Join the fun and Celebrate Amherst!
September 20th from 5 – 9 pm
North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Live Music • Street Food • Show Circus Acrobats • Entertainers • Dancers • UMass & Amherst College Basketball Teams • Children’s Activities • Community
Learn more here: amherstdowntown.com • New BP Poster 2018 B
Please join us Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at The Lord Jeffery Inn, 30 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA 01002, as we gather to support struggling families in Amherst. Warm Up the Night! transforms a festive and warm tent at the Lord Jeffery Inn into a strolling culinary extravaganza. Join our guests as they wander the tent enjoying bites, sip and tastes from an eclectic mix of local restaurants and food artisans. The event raised over $16,000 which helped us help keep over 400 families in our area stable. This year we hope to raise $20,000!This event has something for everybody, which in the past included:
For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Nik Krauchi at nkrauchi@chd.org or visit our website: https://chd.org/child-adolescent-and-family-services/educational-developmental-support-services/family-outreach-amherst/family-outreach-events/warm-up-the-night-2018/
AEF brings you an education forum with the at-large candidates for Amherst Town Council:
Alisa Brewer – Robert Greeney – Mandi Jo Hanneke
Robert Kusher – Jim Pistrang – Andy Steinberg
Tuesday, October 2 from 7 -9PM
Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
Amherst Education Foundation hosts an Education Forum with the at-large Candidates for Amherst’s Town Council.
Hear the six candidates discuss their views and visions on the important topic of public education at all levels.
The evening will include a panel discussion moderated by UMass Professor Rebecca Woodland, followed by a meet and greet with the candidates.
Rebecca H. Woodland, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, is Chair of the Department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Amherst, MA – As 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the Jones Library celebrates her contribution to literature and the arts with special programming for all ages during the month of October in conjunction with Frankenreads, an international celebration of all things Frankenstein.
Frankenreads is a project of the Keats-Shelley Association of America, funded by a Chairman’s grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818) by encouraging people around the world to organize or participate in events celebrating the novel. For more information, please visit https://frankenreads.org/
Programming begins with a Frankenstein Film Festival, which will take place on alternating Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 pm throughout the month, with the first screening on Tuesday, October 2. For the complete program of film titles, pick up a flyer on your next visit to the library or visit the library’s website at www.joneslibrary.org/Frankenreads for more details on the program series. All the films are rated PG or not rated.
On Saturday, October 27 at 2:30 pm, Dr. Elizabeth Young presents “Black Frankenstein”, in which she explores the racial connotations of the Frankenstein story in the United States over the last two centuries. She will show how authors, artists, and activists — African-American and white — have situated the Frankenstein monster in racial contexts and used the monster’s story for both radical and conservative political purposes. Elizabeth Young is Carl M. and Elsie A. Small Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College.
On Tuesday, October 30 at 7:00 pm, Dr. Lise Sanders presents “Reading Gender and Sexuality in Frankenstein”, a discussion focusing on gender and sexuality in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, drawing on the biographical and historical context of Gothic literature, women’s writing, and feminism in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and reading the novel in light of modern scholarship exploring issues of monstrosity, power, and difference. Lise Sanders is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Hampshire College.
The Youth Services Department is offering a range of activities for youngsters, including a Frankenreads Book Club, a Monster Mash Family Dance Party, a family matinée, and a spooky craft.
Complete details can be found at www.joneslibrary.org/Frankenreads.
These events are generously funded by the Friends of the Jones Libraries and the Woodbury Fund.
Free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Janet Ryan at 413/259-3223.
Enjoy a fun evening that includes costumes, raffle prizes, refreshments, an audience trivia game, and prizes.
Admission is FREE but we encourage donations benefiting Amherst Education Foundation and our public schools.
DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 PM
THE YOUTH ROUND!
It’s back! We will have a youth-only Trivia Round before the main competition. Teams of players 14 years of age and younger will answer age-appropriate questions. Starts at 6 pm.SPONSORSHIPS
We are looking for businesses to sponsor our teams. Many businesses send their own teams, but we can also match your business with a team. Youth and Adult team sponsorships are $300, sponsoring a round is $600 and Event Underwriter is $1200.
