Monday, November 2, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Crocker Farm PGO Bookfair at Barnes & Noble - next Sat, Nov 7th
Hadley Barnes & Noble, all day10 am: Music with Miss Leticia (Crocker Farm parent) & her students
11 am: Storytime with Amy Coulthard (Crocker Farm Preschool Teacher)
Enjoy a day of shopping while supporting the Crocker Farm PGO!
Mention "Crocker Farm" when checking out to earn money for our school.
Stop by our table in-store to enter our FREE kids & adult raffles.
Explore Barnes & Noble’s first-ever Mini Maker Faire. Events throughout the day.
* Make & Collaborate - Hands-On Activities at Noon, 4 pm, & 5 pm; different activities for ages 5+, 8+, & teens/adults
* Demonstrations of tech/gadget products at 11 am, 3 pm, & 6 pm including a 3D printer, and a Meccanoid personal robots.
Mini-Maker Faires are being held at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide, Nov 6th-8th. Learn more about the events for the Hadley store HERE.
Crocker Farm PGO: Bookfair ID 11714474
Crocker Farm Gardens - Seeking Gardening Gloves for Kids & Adults
The new garden beds installed by the district are looking good, & classes have started planting fall crops (Spinach) & spring/summer ones (garlic). The new garden shed from the district is a huge help.
MANY THANKS to the 2nd grade classes for weeding the older beds, & to volunteer extraordinaire Sylvia K. for the long hours she has spent on weeding & garden cleanup.
The 2nd grade teachers (Ms. Mattone, Ms. Carson, & Mr. Lefebvre) are jointly sharing the job of being Crocker Farm's garden coordinator. If you are interested in helping with the garden, please let the PGO or one of the 2nd grade teachers know.
The 2nd teachers are currently seeking donations of gardening gloves (kid size & adult size), as they have none. Used gloves are fine. Thanks in advance!
MANY THANKS to the 2nd grade classes for weeding the older beds, & to volunteer extraordinaire Sylvia K. for the long hours she has spent on weeding & garden cleanup.
The 2nd grade teachers (Ms. Mattone, Ms. Carson, & Mr. Lefebvre) are jointly sharing the job of being Crocker Farm's garden coordinator. If you are interested in helping with the garden, please let the PGO or one of the 2nd grade teachers know.
The 2nd teachers are currently seeking donations of gardening gloves (kid size & adult size), as they have none. Used gloves are fine. Thanks in advance!
Online Feedback Form from Wildwood PGO on the Disrict's Recommendation for Elementary School Consolidation
At this week's public forum on the elementary school building project, Wildwood PGO board member Laura Quilter spoke & mentioned an online feedback form that she has created to encourage input from parents, teachers, school staff, & community members about the district's recommendation to consolidate the current three K-6 Amherst public elementary schools into two schools: a K-1 school at Crocker Farm (which also houses the district's preK program) & a grades 2-6 school at a location still tbd. At the forum, the Assistant Superintendent Mike Morris thanked Laura for her efforts.
The link to the Wildwood PGO's online feedback form is below, & the form is available in both English & Spanish. Those wanting to give feedback to the district about its recommendations can also email the Amherst School Committee at schoolcommittee@arps.org.
Like the Wildwood PGO, the Crocker Farm PGO is taking no position on the building study & the district's recommendations, & is providing information on the project & the feedback form link only as a service to help our families learn more about the project & help them give an easy way to provide feedback should they care to do so.
Link to form: http://wildwoodpgo.com/reconfiguration-feedback-form/
To learn more about the Wildwood/elementary school building study, you can visit the study's web site: http://wildwood.projects.joslinlesser.com/
The link to the Wildwood PGO's online feedback form is below, & the form is available in both English & Spanish. Those wanting to give feedback to the district about its recommendations can also email the Amherst School Committee at schoolcommittee@arps.org.
Like the Wildwood PGO, the Crocker Farm PGO is taking no position on the building study & the district's recommendations, & is providing information on the project & the feedback form link only as a service to help our families learn more about the project & help them give an easy way to provide feedback should they care to do so.
Link to form: http://wildwoodpgo.com/reconfiguration-feedback-form/
To learn more about the Wildwood/elementary school building study, you can visit the study's web site: http://wildwood.projects.joslinlesser.com/
District-SEPAC Meetings for Parents on the District's Recommendations for the Elementary Schools & Proposed School Consolidation
All families with children on an IEP/504 Plan are welcome to attend.
