Tuition statements also are available online, through WillyNet. To review your information, login, then click My Grades and Statements, under My Account. Select “Billing” to see your statement. If you have any questions, please contact the Business Office.

There also are some terrific changes to the Middle School music program, and you can read about them online. If you have a Middle School student, sign up for the ensemble he or she prefers by calling (413-529-3230) or  emailing Linda Kretchmar by August 1.

Activity sign-ups are now in progress. If you’d like to organize music lessons, please use the online form. You can review afternoon program opportunities, and if you have any questions or need to register your child, please contact the Athletic Department.

The booklist is now available, along with the list of what to bring. Please remember that you cannot purchase books in the campus bookstore. Books can be ordered online through either the school’s vendor or one of your choice. A list of Middle School supplies is available under Middle School Forms and Documents (you must be logged in to WillyNet to see it).

Health forms are due August 1. You can find the forms online. Please remember that if a student’s physical is scheduled for after August 1, you should send the results of his or her last exam. After the new exam is performed, please send the updated form to the school. Answers to many common questions concerning health forms can be found in the FAQ section of Health Services.

From Rick Teller:

As some of you may know, I have a second gig as a theater photographer.  One of my clients is the Majestic Theater at 131 Elm Street in West Springfield.  For the next six weeks they are putting on children’s theater, specifically The Princess and the Pea (this week and July 30-Aug. 1), Rumpelstiltskin (July 16-18 & Aug 6-8), and The Tale of the Frog Prince (July 23-25 & Aug. 13-15).  Performances are Monday-Wednesday at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, plus Monday evenings at 6:30.  Tickets are a mere eight bucks.

The company is a group of very talented local high school students, with a professional director.  They go all out.  If you’re looking for ways to keep your children entertained, I can’t recommend this enough!

There’s more information at http://www.majestictheater.com/mct.html

Thanks!
Rick

Summer Greetings!

Hot on the heels of Laurel’s announcement of the Summer Dance Intensive, I thought I’d plug a different kind of summer workshop. This workshop information was posted on the Williston website, but in case you missed it I have summarized it below.

The Williston Northampton School is presenting two identical five-day Robotics Workshop Sessions on its campus for rising 9th through 12th grade students this summer. Session I runs from July 23-27 and Session II from August 6-10.

The workshop’s emphasis is to introduce the writing of C++ programs for autonomous control of pre-built NXT microprocessor-based robots. Students will compete with each other in a number of robot “Challenges” designed to test the accuracy of the robot’s movement as guided by the student’s programming. No prior C++ programming experience is required, but students should be competent in using a computer running OS X or Windows 7.

This is a day program that runs from 8:45 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. Lunch is provided in Williston’s Birch Dining Commons for all workshop students. Tuition is $300 for the week and enrollment is limited to 12 students per workshop. The deadline for registration (and a $50 deposit) is due by June 29th, but the Williston Community has an additional two weeks (July 13th).  As of today, we do have some remaining space in BOTH sessions. Registration is based on a first come basis.

Please visit this URL which links to the Williston Summer Programs website for the Robotics Workshop. Detailed program information and all needed forms can be accessed there.

www.williston.com/roboticscamp

Folks can also contact RoboticsWorkshop@Williston.com or my office (413-529-3334) if they have any specific questions or concerns about the Workshop.

Please pass this email on to anyone you would recommend for this program. They do not have to be members of the Williston Community! If your student is/will be attending Williston, s/he may wish to opt for the full Robotics sequence offered in the fall and winter trimesters instead.

Thanks,

Ted Matthias
Computer Science Teacher