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ABRPTSO
Weekly Chatter
RJ Grey Junior High School
September 5, 2021
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"Creating a community of thinkers, learners, and responsible citizens." |
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Table of Contents
- Calendar of Events
- Food Services Department Update
- Job Opportunity at Community Ed.
- Community Ed. Fall Programming
- Scarecrow Contest in Acton!
- AB Youth Volleyball Clinic at ABRHS
- Looking for a Mental Health Provider?
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September 6th - Labor Day, No School
September 7 - Rosh Hashanah, No School
September 14 - First ABRPTSO Meeting of 2021-2022 Academic Year, 7pm
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Food Services Department Update
The Food Services Department Staff is looking forward to providing nutritious and delicious meals for your children in the cafeteria this upcoming school year!
- Exciting news!! Every student is eligible to receive one breakfast and one lunch every school day at no charge.
- We are back to using pin pads this year at the registers.
- All students need to know their 4 digit pin number when they get to the register. We can look the student up by name but it helps if they know their pin number. Even though meals are free, students will enter their PIN when they come through the line. Your student’s PIN and meal account balance are below.
- If students purchase "a la carte items" such as water, snacks or second meals, the items will be charged to their Food Service meal account.
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Food Services removed all “a la carte” restrictions last year due to COVID. If you would like to set up restrictions for prepackaged "a la carte items," log into www.SchoolCafe.com/abrsd. If you set up a restriction, please let your students know in advance of the restriction.
- If the meal account is in the negative, we will not allow students to purchase prepackaged “a la carte” items. However, students will always be able to get a breakfast and lunch.
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Click here for the Food Services Welcome Letter with more information.
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Job Opportunity at Community Ed.
Adult staff are needed at Community Ed. Extended Day. Shifts are 3-6 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 12:30-6 PM on Wednesday. Flexible scheduling! Choose from 1-5 afternoons per week. For more information, please email Community Ed. Director, Erin Bettez at ebettez@abschools.org.
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Community Ed. Fall Programming
Community Ed. is finalizing our fall programming. Look for our Catalog to be posted online on September 1st. Many classes are already open for registration on our Website. Sign up for our Email List to receive our electronic catalog as well as regular updates about new classes or other events.
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Scarecrow Contest in Acton!
Enter the “Stand Up to Stigma” Scarecrow Contest to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Central Middlesex. Bring your $25 donation to Cucurbit Farm at 32 Parker St. in Acton and pick up your scarecrow starter frame, beginning 9/1. Then drop off your family friendly scarecrow at the farm stand. Individuals, organizations, and businesses are invited to participate. The scarecrows will be on display for the month of October, and the public is invited to cast their vote for the winning entry. Our goal is 100 scarecrows along the fence and many conversations about mental health! You can also submit your carved pumpkin to the “Jack O’ Lantern Glow By” event, set for Halloween weekend. Plus, there’s a corn maze! Additional info at namicentralmiddlesex.org and cucubitfarm.com.
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AB Youth Volleyball Clinic at ABRHS
If you have a child interested in learning more about the sport of volleyball or working on their volleyball skills, please join Varsity Coach Darren Gwin and members of the girls volleyball teams at their first YOUTH CLINIC.
The clinic is for children in grades 4th -8th and will be on Saturday, 9/25 and Sunday 9/26. Come for 1 or both days.
4th - 6th grades 1:00p - 3:00p
7th - 8th grades 3:00p - -5:00p
Location: ABRHS Field House (upper gym)
Pre-registration is preferred via Google form or you can sign up the day of.
Cost:
1 day $35.00
2 days $60.00
If the link is not working to register, you can go to ABVB’s website at abvbspike.com to register as well.
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Looking for a Mental Health Provider?
INTERFACE Referral Service is a mental health resource and referral Helpline that helps children, adults and families, in subscribing communities, become connected with mental health and wellness resources. Part of your ABRPTSO Membership Donation goes towards the funding of this service.
INTERFACE Referral Service looks forward to continuing to help residents of Acton & Boxborough find a successful match with an outpatient mental health provider in their area, who is able to see them at a convenient time, takes their insurance or meets their fee requirement, as well as meets their clinical needs.
Please call the William James College INTERFACE Helpline at 617-332-3666 Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM, for resource information and/or provider referrals from a mental health professional. Please also review the very extensive website at interface.williamjames.edu for additional information about the service, as well as resources on mental health and wellness across the lifespan.
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The Weekly Chatter is distributed each Sunday. If you have a submission you'd like to include in the Chatter, please email it to ABWEEKLYCHATTER@gmail.com by noon on Friday. The Chatter was created solely for the purpose of communicating school-related events, groups and forums to parents and students.
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