Expanding Positive Opportunities and Support for Our Teenagers: Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at ABRHS, Little Theater (room 218 east). A Brainstorming Session and Follow Up to the ABCHY Community Symposium on October 7th.
– Hear the results of interviews conducted by school counselors with a cross-section of students. They responded to questions about how they spend their time after school and on the weekends and what they would like to have available for activities.
– Discuss and prioritize the input and ideas from the October 7th Community Symposium. Identify leaders and action plans for various initiatives.
– Participate in discussion groups that will brainstorm about student suggestions and symposium responses and see what initiatives could develop from these ideas. new!
September PTSO Newsletter: The PTSO welcomes you
and your family back to school for 2009/10!! Read the latest from the PTSO, find out about start-of-year events and upcoming programs at RJG Jr. High and ABRHS.
2009 ABRPTSO Survey Results: Results are in! The goals of the survey were to determine how to improve communication with families in the ABRS community, obtain input about what information and topics interest families, find out when it is convenient for parents to attend forums, and understand more about the contribution process.
10 Steps to Managing Stress:
High School students at ABRHS received this stress management handout during the first week of school. We encourage you to discuss these stress management strategies with your children.
New RJG and ABRHS Forms: Learn about volunteer opportunities at R.J. Grey Jr. High and ABRHS, or use the telephone directory forms to update, add, deleted or change your information.
Join the ABRPTSO E-mail Loop: For parents who want to receive PTSO E-Mail, such as the Weekly Chatter which contains current and important notices and information, and the ABRPTSO newsletter, please sign up here for ABRPTSO E-Mail. The first newsletter will be mailed to all families. To receive future newsletters online, check the appropriate box in your E-mail profile.
Update Your ABRPTSO E-mail Profile: Returning parents, please take a minute to review and update your PTSO E-mail profile, particularly if you have an incoming 7th grader. Updating your profile involves checking off graduation years for all your children. With our E-mail service, Constant Contact, you will not receive duplicate messages for multiple children.
New CORI Forms: Because of recent changes in the Criminal Offender Record Information statue, the AB district requires new CORI certification for all volunteers beginning January 1, 2006.
WELCOME from the Acton-Boxborough Regional Parent Teacher Student Organization (ABRPTSO). We are excited to share our news with you and the 500 freshmen at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School and the 510 seventh graders at R.J. Grey Junior High. One way we share news is via email, such as, the "Weekly Chatter." Click the button to sign up for Weekly Chatter E-mail.
The goal of the PTSO is to help facilitate communication among home, school, school committee, and community. We ask that you please take a few minutes to look over the wealth of information we have provided.
We encourage volunteerism. If not for volunteers, many of our events would not be possible. You might find something interesting on one of the volunteer forms or on the schools' district website at ab.mec.edu. Volunteering is a great opportunity for you to meet the parents and guardians of your children's classmates.
The monthly newsletter will also offer you an inside glimpse of the schools, updates from various departments and upcoming events. Although parents and guardians are not as closely involved in their older children's school experiences, your help and attention are still essential! It is often said that NOW is the time to pay closest attention to your children, as they are becoming more independent and moving into and through their teens.
Funds raised through donations are the PTSO's main source of providing support for programs such as Project Wellness, Freshmen Pizza Party Orientation, Project Graduation, the monthly PTSO newsletter, and student directories. In the past, PTSO funds have provided for guest speakers in the classrooms, subsidized field trip costs, printed school newspapers and magazines, purchased supplies for special class projects, supported students' community service activities, graduation scholarships, and provided for grants to the Junior High and the High School. Now you can Donate to the ABRPTSO for 2009-2010 Online. If you have already done so, thank you for paying (either on-line or through the mail) your annual PTSO donation of $35 per family.
If you are not currently on the PTSO e-mail list, please sign up here. You may register as many addresses as you like. Some families have added home and work addresses. The list has also been very helpful for parents not living with their children who may miss out on some information. We ask for your child's grade because some messages are only sent to specific groups of students. Privacy is, of course, important to us. We will not sell, rent, or give your name or address to anyone, at any time. Every e-mail we send to you will have a link at the bottom giving you the ability to unsubscribe or change your information.
Welcome, and we hope you have a very successful and rewarding school year!!
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The goal of the PTSO is to help facilitate communication among home, school, school committee, and community. We ask that you please take a few minutes to look over the wealth of information we have provided.
You might find something interesting on one of the