TEAMS
If you’d like to play and don’t have a sponsor, we can help you out. We can match your team to a sponsor and we can even build a team for you to compete with. Our teams have a lot of fun! Contact Ken and Meg below.
WHO SHOULD COME?
Everyone! Even if you’re not competing, it’s a lot of fun to come and watch and you can participate in the fun audience round! The Youth Round is a great way to start off the night! We hope to see you there!
Ken LeBlond, kenleblond7@gmail.com
Meg Rosa, megrosa78@gmail.com
Trivia Bee Co-Chairs
‘Canes Fans! Get excited about the football game this
Friday, September 7th
Amherst Hurricanes vs. Northampton Blue Devils
at Northampton!
Juuling (e-cigarette) and marijuana use among youth has increased dramatically in Hampshire and Franklin Counties, and across the nation. New products and technology make it difficult to detect vaping in teens, and what substances are being vaped. Join the ARHS PGO for an informative session about vaping presented by the SPIFFY Coalition and the Hampshire-Franklin Tobacco Free Partnership on Thursday, September 27th at 7:00 PM in the ARHS Library. Learn about vaping trends, real health risks, industry tactics, and steps that parents can take to address and prevent vaping among their students.
Light refreshments will be served.
The ARHS Guidance Department now has a Twitter account. Follow us at: https://twitter.com/GuidanceArhs
This account is not going to replace e-mail. It is for us to send you timely reminders and maybe even some fun facts. I might use it sometimes to urge you to check your e-mail for a message from me. Please do not respond to the account. We will not answer you. If you want to reach me or your counselor, send an e-mail!
As of this moment, 124 colleges are scheduled to visit ARHS between next Monday, September 10 and early November. This is the most ever! Many visits will be in the next three weeks. Please look for the list of college visits in your Naviance account and come to see the representatives, who will likely be the people who will read your application. The first three visits you attend will not count against you in the attendance policy. After three, absences of more than 20 minutes will count, but you should take the opportunity to meet with representatives anyway. Think about how lonely they will be if no one shows up!
Think about completing at least one early application. UMass’s early action deadline is November 1. The other UMass campuses, which offer substantial merit scholarships only to students who apply early action, have deadlines of November 1 and November 15. Applying early will force you to get your application done early so you will have more time to write other essays that may be required of you. As soon as you decide on your first early application, list it in Naviance and in your Common Application (if appropriate).
Here are three important things to do tonight if you haven’t already done them:
* Get your lime-green release form signed so you can bring it to Miss Garrity tomorrow
* Go into your Naviance account, and under “colleges/letters of recommendation/” select the teachers who have agreed to write for you. Send them a note of thanks. As soon as you know at least one college you will apply to, put it in “Colleges I’m Applying To.” Teachers will see the early deadline and will know to prepare your recommendation on time.
* Go tofafsa.ed.gov and get your FSAID, which is the electronic signature for your FAFSA, which you can complete any time after October 1. Your parent(s) will need one too, if they don’t already have one for your older sibling. Do not use your arps account as your e-mail address. It will be closed before you are a college student. Use a Gmail or other public domain account.
Correction to last week’s post: Jammie Bruni is a new, full-time employee. She will spend the morning in the main office and the afternoon in Special Education office, coordinating all of the team meetings.
Sept 7 – FREE FAN BUS to Football game at Northampton!
Sept 13 – Emergency Drill Practice/ Club and Activities Fair
Sept 10-14 – Spirit Week
Sept 14 – Community Kick-Off Day/Homecoming Weekend Begins
Sept 25 – School Photo Day
Sept 26 – Early Release Day
Sept 27 – PGO Parent Info Session on Vaping
Oct 8 – Indigenous People’s Day – No school
Oct 10 – PSATS Administered at ARHS
Oct 11 – ARHS Open House
Oct 17 – Early Release Day
Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA
will present a FREE program OPEN TO ALL.