The meetings will include:
Maria Geryk, Superintendent
Mike Morris, Assistant Superintendent...
Faye Brady, Director of Student Services
Katherine Appy, Amherst School Committee Chair
Nancy Stewart & Laura Kent; SEPAC Executive Board Members
Workshop for Parents of Children on IEPs - RSVPs due Oct 29th
** This workshop is free & open to all but reservations are required **
RVSP to Nancy Stewart, by October 29th
(413)687-4255 * sepac@arps.org
RVSP to Nancy Stewart, by October 29th
(413)687-4255 * sepac@arps.org
Family TIES of Massachusetts
Let’s Get Organized
Wed, November 4th, 2015
6:30-8:30 pm
Amherst Regional High School Library
Do you wish you had a way to keep track of your child’s IEPs, evaluations, progress reports, doctor reports, test results, and more? Western Parent Coordinator will offer effective ways for parents to organize and manage paperwork, building a customized binder for your child - plus general ideas on “keeping it together” and tips for developing community connections for your child. This workshop is free and open to the public.
Family TIES of
Massachusetts is a project at the Federation for Children with Special Needs, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau
of Family and Community Health, Division for Perinatal, Early Childhood &
Special Health Needs.
Amherst Educational Foundation Trivia Bee Tonight
The Amherst Education Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization committed to promoting students’ educational equity, supporting diversity, stimulating excellence, & mobilizing broad community support for the public schools of Amherst, Leverett, Pelham, & Shutesbury.
AEF has been raising & distributing funds to support community schools since 1994. TONIGHT is the AEF's Trivia Bee, one of the AEF's major annual fundraisers. The Trivia Bee is wonderful community event in which teams match wits for trivia glory, all to benefit our public schools.
Thank you, AEF, & thanks AEF supporters for helping our public schools!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Amherst School Winter Coat Share - collecting now, distributions starting soon
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The Crocker Farm PGO is partnering with the parent groups in the other Amherst public schools again this year for our annual Warm Winter Clothing Share.
As the temperatures are getting lower, we are seeking coats & other warm winter clothes of all sizes to pass along to school & community families.
At Crocker Farm, the collection boxes will be out in the main lobby & at the preschool/afterschool pickup door until Fri, Nov 6th.
The Crocker Farm PGO is seeking volunteers to help with distributing the collected clothes, including helping set everything up on Fri, Nov 6th afterschool & on Mon & Tues, Nov 9-10th during the day. If you can help, please signup HERE or email Tracy at tmz23@zafian.com.
The Crocker Farm PGO is also looking to borrow a coat rack for the distribution days. If anyone has one they can lend out, please let us know. Thank you!
As the temperatures are getting lower, we are seeking coats & other warm winter clothes of all sizes to pass along to school & community families.
At Crocker Farm, the collection boxes will be out in the main lobby & at the preschool/afterschool pickup door until Fri, Nov 6th.
The Crocker Farm PGO is seeking volunteers to help with distributing the collected clothes, including helping set everything up on Fri, Nov 6th afterschool & on Mon & Tues, Nov 9-10th during the day. If you can help, please signup HERE or email Tracy at tmz23@zafian.com.
The Crocker Farm PGO is also looking to borrow a coat rack for the distribution days. If anyone has one they can lend out, please let us know. Thank you!
Pumpkin Catapult supplies & Class parent for Mr. Hughes needed
The third grade classes are seeking donations of wooden craft sticks (tongue depressors) and little pom-poms for their Pumpkin Catapult project.
The PGO is still seeking a class parent for Mr. Hughes' & Mr. Borell's fifth grade class.
If you can help, please let us know crockerfarmpgo@gmail.com,
or just drop off the craft supplies at school.
Thanks in advance!
Public Forums on Elementary School Building Study, today, 3:30 & 7:00 pm
Today @ 3:30 & 7:00 pm, the Amherst school district is holding public forums on the Wildwood/elementary school building study & potential reconfiguration. Forums at the HS auditorium. Childcare is available at the forums, & transportation to the forum is available upon request.The district's recommendation is for the 3 elementary schools to change to 2: (1) Crocker Farm would become a preK-1st grade townwide school, & (2) a new townwide school would be constructed for grades 2-6. The School Committee is scheduled to vote on the project next week.
You can learn more about the study on the project web site: http://wildwood.projects.joslinlesser.com/ or the FB page for this project (https://www.facebook.com/Amherst-Elementary-School-Buildin…/).
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