ARHS PGO Parent News

Remember, four-year colleges require your affirmative decision and deposit by May 1 in order to continue to hold a place for you. Offers of admission expire on May 1. You may deposit at only one college. See me ASAP if you need help making this decision.

If you are planning to attend a community college next year, registration for classes has already begun!

* If you have not applied yet, do it today and put your request in Naviance. See Miss Garrity for help if you need it.

* If you have applied but have not taken the Accuplacer yet, take a few hours off this week to go to campus and take the test. It takes about two hours.

* GCC will have an Open House with testing and registration on Saturday, May 4.

* HCC does not have a big Open House. They want you to take your Accuplacer test and then contact the Academic Advising Center at (413) 552-2722 for an appointment with an advisor who will help you register.

* If you are planning to attend STCC, read your particular admissions packet for instructions on how to proceed. Look for the date of the orientation session you were assigned to. If you missed it somehow, call (413) 755-3333 for instructions on what to do next!

If you are going to enroll at UMass Amherst, look in the scholarship booklet for the Charles and Lizzie Dickinson scholarships.

If you did not apply for the Hart Scholarship, think about volunteering for the selection committee. The meeting will be on Wednesday, May 15. You will miss much of a school day, how much will be determined by the number of applications to read and the length of the deliberations. The meeting will take place downtown at the Bank of America. Lunch will be provided. Participation on this committee is personally rewarding, and possibly the last service you will provide to ARHS. It will not impact your exam exemptions. See Miss Garrity to sign up.

As soon as you make your college decision, please put all decisions and the college you will attend in Naviance and complete the Graduation Survey and supplement. We cannot send your final transcript to the college of your choice without these steps. Fewer than forty of you have done it so far!

Regarding waitlists: If you are waitlisted at a college that you would really like to attend, and at which you will likely be funded adequately, be sure to take some time this week to demonstrate your continued interest. Contact the admissions counselor for Amherst. If you can, visit unless they have told you not to! Write a well-crafted letter detailing why that college is such a good fit for you and telling them about the activities that you plan to pursue there. Send your second semester progress report if you have not already done so. Contact your Admissions counselor again on May 2 or 3 to ask about the waitlist. You want to be well-positioned in their mind if they go to their waitlist.

This is to share some information concerning seniors and graduation week.  Hopefully, it will help to make this happy occasion a little less stressful for everyone. As you know, the graduation ceremony will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2019 at the Mullins Center on the University of Massachusetts Campus.

Before Graduation Day:

Caps, gown and tickets will be given out on Friday, May 31^st, during all lunch periods, outside the cafeteria at the High School.  After that time caps and gowns will be available in the Main Office.  Each senior will receive 10 graduation tickets with their cap and gown.  If additional tickets are needed, please request them in writing, from Terry Ominsky in the main office before May 29^th, so they will be included in the pick up on May 31^st.  There is no charge for tickets. PLEASE NOTE– Caps and Gowns are kept by each graduate, so pictures can be taken at your leisure.

Seniors are strongly encouraged to settle all fines for overdue or lost books, college transcripts, or any other fee owed to ARHS, BEFORE PICKING UP CAPS AND GOWNS.

On Graduation Day:

Graduation rehearsal will be held at 8 a.m. on June 7^th at the Mullins Center. All graduating seniors must attend this rehearsal, which will last approximately two hours.  Please enter the Mullins Center via the ground level doors on the west side of the building (facing the town of Hadley) for rehearsal. Lot 67 is available for rehearsal parking. Note – University parking regulations are in effect if you park in another lot. Students have been issued tickets in the past.

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. for the ceremony. Handicapped parking is provided in the metered lot on the N/E corner of the building. Balloons of any kind are prohibited in the building.  This includes mylar and helium ones as they interfere with lighting and equipment.  The Mullins Center has installed metal detectors for the safety of its users, and staff will be available to assist you at all entrances.

In order to preserve the dignity and ceremony of the occasion, we ask that parents and guests remain in the seating area during the ceremony, and not climb down onto the floor of the stadium. After the ceremony, the barriers will be removed so families can reunite.  Since the Mullins Center staff must break down the facility set-up that evening, we ask that you not loiter on the floor.

After Graduation Day:

Senior folders (including academic, health, and guidance) now are held at ARHS for 3 years after graduation.  Therefore, we are unable to release these records to graduates as early as we have in the past.  Class of 2019 folders can be picked up by the graduate starting in July 2022 and will be destroyed in July 2024.

Computer Accounts:
As graduation nears, some of you may wish to take your Google data with you. The following links will help guide you in transferring or archiving your data.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?source=gsearch&hl=en

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6386856

Please note that accounts will be turned off at some point this summer, so please don’t wait to archive or transfer your data.

Esto es para compartir información sobre las personas mayores y la semana de graduación. Con suerte, ayudará a que esta feliz ocasión sea un poco menos estresante para todos. Como saben, la ceremonia de graduación se llevará a cabo a las 6:00 p.m. el viernes 7 de junio de 2019 en el Centro Mullins (“Mullins Center”) en el campus de la Universidad de Massachusetts.

Antes del Día de Graduación:

Los birretes, las togas y los boletos se entregarán el viernes, 31 de mayo, durante todos los períodos de almuerzo, fuera de la cafetería en la escuela secundaria. Después de ese tiempo, los birretes y las togas estarán disponibles en la oficina principal. Cada senior recibirá 10 boletos de graduación con su toga y birrete. Si se necesitan boletos adicionales, solicítelos por escrito a Terry Ominsky en la oficina principal antes del 29 de mayo, para que se incluyan en la recogida el 31 de mayo. No hay cargo por las entradas. POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA: cada graduado se queda el birrete y la toga para que pueda tomar fotografías a su gusto.

Se recomienda encarecidamente a los adultos mayores que resuelvan todas las multas por libros vencidos o perdidos, transcripciones de créditos o cualquier otro cargo adeudado a ARHS, ANTES DE RECOGER BIRRETE Y TOGA.