September 13, 2018 — 6-8 pm
Amherst Regional High School Library
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that one in four thirteen-eighteen year olds has had an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Without intervention, these children are at risk for poor performance, diminished learning, and
social/behavior problems in school. Understanding the role anxiety plays in a student’s behavior is crucial and using preventive strategies are key to successful intervention. Effective behavior plans for these students must avoid the reward and punishment-based consequences from traditional behavior methods and focus instead on the use of preventive strategies and on explicitly teaching coping skills, self-monitoring, and alternative responses. Easy to implement preventive tools, strategies, and interventions for reducing anxiety, increasing self-regulation, executive functioning, and self-monitoring will be discussed.
Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, is a board certified behavior analyst and special educator and a consultant to schools nationwide (www.jessicaminahan.com). Jessica has over seventeen years of experience supporting students who exhibit challenging behavior in urban public school systems. She is a blogger on The Huffington Post, as well as the author of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students, with Nancy Rappaport (Harvard Education Press, 2012) and author of The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors (Harvard Education Press, 2014).
Join the fun and Celebrate Amherst!
September 20th from 5 – 9 pm
North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Live Music • Street Food • Show Circus Acrobats • Entertainers • Dancers • UMass & Amherst College Basketball Teams • Children’s Activities • Community
Learn more here: amherstdowntown.com • New BP Poster 2018 B
The Sene-Gambian Scholars Program at ARHS is seeking donations to bring students and teachers from Gunjur, The Gambia, to visit the United States in the spring of 2019.
Last February, 13 ARHS students and 3 faculty members were hosted by families in Gunjur, attended classes in the local high school, and visited cultural sites in The Gambia. The ARHS students would like to host the Gambian students next spring, but the cost of visas and international airfare is beyond the means of most families in The Gambia. The Sene-Gambian Scholars are thus trying to raise enough funds for at least 3 students and 1 faculty member to travel to the U.S. The estimated cost is $1,500 per person. The Sene-Gabmbian Scholars have already raised $1,000, so the goal of the current drive is $5,000.
Read more, see pictures, and make a donation at gofundme.com/Senegambian-scholars. Thank you for your support!
UMass students started moving in yesterday and will continue to move in until Sunday.
Welcome to the academic year 2018-2019, and the return of the ARHS PGO Parent News! Our newsletter will arrive in your inbox every Friday morning, packed with valuable information about events, deadlines, schedules, community events, sports news, opportunities etc…
If this is your first issue, we welcome you and hope you find the newsletter helpful. If you are the parent of a recent graduate and would like to unsubscribe, there is a link at the bottom of this email. If you were forwarded this email and wish to subscribe, click here. https://arhsparentcenter.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b2b66ca8521c3307ea8f3499b&id=8a3d18f86b
Contact us anytime using the link in the right hand column if you have something you would like to submit or a question to ask. We encourage your input. Our best to everyone navigating the transition back to school, see you online!
Your editors,
Becky, Jennifer, and Mare
The first day of school for all students in grades 1-12 is Wednesday, August 29. The day’s schedule is below:
1. 9th grade students will report directly to their advisories at 7:45 am.
2. New students(grades 10 – 12) will report to the library at 7:45 am.
3. 10th, 11th and 12th grade students will arrive to school by 10:00 (buses will make a 2nd morning run) and report directly to their advisories.
On the first day of school, all seven class periods will meet for a short time.
2018/2019 School Year Schedule
– There will be no school on the day before Thanksgiving.
-Winter break will begin with an early release day on Friday, December 21, 2018. School will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
-The projected last day of school, including five snow days, is June 21, 2018. One weekday is deducted for each snow day not used, with the earliest possible last day of school being June 13, 2019.
Please note that schools are required to provide 180 days of instruction. While the five snow days built into the calendar are typically adequate to cover closures, any days schools must be closed beyond that must be made-up per Massachusetts Department of Education regulations. Whenever possible, such days are added to the end of the school year.
I Important Ideas:
A. Are Summit Academy and ARHS one school or two separate schools within the
same building?
An important relocation goal is for Summit Academy to maintain its
identity as a separate school. There will be many opportunities for the two schools to
interact and collaborate. But the overriding priority is for the two schools to operate
separately.
