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ABRPTSO
Weekly Chatter
RJ Grey Junior High School
December 12, 2021
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"Creating a community of thinkers, learners, and responsible citizens." |
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Table of Contents
- Calendar of Events
- ABRPTSO General Body Meeting
- Staff Appreciation Luncheon - Donations Requested
- Main Office - New Email Address
- Coat Drive & Toys for Tots Drive
- Danny's Place Youth Leadership Council Jr.
- RJ Grey Clubs
- Rise to the Challenge
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Free Pop Up Art Event - Acton Memorial Library
- Looking for a Mental Health Provider?
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Monday, December 13: Early Release at 1pm for Professional Learning
Tuesday, December 14: Trimester 1 Report Cards Emailed Home
Tuesday, December 14: PTSO General Meeting 7pm (HS Room 115N)
Thursday, December 16: Early Release at 11:10am for Parent Conferences
Friday, December 17: Formal Dress Day
Tuesday, December 21: Early Release at 11:10am for Parent Conferences
Thursday, December 23: Early Release at 11:10am (beginning of Winter Break)
Friday, December 24 - Sunday, January 2 - School Closed for Winter Break
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ABRPTSO General Body Meeting
Tuesday, December 14th @7pm
H.S. Room 115N
We hope you can join us for our next meeting on December 14th. We meet in person at the High School. If you can attend, please know that masks are mandatory inside school buildings.
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Staff Appreciation Luncheon - Donations Requested
Although a few COVID restrictions remain our kids are back in school!! Let’s thank the teachers & staff for such a great start to the school year and their continued efforts to take care of our students. The luncheon on Tuesday, December 21st will be “hybrid.” Most of the donations can be made monetarily and the RJ Office will handle all the logistics. However, if some parents are interested in bringing in a few desserts, they may do so on the day of the luncheon from 7:00am - 10:00am. Sign up for the same is for Dec 21st.
Important note: Please, no nuts and no citrus in ANY dish due to severe allergies. Please list all ingredients on a page accompanying the dish. All serving dishes may be picked up from the table outside the JH office after 2:30pm the day of the luncheon. Please label your serving dish.
Link to Sign-Up:
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Main Office - New Email Address
If you need to email the main office, RJ Grey has created a new email address where you can reach them: rjgrey_main_office@abschools.org. You are welcome to use this email which will reach several staff members. As RJ Grey recently experienced changes in staffing, this may be a useful tool to know that your message is getting to multiple people.
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COAT DRIVE and TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE
We host an annual Coat Drive and Toys for Tots Drive at RJ Grey, organized through our Student Council; this year’s drive starts on Monday, December 6th and runs through Thursday, December 16th. Coat Drive and our Toys for Tots drive. Both are currently accepting donations through next Thursday (12/16). If you have a used, warm coat that you’re looking to get rid of, we’ll take it! And the same applies for unused, unwrapped toys. Feel free to drop off any items, or send them with your children over the next week. We have drop-off locations in the main lobby.
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Danny's Place Youth Leadership Council Jr.
DPYLC Jr. (Danny's Place Youth Leadership Council Jr.) is a free program for 7th and 8th graders that meets once a month on Mondays after school. This program has several purposes:
- To connect with other 7th and 8th graders and create friendships
- To participate in community service and leadership opportunities through different activities
- To connect with high school students in a close-peer mentor relationship
- To inform Danny's Place on the current needs of the youth, specifically in Jr High
MEETING DATES & TIMES: 3:15pm-4:15pm
- Monday, Jan 10, 2022
- Monday, Feb 28, 2022
- Monday, March 14, 2022
- Monday, April 11, 2022
- Monday, May 9, 2022
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FREE POP UP ART EVENT – ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Wednesday, December 29th 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Via Zoom
Open to ages 11-18 years.
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RJ Grey Clubs
The official RJ Grey Clubs doc is now on the RJ Grey Website. Click here to link to the page. If you have any questions about the clubs, please contact the club advisor.
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Rise to the Challenge
Rise to the Challenge is something we started as a way of recognizing student involvement in community service. We know that many students are already participating in service activities outside of school, and we hope to celebrate those efforts along with encouraging more students to become active in service opportunities. Students who complete 10 hours of service within the school year will be recognized for their efforts. Please visit the community service page on our website that provides all the details for this program. If you have any questions, please email Debbie Brookes at dbrookes@abschools.org.
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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 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.
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