El Día de Graduación:

El ensayo de graduación se llevará a cabo el 7 de junio a las 8:00 AM en el Centro Mullins. Todos los estudiantes graduados deben asistir a este ensayo, que durará aproximadamente dos horas. Ingrese al Centro Mullins a través de las puertas a nivel del suelo en el lado oeste del edificio (de frente al pueblo de Hadley) para el ensayo. El lote 67 está disponible para estacionamiento de ensayo. Nota: las regulaciones de estacionamiento de la universidad están vigentes si usted estaciona en otro lote. Se le ha emitido boletos a los estudiantes en el pasado.

Las puertas se abrirán a las 5:00 PM para la ceremonia. Se proporciona estacionamiento para discapacitados en el lote medido en la esquina N / E del edificio. Los globos de cualquier tipo están prohibidos en el edificio. Esto incluye los de mylar y helio, ya que interfieren con la iluminación y el equipo. El Centro Mullins ha instalado detectores de metales para la seguridad de sus usuarios, y el personal estará disponible para ayudarlo en todas las entradas.

Para preservar la dignidad y la ceremonia de la ocasión, pedimos a los padres e invitados que permanezcan en el área de asientos durante la ceremonia, y que no se suban al piso del estadio. Después de la ceremonia, se eliminarán las barreras para que las familias puedan reunirse. Debido a que el personal del Centro Mullins debe desmontar la configuración de las instalaciones esa noche, le pedimos que no tire basura en el piso.

Después del Día de Graduación:

Los expedientes de los Graduandos (incluidas las académicas, de salud y orientación) ahora se retienen en ARHS durante los 3 años posteriores a la graduación. Por lo tanto, no podemos entregar estos registros a los graduados tan pronto como lo hemos hecho en el pasado. Los expedientes de los graduados de la clase de 2019 pueden ser recogidos a partir de julio de 2022 y serán destruidos en julio de 2024.

Cuentas de Computadora:
A medida que se acerca la graduación, algunos de ustedes tal vez deseen llevar sus datos de Google con usted. Los siguientes enlaces lo guiarán para transferir o archivar sus datos.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?source=gsearch&hl=en

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6386856

Tome en consideración que las cuentas se desactivarán en algún momento este verano, así que no espere a archivar o transferir sus datos.

Friday, May 3rd ~ 6:00PM-7:30PM

Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium

Join us in recognizing and celebrating our student scholars!

The evening will include entertainment, special tribute, guest speaker. and Kente stole ceremony for graduating seniors.

Reception to follow immediately after in the cafeteria.

High School graduation can be a dangerous night for our students.  For over 37 years, our community has supported “Project Graduation” – a senior class party that is a collective effort to keep our grads safe on a night when celebration has all too often turned to tragedy in towns across the country.  Your support is needed to create this safe, but awesome, celebration for our ARHS graduating seniors.

The Amherst Regional High School 2019 Senior Class Party will be held June 7th after graduation.  This overnight celebration is a time-honored local tradition that gives our seniors a secure place to celebrate their achievements, have fun, and be together with classmates one last time. Volunteer parents produce and monitor the event, which provides food, music, and entertainment. They also provide rides home for every student and guest.

Planning for this event is underway and I am looking for parent and guardian volunteers to form this year’s graduation party committee.  Volunteers can be from all grades 9 – 12 and there are a variety of positions that need filling such as coordinating food, entertainment, security, transportation, volunteer coordinator, etc.

Rather than tie up people’s time with a lot of meetings, this year we will start the coordination on-line via email and later in the spring have some face-to-face meetings.  

If you are willing to help with this important task, please reach out to Project Graduation Coordinator and Senior Parent, Tracy Farnham via email: tqfarnham@gmail.comTracy Farnham

April 30 – Chorale Concert 7PM
May 3-4 – Student Produced Play (date change) Sonia, Vanya, Marsha and Spike 7PM
May 8 – Early Dismissal
May 9- Hurricane Singer’s Concert 7PM
May 16-18 – Student-Written Play 7:30PM
May 17- Latino Achievement Night
May 21-22 – MCAS: Math
May 23 – Combined Spring Concert 7PM
May 27 – Memorial Day: No School
May 28 – Senior Exams Begin
May 30 – Jazz Singer Soiree Concert 7PM
May 31 – Last Day for Seniors
June 4- MCAS Science and Technology
June 5- MCAS Science and Technology
June 6- Concert Choir Concert 7PM
June 7- Graduation

Come to the 28th Annual Amherst Invitational on May 11-12, 2019 to see the 32 top teams compete in this exciting tournament. Games generally run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The event is free but food and merchandise will be available for purchase.

The tournament will be held at the Amherst Middle and High Schools.

Check out the Facebook page for news and updates: Amherst Invitational
Ultimate Tournament.

Thank you to all who attended the Principal Candidate Forums this week.  All three finalists were provided with an opportunity to visit the community and engage with staff, students and families.  In addition to the bios provided below, the District will make available the resumes of finalists on Friday morning.   Parent voice is an important part of the process.  The community is invited to provide feedback on the candidates through the feedback forms provided or via email to Dr Morris (morrism@arps.org).  All comments are due by April 12, 2019 at 4:30 PM.

The finalists are :

Alan Strauss- Mr. Strauss currently serves as Principal of Weymouth High School.  He has worked directly with students, parents and staff in every aspect of the school community, across instructional levels and within the greater local community to build programs, create a myriad of opportunities and collaboratively develop academic, civic, global and interpersonal accountability frameworks. Mr. Strauss has a diversified range of curricular experiences and has assisted with the development of globally-based experiences for students and faculty. He re-established, cultivated and implemented the Weymouth High School’s academic, athletic, and community service programs and oversaw the day-to-day operations, including Career and Technical Education (CTE) and all programs.

Shannon Magee– Ms. Magee currently serves as the interim Dean at Amherst Regional High School and was formerly a High School Principal at the British International School in Ghana, West Africa where she oversaw the planning, implementation and evaluation of the school’s curriculum and instructional program. She  also served as a former Director of Academics at Albany Community Charter School. Ms. Magee has worked with and mentored new teachers, and monitored and coached teachers in the use of appropriate classroom management strategies as needed. In addition to her experience in secondary education administration, Ms. Magee is a former Cultural Affairs Academic Specialist for the U.S. Department of State–U.S. Embassy.