II Important Information
A. Within the ARHS building, where will Summit Academy be located?
Summit Academy will be located along the hallway that contains the ARHS gym. There are six classrooms along this hallway that are now exclusively designated for Summit Academy use. See the following map for details.
B. Who is the principal of Summit Academy?
Mr. Slovin remains the Summit Academy principal. Mr. Jackson is the principal only of ARHS.
C. How will the community access Summit Academy?
The Summit Academy main entrance is on the West side of the ARHS building. The door closest to the Summit Academy sign leads to the Summit Academy main office See the following map for details. Visitor parking spaces will be designated. Summit Academy guests and families do not need to come first to the ARHS main office.
D. What is the phone number for the Summit Academy main office? 413-362-1729.
E. Does Summit Academy have same schedule and bell system as ARHS?
Summit Academy will be on a separate schedule. ARHS passing bells will not sound in the Summit Academy section of the building. ARHS PA announcements will not be broadcast within Summit Academy. Fire alarms, however, will sound throughout both schools.
III Important Routines
A. How will Summit Academy students enter and exit from school?
Students will enter the building through the Summit Academy main entrance, which is on the West side of the building. Students will exit Summit Academy through the Summit exterior doors, not through the ARHS.
B. Are Summit Academy students transported separately from ARHS students?
Students will maintain the same routines as in the past and be transported on the same buses as ARHS students. The only change is that Summit Academy students will be dropped off nearer to the Summit Academy entrance.
C. Do Summit Academy students eat lunch in HS cafeteria?
Summit Academy will have its own lunch room and not eat in HS cafeteria.
D. Are students of Summit Academy assigned to a high school guidance counselor and have access to the ARHS college counselor?
Summit Academy students will retain their current counselors. But they will have access to the ARHS college counselor.
E. What is the decision making process for a Summit Academy student to take a class at ARHS?
The IEP team reconvenes and considers if there are any changes appropriate to be made to the IEP that would include transition to the high school.
F. Do Summit Academy students participate in ARHS extracurricular activities ex. Sports clubs?
Summit Academy students have always participated in extracurricular activities including sports and afterschool clubs. They will continue do so.
Join friends & school staff at the community’s Welcome Back to School Party on August 28th from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM on the Amherst Town Common. Enjoy fun activities like art, games, food, music and more!
This event is FREE and all are invited and is brought to you by the Amherst Regional Public Schools.
Rain location: 21 Mattoon Street in the ARHS Cafeteria
For more information, please contact Yahdira Torres at torresy@arps.org
We are pleased to announce that the Amherst Regional Public Schools will provide a Chromebook to all ARHS students in grades 9-11.
Chromebooks will be distributed to parents/guardians on:
-We will only distribute Chromebooks to parents and guardians, who will be required to sign a user agreement.
-Students, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, may not pick up Chromebooks.
- For those who cannot make it on August 23rd and 24th, an additional ChromeBook distribution session will be offered August 28th from 5-7 pm.
All three distribution sessions will be held at ARHS.
ARHS (and ARMS) bus routes/ schedules are now available:
Middle/ High School Bus Routes
Routes for the other schools can be found at: http://www.arps.org/district/transportation/bus-routes
Hurricane Open 2018
SUNDAY, August 26 at 12:30 pm
The Hurricane Open is a great way to enjoy an afternoon of golf and more while helping Amherst High School Athletics. The cost to play is $160/per person $640/ per team. Pre-Register before Aug 20th $135/per player and $540/ per team using the form below. The open is played at one of the area’s finest local courses, Hickory Ridge Golf Club, and includes 18 holes, cart, prizes, lunch and “cook out” dinner to follow. All levels of expertise invited – consider putting together a foursome for the day!
VOLUNTEER! If you are able to help out, please email us at 413hurricanes@gmail.com
For more information, contact Karen Stiles at 413-336-4440.
Great fun! Come join us!
