Family Fun Fair

 

FORT RIVER FUN FAIR
Fort River School Playground
Thursday, September 26, 2019
5:30-7:00 p.m.

Please join the Fort River Community in celebrating the start of the new school year! Take a night off from cooking and have the 6th graders entertain your kids! The 6th graders will be selling pizza, drinks & dessert to raise funds for field trips and graduation activities. They will also organize fun games for the younger kids.

Thank you for your support and see you Thursday!

Amherst Boys & Girls Club Community Breakfast

Children's Learning, Language & Development Study Opporunity

The Cognitive Neuroscience Group at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is recruiting children between the ages of 8 and 12 years to participate in research studies funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Health (NIH).  

Study 1. This is a longitudinal study that follows children over a period of 3 consecutive years. Our goal is to improve understanding of learning in children. The study consists of 1 in-person visit (about 2.5 hours) per year for 3 years (weekdays/weekends). During this visit, children play several games on the computer and complete several language/memory tasks. The lab visit includes safe and noninvasive EEG recording. The day after the visit, kids complete a quick follow-up task from a home/library computer. More information can be found at: https://clinicaltrials.partners.org/study/feedback_learning

Study 2. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the learning patterns of children with typical and atypical language development. The study will involve 2 visits to the lab at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. During this visit, children play several games on the computer and complete several language/memory tasks. The lab visit includes safe and noninvasive EEG recording.  A visit will last about 3 hours. A week after the second lab visit your child will be asked to complete follow up tasks on a home computer or a mobile device. We are looking for children who were late to develop language, and who still receive services for language or learning difficulties. More information can be found at: https://rally.partners.org/study/does_your_child_stru

Payment is $60 for each in-person visit to the lab. We provide free all-day parking at the Navy Yard. Please email us at cnglead@mghihp.edu or call us at (617) 643-4821 if you are interested or if you have any questions.

ARPS Homecoming and Spirit Week

  Amherst Regional Public Schools

Homecoming & Spirit Week

Stay tuned for Spirit Week Activities in next week's newsletter!

Monday, September 23 - dress by the color of your grade:

Parenting Workshop

Fort River School Building Committee

The Fort River School Building Committee will present its final report to the Amherst School Committee and Amherst Town Council on September 17, 2019 at 6pm in the Town Room at Amherst Town Hall.

Please join the designers, TSKP Studio, as they provide information on the  variety of options explored for multiple enrollments using a range of new construction versus addition/renovation, and various approaches to sustainable building. Cost information and strategies for complying with the Town of Amherst’s zero net energy bylaw will also be discussed.

The full final report will be  available at  https://www.amherstma.gov/3379/Fort-River-School-Building-Committee and at the Jones Library after September 17, 2019.

Bay State Textiles - Textile recycling