ABRHS Weekly PTSO Chatter

ABRPTSO

Weekly Chatter

AB Regional High School

November 21, 2021

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Table of Contents

Calendar of Events
College Admission Panel
Career Speakers Event
Community Ed Classes
Food and Personal Care Items Available at A-B
ABRHS Community Service Program News
Support Students in the AB Music Program
Cafe News
Looking for a Mental Health Provider?

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

November 24 - Early Release Dismissal at 11:22

November 25 & 26 - No School Thanksgiving Break

College Admission Panel

Save the Date for a panel discussion hosted by the Counseling Department geared towards junior parents and caregivers regarding post high school planning. We will be joined by several admissions officers who will discuss the college search and application process. This program will take place on December 2nd at 6:00pm via Zoom.

More info to come.

Career Speakers Event

All students in grades 10, 11, and 12 are invited to the next ABRHS Career Speakers Event on Wednesday, December 8th during Period 1, a Gold C Day. There are many terrific career presentations for students to choose from. Students who sign up for Career Speakers will be excused from their first period class and will be responsible for any missed work. The students will meet in person and the guest career speakers will attend on Zoom. Students have received an email with the event details and need to register by Wednesday, December 1st. Contact Melissa Dempsey with questions.

Community Ed Classes for High School Students

Community Ed is offering a myriad of teen and college prep courses this fall. Visit our website or sign up for our email list to receive updates regarding new classes. You can reach our office at 978-266-2525 with questions or to register.

ACT Advanced Bootcamp - Monday/Wednesday, November 23-December 9

PSAT Results Are Back! Now What? - Tuesday, December 14

Food and Personal Care Items Available at A-B

Students in need of food or personal care items can access these items through the Food Pantry Outpost in the Counseling Center at no charge. Students can “shop” in the outpost in the Counseling Center (see Mrs. Kelly) or submit this order form online and pick up bagged items in Counseling. Of course, all information and participation will be held in strict confidence. For more information on the Food Pantry Outpost, please contact Lindsay Rosenman or Elizabeth Warren in the Counseling Center. The Acton Food Pantry (including the Acton Community Supper) has been providing food assistance to residents of Acton and surrounding towns since 1984 and partnered with the high school in 2020 to provide in-school access to food pantry items.

ABRHS Community Service Program News

Volunteer Hours Report Forms are Due Wednesday, December 1st

Volunteer Hours Report Forms are due Wednesday, December 1st. All students have received an email with instructions and the report form link. Students must submit the online form by the deadline in order to be considered for recognition. All forms and information about volunteering, award requirements and recognition are listed on our website at this link: ABRHS Community Service Website

Community Service Awards Night

Save the date! Community Service Awards Night will be held in-person in the ABRHS Auditorium the evening of Tuesday, January 11, 2022.

Send us a photo of your student volunteer!

One of the highlights of the annual Community Service Awards Night is a slideshow of AB students volunteering during 2021. If you would like a photo of your student included, please email the photo, student, name and volunteer organization or activity to Melissa Dempsey by Tuesday, November 23rd.

Support Students in the AB Music Programs

The Acton-Boxborough Friends of Music (ABFOM), is holding a Fall Fund Drive. We’re reaching out to the community to help support students in the amazing music programs offered at AB. All funds raised go directly to benefit students in the band, choral, or orchestra groups. You can contribute online here.

We appreciate your support! Thank you! ABFOM is an independent non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to the support and promote of the AB scholastic music program.

Cafe News!

A-B Food Services is offering a lunch to go on 11/24/21. If your child is interested in pre-ordering a lunch to go, there will be a link to fill out. The link will be available to students in the morning announcements this upcoming week. The pre-order deadline is 11/19/21. Students can pick up their lunch on Wednesday in the snack bar between 10:00 am-11:30 am. There is no charge for the meal for students.

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.

The Weekly Chatter is distributed each Sunday. If you have a submission you'd like to include in the Chatter, please email it to chatter @abrptso.org by noon on Friday. The Chatter was created solely for the purpose of communicating school-related events, groups and forums to parents and students.