Purchase Tickets at https://hurricaneboosters.com/index.cfm?p=i.33&cid=2
The 9th Annual Hurricane Open will be held at Hickory Ridge Golf Club on SUNDAY, August 26. It promises to be the best year ever! Start forming your teams and sign up online, or email us at 413hurricanes@gmail.com to secure your team’s spot!
Please join us Friday August 24th at 4:00 pm, at Community Field in Amherst. the ARHS football team will scrimmage, followed by the Battle of the Badges, where Amherst Fire Department and Amherst Police Department will compete in a flag football game!
We will have the concession stand open, emergency vehicles on display, the K-9 unit & more!
We will also be teaming up with the Amherst Survival Center to collect lightly work shoes of all sizes, and cleats for any high school or youth football player in need.
Come and join the fun!!!
Contact Coach Ehorn with any questions: ehornc@arps.org
Location: Community Field at Amherst Regional High School
SENIORS:
JUNIORS:
NINTH & TENTH GRADE STUDENTS:
Amherst Town Clerk Margaret Nartowicz is seeking election workers for the upcoming double elections on September 4th and November 6th.
Please share with neighbors, family, friends and colleagues that may be interested.
Express your interest, as soon as possible, by contacting the Amherst Town Clerk’s Office:
Phone: (413) 259-3035
Email: townclerk@amherstma.gov
Amherst, MA – Explore some of the history of voter suppression in this country and take a look at the current state of things at this presentation by Jim Lemkin on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7 pm in the Woodbury Room of the Jones Library.
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was enacted, marking the beginning of the end of voter suppression and disenfranchisement of blacks and people of color in the United States. However, in 2013, a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was struck down opening the doors to a vast array of new obstacles.
This slide presentation and discussion follows the work of a handful of students, moved by compassion and the call to action for social justice by going to Mississippi to help register black voters during Christmas vacation in 1965. Discussion will also explore the consequences of the 2013 repeal of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. More than 50 years later, what has changed?
Jim Lemkin was a volunteer photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He traveled the rural roads of Mississippi in 1965 documenting the earliest efforts to legally register previously disenfranchised black voters.
Free and open to the public. For more information about this event, please contact Janet Ryan at 413/259-3223.
Registration is now open for the September 23, 2018 Household Hazardous Waste Day .
Products containing lead, mercury, petroleum products, pesticides, herbicides, and some acids should NOT be poured on the ground, down the drain, or placed in household trash. To facilitate the safe disposal of these items, Amherst offers an annual collection event each Autumn. Although Vehicle Stickers are not required for participation, pre-registration is required to ensure appropriate control and containment of the hazardous waste collected.
To register: Click here.
REGISTRATION ENDS 9/12/2018
The Editors of the PGO blog would like to wish everyone a very happy summer! We will “see” you again in the fall. First day of school is Wednesday, August 29, 2018!
Becky, Mare, and Jennifer
The ARHS Parent Guardian Organization is a volunteer group of parents and guardians, and we invite you to join us! What do we do? We create this newsletter, administer a grant program for staff and students, host events with Principal Jackson and others, and raise funds to make all of these things possible! There are tasks to fit every schedule and skill set, including opportunities to help coordinate events, serve on our grants committee, represent the ARHS PGO at district-wide meetings, and more! If you would like to volunteer please by contacting us at www.arhspgochair@gmail.com. Have a great summer!
Online fall sports registration is now open. Ensure a smooth start to the fall season by registering NOW. Current sport physical forms should be on file with the school nurse before the first day of tryouts. Please call the nurse’s office at the high school at 362-1743. Questions for middle school registrants please contact the middle school nurse at 362-1975.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER & PAY: Deadline for registration & payment is August 1st.
REGISTRATION: https://www.familyid.com/organ izations/search?query=amherst
You’ll need to set up an account with FamilyID, if you don’t already have an account. Any technical questions with this program please call the 888# at the top of the FamilyID screen. They are very helpful.
By submitting registration forms electronically you and your child are acknowledging that you have both read the documents and you will adhere to the MIAA/Amherst High School policies on these forms. By registeringelectronically you are fulfilling the signature requirements of registration.