Gene Jones-  Mr. Jones received a B.A. from Boston University, holds an M.A. from Old Dominion University, has completed Post Graduate work at Old Dominion University and Virginia Tech and, most recently, was enrolled in the Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as principal of Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia, which was recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the nation by Newsweek magazine. Mr. Jones was appointed to the Principal position at William Fleming High School in the Roanoke Public City Public Schools, where he increased the four-year graduation rate from 69% to 80%.

78 students of Latin at all levels at ARMS and ARHS participated in the 2019 National Latin Exam this year. Among these students, 49 received awards, including 11 silver medals, 15 gold medals, and 2 Perfect Papers (1 at the Intro to Latin level, the lowest level, and the other at Latin 5/6, the highest level). At each level, at least half of students performed on or above the national average. In total, 51 of our 78 students performed on or above the national average. Students who participated in the National Latin Exam will be celebrated at award ceremonies organized by their Latin teachers.

– Prom permission slips are available in the main office, the guidance office and in room 154. Please pay attention to all instructions and the deadline date of May 23, 2019. Also, please be aware that all outstanding fees should be current BEFORE you can purchase.

– When you make your college choice, please go into your Naviance account and “set” the college you will be attending. Your college will require your final transcript. We cannot send it if you don’t tell us where to send it! Even if you have told Guidance in person, you must put your choice in Naviance.

Amherst and Pelham are exploring regionalizing their PK-6 elementary schools. Attend a public forum to learn about the Regional School District Planning Board’s work to date, and give your feedback:

Monday 4/22 at 7pm at the Middle School Library
Thursday 4/25 at 7pm at Pelham Elementary
More info available at bit.ly/APRegion.

The 9th Annual  Daffodil Run is a festive Springtime 5K run/walk or 10K run to support Big Brother/Big Sisters, taking place on Sunday, April 28, 2019. This event draws over 1,000 people to Kendrick Park in downtown Amherst.

The Daffodil Run started nine years ago as a fundraiser for CHD’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. New in 2019, we are partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County, so runners and walkers can choose which agency they want to raise funds for. We hope to match even more young people with mentors through this collaboration! You can choose the agency you are supporting when you create your personalized fundraising page here: https://chd.myetap.org/fundraiser/DaffodilRun2019/

Free local parking is available near Kendrick Park. Participants may also park at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School located at 21 Mattoon St., approximately one half mile from Kendrick Park.

Free lunch for participants provided by The Pub plus games, bounce house, music and more!

Register at daffodilrun2019.racewire.com by April 1, 2019 to receive a free t-shirt.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27th
10 AM – 4 PM
TOWN COMMON

Join us for a day of family fun, education and entertainment. The Sustainability Festival is in its tenth year and is bigger and better than ever! There is literally something for everyone with over 100 vendors of renewable energy, energy efficiency product suppliers, advocacy groups as well as sustainable crafts and artisans!

SCHEDULE OF STAGE PERFORMERS:
10 AM – Luke DeRoy
11 AM – Caylin Lee
Noon – Emma June
1 PM – The Frost Heaves and Hales
2 PM – Rockin’ Ron the Friendly Pirate
3 PM – Piti Theatre Company

CENTRAL DEMONSTRATION AREA: (CHECK THE ON SITE SANDWICH BOARDS AT THE FESTIVAL FOR TIMES)

Bagshare Making – Sue Morrello

Bee Pollinator Habitats – John Root

Composting Workshop with City Compost

Cycling as All-Season Transportation – Laughing Dog Bicycle

Chakra Energy Healing for Centering and Relaxation – Saralee Hofrichter

The human body is a complex vibratory system. Reiki, crystals & sound are all forms of energy that help raise your vibration, and will be used to help re-align and harmonize your chakras, as you are guided back to a grounded and balanced state – Saralee Hofrichter, Reiki Master, Crystal Healer, Sound Healer

Multicultural History of Henna – Paisley Peacock Body Arts

Specialty Mushrooms: Curiosity, Cuisine and Cultivation – Willie Crosby, Fungi Ally

Join Willie Crosby of Fungi Ally in an exploration of the magical world of specialty mushrooms. We will discuss the basics of what specialty mushrooms are and why use them in the kitchen and medicine cabinet. Excited to grow them at home? This workshop will discuss 2 methods of home cultivation, using a grow kit and inoculating shiitake logs.

Tree Planting and Pruning with Amherst Tree Warden Alan Snow

Upcycling Workshop with EcoBuilding Bargains

WAYS TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

Stand up for science and join the UMASS March for Science Western MA 2019 convening at Kendrick Park at 9 AM and leaving for the festival at 10 AM. Organized by the Amherst Pod of 500 Women Scientists and UMASS Amherst That’s Life [Science] blog.

Participate in the BID sponsored CHALK WALK! Chalk available at the Amherst BID booth.

RECYCLING COLLECTIONS: DROP OFF LOCATION ON SOUTH PLEASANT STREET ADJACENT TO THE COMMON

ALSO – ELECTRIC VEHICLES, HORSES, FACE PAINTING, A JUGGLING STILT WALKER, THE ORBITRON AND MORE!

VISIT https://www.amherstma.gov/683/Sustainability-Festival-Information FOR MORE UPDATES!

THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCIAL SPONSORS: EVERSOURCE AND BERKSHIRE GAS

In late April and early May the Jones Library has lots of fun Star Wars activities leading up to 4^th annual May the 4^th Be With You celebration of all things Star Wars. This year following their crafts and activities on May the 4^th they’ll be showing the movie Solo.

A few of these events require advance registration but many are open to all ages with no pre-registration required. There’s everything from baby Padawan storytime to Makerspace for older kids.

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The Town of Amherst is hosting a Community Cleanup on Saturday, May 4th from 9AM-11AM. There will be three meeting locations throughout the Town, each will have an area captain stationed to organize and assist volunteers. Several Town Councilors will be serving as area captains. We will provide collection bags for trash and recycling and work gloves (please bring your own if you do have a pair). Public Works will assist with the collection of the bags after the event.

The Institute for Training and Development, Amherst, (ITD), will host the program “Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators” this June, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The theme of this program is “Liberty, Equality, and the American Dream.” Goal of the program is to deepen their understanding of the U.S. society, education, and culture. An important part of the Institute is spending a weekend with a local family or member of the community. The homestay weekend is scheduled for June 14-16th. Participants particularly enjoy sharing their culture with American families and discussing the differences and similarities between the two. Meeting their homestay family is usually one of the highlights of their time here in the US. This is an excellent opportunity to experience a cross-cultural exchange.

