Happy New Year 2021!

HAPPY & Healthy NEW YEAR 2021

dear ARMS community!

         A warm Welcome to our principal, students, teachers, parents and staff! May it be a very joyful, healthy and in happy learning and working mode! And we follow Covid protocols, always safe and sound! 

        In the Martin Luther King spirit, we would like to invite all to pause and meditate in the concept and actions that LOVE means for each of us in these tumultuous times. Let's all be hopeful for a better 2021.

    

And another invitation! Let us know about activities your 7th and 8th grader and you would like to see and help with. We have some nice ones to share! It's a difficult pandemic time still but together we can do something!

      Please contact us at armspgo@gmail.com with your ideas, any questions, to volunteer in easy roles -we need you!- or to just talk and share our common journey at ARMS! Thanks so much!

Keep up the ARMS spirit!

     Laura and the PGO Team 

       2019-2021

COMMUNITY RECESS VAN!

 The Amherst Hurricanes Athletic Boosters and Amherst Recreation are teaming up to provide a "Recess Van," during the lunch/recess break between the times of 11:30-12:15 from 1/11/2021-1/29/21. The 30 minute activities will be held from approximately 11:40 -12:10. Mondays- Amherst Regional Middle School, Tuesdays- Mill River Recreation Area, Wednesdays- Butternut Farms,Thursdays- The Boulders Apartments Fridays- Groff Park.  It is voluntary, free and doesn't require any registration, other than the children's names, grade and school, if not homeschooled the day of the "recess." It's geared towards students K-6, who are homeschooled, or not otherwise expected to be in class at that time. There is not any transportation provided. This is a structured, outdoor play activity led by staff and volunteers for the purpose of in-person, social engagement and fun. It is expected that children will only attend if they are in good health, not under quarantine due to Covid health guidelines, and will wear a mask at all times. 

For more details, you may see the Amherst Recreation website: https://www.amherstma.gov/3564/Recreation-Department or The Amherst Hurricanes Boosters website: https://hurricaneboosters.com and/or email Mary Klaes, President of the Boosters: mgklaes@comcast.net  or Nick Walas, Sports Director, at Amherst Recreation: walasn@amherstma.gov

THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL SPONSORED EVENT 

HELP ARMS PGO with your FLORENCE BANK account!

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FLORENCE BANK COMMUNITY CHOICE GRANTS -- VOTING ENDS DEC 31ST

Vote for us in the Florence Bank Community Choice Grant program. Each Florence Bank account holder gets one vote, and the voting runs from January 1st to December 31st each year. 

If you haven’t voted this calendar year, please do! 

The bank donates $100,000 to local schools and non profits, and we only need 50 votes to qualify for a grant. Please vote for the Amherst Regional Public Schools Parent Guardian Organization (ARPS PGO), which includes the PGOs for Crocker Farm, Wildwood, Amherst Regional Middle School and Amherst Regional High School.

https://www.florencebank.com/vote

Thank you!

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Vote por nosotros en el programa Florence Grant Community Choice Grant! 

Cada el titular de la cuenta de Florence Bank obtiene un voto, y la votación se extiende desde del 1 de enero al 31 de diciembre de cada año. 

Si no has votado esto año calendario, por favor hazlo! 

El banco dona $ 100,000 a escuelas locales y sin fines de lucro, y solo necesitamos 50 votos para calificar. Por favor vote por la Organización de Guardianes de Padres de las Escuelas Públicas Regionales de Amherst (ARPS 
PGO), que incluye los PGO para Crocker Farm, Wildwood, Amherst Escuela intermedia regional y Escuela secundaria regional Amherst. 

https://www.florencebank.com/v beneficios según objetivos 

¡Gracias!

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🙏 MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2021!

Your ARMS PGO, in community!💗

 ¡EL INTERCAMBIO DE ABRIGOS DE INVIERNO DE 

ARPS ES ESTE VIERNES!  

TODOS SON BIENVENIDOS.

EN EL VESTÍBULO DE LA ESCUELA INTERMEDIA REGIONAL DE AMHERST (ARMS) en 170 Chestnut Street, Amherst  

(Se permitirá la entrada de una familia a la vez.)

VIERNES, 18 de DIC., de 1:30 a 4:30 p.m.

¿TU FAMILIA ESTÁ LISTA PARA OTRO INVIERNO? SI NO, LAS ORGANIZACIONES DE PADRES Y TUTORES DE LAS ESCUELAS REGIONALES DE AMHERST PUEDEN TENER UNA SOLUCIÓN! 

