News From Across GMRSD
28 Nov 2018
School committee member April Reipold resigned her position effective November 27, 2018. April has been a thoughtful and conscientious member since 2014 and she will be missed.
The school committee has begun the process of seeking a replacement to fill this vacancy until the next round of elections in May, 2019. This seat will then be open to all Montague resident candidates to fill the remaining one year of what was originally a three-year term (2017-2020). Ms. Reipold held one of the 6 Montague resident seats on the 9 member committee. The other 3 seats must be held by Gill...
27 Nov 2018
Rise Up is a Self-Actualization class designed and led by Faith Kaemmerlen that uses team building and community service opportunities to build communication and leadership skills. Students in this year's class describe it as " a chance to learn a lot about yourself and some skills to help you and the community."
Each year the students in Rise Up plan, organize, run and clean up after the Dodge Ball Tournament; challenging themselves to expand their comfort zones and plan a fun, inexpensive, community event. This year they decided to make it a fundraiser for “Munch Boxes,” a...
27 Nov 2018
The Gill-Montague Regional School District will receive sealed bids for the furnishing and
delivery of a 14-PASSENGER MULTI-FUNCTION SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUS
Bids will be received by the Gill-Montague Regional School District, located at 35 Crocker
Avenue, Turners Falls, MA 01376 until 2:00PM, Monday, December 10, 2018. The bids will be
publicly opened at that time in the Business Office at 35 Crocker Avenue, Turners Falls, MA 01376.
Complete information for bidders may be obtained at the above address on or after November 26, 2018 at 3:00PM or
by calling 413-863-3251.The Gill-Montague...
25 Nov 2018
On November 20, teachers Jennifer Luciano, Jessica Vachula-Curtis and 32 of their students took part in Monte's March Against Hunger. Their combined teams raised over $2,700 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts! Thanks to all of those who donated. The team marched 8 miles from the center of Amherst to the center of Sunderland through very wet and cold conditions - it was a great community-building day. Congratulations go out to our civic-minded students for their participation and to our community service driven teachers...
25 Nov 2018
On November 20, teachers Jennifer Luciano, Jessica Vachula-Curtis and 32 of their students took part in Monte's March Against Hunger. Their combined teams raised over $2,700 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts! Thanks to all of those who donated. The team marched 8 miles from the center of Amherst to the center of Sunderland through very wet and cold conditions - it was a great community-building day. Congratulations go out to our civic-minded students for their participation and to our community service driven teachers...
25 Nov 2018
On November 20, teachers Jennifer Luciano, Jessica Vachula-Curtis and 32 of their students took part in Monte's March Against Hunger. Their combined teams raised over $2,700 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts! Thanks to all of those who donated. The team marched 8 miles from the center of Amherst to the center of Sunderland through very wet and cold conditions - it was a great community-building day. Congratulations go out to our civic-minded students for their participation and to our community service driven teachers...