Anne T. Dunphy Newsletter

We hope that ATD families will consider coming out to celebrate HRHS' Youth Sports Night! This is a great opportunity for families to engage with our district middle and high school facility, and cheer on our local sports teams!

Our 5th graders were proud to be invited to the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant Award announcement this afternoon at Beaver Brook Conservation Park. They were able to hear speeches from Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Representative Lindsay Sabadosa, Senator Paul Mark, and more! (The officials were very excited to get a photo with them!) We walked a short portion of the trails and heard more about the plans for use of the land to mitigate Mill River Flooding in the future.

This class' studies of the Mill River began as 3rd graders as they studied the rich community history of the river. This year, they will engage in continued learning about the watershed and the opportunities for active stewardship of our community resources.

We are excited to announce that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded ATD a Creative Experience Grant for artist, Kim Carlino, to design and paint a mural for our playground with our school community.

Mrs. Dias is seeking volunteers to guide our young artists to work alongside Kim. Please use the link below to volunteer to help with the painting during the school day on October 22nd or 24th. The reveal is planned during the evening of our Harvest Feast!

Click here to volunteer!

We are so excited to announce an option for Before School Care for our families with students in K-6. Our program will begin next week - October 15th. (There is no school Mon/Tues of that week). Program information, guidelines, and registration information can be found at the link below.

We are open to feedback about this new structure as we move forward and will stay in touch with families about any changes that may need to be made along the way.

Click here for Before School Program information

For families new to ATD, The Harvest Feast is a beloved tradition celebrating our school garden and the ATD community! Each class makes a dish based on our garden or local produce, and we ask families to bring food to add to the potluck table (there are always lots of yummy options!). The Harvest feast includes the potluck, the silent auction (the PTO's biggest fundraiser of the year) and pie sale, and lots of family fun.

Silent Auction

One of the evening's fun events is the Silent Auction. Past items have included jewelry, honey and homemade jams, hand knits, art, costumes, gift certificates to local favorites, etc. to support various school programs and activities that the PTO helps support and fund.
If you have something to offer, please click the link below.
Silent auction questions or donations astrollama@gmail.com

Click here to share what you can donate to the auction

Classroom Cooking!

As part of the Harvest Feast, each classroom prepares a dish make with ingredients from the garden. These dishes are prepared during the school days leading up to Harvest Feast.

Interested in cooking with students, reach out to Sherrie Marti sherriemarti@yahoo.com

It's time to get ready for our Fall Caregiver Conferences! These will take place on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday, November 5th & 6th ~ and the afternoon of Friday, November 7th.

These will be half days for students with an 11:45 dismissal.

Click here to sign up for your conference!

SAVE THE DATE - Friday October 17th 6-8pm MUSICAL REVEAL MOVIE NIGHT!

Get a sneak peek at what this spring's musical will be!!

NOTE: This event is reserved only for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, and their families, as they are the students who work on the show. Keep an eye out for a paper invite next week.

If you would like to operate the popcorn machine, pass out snacks during intermission, or help out in another way, please write to williamsburgpto@gmail.com