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Amherst Hurricane Athletic Booster!

 

Amherst Hurricane Athletic Booster Announcements (a private, non-profit, 501 (c)(3)):

 

Please mark your calendars and join us for our two upcoming Booster meetings, both to be held by ZOOM.

 

Tuesday, 9-28-21, from 5pm-6pm 

ZOOM: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/j/95334830876?pwd=YnRLeU9QZmNqTzlMTXdHT2Jhb2hXZz09

 

We will be developing the slate of Officers/Board Members to be voted upon at the annual meeting. So, if you're interested in becoming more involved, join to express your interest.

 

Tuesday, 10-12-21, ANNUAL MEETING, 7pm

ZOOM:  https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/j/99299027180?pwd=dFhlMEE5VkV6U3VkYmh4QklBcDY0Zz09

 

We will be voting on any vacancies in the Executive Board and addition of Board Members, to begin their terms on 1/1/2022.

 

GOLF OPEN & ADULT COCKTAIL PARTY:

 

There are still golf slots available for the upcoming, annual Hurricane Golf Open on Saturday, 9/18/21, 2:30-5:30 pm, as well as Cocktail Party tickets for adults only, following golf tournament at 5:30 pm. If you do not have a foursome for golf, you can sign up individually and we will match you with three others. See the website: www.hurricaneboosters.com or email 413hurricanes@gmail.com

 

CELTICS GAME RAFFLE TICKETS:
There will be raffles and prizes at the Golf Open and Cocktail Party. There are raffle tickets being sold for a chance to win a premium game day package for two. See the raffle ticket flyer.

 

HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHT GAMES:

Please cheer on your teams! Each team will have a "highlight game," to celebrate homecoming and our teams. Go Canes!!

 

Amherst Hurricane Athletic Booster

Amherst Community Theater is back!

 

Welcome back, all!

It’s that time of year again! This is Susan Raker, (formerly Fort River K-2, and longtime Amherst schools mom) and I wanted to let you all know about the latest amazing audition opportunity for students in our area. Once again, Amherst Community Theater (formerly ALSCT) is creating a fabulous, large-scale musical, with lavish sets and costumes, a full live orchestra, and enthusiastic audiences to fill the 600-seat UMass Bowker Auditorium for nine performances in January. This year, we’ll be presenting Disney’s The Little Mermaid. A hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages, this timeless fable has a broad scope for a host of actors in incredible roles, and the extravagant production gives student actors an unparalleled stage experience. Actors, singers, and dancers ages 7-107 are encouraged to audition! As an added note, we at Amherst Community Theater are committed to inclusive casting. In addition, extensive Covid-19 precautions will be in place to help guard the safety of all participants.

All audition information is at www.amherstacts.org

AUDITIONS: Friday, Sept. 24^th, Saturday, Sept. 25^th, Sunday, Sept. 26^th; Callbacks Monday, September 27^th

This is an incredible experience, and I encourage you to let your students and families know about it. I've attached a flyer (in a few formats) with the info—and we’d love it if you could print it out and post it, pop it up on your social media sites, and even hand it to kids who are interested. Thanks so much! If you have questions, just email me at sbraker2@gmail.com.

Thanks again for all you do!

 ~Susan

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BTa4bE81gRa_EJ8OcDbKzgRRjugvYHND/view?usp=drive_web

The digital culture of kids

 

THANKS & GOODBYE!

 

Thank you to all ARMS PGO volunteers and school community for these great 2019-2021 years together! 

We have held our super events, like the best ever Winter Party with more than 200 students dancing, taking photos, enjoying bubble tea, cookies, games, good safe fun!

Also the Welcome Back party, the Movie Night, Open House, Coat Drive, Educators Award and Grants for teachers and students projects, T-shirts donation for students, Ice cream Socials with gifts for students, Popcorn and snacks, we sponsored Financial Literacy courses, the Environmental Club and the Climate Carnival. We started the Zero Waste campaign because we believe we can do more to protect our Earth! 

We provided over $4,000 in teacher grants, honored staff with appreciation, catering and gifts, communicated with families via blog and social media, and provided important classroom supplies. And $500 for the teachers lounge room!

 We will be leaving ARMS, but are so grateful for such great memories in the ARMS community.

Thank you! 

Muchas gracias!

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                                                        Happy safe summer 2021!

The PGO will be active early in the Fall 2021 academic year. Please stay tuned for updates! The Welcome Back Ice Cream Social too!. 

You are invited to join the ARMS PGO any time, your help is much appreciated all year long! You can be the PGO chair or assist with any of the PGO activities next year, please email armspgo@gmail.com. PGO contacts will be Aline Gubrium, Secretary and Laura Hunter, Treasurer.

Sincerely, 

Your 2019 -2021 PGO Chair,

Laura Rojo MacLeod

Reading Frederick Douglass!

 

Reading Frederick Douglass Together on the South Amherst Common

With the help of a grant from Mass Humanities, South Congregational Church, 1066 South East Street in Amherst, will mount a public reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass's famous "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech on July 4 at 3 p.m. UMass Professor Amilcar Shabazz will introduce and lead a discussion of the speech; readers will be members of the community. We're seeking readers of all ages in multiple languages. Here's how you can participate:

• Volunteer to read 1-2 paragraphs of the speech: Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/IreadFD by June 25
• Register to attend the reading (to receive event notices): Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/RFDT21
• Have questions? Want to help with publicity? Contact Bruce Penniman at penniman@umass.edu 

Thank you!

Bruce M. Penniman, Ed.D.

Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing Coordinator

Western Massachusetts Writing Project

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Congratulations ARMS 8th Graders!

Dear students and parents,

 There's a time for everything in this life...

A time to sow, a time to grow, to harvest, to play, to care for all, to share and more.

You and your children have made a great journey, very difficult sometimes due to the pandemics, but you made it! Now the time has arrived to start a new adventure next year at high school. Bravo!

Sincere congratulations dear 8th graders and families!

GO 8th GRADE GO! HAPPY & SAFE 9th GRADE!

THE ICECREAM SOCIAL ON JUNE 24, 10:30 am CAN USE SOME VOLUNTEER HELP TO SET UP, DECOR, SERVE ICECREAM &CLEAN UP. PLEASE CONSIDER IT! 

PLEASE ALSO CHECK THE SIGN UP

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A45A9A72CA3FE3-teacher

THANK YOU!

                                            THE ARMS PGO TEAM 2019 - 2021