ARHS PGO Parent News

Please join us for the 46th annual Amherst A Better Chance Fall Foliage 5k Walk/Run on Saturday, October 14th.  The Amherst Town Common will be full of fun, family activities as walkers and runners begin the race. The course is a beautiful loop through scenic countryside during peak foliage! All levels of participation are encouraged. Bring the whole family!

Hope to see you there!

Registration from the Town of Amherst House Hazardous Waste Day is now open.  The event will be held on September 24, 2017 and is open to all Amherst, Hadley, Pelham and Shutesbury residents.

TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT TO BRING AND WHAT NOT TO BRING, CLICK HERE

REGISTRATION ENDS 9/13/2017

Welcome to the academic year 2017-2018, 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.

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

First Day Celebration is Tuesday, August 29, at 5pm on the Town Common
Save the Date!

The Amherst Regional Public Schools (ARPS) First Day Celebration is on Tuesday, August 29, on the Amherst Town Common (rain location ARHS Cafeteria) from 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Click this link for printable flyers in English and Spanish.

For more info, contact:
Yahdira Torres Manzano
torresy@arps.org

ARHS (and ARMS) bus routes/ schedules are now available.

ARMS_ARHS Bus Routes 2017-2018 (Morning)

ARMS_ARHS Bus Routes 2017-2018 (Afternoon)

Routes for the other schools can be found at www.ARPS.org  under the District Services menu/ Transportation menu.

The Amherst-Pelham Regional High School’s library staff  received word that they had been included in a University of Kansas librarian’s will and would be receiving more than $65,000.  The school used that money to pay for 115 new chairs, lounge furniture, arm chairs, a long counter for students working on their laptops, cafe stools for that counter and see-through “loft” walls to divide off a quiet pleasure-reading section in the library.

To read the article, click here.

Amherst-Pelham Regional School District has been ranked #1 in western MA, and #11 in the state by Niche.  Learn more at https://www.niche.com/k12/d/amherst-pelham-regional-school-district-ma/

The 2017-2018 School Calendar has been approved by the School Committee, key information:

– School will start on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 for students in grades 1-12.

– Preschool and Kindergarten start on Tuesday, September 5.

– There will be no school on the day before Thanksgiving.

– Winter break will begin with an early release day on Friday, December 22. School will reopen on Tuesday, January 2.

– 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 14, 2017.

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.

To view the calendar, visit: www.arps.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_926729/File/2017-2018%20Approved%20Calendar.pdf

Wondering when your favorite ARHS Team is competing or how they are doing this season? There is a great feature offered through the MIAA website that will help keep you in the loop by sending you email alerts for your favorite team(s)!!

To get started, 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. There is also a convenient MIAA App for your smart phone. Go Canes!

August 28-  Chromebook Session(9th grade families) 6PM and 7PM

September 4-  Labor Day- No School

​September​ ​7​​- ​ last​ ​day​ ​of​ ​the​ ​​Drop/Add​ ​period​.​ ​

​September​ ​11​- ​​9​th​​ ​Grade/New​ ​Student​ ​Family​ ​Night​

​September​ ​15​​-  Clubs​ ​and​ ​Activities​ ​Fair (lunch periods)​

September​ ​18​​- Picture​ ​Day​.​ ​​The​ ​make​ ​up​ ​day​ ​is​ ​October​ ​23.

​September​ ​20- Early Release. ​Dismissal at 12​ ​pm.​ ​​ ​Lunch​ ​will​ ​be provided.

September​ ​18-22​​- ​​ Spirit​​ ​​Week​

September​ ​22​​-​  ​​Community​ ​Kick-Off​ ​Day

September 23- Homecoming

September 28- Coffee with Principal Jackson; 7 PM Library (note date change)

​October​ ​5​- ​​ Open​ ​House​ ​@​ ​7​ ​pm

October​ ​11​-​ ​​PSATs​​ ​administered at ARHS

The September 14th Public Listening Session has been postponed.  A new date will be announced soon.

Registration from the Town of Amherst House Hazardous Waste Day is now open.  The event will be held on September 24, 2017 and is open to all Amherst, Hadley, Pelham and Shutesbury residents.

TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT TO BRING AND WHAT NOT TO BRING, CLICK HERE

REGISTRATION ENDS 9/13/2017

The Amherst A Better Chance Program is welcoming four new Scholars this year – three 9th graders and one 10th grader. ABC is looking for host families for these young men. Host families open their homes and their hearts to the Scholars who live with their host families during the first weekend of every month of the school year. All members of the Amherst community are encouraged to consider this opportunity to gain as much as you give.

A description of the host family program and contact information can be found on the Amherst ABC website: https://www.amherstabetterchance.org/volunteer/host-family-program/ . Interested families can also contact Wendy Kohler, President of the ABC Board of Directors at wendykohler@comcast.net

Please join us for the 46th annual Amherst A Better Chance Fall Foliage 5k Walk/Run on Saturday, October 14th.  The Amherst Town Common will be full of fun, family activities as walkers and runners begin the race. The course is a beautiful loop through scenic countryside during peak foliage! All levels of participation are encouraged. Bring the whole family!

Hope to see you there!

Jane Austen Film Festival & Fashion in Fiction

Amherst, MA – As 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, one of the world’s most beloved authors, the Jones Library celebrates her contributions to literature and the arts with special programming during the month of September.

The Jane Austen Film Festival will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm and Saturday afternoons at 2:30 pm, beginning on Saturday, September 2 and running through Tuesday, September 19th. These free screenings provide a visual interpretation of most of Jane Austen’s published works, and have been enjoyed by viewers over the course of decades.

The Film Festival culminates with a special final event as Kandie Carle presents “Fashion in Fiction” on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 2 pm in the Woodbury Room. This delightful show-and-tell on the fashion of Regency England as reflected in Jane Austen’s fiction will include dressing “Elizabeth Bennet” and “Mr. Darcy” as well as readings from Miss Austen’s letters and novel.

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 http://www.joneslibrary.org/JaneAusten for more details on the program series. All the films are rated PG or not rated.

These events are generously funded by the Friends of the Jones Libraries.

Free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Janet Ryan at 413/259-3223.

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, 8/30/17!

Becky, Mare, and Jennifer

ARHS received $12,993.29 through the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards Program.  All funds support PGO student and staff grants.  Thanks for all who participated in this program.

(In the photo: Malou Hafner, of the ARHS PGO, and Principal Mark Jackson accepting the check from Michael Crowner of Stop & Shop.)

1.   If you are a high achieving first generation college applicant, a student of color or a low income student, who takes primarily honors and AP classes, you might want to look at:

http://blog.collegegreenlight.com/blog/college-fly-diversity-programs-2016-2017/#sthash.46zb9DrD.dpbs

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.

If you are a very high achieving student with almost all honors and AP classes and with a family income under $60,000, you might want to apply to colleges through the highly competitive Questbridge program, which offers full scholarships to many of the country’s most selective colleges.  They have a late September deadline. Go to questbridge.org for complete information.  If you are seriously thinking about Questbridge, tell or e-mail me, your recommending teachers, and your counselor ASAP.

Remember, the summer is the best time to write application essays.  You will not be a happy camper if you leave this chore for the fall.  Besides, many of you will need to write additional essays in the fall.  The Common Application and Coalition Application essay prompts are in the link below.

If you plan to take the September 9 ACT or the August 26 or October 7 SAT, you might want to register soon, before you forget about school for a while.  The registration deadlines without a late fee are August 4 for the ACT and July 28 for the August and September 8 for the October SAT.  You can register late for the ACT until August 18 and late for the August SAT before August 8.  If you qualify for a fee waiver, see Mrs. Cappelli before June 28.  Unused fee waivers will expire in August!

Remember that demonstrated interest is increasingly important to colleges for admissions purposes.  Visit, visit, visit!  Interview!  Get the name of your admissions counselor at colleges you will apply to and stay in touch.

I expect that most of you have secured your teacher recommendations.  Don’t forget the last step – naming those teachers in Naviance.  Go to colleges/letters of recommendation/ and select your teachers from the dropdown list.  Unless you will be applying to colleges for which you might want to send different recommendations, you should select “for all colleges” for each teacher you select.  You can amend this later if necessary.  You might want to put a quick thank you to your teachers in the Notes section.  Remember – if you decide to apply to a college early (November deadline), you need to let your teacher know ASAP so the recommendation will be ready on time.