PAYMENT: Payment is due right away. Payment is required to try out/practice/participate. If there is a financial hardship, please contact Rich Ferro, the Athletic Director at ferror@arps.org
Payment can be done online as well at https://unipaygold.unibank.com/
NOTE: FamilyID and UniPay Gold aren’t linked, they are two totally separate programs. So FamilyID will always show that you have not paid.
VERY IMPORTANT: Clearly write your child’s name and sport in the MEMO of the check when you pay. You can drop off your payment or mail to:
ARHS Athletics
Amherst Regional High School
21 Mattoon Street
Amherst, MA 01002
ATTN: Sports Registration
START DATES:
HIGH SCHOOL – Football begins Friday, August 17th. All sports other sports begin tryouts on Thursday, August 23rd.
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Middle School sports will begin the Tuesday after Labor Day. Wednesday, August 22nd is Fall Sports Information Night for athletes and their parents/guardian. Time: 6:30 p.m. in the High School Gymnasium. Meet the coaches, get schedules, find out about practice schedules, etc. Hope to see you there!
SCHEDULES: See http://miaa.net/schools/pu blic/AmhPelA2 for game times and to set up alerts for changes.
SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION: Need specific sport information? Please reach out to the coach. Contact information for the coaches can be found under the high school “Sports” tab under the “Coaches contact Information” tab.
It is a list of special fly-in programs offered by many liberal arts colleges and some universities. The programs are free. Applications are required for these programs, which are designed to help you learn about colleges and help them learn about you! It’s a great way to figure out what you like.
Have a relaxing and productive summer.
Myra Ross, College Advisor
If you plan to take the August 25 SAT or the September 8 ACT, register online before you forget. If you qualify for a fee waiver, see Mrs. Cappelli before June 26.
Unused fee waivers will expire in August!
To celebrate the unveiling of a new mural that honors Amherst’s Cambodian community, over 100 people gathered at the high school for a Friday night ceremony, blessing and traditional dancing.
Recently graduated senior Augusta Fricke spent nine months working on the mural for one class period per day as part of an independent study. She designed the mural with input from a community of Cambodians, as well as scholars and teachers with ties to the community.
“I grew up with a lot of Cambodian students in our classes,” Fricke said. “When I was doing all the research for what to put in, I read a lot about what it’s like to be Cambodian-American from a younger generation.”
Announcing More Summer Lunch Options for Kids and their Grown-Ups …
Free summer lunch for kids and teens 18 and under is available on Tuesdays at the Jones Library in the Woodbury Room following the morning youth programs. Adult meals may be purchased for $3.50.
UMass’ Baby Berk Food Trucks will be providing FREE SUMMER MEALS! The meals are available to all kids and teens (18 and under). No ID necessary. No registration required.
The UMass Baby Berk Food Truck will be providing meals at the following Amherst locations every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from June 25 to August 10 (excluding 7/4/18):
10:30 – 10:45 a.m., Rolling Green Apartments, 1 Rolling Green Drive
11:00 – 11:20 a.m., Colonial Village Apartments, 81 Belchertown Road
11:40 – 11:50 p.m., Butternut Farms Apartments, 12 Longmeadow Drive
12:10-12:30 p.m., South Point Apartments, 266 E. Hadley Street
1:00 – 1:30 p.m., Village Park Apartments, 497 E. Pleasant Street
1:55 – 2:05 p.m., Olympia Oaks, 85 Olympia Road
2:20 – 2:45 p.m., North Village Apartments, 990 N. Pleasant Street
3:10 – 3:30 p.m., Mill River Recreation Area, 95 Montague Road
Follow the truck: @UMASSBABYBERK
Have you signed up to help yet?
On Thursday, June 21 ARHS parents and guardians will thank the entire staff for their work with a scrumptious lunch catered by Wheelhouse Farm. Here are several ways YOU can show your appreciation for our amazing staff and help with the event:
Bring a dessert for 8-10 people
Make a monetary donation to help cover the cost of the meal
Volunteer to help set up, serve, and clean up
For more details/to sign up, go to: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49a9a92aa2f85-arhs
Any questions? Contact Jen: jnbus@comcast.net
This year, with your help, the PGO raised over $11,000 through the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards program, which will be used to fund many initiatives at the high school next school year.