This group will be comprised of secondary school educators from 7 continents. They all speak English and are highly motivated adults who have gone through a competitive application process to be selected to be a part of this Institute. If you are interested in hosting one or two educators for an overnight or would like more information on ITD, please call Kaye Sherwood at 413.256.1925 or email at: kaye@itdamherst.org. ITD will also welcome a group from Latin America in July and we will be looking for homestay hosts for July 12-14. Theme of that program for undergraduate students from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica will be Public Policy Making. Great way to practice your Spanish.

For more information, please contact Kaye Sherwood (413) 256-1925 or kaye@itdamherst.org

We’re looking for parent volunteers to help proctor AP exams on Tuesday May 7th, Wednesday May 8th, Monday May 13th, & Tuesday May 14th. If you are interested and available during any of these times, please contact Andrea Dustin at 362-1714 or dustina@arps.org, or Talib Sadiq at 362-1781 or sadiqt@arps.org, for more details. Thank you!

High School graduation can be a dangerous night for our students.  For over 37 years, our community has supported “Project Graduation” – a senior class party that is a collective effort to keep our grads safe on a night when celebration has all too often turned to tragedy in towns across the country.  Your support is needed to create this safe, but awesome, celebration for our ARHS graduating seniors.

The Amherst Regional High School 2019 Senior Class Party will be held June 7th after graduation.  This overnight celebration is a time-honored local tradition that gives our seniors a secure place to celebrate their achievements, have fun, and be together with classmates one last time. Volunteer parents produce and monitor the event, which provides food, music, and entertainment. They also provide rides home for every student and guest.

Planning for this event is underway and I am looking for parent and guardian volunteers to form this year’s graduation party committee.  Volunteers can be from all grades 9 – 12 and there are a variety of positions that need filling such as coordinating food, entertainment, security, transportation, volunteer coordinator, etc.

Rather than tie up people’s time with a lot of meetings, this year we will start the coordination on-line via email and later in the spring have some face-to-face meetings.  

If you are willing to help with this important task, please reach out to me via email via email soon so that I may plan effectively.  My email is: tqfarnham@gmail.com

Tracy Farnham – Project Graduation Coordinator and Senior Parent

The Amherst Regional Middle School Educator Award for 2018-19 will be awarded to science teacher Jennifer Welborn. The award, given by the Amherst Regional Middle School Parent Guardian Organization (ARMS PGO), is based on three main criteria: student support, collaboration with colleagues, and contributions to the ARMS community.

Welborn was nominated by a number of ARMS students and parents. In the nomination comments, some themes arose multiple times: her infectious excitement about science; her generosity in helping outside of class hours; her collaboration with colleagues, include field trip organization, regular lunchtime visiting lecturers and a weekly science club; and the interest she takes in the outside lives of her students.

One nominator said, “She often tells people how great they are, and tries to instill a sense of pride in them about how they are smart,” no matter how difficult they may find the work.

According to another nomination, Welborn “makes learning science fun by all the crazy cool activities she does in class,” including crowd-pleasing science experiments with chemical reactions and controlled explosions. She is “always smiling and seems to make everyone laugh when people are having a rough day; she always brings positive energy.”

Welborn’s collaborative instinct is visible not just to fellow teachers, but to her students, who describe her as one of the leaders of the team. “She plans field trips and sets up lots of events at school like goodbye parties for teachers.” Another student said, “She often works with other teachers to connect student learning to what they are working on in other classes,” for example, helping incorporate science into a social studies climate change unit.

Beyond the classroom, she hosts a regular lunchtime “Soundbytes Café” with visiting UMass researchers. The talks are open to all students, the result of a collaborative effort between ARMS science teachers and the Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) organization at UMass Amherst.  Welborn also runs a popular weekly science club for students after school.

Jennifer Welborn, in her 19^th year of teaching at ARMS, continues to be a positive force in the community. In an essay she once wrote, Welborn said, “I have the opportunity each and every day to help kids feel like competent, important people.” As one nomination concluded, “she is a phenomenal teacher, and makes science the best part of the day.”

Ms. Welborn will receive a certificate and a $500 award from the ARMS PGO, and her name will be engraved on the Educator Award plaque in the library of the middle school.

Administered annually by the ARMS PGO, Jennifer Welborn is the fifth recipient of this award. Students, parents, and ARMS staff were invited to submit nominations in February. Welborn was one of 16 eligible staff members nominated. A vote was held among fellow staff members, and three finalists were chosen. The final selection was made by the PGO’s Educator Award Committee.

Please contact armspgo@gmail.com with any questions.

Hurricane Sport Fans, most of you aren’t aware of a feature offered through the MIAA. You can set up email alerts for your favorite team(s)!! Go to the MIAA website, look for the light blue bar, select the team(s) you’d like to receive notifications on. In that same area, select the pencil “Schedule Notification Options.” From there, follow the prompts. You can change your selections at any time.

Check out the newest issue of our school newspaper–The Graphic.   It covers a lot: workshops to combat anti-Semitism, the new computerized MCAS, Grinspoon award winners, our recent ADA/accessibility study, the musical, a feature on our single snow day, great club news, deep sports coverage, and some brave opinion pieces about gun laws and climate change. Available online at thegraphic.arps.org

Reminder to PRE-ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK at arps.picaboo.com as soon as possible! Yearbooks are $45, and the deadline to order is April 19th!

