Coronavirus (Covid-19) District Updates and Student/Family Resources Available During the School Closure.
The Joint Budget Hearing is Scheduled for WEDNESDAY, April 22, 2020 – 6:00 PM Click here for information on how to attend the Zoom meeting. Additional Documentation: FY21 Budget Summary Passed and the FY21 Budget Passed 3-2-20.
Farmington River Regional School District will close beginning on March 16th continuing through the end of the school year. The closure is ordered by Governor Charles Baker to limit the spread of COVID-19. We will be contacting families throughout the closure to provide information to parents and resources for students and families.
Farmington River Distance Learning at it’s Best!
JOINT BUDGET HEARING
The Farmington River Regional School District
Joint Budget Hearing
previously scheduled for Wednesday, March 25,
to review the FY2021 Proposed School Budget
HAS BEEN CANCELLED
due to the current social distancing guidelines.
While there are relaxed Open Meeting Law policies in place
they do not include School Budget Public Hearing law.
The hearing will be rescheduled when changes are made to the policy
or we have an idea of when we are able to gather in groups again.
Eric Jesner
Business Manager
STORYTELLER TO VISIT FARMINGTON RIVER: On March 17th, Rona Levanthal will make a visit to out students. K-3 will be from 9:30-10:30, Pre K from 10:45-11:15, and 4-6 from 11:20-12:20. Thank you to Mrs. Higgins for organizing this event.
FRRSD Celebrates Read Across America
On Monday, March 2nd Farmington River students welcomed readers from the community into their classrooms to help us celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to read to our students!!
United States Census 2020 – Click Here to Learn More
School Musical Open Reading for the Public:
If you would like to help with the production of “THE COWHANDS AND THE ALIENS RESCUE EARTH” please contact the Ms. Dolan at 413-269-4466 or NDolan@frrsd@org. We thank you in advance for any and all help you could provide.
KID’S CAFE NEWS
This week March 2 – March 6 our Kid’s Cafe went above and beyond to provide an absolutely amazing breakfast not only for our students but for our staff. Your hard work and dedication does not go unnoticed. Thank you for all you do each and every day.
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
Student Council would like to invite parents and children to participate in and at-tend FRRSD’s Open Mic Night on Friday, February 7th, from 6 – 8 pm. A fund-raising bake sale will be held to offer refreshments during the night’s entertainment. If you would like to share a song, a poem, a funny story or joke, or play a musical instrument, please sign up to perform your number by contacting Ms. Catullo at catullo@frrsd.org.
Student Council is also hosting a school-wide fundraiser to raise awareness of environmental issues, “FLIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE”. Children will be provided kits to create paper airplanes at home and gain sponsor pledges of family and friends who want to pledge money for every yard the plane flies on FLIGHT DAY, February 28th. Pledges can range from $1 to $10 for the entire flight or for portions of the flight, and will be collected by the students who participate after they test their planes in the gymnasium during the day, Friday 2/28. Before Flight Day, students will discuss ways they can conserve earth’s resources and learn more about how some local Berkshire County Groups are helping to do that. The class that earns the most pledges will be rewarded with a pizza/ice cream lunch party. Donations will benefit a local environmental group and Student Council.
FROM THE ART CORNER
DRAMA PROJECT: March 2020
During the month of March, Farmington River will be hosting a DRAMA PROJECT as part of this year’s Community Arts Production Project.
The project will include after school workshops with local theater and drama professionals sharing with those who would like to know more about theater and drama aspects of being involved in a musical, such as role-playing, voice projection, and singing and dancing in musical numbers. The workshops are free and open to the Farmington River Community, as well as neighboring towns of Becket, Lee, and Monterey. All ages are welcome, adults, children in grades 2-6, and children in grades pre-k through 1 with adult supervision. Parents are invited to participate with their children!Children in this year’s musical, “The Cowhands and The Aliens Rescue Earth” are encouraged to attend as many of the workshops as possible to help build their confidence on stage. The workshops run on the following dates from 3:15 until 5. Friday 3/6, Monday 3/9, Friday 3/13, Monday 3/16, Tuesday 3/24, Friday 3/27, and Tuesday 3/31. This project is made possible with grant funding from MCC, Otis CC, and Sandisfield CC. If you have any questions please contact Laura Catullo at lcatullo@frrsd.org or call the school 413-269-4466.
PE and HEALTH NEWS
It is time for “March Madness” across our specialist areas! In PE classes, students will be learning and building upon our basketball skills of dribbling, ball handling, passing and shooting through various drills and activities. Grades 4th-6th will further learn about offense v. defense and strategy through game play.Reading plays a big part in PE classes. Students earn foul shots based on their reading, and will shoot them during class time. Students in grades 3rd-6th can earn a spot in our hot shot shooting contest (and can win some really neat prizes) during our final assembly if they make the most foul shots, so make sure to READ READ READ so you can earn many shots!!! Looking forward to a fun month!