Wednesday, August 29, 2012

First Day of School Newsletter

The ARMS Family School Partnership welcomes you to the 2012-2012 school year! The ARMS Family School Partnership (FSP) is the ARMS PGO. We build community among middle school students, families, teachers, and administrators.  The group’s mission is to facilitate education and discussion forums helpful to families with middle school students; engage in fund-raising efforts to support middle school programs and enlist family volunteers to support activities.   Every parent/ guardian of an ARMS student is automatically part of the FSP.

 First Day of School Reminder 
All returning 8th Grade students will have a late start tomorrow, Thursday, August 30th.

Thanks to the following volunteers who have stepped up already this year! 
Becky Demling and Ann Duffy- Co-Chairs
Jeff Lefebvre – Coffee with the Principal Coordinator 
Jen Veshia – Treasurer
Laura Wear- Events Coordinator
Who is missing? YOU!
 While we have many volunteers who have signed up to help this year, the more voices and hands we have contributing the stronger our school. For more information, please contact the FSP at armsfsp@yahoo.com.

Communications Update 
The FSP is looking to improve parent communication this summer with a new blog- www.armsfsp.blogspot.com. This blog features a more dynamic graphic based system and an rss feed so you can sign up to receive our posts via email simply by visiting the blog and entering your email in the appropriate box. We will continue supporting the NPO Groups list used in previous years.

Volunteer Sign-up Sheet
 Please look for our blue information and sign-up sheet in your first day of school packet. Please return it soon- we would love to publish a student directory as well as have a solid list of volunteers as we go through the year.