Additionally, we have 24 slots for parent ads in the yearbook! Congratulate your student on another completed year or give props to a grad! $45 per slot, each ad covers the cost of a yearbook for a senior on free/reduced lunch! Submit your ad via this link and bring cash or a check to Crystal Garrity in Guidance to reserve your spot!  https://goo.gl/forms/mJENcQ1E6wwazBVr1

It’s that time of the year again! Registration for Splash! Spring 2019 is NOW OPEN. Amherst Splash is a one day event where middle and high school students take classes taught by Amherst College students. This year, Splash! will be held on April 20, 2019 from 9am to 4pm.We are thrilled to debut a great course catalog that will keep growing this week, so keep checking back for more updates. View the full list of classes here: https://amherstsplash.learningu.org/learn/Splash/2019_Spring/catalogEach student will register for 5 hour-long classes, which are filled on a first come, first serve basis! There is a $10 registration fee that will cover all five courses, materials, and lunch. Scholarships available on request. Register for Splash! here: https://amherstsplash.learningu.org/learn/register.htmlIf you have any questions or concerns, please email us at amherstsplash@gmail.com.Cheers,The Amherst Splash! Team

The Sene-Gambian Scholars Program is grateful to the ARHS community for its support of the recent West African take-out fundraiser, which was very successful. The group is now seeking a host for two charming men who will be chaperoning students from their school in Senegal during their upcoming exchange visit, April 22 – May 3. The ideal location would be within walking distance or easy bus access of the high school. They have both been to the area twice before and are quite self-sufficient. If you can help, please contact club adviser Bruce Penniman at penniman@umass.edu

Tuesday, March 26th was a formal opening of the newly expanded Baystate Integrated Cancer Services, Mary Lane. In the registration area, there is a beautiful plaque recognizing Amherst, Belchertown, and Ware for their help with patient care through their Spike It For Life fundraisers.

Autism Specialists present a Vendor Fair for parents and family of students with autism. The fair will be on April 4, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at ARMS.

This station-based workshop will include opportunities to talk to agencies that can supplement the services provided at school.  The workshop will include someone to talk to about guardianship, transitions to adulthood, parent training through the collaborative, our own Family Center and several others.

The workshop is presented by Jennifer Dann, Britany Samberg, Kris Serwecki and Jennifer McIntire.  RSVP to Mcintirej@arps.org or GignacM@arps.org.

Childcare will be available.

For nineteen years Multi-Arts, a non-for-profit organization, has fulfilled its mission of inspiring, guiding, and educating children in the performing and visual arts with innovative programs for children from 4 to 12 years old.

Currently, we have several positions available for teens who want to do community service or want to work as Counselor in Training* working with children in different artistic endeavors.

These teens will be working in a creative, fun and inspiring environment exploring and developing his/her own artistic abilities, while at the same time becoming role models for the children.

The CIT program has a fee, and teens will receive a stipend. You can register now here: https://goo.gl/forms/mbiGRPAJTB5Wb8oY2

The 9th Annual  Daffodil Run is a festive Springtime 5K run/walk or 10K run to support Big Brother/Big Sisters, taking place on Sunday, April 28, 2019. This event draws over 1,000 people to Kendrick Park in downtown Amherst.

The Daffodil Run started nine years ago as a fundraiser for CHD’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. New in 2019, we are partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County, so runners and walkers can choose which agency they want to raise funds for. We hope to match even more young people with mentors through this collaboration! You can choose the agency you are supporting when you create your personalized fundraising page here: https://chd.myetap.org/fundraiser/DaffodilRun2019/

Free local parking is available near Kendrick Park. Participants may also park at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School located at 21 Mattoon St., approximately one half mile from Kendrick Park.

Free lunch for participants provided by The Pub plus games, bounce house, music and more!

Register at daffodilrun2019.racewire.com by April 1, 2019 to receive a free t-shirt.

The MCAS ELA tests will be given to all 10th grade students at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 28, at the high school.

Students not participating in MCAS testing will have late arrival on all MCAS testing days, and should report to school as follows:

Tuesday, March 26 – 10:45 a.m.

Thursday, March 28 – 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday, March 27, is an early release day for the high school and middle school.  Students will dismiss at 12:00 p.m.

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INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PRUEBAS DEL MCAS PARA TODAS LAS FAMILIAS DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DEL ARHS:

Se darán los exámenes del MCAS de Inglés / Artes del Lenguaje para todos los estudiantes del grado 10 a las 7:45 am Martes 26 de marzo y jueves 28 de marzo en la escuela superior.

Los estudiantes que no participan en las pruebas de MCAS debe planear llegar a la escuela en los siguientes horarios en días de pruebadías de MCAS

Martes, 26 de marzo- 10:45 a.m.

Jueves, 28 de marzo – 10:45 a.m.

El miércoles, 27 de marzo, es un día de salida temprana para la escuela superior y la escuela intermedia. Los estudiantes saldrán al medio dia.

On Tuesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 28, all ARHS 10th Graders will take the MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts tests.  The tests will begin promptly at 7:45 a.m. on both days. Students not participating in MCAS will have late arrival on those days.

This year, for the first time, the high school will be participating in the Next Generation MCAS on-line testing.  This testing app is only accessible on school owned chromebooks. Each student is responsible to bring a fully charged, school-provided chromebook and charger with them on both days of testing.   Any students who have not been assigned a chromebook (because they chose to use their personal computers) will be responsible to check-out a school device from the Writing Center (room 141) no later than the end of the school day on Friday, March 22.

A test room list will be posted on the bulletin board in the front lobby by this Friday.  Students should check this list to find out in which classroom they will be testing. It is very important that students arrive on time on testing days and report directly to their assigned room.  There will be no access to lockers during testing time, but students may bring school work or books in a subject area other than English to work on after they have completed and handed in their testing materials.  Remember: be sure your student gets a good night’s rest, and eats a healthy breakfast each morning!  We appreciate parent/guardian support of our students during this testing period.

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Según lo exige la Ley de Reforma Educativa, comenzando con la clase del 2010, los estudiantes deben aprobar los exámenes del grado 10 del Sistema de Evaluación Integral de Massachusetts (MCAS) en Artes del Lenguaje Inglés (ELA), Matemáticas y Ciencia y Tecnología / Ingeniería (STE) como uno condición de elegibilidad para un diploma de Escuela Superior (además de cumplir con los requisitos locales).

Este año, por primera vez, la escuela secundaria participará en las pruebas en línea de MCAS de próxima generación. A esta aplicación de prueba solo se puede acceder en los libros de libros electrónicos propiedad del colegio. Cada estudiante es responsable de llevar un cargador de libros y cargador provisto por la escuela y completamente cargado, en ambos días de exámenes. Cualquier estudiante a quien no se le haya asignado un chromebook (porque eligieron usar sus computadoras personales) será responsable de retirar el dispositivo de la escuela del Centro de Escritura (sala 141) a más tardar al final de la jornada escolar el viernes, marzo 22.