In the next few months you may begin to receive mailings or e-mails from honor societies, Who’s Who, National Society of High School Scholars and various other organizations who say they can get you scholarships and other advantages.  Allegedly there is currently one going around from Vector.  Some of these are scams outright and some are just benign businesses that will not hurt you except in the wallet.  By and large, ignore them, unless you want to put your name in their publications and purchase them.  Colleges are not impressed by membership or participation.

The 2017-18 Common Application (commonapp.org) will go live on August 1.  If you are inclined to begin in July, the current form is supposed to convert to the new one on August 1, if you choose the correct application year when beginning the application.  They say it will work!  There will be no Common App access between July 24 and August 1.

The Coalition Application (www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/), which is an alternative application for about 100 mostly elite institutions, will be available to you in July.  UMASS will not be accepting that application, so if you plan to apply to UMASS you will need to use the Common Application.  It’s your call as to whether you want to do the other one as well.  Only three institutions, the Universities of Maryland, Florida, and Washington (state) will use this application exclusively.  All other members will use the Common Application as well as the Coalition Application.  As members of the Common Application, they are required to treat all applications equally in the Admissions process.

Research shows that at least 20 hours of preparation for standardized college admission tests can improve your scores significantly.  Most of you will have 20 hours available for this purpose in the summer.  In addition to the free test prep available through Khan Academy for the SAT and through the Method Test Prep link on your Naviance home page, Method Test Prep offers a few additional paid options, some of which are extremely affordable.  See their links on the next page.

Have a relaxing and productive summer.
Myra Ross, College Advisor

ExtraInfoForJuniors

August 1st – Deadline to register & pay for fall sports

August 19th – Football begins

August 23rd – Fall sports information night @ 6:30 p.m. ARHS Cafe for Parents/Guardians/Athletes

August 24th – All other fall sports begin

Did you forget to register?  Please forward to your networks!

Principal Mark Jackson has decided to postpone the Class Council elections until the fall.  The reason is as follows: “Right now, we are up against the end of the school year. Exams and moving on to summer are the current priorities. In my judgment, the elections are too important to occur at a time when everyone is distracted and energy is running low. It’s hard for me to imagine that candidates can focus on preparing and running their campaigns and, just as importantly, that the student body, in the interest of making an informed choice, can attend to the candidates and their various platforms.

September is the time of the school year when everyone is refreshed and focused. Here, both candidates and voters can devote the right amount of time and attention to making the elections a meaningful exercise in school government.

Beyond this year, I would like to make September elections the norm.

At the beginning of the next school year, Ms. Haygood will inform the school community of the details and deadlines for the elections.”

The last day that the late bus will operate is Monday, June 19th.

The ARHS OUTDOOR PROGRAM wishes to thank the PGO for supporting them this year with funds that were used to purchase new tents.

Since approximately 1970, the ARHS Outdoor Program has offered opportunities for students in our district to get outdoors. They lead day hikes, overnight trips, leadership programs, and the chance to push boundaries in the Survival Living program. For almost that long, participants have carried old leaky tents into the field!

The new tents were put to use right away, as we experience heavy rain on the first night of Survival living this year. The students who used these tents reported that they were totally dry the next morning!

The PGO is able to fund this program through the participation of parents/guardians in the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards Program.

The funds raised through this program make it possible to support many initiatives and have made a difference to teachers and students.

If you have not done so, please take a moment to register your Stop & Shop cards for the A+ Rewards Program and help support exciting projects proposed by our students and teachers.

Purchases made at all Stop & Shop stores will benefit ARHS, including purchases at stores in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island!

The ARPS PGO’s Spring Public Meeting will be on June 19th at 12:45 p.m. at Crocker Farm.

Agenda

Introductions

Individual School Updates

Taxes and State Filings

Group Fundraisers

• VFW Pancake Breakfast
• UMACC (United Way)
• Valley Gives
• Florence Bank
• Amazon Smile

Other Business not anticipated by the chair

Adjourn

Sign up for Compost Coaching at the Taste of Amherst!

The Taste of Amherst runs from June 15-18, 2017 on the Town Common.

