Amherst Solid Waste Survey

If you live or work in Amherst, we need your help! Regional landfills are closing, and there is growing awareness of the need to preserve our financial and material resources as well as protect the environment and our health through the responsible management of resources and waste.

Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey at http://www.amherstma.gov (click on the blue bin at the bottom of the page), and let us know:

• how you currently manage your waste
• your opinions about waste reduction proposals
• how you would like to help promote Zero Waste in Amherst

Also, public input to our recently released Solid Waste Master Plan (see http://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/35741) will be accepted until September 30.  Your feedback about the plan’s proposals, including suggestions for promoting recycling and waste reduction in Amherst, can be submitted viathe RRMC survey, sent to publicworks@amherstma.gov, or presented at a meeting of the RRMC.

For questions about the Recycling and Refuse Management Committee or the Solid Waste Master Plan, or to help with community outreach, contact John Root, RRMC Chair, at info@johnroot.net or (413) 961-9059.

For information about recycling and Amherst Transfer Station services, visit http://www.amherstma.gov/157/Recycling—Solid-Waste

ARMS PGO Meeting Next Week

We will be having our first official ARMS PGO meeting on Wednesday, September 14, at 1:30 pm, at The Works Bakery Café, 48 North Pleasant Street, Amherst.  If you are interested in learning more about what we do, would like to get involved in some upcoming activities and events, or just want to have a cup of coffee and meet some other parents, please join us.  

Amherst Regional Marching Band

The Amherst Regional Hurricane Marching Band is open to all current 7th-12th graders who are enrolled in an instrumental ensemble. Rehearsals are Wednesday 6:30-8pm and Thursday 4:30-6:30pm and most performances are Friday 6:30-9pm. Membership in the band includes free admittance to all ARHS sporting events which we attend including a UMass football game and free t-shirts, hoodies, and pizza. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact Head Coach Zachariah Clark at westernmassmarching@gmail.com

Dr. Ruth Potee to present at ARHS on Addiction, Risk Taking and the Adolescent Brain

Come learn more about what parents and the community can do to keep our children safer, healthier and substance-free through the middle and high school years.

Thursday, September 22 

7:00 PM in the ARHS Library 

  

This event is free and open to the public.

 

Childcare and light refreshments will be provided.  For more information or to sign up for childcare, please contact the ARHS Office at 362-1700.

 

Dr. Potee is an expert in the area of adolescent brain development and its impact on teenage risk taking, including alcohol and substance abuse. She blends scientific research with hands-on understanding of the challenges of raising healthy teens.   Board certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, Dr. Potee practices in Greenfield, MA and is the Chair of the Healthcare Solutions Committee of the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County.  She has addressed professional and community audiences throughout Massachusetts.

This event is sponsored by the ARHS PGO in collaboration with ARHS, the Town of Amherst Health and Community Service Department, the SPIFFY Coalition.

Mark Your Calendar

Sept 9th: Team Y Meeting and Lunch
Sept 12th: Team W Meeting and Lunch
Sept 14th: ARMS PGO Meeting
Sept 21st: Early Release Day, 12:00 pm dismissal
Sept 22nd: ARHS PGO presents An Evening with Dr. Ruth Potee
Sept 26th - 30th- Scholastic Book Fair
Sept 27th: Picture Day
Sept 29th: ARMS Open House 6:30 PM
Oct 10th: No school
Oct 19th: Early Release Day, 12:00 pm dismissal

ARMS Back to School Picnic

Please join your school community and the ARMS Parent/Guardian Organization for the ARMS Back to School Picnic.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016, from 5:30-7:00 pm at the ARMS Athletic Fields.

This event is free and open to all ARMS families.

5:30-6:15 – picnic dinner – BYOP! (Bring Your Own Picnic)

6:15-7:00 – Activities, including a dunk tank (featuring Principal Bode in the hot seat) and free ice cream sponsored by the ARMS PGO

First ARMS PGO meeting of the school year

We will be having our first official ARMS PGO meeting on Wednesday, September 14, at 1:30 pm, at The Works Bakery Café, 48 North Pleasant Street, Amherst.  If you are interested in learning more about what we do, would like to get involved in some upcoming activities and events, or just want to have a cup of coffee and meet some other parents, please join us.