Learning at ARPS
February 8, 2008
REMINDER FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11:
You are invited to attend A Public Forum with the Amherst Budget Coordinating Committee
Monday, February 11, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
Community Voices and Budget Choices: Planning for a Stronger Future and Looking at Ways to Fund It
Our Town--Our Schools--Our Libraries
We Need To Hear From You!
The forum will be preceded at 7:00 p.m.by the League of Women Voters presentation "The Whys and Wherefores of Budgeting in Towns and Cities in the Commonwealth."
ARPS Teacher Sean Smith Honored with 2008 APA Pre-Collegiate Teaching Award
Amherst Regional Schools Latin teacher Sean Smith is the national recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Teaching at the Precollegiate level award, awarded by the Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education of the American Philological Association. Mr. Smith received this award at the APA annual meeting in Chicago in January. Sean Smith has been a teacher of Latin in the regional school district, at both the middle school and the high school, since 1984. A distinguished graduate of AmherstRegionalHigh School, the University of Pennsylvania (bachelor’s degree), and the University of Massachusetts (masters degree), he has earned the reputation in our community as a truly outstanding educator and we are proud to honor him for this major achievement. The opening remarks made at the awards ceremony by one of Mr. Smith's former students are attached.
Legislative Action Committee Reminder
The Legislative Action Committee will meet at 3:45 next Monday, February 11, in the Middle School cafeteria. This will be a time to finish writing the legislative platform for presentation to the School Committee. All are welcome to attend!
AGENDA for REGULAR Meeting of AMHERSTSchool Committee
7:00 PM, TUESDAY—February 12, 2008
High School Library
Call for Executive Session—8:00 p.m.
1. Welcome
· A. Call to Order
· B. Agenda Review
· C. Minutes—December 11, 2007, January 22, 2008
2. Announcements and Public Comment
3. Superintendent’s Update
· A. Principal Search
4. Unfinished/Continuing Business
· A. FY09 Budget
5. New Business
· A. Accept Gifts totaling $4,103.67 to benefit Amherst Elementary Schools
6. Reports
7. School Committee Planning
· A. Calendar review
· B. Items for upcoming
· C. Sub-committee reports—Schools Organization Committee
8. Adjournment
Opening remarks from the award ceremony for Sean Smith, national recipient of the Excellence in Teaching at the Precollegiate level, awarded by the Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education of the American Philological Association.