Dear Parents and Guardians: It`s been a very busy, productive week

Dear Parents and Guardians:
It’s been a very busy, productive week. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the screening of Most Likely
to Succeed on Wednesday night—there was a great turn-out! The film sparked a great discussion about how we
can best educate our children for success in the 21st century job market and as engaged, contributing members
of the community. On Thursday I met with more than 30 of our partners from the community and higher
education to discuss our work together as we revision our schools Pre-K to 12. It was a highly productive
meeting, and it was wonderful to see the deep commitment our community partners have to our children.
I’m sorry I missed seeing everyone at the Merging ARMS & ARHS Community Listening Session at Shutesbury
Elementary School on Thursday night. District Finance Director Sean Mangano and I attended the Amherst Four
Boards meeting, which is where the Town of Amherst shares budget projections for the 2016-2017 budget (yes,
it’s really already time to start planning for that!) I’m looking forward to hearing the feedback and questions
you shared with our partners at the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration. The next opportunity to hear
more about this project is next Monday, October 19 with student-led tours of ARHS from 5:30 to 6:30 and a
listening session from 6:30 to 8:30 in the ARHS library.
In the meantime, you can find more information about Merging ARMS & ARHS at our new Facebook page
Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools: Merging ARMS & ARHS. Information about the possible expansion of the
current Region is available on Facebook at Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools: Expanding the Region. I hope
you’ll follow our progress on both pages.
Have a great weekend,
Maria
Invite you to attend
Saturday, October 24, 2015
HOURS: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
There will be Fun for the Whole Family!
Books, Games, Prizes, Food & Entertainment by
The ARHS Boys & Girls Soccer Teams
For more information call Monica Brown at ARPS
Family Center at 413-362-1861 or email
[email protected]
venga uno, venga
todos
Los invitan a participar en
sabado, 24 de octubre de 2015.
HORAS: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
¡Habrá actividades para toda la familia!
Libros, Juegos, Comida y Entretenimiento por los niños
y niñas de los equipos de de ARHS
Para más información llamar a ARPS Family
Center a Monica Brown al 413-362-1861
Excellence
with Equity
Family-teacher conferences
provide a wonderful opportunity
to develop the home-school
partnership that is so important
to providing the best possible
educational experience for
students.
Enclosed is a list of suggested
questions to ask your child?s
teacher at your parent-teacher
conference
MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of our schools is to
provide all students with a high
quality education that enables them
to be contributing members of a
multiethnic, multicultural,
pluralistic society. We seek to
create an environment that achieves
equity for all students and ensures
that each student is a successful
learner, is fully respected, and
learns to respect others.
You want to get as much
information as possible from
your child?s teacher during the
conference, and these
questions can help guide the
conversation.
AM H E R S T R E G IO N A L
S C H O O L D IS T R IC T
Division of Excellence with Equity
170 Chestnut Street, Amherst, MA 01002
413-362-1810
arps.org
www.arps.org
Suggest ed quest ions you can ask your chil d?s t eacher:
Academics
- Is my child performing on grade level? If not,
is my child above or below grade-level
performance?
- If below grade level, ask: What is the
plan for helping my child to catch up?
- If above grade level, ask: What is the
plan for helping my child to continue to
excel above the grade level standards?
How can I help?
- What do my child?s test scores (MCAS,
Reading Level, and Math tests) show? What
are his/her strengths and challenges? How
would my child be assessed?
- Can we go over examples of my child?s
work? What is the grading system?
- What are the major assignments? Does my
child do all the assigned work, including
homework?
- Is there anything I can do at home to help my
child do better in school?
Interactions
- Does my child seem to like school and get
along with classmates?
- If the answer is ?no,? ask: What
resources are available at school to help
address this concern?
- What is my child expected to know and be
able to do?
- Are there other important routines?
- How can my child access additional support?
Partnership
- How can we work together to ensure the best
outcomes for my child?
- How and when will we, teacher and
parent/guardian, communicate with each
other?
- What is the best way to reach you if I need to
contact you?
- When is the best time to reach you?
- How can we work together, teacher &
parent/guardian, to help the student set goals
and achieve them by the end of the year?
Notes:
Excelencia
con Equidad
Conferencias de familia y
maestros proporcionan una
magnífica oportunidad para
desarrollar la asociación
hogar-escuela, que es tan
importante para proporcionar la
mejor experiencia educativa
posible para los estudiantes.
Adjunto encontrará una serie de
preguntas sugeridas para
hacerle al maestro de su hijo/a
en la conferencia de familia y
maestros
Usted quiere obtener la mayor
información posible del
maestro de su hijo/a durante la
conferencia, y estás preguntas,
pueden ayudar a guiar la
conversación.
MISIÓN :
La misión de nuestras escuelas es
proporcionar a todos los
estudiantes una educación de alta
calidad que les permita ser
miembros contribuyentes de una
sociedad multiétnica, multicultural,
pluralista. Buscamos crear un
ambiente que logre equidad para
todos los estudiantes y asegure que
cada estudiante es un estudiante
exitoso, se respete plenamente, y
aprenda a respetar a los demás.
AM H E R S T R E G IO N A L
S C H O O L D IS T R IC T
Division de Excelencia con Equidad
170 Chestnut Street, Amherst, MA 01002
413-362-1810
arps.org
www.arps.org