Please Join Us . . . 

Tuesday – June 12^th – 4 to 9pm

Crocker Farm 6^th Grade Fundraiser at The Pub

Please join the Crocker Farm 6^th Graders at The Pub on Tuesday, June 12th for a Crocker Farm Neighborhood Night. All you have to do is enjoy an evening eating out with friends from the CF community. Simply tell your server that you are there to support Crocker Farm 6^th Graders and The Pub will donate a percent of the evening’s profits for the 6^th Grade Graduation fund. Anyone can come--the more the merrier! See you there!

TUESDAY – JUNE 12^th – 4 pm to 9 pm

The Pub – 15 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002 – 413.549.1200

LAST CHANCE TO THANK A CF TEACHER OR STAFF STAR & Contribute to Strengthening our Schools!

Let AEF help you with your year-end gift!  As the school year comes to a close, you can thank teachers and staff by giving a gift in their honor to AEF through the Teachers are Stars Program. We will send the staff member or teacher of your choosing, a handwritten card thanking them for their service to our schools and children.

Give online at: www.amhersteducationfoundation.org .

The Wednesday June 13 deadline is coming right up!

This year AEF provided $44,000 in grants for elementary school library books, literacy training, hands-on middle school science and VELA scholars programs in our schools. When Crocker Farm teachers wanted more training from Columbia University’s Teachers College learning new methods of teaching literacy, they turned to AEF, which provided a grant of $11,000 to fund this intensive professional development opportunity. 
AEF is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization devoted to supporting our public schools.  Thanks for your support!

LSSE summer basketball camps

Since summer is just around the corner, and here are our 2012 Summer Basketball Camps flyer! We are very excited about this year’s camps due to the high level of experience coming from our directors.  Dennis Jackson will be directing the Footlocker camps as well as the “Blue Chip” Basketball camps where he “guarantees the basketball skills mastered here will elevate your game dramatically and teach the essential tools needed to uplift your play in the fast-paced game today.”  Coach Jackson has 30 years of coaching experience at the high school, college and professional levels.  Dwayne Killings and Jamahl Jackson will be directing the Complete Player Basketball Camp which is great because they are Amherst Regional alums who have grouped their playing and coaching experience together to create a camp that will bring your child’s game to the next level. Dwayne Killings is the assistant coach at Temple University and Jamahl Jackson is the head coach at Emmanuel College.

The Coed Beginner Basketball Camp will be directed by Kathy Horrigan who among a long list of credentials, has been the Director of Red Raider Basketball School ages 1st grade -8th grade for 13 years as well as coached Girls and Boys Basketball, Softball, Field Hockey and Baseball.

The Big Players Basketball Camp will be directed by Steve Jefferson who brings a unique three-way perspective to his teaching, having been a player, a coach, and a refer at both the high school and college levels. I hope this flyer answers any questions you might have in aiding you in picking the perfect basketball camp for your child.   

To register for camp please visit www.lsse.org or call the LSSE front office at 413-259-3065 or come visit us at our office located at 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst MA 01002. 

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If you have any camp specific questions please contact matuszkon@amherstma.gov.

Give Me Space!

Celebrate space, reading, and laugh out loud with children’s book author, Jane Schoenberg, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Basset Planetarium, Amherst College, 201 Morgan Hall, from 3-4:00pm.

For directions to the Plantarium, please click here:
https://www.amherst.edu/museums/bassett/directions

Jane will be reading the first story, "Give Me Space," from her new book, "Stuey Lewis Against All Odds," the sequel to "The One and Only Stuey Lewis."

After the reading there will be a book signing, and a special planetarium show.

This free event, for 5-10 year-olds and their families, is co-sponsored by The Jones Library, Inc. and the Bassett Planetarium of Amherst College, and will launch The Jones Library's Summer Reading Program, whose theme this year is "Dream Big: Read."


(Not a school sponsored event.)

Art Studio Hadley summer program offerings

Click on images to enlarge or call 413.813.5394 for more information.  Or click here!

(not school sponsored)

LSSE summer sports camps

Since summer is fast approaching, we wanted to take the time to send you our Summer Sports Camps flyer and aid you in any additional information that you may need.  We are excited about our new camp offerings that are now available to children as young as 3 years old! In order to register for any of the camps in black, please visit www.lsse.org or call the LSSE front office at 413-259-3065 or come visit LSSE in the Bangs Center at 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst MA 01002.  Please go to http://www.amherstma.gov/index.aspx?NID=413 for full descriptions of our summer camps. Fee reductions up to 70%  are available for qualified Amherst residents!

Further information can be obtained about the camps in red from the following websites:

U.K International Soccer- http://www.amherstma.gov/index.aspx?NID=1656

Challenger Soccer Camp- http://www.amherstma.gov/index.aspx?NID=1657

If you have any camp specific questions please contact me at matuszkon@amherstma.gov or give me a call at 259.3156.

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CROCKER ICE CREAM SOCIAL CHANGED TO ANOTHER DAY... DUE TO RAIN...

JONES LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM - KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND!!!

Pastel drawing workshop

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Thursday June 14th from 5-7 pm, local artist Greg Maichack will be offering a 

How to Draw & Pastel Paint adult workshop in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe.  

Interested?  Call the Jones at 259.3090!

Happy painting!

Millions of thanks to all of this weekend's volunteers! 


What a terrific Saturday of fundraising -- for all sorts of causes!


We are so lucky to have such hard working and smiling families!


Thanks - from the Crocker PGO