Este viernes se publicará una lista de salas de prueba en el tablero de anuncios en el vestíbulo. Los estudiantes deben revisar esta lista para averiguar en qué clase de clase estarán examinando. Es muy importante que los estudiantes lleguen a tiempo los días de exámenes e informen directamente a su habitación asignada. No habrá acceso a los casilleros durante el tiempo de prueba, pero los estudiantes pueden traer trabajos escolares o libros en un área temática distinta del inglés para trabajar después de que hayan completado y entregado sus materiales de prueba. Recuerde: ¡asegúrese de que su estudiante descanse bien y coma un desayuno saludable cada mañana! Apreciamos el apoyo de los padres / tutores de nuestros estudiantes durante este período de prueba.

Tuesday, March 26 – Day 2

Wednesday, March 27 – Day 3 (ACDEFG)

Early Release Day (no MCAS testing)    B period drops, F period is lunch

Thursday, March 28 – Day 4

All Vehicles parked on school grounds should have a current parking permit or risk being towed. We will be checking for parking permits starting the week of March 25th. It will cost approximately $125 to retrieve a towed vehicle.

Three cohorts of ARHS students have traveled to West Africa as cultural ambassadors and scholars. A fourth cohort is getting ready. Please help them by ordering savory TAKE-OUT MEALS from the ARHS SENE-GAMBIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM.

Hot meals (in microwavable containers) will be available for pick-up on Tuesday, March 26, at Amherst Regional High School. Pick-up will be at the side entrance, by the athletic fields, 3-5 p.m.

Proceeds benefit the Sene-Gambian Scholars Program scholarship fund, which supports students whose families cannot afford the full cost of participation in the exchange program. Please order online at tinyurl.com/WestAfricanMeals by Saturday, March 23. Questions? E-mail pennimanb@arps.org.

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Hello Seniors,

1.  This time of year in the senior college admissions calendar is often the most stressful.  Most seniors must reckon with some disappointment over denials or insufficient financial aid.  Many of you will be on waitlists at colleges you would like to attend.  You have until May 1 to make decisions about what you will do next year and to deposit at the college of your choice.  All of this and the coming of spring (at least on the calendar) bring the end of high school more into focus.  While this is certainly a time of excitement, it is often also a time of unexpected sadness and anxiety.  Seniors experiencing difficulty about college planning should see me ASAP, for help and ideas.  All seniors should know that all guidance counselors can be a source of support at this time.

2.  Students and families who need help sorting out their financial aid situations should feel free to see me for help.  Be sure to bring your actual award letters.

3.  Remember that on April 4, at 7:00 in the ARHS library, we will host a MEFA presentation on how to go about making your college decision, how to read and choose between financial aid awards, how to go about getting loans, and how to get additional information you might need.  People have found this event to be very helpful in the past.  Bring your award letters.  Presenters will stay to work with you individually if you like.

4.  Please enter all of your admissions decisions into Naviance ASAP.  When you decide for sure about what you will do next year please complete BOTH the Naviance “Graduation Survey” and my own “Graduation Survey Supplement.”  Between them the task should take less than five minutes.  You will be issued your cap and gown during senior week after these surveys are complete.

5.  If you are put on a waitlist, what should you do?   First, ask yourself whether you would really go to that college above all others at which you have been accepted.  If the answer is “yes,” then you might want to consider the following:

a.  Contact the ARHS reader at the Admissions Office to learn how many students are also on the waitlist with you, learn whether the list is ranked, and if so where you fall on the list, ask how many students have been admitted from waitlists in the last two or three years.  Most importantly, if you need financial aid, ask if they admit students who need financial aid from the waitlist.  Many colleges, even those that are otherwise need blind, do not.  From that information you should get some kind of an idea about your eventual chances.

b.  Whether you remain on the waitlist or not, you should make a choice between the colleges that admitted you and deposit there by May 1 to secure a place in the class.  Extensions of this date are almost unheard of.  Know that your deposit will likely not be refundable after May 1 if you eventually accept a place at a college at which you were waitlisted.

c.  Be aware that students rarely are moved off waitlists before May 1.  Colleges need to know how many students have accepted their offer of admission before they can assess whether or not to go to the waitlist.  Then they must determine to whom they will offer a position.  Students usually hear about waitlists in May, but June and even July are not impossible.

d.  If you decide to pursue a waitlist, take the steps outlined in the college’s waitlist letter.  Also, write a carefully crafted letter to the Office of Admissions explaining that you want to remain on the waitlist, and why you are so well-suited to that college.  Tell the Admissions staff about any of your recent activities or accomplishments; send your second semester progress report.  Contact the college shortly after May 1 to inform them of your continued interest and to get the latest information about prospects for waitlisted students.

6.  PLEASE APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

A.  REVIVED SCHOLARSHIP!! Daily Hampshire Gazette Scholarship:

Awarded to a senior expressing an interest in journalism, communications, photography or English, with preference for those who have exhibited an interest in journalism and photojournalism. Strong academics and demonstrated financial need required. Essay should indicate these criteria; 1 at $500.

B.  Continue to look through Naviance.  New awards are being posted regularly as we receive them.

C. The Community Foundation deadline is March 31, only two weeks away.  Be sure to complete the application and upload your SAR and your transcript (which you must request from Miss Garrity (garrityc@arps.org).  If you are seriously considering UMass, you should do this because of the Wilbur Ward scholarship.

D. The ARHS scholarship deadline is April 1, only seventeen days away.  There are some lucrative awards, particularly for low income or first generation college students.

Dear Parents/Guardians of Students with Special Education Services,

This year the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District hired an independent consulting firm, Public Consulting Group (PCG) to conduct a survey of our special education services. The purpose of this survey is to follow up on the survey previously conducted by this firm and is part of our ongoing commitment to evaluate how we support students with IEPs and to improving our practice.

All parents/guardians of students who are currently on an IEP are asked to provide feedback through this anonymous survey.  Please know that your feedback will help to improve special education services across the district.   The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. If you have more than one child currently on an IEP, we ask that you complete a separate survey for each child.