Graduation rehearsal will be held at 8 a.m. on June 9 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 during. 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 Mullins Center. The Mullins Center staff reports that no balloons of any kind will be allowed in the building. This includes mylar and helium ones as they interfere with lighting and equipment. 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.

Amherst Regional High School is pleased to announce that this year’s Graduation Exercises from the Mullins Center will be live-streamed for those who may be unable to attend in person.

You can access the live-stream by following the link below:

https://livestream.com/UMassAmherst/ARHS2017

You can also access the live-stream from the School District Web Site here:

http://www.arps.org/administration/technology_and_information_systems/a_r_h_s_graduation_live_stream

Please find the most current information available here in English and Spanish.

Friday, June 9, 2017 (tonight!) represents the 36th year of a totally fun Amherst High tradition: Project Graduation (also known as Senior Party).  Every year, on the evening after graduation, parents of both seniors and juniors have organized a great party to celebrate ARHS graduating seniors and give them a final chance to hang out and have fun. This is not a school-sponsored event! It happens every year with a lot of help from parents, business donors, and the entire community.

Volunteer today!

Click to sign up online

Amherst Regional High School’s AR[T]HS exhibit will showcase juried work from all of the Art Department’s areas of study: Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Digital Photo, 2D & 3D Foundations, Printmaking, Art Portfolio and Sculpture.

AR[T]HS will be on display at The Eli Marsh Gallery, 105 Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, from June 8th-June 12h. Gallery hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, every day, Sat & Sun 10-4pm.

The opening reception is on Thursday, June 8th from 5-8 pm. The opening is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

This is the ninth annual “AR[T]HS” exhibit hosted by the ARHS Art Department and showcases the artwork by more than 200 students. It is a great way for students to learn about the art electives. Seeing examples of nearly every assignment in every class gives students a great sense of what is offered at ARHS.

Encourage your student to proactively manage their online presence by filtering what they post on social media- it may affect where they go to college.

“At least 10 students kicked out of incoming Harvard class due to racist, inappropriate memes.”

http://m.sfgate.com/nation/article/Harvard-Crimson-class-2021-racist-explicit-meme-11195378.php

The PGO awarded $500 grants last year to the ARHS AIMS Program.  The grant money was used to fund interview workshops with private consultant Mark Efinger.

Mark’s two workshops were a wonderful supplement to the communication and transition skills we target within the program.  During his workshops, Mark broke down the structure of college and work interviews, placing special focus on critical first impressions. He showed students how they could  address that common open-ended question – “Tell me a little about yourself”- by crafting individual success stories with real examples from their lives to show how they possess the positive qualities interviewers want. During the workshops, students had a chance to craft and present their stories, get personalized feedback from Mark, and role play interviews with each other. 

Charlie Read was a ARHS student who passed away last year due to unexpected death from Epilepsy.  He loved sports — especially baseball, hockey and bicycling.  He played junior varsity baseball and hockey, and he and his friends got a bicycling club started at ARHS.

On June 18^th Clif and Arleen Read will dip the rear wheels of our bicycles into the waters of the Pacific Ocean in Anacortes WA, and begin our 9 week, 3,712 mile ride east to Boston where we will dip our front wheels into the Atlantic (hopefully) on August 12^th. We will be making this amazing journey with an incredible group of 6 core riders and a larger group of friends and family who will join us for different segments of the trip.

Many of you know that we lost our dear son Charlie last August 15th at age 16 to Sudden Unexpected Death from Epilepsy (SUDEP). Our C2C4Charlie ride this summer will be held in Charlie’s memory, and as a fundraising event to support the work of the SUDEP Institute of the Epilepsy Foundation. The institute funds research into SUDEP causes and prevention, educates families and health care providers about its risks, and supports the many devastated families of SUDEP victims. Each year we lose 3,000 people to SUDEP, primarily teens and young adults, without any clear understanding of its cause.

While our riding group will be small, we are hoping our broader community will help support us through the summer by following our blog and Facebook posts, and for those interested, by contributing to our fundraising effort for the SUDEP Institute.

