Parent Council Blog. In case you don’t already know what a blog is, it’s basically an easy-to-maintain website. Some of the advantages of the blog are: (a) it’s a good place for parents to monitor the Parent Council news (b) it’s a good resource to check on things like the Parent Council calendar events (c) people who use RSS readers can subscribe to it (d) it’s much less hassle for parents than keeping old email newsletters around (e) it’s a great repository for Parent Council institutional knowledge. The advantage to me is that it takes a lot less time than the newsletter! Please fee free to bookmark this page, send the link to other Fort River families and friends, and to check it at any time. I will update it at least once a week (on Fridays) and I will continue to send out weekly email reminders to you every Friday to check the updates. If you use a news reader program (such as iGoogle or Netvibes) you can add the feed to your page. I will also continue to send out automatic calendar reminders (via email) to remind you of upcoming events. Please feel free to send me any questions, suggestions, or corrections. Thanks! Ann McLaughlin Fort River Parent Council Secretary and Blogger (!) damclaughlin@comcast.net

Fort River Parent Council Calendar

Fort River Parent Council Calendar Click the link above to view the Parent Council Calendar with all Parent Council events. The calendar also includes other school events of interest to the Fort River Community. This calendar is updated frequently and every effort is made to keep it up-to-date. Please notify Ann McLaughlin at damclaughlin@comcast.net if you spot an error. This is not an official school calendar. Thanks! P.S. You can also view this calendar by clicking the "Fort River Parent Council Calendar" link on the right-hand side of the page.

Upcoming Events

*Family Fair, Tuesday, September 11th, 5:30 pm, Fort River fields. *Parent Council Meeting, Thursday, September 13th, 8:30 to 9:30 am (in the cafeteria). Please join us for our first meeting of the year. *Coffee With a Principal, Friday, September 21st, 8:30 to 9:15 am. Please join Principal Russ Vernon-Jones and/or Vice-Principal Lianne Suarez-Werlein for coffee (obviously!), light breakfast foods, and casual conversation in the cafeteria. Younger siblings are welcome to attend. *Parent Council Meeting, Wednesday, October 17th, 6:30 to 7:30 pm (in the library). Babysitting will be provided (free).