AEF Annual Trivia Bee

Save the Date for Amherst’s “Not to Miss” Fall Event!


Thursday October 28th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium 

Who will get an ‘A’ at the Bee? Under the direction of Ellen Story, 30 teams will vie for bragging rights to be “Trivia Bee Champion”. The evening will include refreshments, lots of trivia and laughs. Admission is free with donations to AEF welcome.

Please note: this event is not sponsored by the Fort River PGO.

Multi-Arts Halloween Costume Design Workshop

MULTI-ARTS CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN WITH CREATIVITY

Multi-Arts invites kids of all ages to participate in one of two “Halloween Costume Design” workshops offered in Amherst. Guided by artist Titus Neijens and fashion designer Asia van Pelt, students will use cardboard and fabrics to design and make their own dream costumes.

For more information and to register visit www.multi-arts.org.

EVENT DETAILS

WHAT: Designing and making of own costume for Halloween

WHEN: First workshop: Saturday, October 23 /

   Second workshop: Saturday, October 30

TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Munson Public library,  1046 South East St., South Amherst  

Fee: $30 each workshop $45 both Saturdays

*Please note: this event is not sponsored by the Fort River PGO. See below for our publication policy for non-PGO events. 

The Fort River Fall Festival is "creeping" up on us!

The Fall Festival

Wednesday, October 27, 5:30-7:30pm

This Halloween celebration takes many hands to work and the PGO is looking for volunteers willing to help out.

We need help with:

• games
• crafts
• food service
• set up/clean up
• general supervision

Please lend a hand if you can! We can't do this without your help!

Contact Diane Caraker ASAP at dianec711@comcast.net to sign up.

Thank you.

Having Trouble Viewing Fort River PGO Emails?

Several people have recently reported to me that they are unable to view the emails which are sent using the NPOGroups mailing list. This may be a because I have recently changed the email address which I use to reflect our new Fort River PGO name. Your email program may be blocking the content of the message because it thinks I am sending you spam messages.

If you are not able to read the emails that I send out,  please try adding the following email address to your contacts: "fort_river_pgo@npogroups.org" (fort_river_pgo@npogroups.org). You may also want to be sure you have my email address (damclaughlin@comcast.net) in your contact list as well. I hope this will take care of the problem.

If not, please check the Fort River PGO website directly. I will try to be sure to add the content of all my emails directly to the the blog.

AND, stay tuned in the coming weeks for some exciting news about a new way to get content from this website delivered to your inbox!

Thanks,
Ann McLaughlin
Website Editor

Coffee With the Superintendent on Thursday Morning at 8am!

Come meet the ARPS  Interim School Superintendent Maria Geryk in the Fort River cafeteria for coffee and light refreshments. This coffee will take place on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 8:00am.

School Council Elections

Please look in your child's backpack for the Fort River School Governance Council election ballot which will be sent home to families this week. Please make your selections and send back to the PGO mailbox (your student can deliver to the office) by Friday, October 15.

Volunteers Still Needed

We still need parent/guardian volunteers for the following posts:

• Lost and Found coordinator
• Book Fair co-coordinator
• New Family Welcome event coordinator (for Fall 2011)
• Staff Welcome Back event coordinator (for Fall 2011)
• Book Swap coordinator (for 2011)