LOS PGO’S DE TODO EL DISTRITO ESTÁN LLEVANDO A CABO UN INTERCAMBIO DE ABRIGOS ESTE AÑO.  POR FAVOR, PASEN ESTE VIERNES Y LLÉVENSE LOS ABRIGOS GRATIS, PANTALONES DE NIEVE, SOMBREROS Y BOTAS NUEVOS Y USADOS. Y OTROS EQUIPOS DE INVIERNO EN UNA VARIEDAD DE TAMAÑOS, DESDE NIÑOS PEQUEÑOS A NIÑOS GRANDES Y ADULTOS! ¡ESPERAMOS VERLOS ALLÍ! (Se requieren máscaras, y recuerden el distanciamiento social.)

Para obtener más información, comuníquese con arpspgo@gmail.com *Este evento está organizado por las PGO’s de las Escuelas Regionales de Amherst.

 THE ARPS FREE WINTER COAT SWAP IS THIS FRIDAY! 

ALL ARE WELCOME!

IN THE AMHERST REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL LOBBY
at 170 Chestnut Street, Amherst 
(One family will be allowed in at a time.)

FRIDAY, DEC. 18, FROM 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

IS YOUR FAMILY READY FOR ANOTHER WINTER? IF NOT, THE AMHERST REGIONAL SCHOOLS’ PARENT & GUARDIAN ORGANIZATIONS (PGOS) MAY HAVE A SOLUTION!

 

PGOS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE HOLDING A JOINT COAT SWAP THIS YEAR.  PLEASE STOP BY THIS FRIDAY, AND TAKE HOME FREE NEW & GENTLY USED COATS, SNOWPANTS , HATS, BOOTS. AND OTHER WINTER GEAR IN A VARIETY OF SIZES, FROM SMALL CHILD TO BIG KID AND ADULT! 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN! (Masks are required, and remember to socially distance.)

 

For additional information, contact arpspgo@gmail.com. *This event is organized by the Amherst Regional Schools PGOs.

 

Happy Holidays!

💗 Dear ARMS community,

We sincerely hope you are doing well and that your Thanksgiving went well and happy too, all things considered!

Here are some updates from your PGO.

Firstly, the 5k event is still open to sign up but it is postponed until next year. We have received many congratulations for this great idea! Please contact coordinator kim.nedeau@yahoo.com for any questions or concerns.

Secondly, three full PGO Best Baskets were donated for Thanksgiving. The raffle winner, an 8th grade parent, donated hers to a home for the elderly. A great loving gesture! They surely enjoyed delicious homemade cookies, specialty chocolates, tea and candy. And a special message! The other two baskets went to a community center and church to cheer them up at this challenging time.

And the Holiday Basket raffle is on, Dec 21! Who will win home & gifts, chocolates, cookies & candy? We just want to cheer you up! Again, donate and contact us to leave your info.

Last but not least, the PGO continues with the coat drive and we also helped teachers with the science kits. As always, we are happily and actively involved helping our teachers. They certainly do a great job in this part of the world where many uncertainties arise due to the pandemic situation. Please help the Environmental Club with plastic bottles for a project. And stop plastic pollution!

If possible, please show you care for your school community by donating to our ongoing fundraising efforts.https://www.mightycause.com/story/Amherst-Regional-Middle-School-Parent-Guardian-Organization Check our blog http://armspgo.blogspot.com/

We need you to keep doing good programs for the school! Every fundraiser benefits the students and teachers! And contact us at armspgo@gmail.com with ideas for your 8th graders move-on events and activities! We have suggestions to share with you; and your volunteer help is so much appreciated!

We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you!

Tis' this time of year again....

The wonderful season of thanks, joys and blessings for all! Oh what fun! a favorite time! May you have a healthy, wonderful and blessed holiday season!

 Keep it up, all safe and sound!

Laura & Team PGO 2019 - 2021💗

 Call for Submissions: Dreaming the Future!

The Forbes, Jones, and Lilly libraries are collaborating with UMass's Feinberg Lecture Series, and we are asking the young people of Western Massachusetts (ages 5-18) to help envision a future where climate change is mitigated and the world has adapted. The project, Dreaming the Future, asks young people to consider their relationship with the natural world, how they think it might change in the future, what they hope it might be like, and how to help guide humanity toward a more climate-just world. Participants are invited to respond to a variety of prompts and share their work with us; we will then publish the collection as a zine (a limited-edition publication). Participants will receive a physical copy of the booklet and it will also be available online. We are asking for submissions now through January 1st. To view the prompts and find information on how to submit, please visit: https://blogs.umass.edu/feinberg/dreaming-the-future/

See flyer here.