Learn to Skate!

The Skating Club of Amherst is accepting registrations for the upcoming Winter LEARN TO SKATE – Basic Skills program. Classes begin November 6, and are available for adults and children ages 4 and up.
Register by October 25, 2011.   For more information, visit http://www.scamherst.org, call Rita Leaman at (413) 253-6388 or e-mail questions to info@scamherst.org.

This is not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Amherst Youth Basketball League - Register now!

Amherst Youth Basketball League is open for registration! Families can save $10 if they register before Nov. 18th.  As always, fee reduction money (up to 50%) is available for qualified Amherst residents.  Visit www.lsse.org for more information.

This event is not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Fort River PGO Annual Appeal

We hope you received the PGO Annual Fund letter from Catherine McGraw last week. If not you can download it here. 

Please take a moment and consider giving a gift to support the work of the PGO. As a non-profit organization, the PGO relies on this community's generosity to fund all of its events and provide teacher support. You can donate online using the PayPal link on the top right-hand column of this page.  Please make your gift today!

Remember, if you would like to give your gift in honor of a staff member please use the form on the letter sent home and send in an envelope marked PGO to the main office. Or you may use Pay Pal and send an email to Liz Larson designating the staff member of your choice.

Thanks for your continued support!

VOLUNTEERING at Fort River: CORI

CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information):

If your volunteer opportunities bring you into contact with students at school or on a field trip, you need to have a CORI on file. CORI checks must be done on individual volunteers every three years. All PGO volunteers should be CORI'd.

For the CORI check, bring your current driver's license into the Main Office for photocopying and complete the required application well in advance of any volunteer obligations.

More details are available on the district website at: http://www.arps.org/policy/ADDA

Questions about the CORI process should be directed to Paula Mangiaratti in the Main Office at 362-1200.

Original Works Coordinator Needed!

Are you creative and crafty? Do you love doing projects at home with your kids? 

The Fort River PGO is looking for an enthusiastic parent volunteer to coordinate a terrific community fundraiser - Original Works. Our previous coordinator, Catalina Arrubla, successfully ran this simple yet rewarding program for many years and has sadly "graduated" along with her child. 

Original Works is a time tested fundraising program that is easy to coordinate: just an hour or two playing and creating in a mini-studio at Fort River with kids, plus some paperwork, order collating, and distribution. Their programs build self-esteem by bringing each child’s creativity to life in products that can be shared and gifted to loved ones.

Please help us continue this dearly loved program by volunteering today! This would be great fun to do with a friend, or several! Contact Pam Rietkerk at pam.fortriver@gmail.com.

Join the Yearbook Club!

The Fort River Yearbook Club will be holding an information meeting after school next Wednesday October 12 from 1:30-2:30 in the cafeteria, for students in 4th-6th grades, and younger students with an adult.  Flexible participation depending on interests.  Page layout planning, photography, data entry, page layout designing, cover design and more. For more information, contact: Kathy Niedzielski, Yearbook Co-chair, stonyhill4@verizon.net.

Coffee with the Principal - Fri Oct. 7

Please join us for our monthly Coffee with the Principal on Friday, October 7, from 8:30-9:30am.

Having trouble getting there? Take our quick "coffee survey" and let us know if there is a more convenient time!