Dr. Namin's Meetings with the Community

MEET DR. NAMIN — The Parents for Mahar Students Group hosted a “Meet Dr. Reza Namin, Mahar Regional School District’s Superintendent, night” at the Petersham Center School in March. A number of parents and community members attended. During the months of March and April Dr. Namin visited the four towns that belong to the district to meet their community members and answer any questions they might have. Left to right — Ann Degnan, Cindy Vescovi and Kristine Goody, members of the Parents for Mahar Students Group, Namin, and Mike Roche, a teacher at Mahar and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Jibbitz® Fundraiser: The School Store is selling Jibbitz® decorations for your Croc style shoes. The proceeds from the sales will go toward the Mahar 8th Grade field trip fund.

HELPFUL HINTS FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS

v Read Mahar Daily School Announcements (located at the right side of the Mahar web page) to keep up to date with student activities, fundraisers, club meetings, and other school and sporting events.

v To check out Mahar Sports Team Schedules visit HighSchoolSports.net. A great way to stay informed is to sign up for email updates and/or text messages on schedule changes and game cancellations. There is also “The Bleachers” section which features sports photos that are available for purchase.

v There are Mahar online links to the current Mahar monthly Calendar of Events and monthly Mahar Newsletter.

v If you would like to be better informed about important Mahar announcements, sign up for the Mahar B-Informed email program. By submitting your name and contact information through this program, you will receive periodic announcements, updates, and mailings from the school-related group(s) you indicate upon enrollment. The B-Informed program is now being used in conjunction with the Connect-Ed program. The following link is for the Mahar Be-Informed sign-up page:http://dev.smartedu.net/mvo/ralphmahar_binformed/

The Parents for Mahar Students’ Group had a busy 2006-2007 school year. They completed and mailed hundreds of Student Directories to participating families. Construction of the Portable School Store was completed just in time for the basketball season, and it has been a great success. The Parents’ Group web page and eStore were launched in 2006 with the help of Dr. Namin. This web page has been a valuable addition for our Parents’ Group, offering us a new venue for informing families about our programs and fundraisers.

§ MAHAR BASEBALL SCOREBOARD FUNDRAISER*: The Parents for Mahar Students’ Group will be selling refreshments at Mahar home baseball games and boys track meets this season, in addition to selling items from the portable school store. The Parents’ Group made a $200.00 donation to the Mahar Baseball Program’s scoreboard fundraiser in spring 2007.

§ SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: The Parents for Mahar Students’ Group hosted a Mahar Scholastic Book Fair in November 2007, where students, families, and staff were able to purchase books and help Mahar earn free books for the School Library. We would like to thank everyone who participated for helping make the Book Fair a huge success.

§ STUDENT DIRECTORIES: The Parents for Mahar Students’ Group has distributed 2007-2008 telephone directory to participating Mahar Regional School families.The purpose of the directory is convenience for making social arrangements, and to inform parents of any upcoming meetings, events, or fundraisers. If you have any questions regarding the directory, please email us at PFMS_Group@hotmail.com or call the school at 978-544-2542 Ext. 280 and leave a message for the parents group.

§ QUABBIN VALLEY VOICES ARTICLE: The Parents For Mahar Students' Group were featured in an article for the October Issue of Quabbin Valley Voices, a free monthly newspaper.

§ SCHOOL STORE: Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Vescovi Family, County Line Lumber, Smith Painting, the Donelan Family and others, our Parents' group has built a portable Mahar School Store which will be open during sporting events and school functions. The store carries items such as t-shirts, pullover and zip sweatshirts, sweatpants, shorts, hats, scarves, blankets, shoe bags, and more. You will also be able to purchase team photos from local photographers Mike Phillips and Dale Lougee. A portion of the proceeds from the store sales will go to the Parents for Mahar Student’s Group to be used for the benefit of students and staff at the school. Please look for us at upcoming events.

§ MAHAR BLEACHER FUND DONATION: The Parents for Mahar Students' Group made a $200.00 donation to the Mahar Bleacher fund in memory of Kyle Flood from the proceeds of selling flowers to students and staff on Valentine’s Day 2007.

§ CONNECT ED: The Parents for Mahar Student’s Group helped get Connect Ed online by sponsoring the program for the first six months. The Connect-Ed system enables Mahar to communicate with parents, students, and staff within a few moments. This program was meant to be a link to information for parents and students with Mahar and has proved to be most invaluable.

Box Tops For Education The Parents for Mahar Students’ Group is collecting Box Tops for Education from participating grocery products. You can send your Box Tops in to the school office in an envelope addressed to The Parents for Mahar Students Group. You can also visit the BoxTops4Education web site to sign up for extra school bonuses and for access to coupons, recipes, a list of participating products, and more.

Encourage family and friends to sign up and support Mahar too – every new registrant earns Bonus Box Tops for your school!

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Ink Cartridge/Cell Phone Recycling Program The Parents for Mahar Students' Group belongs to an ink cartridge and cell phone recycling program. We collect and return empty ink jet and laser printer cartridges and used cell phones, and in turn receive funds for our school. Your empty cartridges and used cell phones may be dropped off at the school office in a container addressed to the Parents for Mahar

Students’ Group (PFMS).

Help us turn your empty ink cartridges and old cell phones into cash for our school. Simply drop them off at the school office addressed to PFMS Group.*

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Mahar/GoodSearch Search Update: Mahar supporters have been using GoodSearch.com and have completed over 4,600 searches to date.

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