Fort River PGO, Fort River School, Amherst, Massachusetts. Your source for Fort River news and events. Sponsored by the Fort River Parent Guardian Organization. All Fort River families are automatically members of the PGO.
The “Elegimos el Amor/We Choose Love” T-shirt Design Contest
Your design could be on the next Fort River “We Choose Love” t-shirts! The
contest is open to any student, K-6. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday,
November 23rd.
Details and guidelines are here.
As a way of celebrating multilingualism and supporting students to strengthen the languages they speak at home, as well as new languages that they are learning, ARPS offers a program called the Seal of Biliteracy. Please click here for more information about the program and you can also find the sign up form for students here and the sign up form for parents and volunteers here.
Dear friend of the Amherst School Gardens,
We are excited to invite you to join the School Garden Support Team (SGST)! This is a team of people who share interest in supporting the School Garden Program and who are willing and able to help in a variety of ways over the seasons. More information can be found here.
Are you interested in joining us? Sign up here.
If you have questions or comments, please reach out to us!
With gratitude,
Leila Tunnell, Garden Educator (tunnelll@arps.org)
Jennifer Reese, Science & Garden Coordinator (reesej@arps.org)
Cider and donuts (from Atkins!) will be available.
This event is sponsored by the Fort River PGO, donations appreciated. All funds raised directly benefit the school and classroom activities.
*The Cognitive Neuroscience Group at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is recruiting children between the ages of 8 and 11 years to participate in a research study funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH).
* The purpose of the study is to evaluate the learning patterns of children with typical and atypical language development. The study will involve three visits to the lab at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. During the visits, several language and cognition tests will be administered, and electroencephalogram (EEG) will be recorded while participants perform several tasks on a computer. Each visit will last about 1.5 hours. Some virtual options are available. Procedures are in place to maintain COVID-19 safety precautions during in-person visits. A week after the final lab visit, your child will be asked to complete a short (5 minute) follow-up activity on a home computer or a mobile device.
*We are looking for children who were late to develop language, have received services for language or learning difficulties, or still have difficulty with language, reading comprehension, or learning. We are also recruiting children with typical language development.
*More information can be found at:
https://rally.partners.org/
*Payment is $120 for completing all study visits. We provide free all-day parking near our lab in the Charlestown Navy Yard. We will mail you a report of your child’s scores on the cognitive and language assessments. Please email us at cnglead@mghihp.edu or call us at (617) 724-7363 if you are interested or if you have any questions.
