School Briefs

Published on September 14, 2007

Summer reading clubs

"Catch the Beat at your Library," was the theme of the statewide summer reading program that encourages children and young adults to read for fun. Summer reading clubs at the local libraries held parties for children who read and reported on books. The clubs are sponsored by the Friends of the Jones Library System and supported by the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System.

Sondra Radosh, the Jones Library Children's librarian, announced the Summer Reading Club participants: Inderjeet Badwall, Ilan Berkman, Adit Bhandari, Isha Bhandari, Andrei Blanton, Kanya Brown, Kim Chin-Gibbons, Erin Clotferlter, Adele Cousland, Cody Cousland, Lucy Ding, Brendan Drinkwater, Davon Edouard, Keeley Firinne, Matthew Firinne, Augusta Fricke, Ina Fricke, Tim Guisti, Rachel Guisti, Daniel Hamilton, Keegan Hamilton, Ji Sue Han, Don HaynesWorth, Emily Hu, Evan Hu, Julia Jemsek, Sukhjit Kaur, Gabriel Killough-Hill, Stephan Kosanovic, Shinjini Kundu, Shohini Kundu, Phelan Lapan, Yeji Lee, Evie Lenze, Margee Lenze, Tori Lenze, Hurston Mazard Wallace, Patrick Monaghan, Isola Murray, Ethan Nestelbaum, Zophia Noble, Leandre Paris, Sonia Posner, Daniel Puchalsky, Morgan Puchalsky, Mia Rogers, Allie Ryan-Ackerman, Ren Ryan-Marchall, Andre Shepard, Isabela Shepard, Bradley Sherwood, Christina Sherwood, Derek Sherwood, Roy Siegelmann, Ethan Thayumanavan, Annette Yang and Quanxi Yue.

The Munson Memorial Library held its Annual Back-To-School Party last month in the library's garden, according to librarian Sue Hugus. Returning students were awarded books and prizes. Twelve members of the reading club recorded and wrote reviews of the books they read on the new on-line ReadsInMa.org program.

Students who read 20 or more books: Sadie Blumenfeld, Gary Burnett, Tyson Burnett, Emma Conrad-Rooney, Sam Conrad-Rooney, Natty Cook, Amanda Crowe, Kimaya Diggs, Makeda Diggs, Savita Diggs, Julianna Heyes, Elizabeth Huang, Enoch Huang, Thomas Jeffries, Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh, Eli Kayser-Hirsh, Katherine Kayser-Hirsh, Noah Kayser-Hirsh, Tessa Levenstein, Noah Loving, Seamus McMurrer, Christopher Murray, Victoria Murray, Shoshana Olkin, Kenneth Page, Victoria Quinlan, Jason Rhett, Dylan Robson, Emma Robson, Ian Robson, Faarooq Sahavdeen, Dennis Shen, Armin Stolle, Hannah Treloar, Lauralyn Zacek and Sylvie-Grace Zacek.

Students who read 10 or more books: Aidan Bass, Johann Becker, Lukas Becker, Emma Cadman, William Cadman, Madeline Clarke-Wright, Olivia Clarke-Wright, Adele Cousland, Cody Cousland, Adam Crowe, Heaven Golden, Nina Hayes, Tyler Hayes, Samantha Klein, Shinjini Kundu, Shohini Kundu, Jacob Livingston, Rebecca Livingston, Patrick Monaghan, Maggie Ranen, Michael Reyes, Sarah Reyes, Andrew Row, and Christopher Young.

The annual North Amherst Library Summer Reading Club Party was held last month at the Mill River Recreational Center with performances by Roger Tinknell and Davis Bates, according to librarian Maggie Spiegel.

She said 72 children registered for the club and 53 children turned in their reading logs listing the books that were read. The children received congratulations, certificates and books for prizes for their participation.