Please access the survey online with the link provided until March 22nd

http://surveys.pcgus.com/s3/ARPS-Special-Education-Parent-Survey

If you have any questions or need assistance accessing a computer to complete the survey, please check in the main office at your child’s school or call the Special Education Office at 413-362-1834.

El 4 de marzo de 2019

Queridos Padres/ Guardianes de Estudiantes con Servicios de Educación Especial,

Este año el Distrito Escolar Regional de Amherst-Pelham ha empleado a una empresa de consultoría independiente para conducir una evaluación completa de nuestros servicios de educación especial. El propósito de esta encuesta es hacer un seguimiento de la encuesta realizada anteriormente por esta firma y es parte de nuestro compromiso continuo de evaluar cómo apoyamos a los estudiantes con IEP y mejorar nuestra práctica.

Se le está pidiendo a todos los padres/guardianes de estudiantes que están actualmente en un IEP que provean su opinión a través de esta encuesta anónima. Por favor sepa que su opinión ayudará a mejorar los servicios de educación especial a través del distrito. La encuesta debería tomar aproximadamente 15 minutos para completar. Si usted tiene a más de un niño actualmente en un IEP, pedimos que usted complete una encuesta separada para cada niño.

 Por favor, tendrá acceso a la encuesta en línea hasta el 22 de marzo en:

http://surveys.pcgus.com/s3/ARPS-Special-Education-Parent-Survey-Spanish

Si usted tiene alguna pregunta o necesita ayuda para accede a una computadora para completer la encuesta, por favor valla a la oficina general de la escuela de su niño o llame a la Oficina de Educación Especial al 413-362-1834.

AEF gives approximately $30,000 in grants to our public schools every year. We are seeking Board members who are dedicated to our mission of supporting our regional public schools in providing a challenging and enriching educational experience that maximizes the learning potential of every student and prepares them to succeed in the 21st century.

AEF’s all volunteer Board of Directors accomplishes this by:

Providing financial support to educators and administrators by funding grants that benefit the students in our schools

Fundraising throughout the community

Holding community events, including the Trivia Bee and a Spring Party

Educating the community about issues integral to public education

This is where you come in! AEF is run by a volunteer Board that meets monthly during the school year. Board members volunteer for projects and work independently throughout the month at their convenience.

Click here for more information:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSearXrpHw2zhvAt15jEYrUH0_OtojTq9MQE32TKHEBVbb1UKQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Amherst, MA – UMass-Amherst brings their Three Minute Thesis (3MT^®) Competition to the Jones Library on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 3:00 pm in the Woodbury Room.

Graduate students at UMass-Amherst conduct exciting research on a variety of timely topics, from food safety to improved water delivery systems to election reform. UMass’s Three Minute Thesis competition challenges graduate students to communicate the significance of their research to a general audience, in three minutes or less. Competition finalists will give their talks live at the Jones Library and audience members will have the chance to vote on the $500 People’s Choice award winner.

Free and open to the public. 

This program is brought to the Jones Library by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate School.  For more information, please contact Janet Ryan at 413/259-3223.

Tickets are now available! We hope you can join us on Thursday, May 30, 2019, for a festive evening of fun!

It’s the party of the season, and we don’t want you to miss it! AEF honors YOU, our generous supporters, as we celebrate 25 years of support for our elementary and regional public schools.* Join us to raise a glass as we toast everyone who makes our schools thrive!

Our special guests include AEF co-founder Ellen Story, Senator Jo Comerford, Representative Mindy Domb, and Amherst Town Council President Lynn Griesemer. The evening will feature cocktails, hearty appetizers, and a fun and unique silent auction. See you there!

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Proceeds support AEF-funded grants in our public schools.*

Dear ARHS Parents and Guardians,

The purpose of this letter is to explain to the ARHS community how we will approach the Youth Climate Strike https://www.youthclimatestrikeus.org/ The administrative team recently met with ARHS students who are participating in this strike to learn more about their plans and to proactively arrange for student safety as they organize a march to the Town Common at 12:30pm on Friday, March 15.

Consistent with past practice, please note that if your child is interested in participating in this march, and you support them doing so, they are required to bring a note to the main office that you have signed, giving them permission for them to leave campus. Without a note, students will be marked as ‘absent/unexcused’.

We have already consulted with the Amherst Police Department [APD] about how to ensure that, while walking to the Commons, students are safe. The APD will have an officer assigned to walk with the students through town to the Commons, solely to ensure their safety and security.

At the same time, since this is not a school-sponsored event and takes place off campus, the school and district are not responsible for student safety once they leave school grounds.

Lastly, the students leading this march have made green ribbons and have been giving them out during lunch periods so that staff and students who are committed to this cause but choose not to participate in the School Strike can demonstrate their support by wearing the ribbon on March 15. We appreciate their interest in providing their peers multiple ways to show support for their cause.

If you have questions, please contact me or Assistant Principal Mary Custard custardm@arps.org or Assistant Principal Talib Sadiq sadiqt@arps.org.

Sincerely,

Miki Gromacki

Interim Principal

gromackim@arps.org

High School graduation can be a dangerous night for our students.  For over 37 years, our community has supported “Project Graduation” – a senior class party that is a collective effort to keep our grads safe on a night when celebration has all too often turned to tragedy in towns across the country.  Your support is needed to create this safe, but awesome, celebration for our ARHS graduating seniors.

The Amherst Regional High School 2019 Senior Class Party will be held June 7^th after graduation.  This overnight celebration is a time-honored local tradition that gives our seniors a secure place to celebrate their achievements, have fun, and be together with classmates one last time. Volunteer parents produce and monitor the event, which provides food, music, and entertainment. They also provide rides home for every student and guest.

Planning for this event is underway and I am looking for parent and guardian volunteers to form this year’s graduation party committee.  Volunteers can be from all grades 9 – 12 and there are a variety of positions that need filling such as coordinating food, entertainment, security, transportation, volunteer coordinator, etc.

Rather than tie up people’s time with a lot of meetings, this year we will start the coordination on-line via email and later in the spring have some face-to-face meetings.  

If you are willing to help with this important task, please reach out to me via email via email soon so that I may plan effectively.  My email is: tqfarnham@gmail.com

Tracy Farnham – Project Graduation Coordinator and Senior Parent

The Indoor Track boys (Isaiah Moyston, Ben Fang, Junior Pontes da Veiga, and Kai Bailin) finished 5th in the Emerging Elite division at Nationals in NY.