Facebook:                          C2C4Charlie

Blog:                                     https://C2C4Charlie .org  (nothing up there yet, will become active with regular posts beginning mid-June)

Donate:                https:/ /epilepsyfoundation.donordrive .com/index.cfm?fuseaction=dono rDrive.participant&participant ID=9123

Be a Virtual Rider:           Register (https://epilepsyfoundation.do nordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseact ion=register.start&eventID=566  ) to be a member of Team C2C4Charlie as a Virtual Rider and join the fundraising effort by creating your own member page, sending word out to your friends and family, and biking locally in solidarity with our ride.

Send-off/Kick-off:           Join Team C2C4Charlie at the benefit Send-off Dinner/Fundraising Kick-off/Concert on June 2^nd at the Shutesbury Athletic Club. Dinner beginning at 6 pm, music by Dad Come Home! beginning at 8.

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 18th.  All sports other sports begin tryouts on Thursday, August 24th.  

MIDDLE SCHOOL – Middle School sports will begin the Tuesday after Labor Day.
Wednesday, August 23rd is Fall Sports Information Night for athletes and their parents/guardian.  Time:  6:30 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria.  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.

June 1st – Fall sports registration opened for the following activities/ sports: 

Marching  Band – MS/HS

Cross Country – B/G/MS/HS

Volleyball – G/HS/MS

Golf – B/G/HS

Football – HS

Boys Soccer – HS

Girls Soccer – HS

Field Hockey – G/HS/MS

Intramural Running – B/G/MS

Intramural Tennis – B/G/MS

FamilyID Technical Questions – Need a human? 1-888-800-5583 | support@familyid.com

Start Dates:

Football – Friday, August 18th

All other high school sports – Thursday, August 24th

Middle School Sports – Tuesday, September 5th

Parent/Athlete Night:

Wednesday, August 23rd – 6:30 p.m. ARHS Café

Homecoming:

September 22nd & September 23rd

Annual Hurricane Golf Open:

http://hurricaneboosters.com/d/3/Hurricane-Open-2017

All about concussions – http://www.pinkconcussions.com/blogreal/2015/12/16/best-concussion-education-resources-3-videos-and-an-app

Questions? Coaches Contact Information:

The Department of Chemistry invites students and their parents or guardians to our 4th Annual Chemistry Demonstration Show.

The Food Bank is collaborating with our partner farms for The Gathering: A Farm-To-Table Series. These three elegant dining experiences will be hosted by local farms and will include engaging discussions about the vital role local agriculture plays in addressing hunger. The meals will be prepared by the creative chefs at Wheelhouse Farm Truck and Catering using food sourced directly from the hosting farms.

6 Members of the Amherst Track team have qualified for the New Balance National Track Meet!  They will be traveling to North Carolina to compete on June 17th and 18th.

Aiden Foucault Etheridge, Andre Shepard, Meikkel Murray, Becket White, Zack Ellis and  Sophia Jacobs-Townsley have worked incredibly hard!  Please wish them luck and consider a small contribution to help with travel expenses.

https://www.gofundme.com/ambers-track-going-to-nationals

Print out and present this flyer at Bertucci’s in Amherst on Wednesday, June 7, and 15% of your purchase will be donated to Amherst-Pelham Regional School District.

Click here to download flyer

June 5th-6th- MCAS Science

June 7th- Senior Awards Night

June 9th- ARHS Graduation, 6PM at the UMass Mullins Center

June 14th- Underclass Student Awards

June 16th- B period Exams

June 19th- A and G period Exams

June 20th- D and E period Exams (Early Release)

June 21st- C and F period Exams (Early Release)

June 22nd- Make Up Exams

A few 2017 ARHS yearbooks are still available. They are $50 ($45 if your child qualifies for reduced lunch or $40 if they qualify for free lunch). Checks may be made payable to ARHS Yearbook. Books can be bought in room 193 B period, F period or after school. Contact Lee Larcheveque for further information.

Amherst Regional High School is pleased to announce that this year’s Graduation Exercises from the Mullins Center will be live-streamed for those who may be unable to attend in person.

You can access the live-stream by following the link below:

https://livestream.com/UMassAmherst/ARHS2017

You can also access the live-stream from the School District Web Site here:

http://www.arps.org/administration/technology_and_information_systems/a_r_h_s_graduation_live_stream

Please find the most current information available here in English and Spanish.