The mural background in this photo was one of the many projects funded this year.
Thank you to all who participated in the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards program, the sole funding source of the PGO Grants Program. Onwards!
June 15 – Cambodian Heritage Mural Celebration
June 15-20 – Final Exams
June 21 – Current Projected Last Day of School (5 snow days)
June 21 – Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
Graduation rehearsal will be held at 8 a.m. on June 8th 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.
ARHS graduation will be live streamed on June 8! You can access the full ceremony here.
IMPORTANT Parking-related Information:
Below is the link to all the UMass parking lots. The main lots by the Mullin Center[#25] are currently closed.
Instead, lots 12. 30 and the parking garage are open for our use during graduation.
https://www.umass.edu/transportation/sites/default/files/mapCampusParking.pdf
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.
New This Year – The Mullins Center has installed metal detectors for the safety of its users. Mullins 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: Due to a policy change senior folders (including academic, health, and guidance) must be held at ARHS for 3 years after graduation. Therefore, we are unable to release these records to graduates as we have in the past. Class of 2018 folders can be picked up by the graduate starting in July 2021 and will be destroyed in July 2023.
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.
Click here to download a pdf of this info: GraduationInfo-2018
Hello friends!
HELP! MANY MORE adult volunteers are needed for Project Graduation (Senior Party)! Please click below to sign up for a shift or two. There are lots of different options … entertainment, activities, food, pool party chaperones, first aid, shuttle drivers, etc.
Thanks so much to everyone who has already signed up to help! Please find a friend to join you! Project Graduation is a terrific event that keeps our seniors safe and guarantees loads of fun (mechanical bull anyone??) and we would hate to have to cancel due to a lack of parent volunteers. All grades of parents/guardians are welcome!Thanks again! 😉
To sign up go to: ARHS 2018 Project Graduation Volunteer Sign Up
We can’t wait to see you tonight!
Warmly,
Project Graduation Coordinating Team
Also, Senior Parents: Be sure to send in the the registration forms and payment to graduation rehearsal this morning. Their class t-shirt is free if they pre-register by this morning and $5 at the door.
Thank you!
Project Graduation Coordinating Team
Join the ARPS Community for a Celebration of Cambodian Heritage on June 15th from 6-8 PM in the ARHS Cafeteria. The event will feature blessings by a local monk, Music, Dancing and Mural reveal.
Please bring food or drink to share.
To view the flyer, Click here.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
B review (during regular Day 4 schedule)
Friday, June 15, 2018
B-Period Exam 7:45-9:45 (120 minutes)
A-Period Review 9:50-10:45 (55 minutes)
E-Period Review Lunch 1: 10:50-11:20
F-Period Review 12:25-1:20 (55 minutes)
G-Period Review 1:25-2:20 (55 minutes)
Monday, June 18, 2018
C-Period Review 9:50-10:40 (50 minutes)
D-Period Review ( 30 minute lunch, 60 minute class)
F-Period Exam 12:20-2:20 (120 minutes)
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
E-Period Exam 7:45-9:45 (120 minutes)
G-Period Exam 9:55-11:55 (120 minutes)
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
C-Period Exam 7:45-9:45 (120 minutes)
D-Period Exam 9:55-11:55 (120 minutes)
Make-up Exams will be held, as needed, on Thursday, June 21, 2018.
Semester Exam Schedule 18.19 – Google Docs
Online fall sports registration is now open. Ensure a smooth start to the fall season by registering NOW. Current sport physical forms should be on file with the school nurse before the first day of tryouts. Please call the nurse’s office at the high school at 362-1743. Questions for middle school registrants please contact the middle school nurse at 362-1975.
REGISTRATION:
https://www.familyid.com/organ izations/search?query=amherst You’ll need to set up an account with FamilyID, if you don’t already have an account. Any technical questions with this program please call the 888# at the top of the FamilyID screen. They are very helpful.
