Yearbook Candid Pictures and Volunteers Wanted

You can send digital pictures of class and school events to the yearbook in two ways:

1. Forward digital photos to yearbook.fortriver@gmail.com
2. Put digital photos on a DVD or flash drive and place it in the PGO mailbox marked for the yearbook.

Volunteers are always needed, both adult volunteers and student/adult teams.

Stop and Shop A+ School Rewards Program News

The Stop and Shop A+ School Rewards (BonusBucks) Program is underway. So far Fort River has 104 people signed up, and we earned $87.70 last month.

If you are a Stop and Shop customer, it's still not too late to register!!! Just click here for easy instructions on how to register. 

Thanks!

Beauty and the Beast Auditions

Be our guest and join us for registration and auditions for:

Starlight’s Youth Theatre’s Spring Musical

Audition and Registration Information:

• Youth Ages 7 -18 years of age

• Sunday, December 5th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

• Maple Ridge Church, 659 Amherst Rd (Rte. 116), Sunderland, just over the Amherst border and across from Bub’s Barbeque.

• Call Deb at 413-210-1137 to reserve audition time; you need to reserve an audition time before December 5th .

• Be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song and you will also do some scene readings provided by Starlight.

• Registration fee: $130 fee to be paid at time of audition/registration. Depending on the age group of the class, the students will learn acting tools such as sensory recall, character development, expression of emotions, method acting, as well as participating in the mounting of a full scale musical: Disney's beloved “Beauty and the Beast”.

• Classes and rehearsals will be held at the Maple Ridge Church where auditions will be held and will start Saturday, January 22, 2011.

• All youth auditioning will receive a part in the production.

• Starlight’s Youth Theatre is under the direction of Cyn Strycharz and is the only theatre group in the Pioneer Valley dedicated solely to the youth of the valley.

• Visit our website: www.starlightyouththeatre.wordpress.com

• Performances will be on June 3, 4, & 5, 2011 at Bowker Auditorium at UMass

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

Fort River Reads!!--Date Change

FORT RIVER READS!!!

Book Event & Community Marketplace

Thursday, December 9

(Please note the date change.)

The Fort River Scholastic Book Fair will take place during the week of December 6, and this year it will END with a BANG!

On Thursday, December 9 you will be invited to join the community for an evening celebrating literacy, music, entrepreneurs, and families at the FORT RIVER READS!!!--Book Event & Community Marketplace. We will offer a chili dinner, dessert, and coffee for your enjoyment at a very reasonable cost. The annual Winter Sport Swap, where you can drop off/pick up terrific gear for your kids (for FREE!) will also take place on this evening. More information and details on this exciting event will follow in the coming weeks.

At this time members of the Fort River community who own small businesses are invited to have a table at the Marketplace to sell their products or services. Please contact Shari Abbott (shariabbott@mac.com or 256-2353) for details and to reserve a place at the Market.

Volunteers are needed to plan and run this event. This is a fantastic way to get involved with something that really impacts kids at Fort River! If you love books and want to support the Fort River Library, your help is needed. Again, please contact Shari (shariabbott@mac.com or 256-2353) to volunteer for committee or event work. All proceeds from the Book Fair and this Event will go directly to the Fort River Library for books and educational materials.

FORT RIVER READS!!!

Vendors Wanted for Community Marketplace

Do you own a small business?
Want to expand your market to the Fort River community?
Are you an artist?
Do you make/sell jewelry, pottery, photography or other crafts?

We want YOU to be a vendor at our Marketplace on December 9!

If you would like to have a table to sell your wares, please contact Shari Abbott at shariabbott@mac.com or 256-2353. This event is part of the FORT RIVER READS--Book Event and Community Marketplace on the evening of Thursday, December 9 celebrating the final days of the Scholastic Book Fair. See above for more information about this event.

PGO November Meeting Agenda

The next PGO meeting is on Wednesday, November 17 at 8:45am in the Fort River Cafeteria.

Please join us!


Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions and Meeting Guidelines

2. Budget Review

3. Upcoming Events

4. Winter Event Ideas

5. New Business

Election Day Bake Sale: Big Success!

On Tuesday, November 2nd, the hard-working fifth grade classes held an Election Day Bake Sale to raise funds for their annual field trip. Each spring the fifth grade visits the historic textile mills of Lowell, MA as part of an interdisciplinary curricular unit integrating early US History, Geography, Economics, and Immigration. Read more about the mills and their fascinating history here.

Due to the incredible generosity of our school community and Precinct 6 voters, the fifth grade was able to raise $592.76! Cheers to all of the successful bakers, sellers, and eaters!