Letters of Gratitude for Teachers and Staff

Join us in Fort River's "Letters of Gratitude" campaign and show your appreciation for the amazing teachers and staff. Letters will be for a group of teachers or staff (individual letters to specific teachers or staff are welcome, but no need to sign-up for those) and can be from a group, family, parent, or student.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094eada72ea4f49-letters  

Letters can be e-mailed to Elizabeth (elizabeth.fortriver@gmail.com) or dropped off by December 6.

Feel free to be creative and reach out to Elizabeth with any questions. Thank you for your support!

Fort River t-shirt design contest

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.

Seal of Biliteracy program

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.

 

School Garden Support Team - volunteers needed!

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)

Halloween Parade, Cider and Donuts

 

Get ready for trick-or-treating with a Halloween Parade around Fort River school on Sunday, October 31 at 2pm.

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.

Research Study on Language

 

*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/study/does_your_child_stru

*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. 

 

Ski and Winter Gear Sale