The North Amherst Summer Reading Club 2007 members are: Emelia Aiken-Hafner, Gabriel Aiken-Hafner, Lee Borrell, Kyle Boyd, Ryan Chelsea Boyd, Olivia Brubaker, Andrew Chen, Blake Curtis, Pierce Curtis, Myles Ditkoff, Eliza Fishman, Casey Flueckiger, Madison Flueckiger, Laura Garcia Silva, Maypaz Goldstein, Sofia Gomez Rivera, Isabella Gomez Rivera, Natalia Jacobs, Kalyani Kastor, Harleen Kaur, Simran Kaur, Libby Knapp, Sarah Knapp, Micael Kramer, Noah Kramer, Kayla Lesure, Mariah Lesure, Taylor Lesure, Aden Lewis, Ana Lewis, Quentin Melnick-Kelley, Noah Mishkind, Elijah Mishkind, Mazeyar Moeini, Nazanin Moeini, Yasamin Moeini, Tara Murty, Anna Niedzielski, Drake Niedzielski, Naomi Rivera, Brendan Salvas, Joe Schloss, Mary Schloss, Patrick Schloss, Star Stryker, Danielle Swartz, Keily Swartz, Kristen Swartz, Max Swartz, Ariq Welch, Shira Yeskel-Mednick, Kalle Young and Steele Young.

College visits

Campuses send representatives to meet with students and families. The schedule:

* Sept. 17: Unity College, 8 a.m.; Hofstra University, 9 a.m.; Florida Institute of Technology, 11 a.m.; Castleton State College, noon; Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada, 1 p.m.

* Sept. 18: Bay Path College, 8 a.m.; Mitchell College, 9 a.m.; University of Rhode Island, 11:30 a.m.; Mount St. Mary's University, 12:15 p.m.; Suffolk University, 1 p.m.; University of Buffalo, 1:45 p.m.

* Sept. 19: Swarthmore College, 8 a.m.; Quinnipiac University, 8:30 a.m.; University of Toronto and University of British Columbia, 1 p.m.; Yale University, 1:45 p.m.

* Sept. 20: Dalhousie and University of King's College, 9 a.m.; Bryant University, 10 a.m.; Bennington College, 1:15 p.m.

Calendar

* The Instrument Rental Night will be held Sept. 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Regional Middle School.

* Western New England College in Springfield hosts a free college fair Sept. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Alumni Healthful Living Center. Call 782-1321 for directions.

* The ARHS College Advising Program is sponsoring guest speakers Mike and Ben Coblyn, who will discuss "Athletes and College Recruiting" Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the ARHS Choral Room.

* Breakfast for parents and guardians of the ARMS Sapphire Team will be held Sept. 18 while the Crimson Team breakfast is Sept. 19. The meal begins at 7:45 a.m.

* Crocker Farm will hold a Welcome Back Picnic Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m.

* The Wildwood Open House will be held Sept. 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Families who need child care must preregister by calling the office.

* Sept. 20 is a late start day. Classes will begin at 10 a.m. for regional secondary students.

* Fort River will hold a coffee with the principals Sept. 21 from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m.

Meetings

* The Amherst School Committee will meet Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in the high school library.

* The Shutesbury School Committee will meet Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

* The ARHS Parent Center will meet Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in Room 13 at ARHS.

* The ARMS Family School Partnership will meet Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

* The Fort River Parent Council will meet Sept. 20 at 8:30 a.m.

* The Crocker Farm School Governance Council will meet Sept. 20 at 6 p.m.

Childcare will be provided.

Lunch menu

MONDAY: Baked chicken nuggets, potato puffs, steamed carrots.

TUESDAY: Pasta with Italian meat sauce, green peas.

WEDNESDAY: Hamburger/cheeseburger/fish patty on bun, tossed green salad with light dressing.

THURSDAY: Nachos grande bar, tortilla chips with all the fixings, corn.

FRIDAY: School made cheese pizza wedge, fresh veggies with dip.

All meals include milk and fresh fruit or fruit cup.