Sophia Jacobs-Townsley finished third in the Championship division 5K (17:19, All-American, and a WMASS record!) and 24th in the 2 mile (10:40, and another WMASS record).  These are remarkable accomplishments.  Go Canes!

Dear Parents/Guardians of Students with Special Education Services,

This year the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District hired an independent consulting firm, Public Consulting Group (PCG) to conduct a survey of our special education services. The purpose of this survey is to follow up on the survey previously conducted by this firm and is part of our ongoing commitment to evaluate how we support students with IEPs and to improving our practice.

All parents/guardians of students who are currently on an IEP are asked to provide feedback through this anonymous survey.  Please know that your feedback will help to improve special education services across the district.   The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. If you have more than one child currently on an IEP, we ask that you complete a separate survey for each child.

Please access the survey online with the link provided until March 22nd

http://surveys.pcgus.com/s3/ARPS-Special-Education-Parent-Survey

If you have any questions or need assistance accessing a computer to complete the survey, please check in the main office at your child’s school or call the Special Education Office at 413-362-1834.

El 4 de marzo de 2019

Queridos Padres/ Guardianes de Estudiantes con Servicios de Educación Especial,

Este año el Distrito Escolar Regional de Amherst-Pelham ha empleado a una empresa de consultoría independiente para conducir una evaluación completa de nuestros servicios de educación especial. El propósito de esta encuesta es hacer un seguimiento de la encuesta realizada anteriormente por esta firma y es parte de nuestro compromiso continuo de evaluar cómo apoyamos a los estudiantes con IEP y mejorar nuestra práctica.

Se le está pidiendo a todos los padres/guardianes de estudiantes que están actualmente en un IEP que provean su opinión a través de esta encuesta anónima. Por favor sepa que su opinión ayudará a mejorar los servicios de educación especial a través del distrito. La encuesta debería tomar aproximadamente 15 minutos para completar. Si usted tiene a más de un niño actualmente en un IEP, pedimos que usted complete una encuesta separada para cada niño.

 Por favor, tendrá acceso a la encuesta en línea hasta el 22 de marzo en:

http://surveys.pcgus.com/s3/ARPS-Special-Education-Parent-Survey-Spanish

Si usted tiene alguna pregunta o necesita ayuda para accede a una computadora para completer la encuesta, por favor valla a la oficina general de la escuela de su niño o llame a la Oficina de Educación Especial al 413-362-1834.

March 16 – JETS Competition

March 26 – MCAS: ELA

March 27 – Early Dismissal; All Band Concert 7PM

March 28 – MCAS ELA; All Orchestra Concert 7PM

April 6 – Local Vocal Choral Bowl

April 9 – ABC Benefit Concert featuring Hurricane Singers

April 10 – Early Dismissal

April 11 – P2 Grades Distributed; Strings Chamber Concert 7PM

April 15-19 – Vacation Week: No School

April 25-27 – Student-Produced Play 7:30PM

April 30 – Choral Concert 7PM

May 8 – Early Dismissal

May 16-18 – Student-Written Play Festival 7:30PM

May 21-22 – MCAS: Math

May 23 – Music Program Spring Concert 7PM

May 27 – Memorial Day: No School

May 28 – Senior Exams Begin

May 30 – Jazz Singer/Songwriter Concert 7PM

May 31 – Last Day for Seniors

On Tuesday, April 9, the ARHS Hurricane Singers will join the Amherst Area Gospel Choir, the Gospel Choir at Amherst College, and the Hampshire Young People’s Chorus for a concert to beneft Amherst A Better Chance.

The concert is at Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst and will begin at 7:30. Please join us for light refreshments before the concert, beginning at 6:30, to meet the ABC Scholars and local friends of the program. Requested donation: $20.

ABC is a national residential high school program which prepares academically talented and highly motivated African American, Latino, Asian, and Native American students from educationally underserved school districts for college and future leadership roles in the broader community. Since the program began, over 130 students have attended Amherst Regional High School which offers a rich college preparatory curriculum and a diverse array of extracurricular and sports activities. Graduates have attended more than 50 colleges and universities. Scholars live family-style in the ABC House at 74 North Prospect Street in downtown Amherst. ABC Resident Directors provide a warm supportive environment enriched by daily sessions with Amherst College tutors. ABC Board members, community mentors and ARHR faculty and staff also offer guidance and support. ABC Scholars forge lasting bonds with local host families through monthly weekend visits and additional enrichment activities.

This year marks Amherst ABC’s 50^th anniversary! For more information about the program and our 50^thAnniversary Gala, visit https://www.amherstabetterchance.org/50th/

WHO: All nature lovers on Earth Day!

WHAT: Nature walk, slow hiking to start enjoying the outdoors in Spring, light picnic, Earth Day art/craft activity. Appropriate outerwear is required.

WHERE: Mount Pollux, South Amherst,MA

WHEN: Monday, April 22, 2019, noon

WHY: To enjoy this beautiful recreational & inspirational scenic spot, to learn about it, to promote care for its habitat, to do moderate exercise, to reconnect with nature, etc.

CLICK HERE to learn more and to register.

ARHS is thrilled to present Tuck Everlasting: The Musical on March 7-9 at 7:30 pm and March 9 at 2:00 pm. This family-friendly show is based on the young adult novel of the same name and follows the adventures 11 year-old Winnie Foster, who discovers a magical spring in her New Hampshire woods.

Tuck Everlasting premiered on Broadway in 2016 and we are excited to be one of the very first schools in the country to take on this fresh, vibrant show. Nearly 150 ARHS students are involved as actors, musicians, dancers, builders and designers. Chances are, you know at least one person to cheer on directly!

Tickets can be purchased online at https://tuckarhs.bpt.me or at the door. Prices are $20 General Admission, $10 students/ARHS staff/seniors, and $5 for children under 7. We also provide reduced price tickets for families on free/reduced lunch; please contact our Box Office manager, Zeffa Kinney, at zeffamarykinney@gmail.com for details.

Thanks for supporting the arts at ARHS – we look forward to seeing you at the show!