By submitting registration forms electronically you and your child are acknowledging that you have both read the documents and you will adhere to the MIAA/Amherst High School policies on these forms. By registeringelectronically you are fulfilling the signature requirements of registration.
PAYMENT:
Payment is due right away. Payment is required to try out/practice/participate. If there is a financial hardship, please contact Rich Ferro, the Athletic Director at ferror@arps.org
Payment can be done online as well at: https://unipaygold.unibank .com/Default.aspx?customerid=1 211 NOTE: FamilyID and UniPay Gold aren’t linked, they are two totally separate programs. So FamilyID will always show that you have not paid.
VERY IMPORTANT: Clearly write your child’s name and sport in the MEMO of the check when you pay. You can drop off your payment or mail to:
ARHS Athletics
Amherst Regional High School
21 Mattoon Street
Amherst, MA 01002
ATTN: Sports Registration
START DATES:
HIGH SCHOOL – Football begins Friday, August 17th. All sports other sports begin tryouts on Thursday, August 23rd.
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Middle School sports will begin the Tuesday after Labor Day.
Wednesday, August 22nd is Fall Sports Information Night for athletes and their parents/guardian. Time: 6:30 p.m. in the High School Gymnasium. Meet the coaches, get schedules, find out about practice schedules, etc. Hope to see you there!
SCHEDULES:
See http://miaa.net/schools/pu blic/AmhPelA2 for game times and to set up alerts for changes.
SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
Need specific sport information? Please reach out to the coach. Contact information for the coaches can be found under the high school “Sports” tab under the “Coaches contact Information” tab.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER & PAY:
Deadline for registration & payment is August 1st.
Recognize teachers and staff at the end of the year with a gift in their honor!
Now is the time to let teachers and staff members know how much your appreciate their hard work, expertise, care, and dedication.
You can strengthen our schools with a tax-deductible gift to Amherst Education Foundation (AEF) in a teacher’s or staff member’s name. AEF will deliver a personalized recognition card to your honoree/s.
Please make your gift online or send your gift by mail by June 15 to guarantee delivery to honorees before their last day of the school year. As always, thank you for supporting public education and AEF, and thank you recognizing the Stars in Our Schools!
Click here to complete online gift form
Print PDF for mailing here
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Here’s what educators say about Stars in Our Schools:
“Receiving a star is one of the most meaningful gifts to get. I love receiving these because I feel truly appreciated as a teacher, and I know that the donation people make is going back to a great organization that really supports our schools.” – ARMS Co-Assistant Principal and ELL Teacher Alicia Lopez
“I was really moved when I received some Stars in Our Schools cards in my mailbox indicating that the parents of some of my students had donated to AEF in my honor. AEF does very important work to support teachers and programs at ARMS, so a monetary gift is like thanking a teacher twice!” – ARMS Science Teacher Jennifer Welborn
“I have had the good fortune to be honored by parents and members of the Amherst community through their ‘Stars in our Schools’ donations to AEF. When making their donations, parents and relatives have commented specifically that they see their children singing with joy and self-confidence and that they have an appreciation for music of different world cultures. It is deeply satisfying to know that what we do in the schools gets carried out into the community.” – Fort River Elementary School Music Teacher Anne Louise White (retired 6/2017)
June 12th at 3:15 PM
Location: The Works, downtown Amherst
Agenda
Introductions
Individual School Updates
Taxes and State Filings
Group Fundraisers
-UMACC (United Way)
-Valley Gives
-Florence Bank
-Amazon Smile
Other Business not anticipated by the chair
Adjourn
Now you can drop your clothing and other textiles into collection bins located at each school. Convenient and easy! The collections are weighed weekly and each school’s PGO will receive a check based on the bulk weight. Help the ARHS PGO earn FREE CASH while also helping our planet Earth by up-cycling your textiles. Thanks!
Amherst has begun the process of creating an economic development strategy. The town has engaged the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission as consultants to report on key economic indicators, an analysis of the retail market, and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. Amherst residents are invited to share feedback and have their ideas incorporated in the final SWOT analysis by filling out three surveys. The surveys can be found: here.
ARHS PGO Parent News 
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