Become a Junior Volunteer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital this summer. Applications and parent permission form packets are in the Guidance Office. Deadline to apply is Friday, May 3. Mandatory orientation is Friday June 28th.

LA NOCHE CUBANA: A FUNDRAISER FOR CASA LATINA. Join Iroko Nuevo for an Afro-Cuban community celebration in song & dance. Live Music! Dance Demonstrations! Social party!A $10 Suggested Donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) This Saturday, April 6 @ 7pm at the Florence Community Center, 140 Pine St., Florence. Call (413) 563-2189 or join the Iroko Nuevo Group on Facebook for more information.

Casa Latina, Inc. is a community organization committed to promoting Latino empowerment and cultural pride in Hampshire County through providing services, developing educational spaces, and facilitating individual and collective action for social change among members of the Latino community.

Spanish Film Festival hosted by Amherst College at the Stirn Auditorium at Amherst College (220 S Pleasant St). All screenings are at 7pm on Wednesdays thru April 24th. Films are free, open to the public and subtitled in English.This week's film is LA MUERTE DE PINOCHET [The Death of Pinochet].

On December 10, 2006, General Pinochet died in Santiago’s Military Hospital. For 24 hours, his death reawakened the political divisions that marked Chile’s recent history with dictatorship, death and violence. In The Death of Pinochet, the directors use original footage and the testimonies of four characters who lived through that day, to relate the end of a key chapter in Chile’s history. A work that balances tragedy and comedy, it is a surprising portrait of Chilean society.

School is closed today, March 29 (Good Friday) due to budgetary constraints.

The African Scholars Program at ARHS will share experiences from its recent exchange trip to Senegal and The Gambia on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the ARHS library. The program is free and open to the public.

Students and faculty who participated in the February exchange trip will show photos of West African schools, communities, and cultural sites; offer reflections on the experience of living with families in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and Gunjur, a village in The Gambia; and present short research projects. The program will also include a question-and-answer session, and refreshments will be provided.

For the past two years, ARHS has offered a series of lectures for the parent and guardian community as an opportunity to explore topics around the central theme of ‘teen wellness’. All parents and guardians are invited to next event in this series, Today’s Teens and Media, on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 7pm in the ARHS Library.

Together In Song celebrates the living choral tradition in Western New England in a 10-part television series entitled “Together in Song: A Celebration of Choral Music in Western New England.” The ARHS CHORALE is featured in the 3rd season of WGBY TV Together in Song and they need your help. Please "like" them on Facebook to help Chorale in the competition and get your friends to do it too. Your vote counts. To vote either leave a comment or click the like button on on your facebook page. You can view the video clip and vote here. The series will culminate in a choral showcase, broadcast live on WGBY on April 28, 2013 from the Paramount Theater in Springfield.

Seniors! Very important! You will need to pay $4 apiece for all the transcripts we sent for you this year unless you are on free or reduced lunch. To find out how much you owe, go into Naviance,under the Colleges tab click on transcripts (on the left), then choose *view the status of all my transcript requests. This will tell you how much you owe. Bring (or mail) a check made out to ARHS to the Guidance Office.

Congratulation to Aliyah Sarro-Schwartz, Clara Dahill-Baue, An Chu, and Jonathan Simmonds for their medal and ribbon award-winning performance at the Massachusetts State Science Olympiad competition. Congratulations to the whole team on finishing 12th overall out of 45 teams across Massachusetts!

2013 Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival for Teens and Young Adults runs from April 4th - April 16th at movie theaters around the Valley. Think Globally, Screen Locally. More detailed information, times and locations are available here.

The Women of Color Leadership Network Presents: Body Politics 2013, an Award Winning Original Production by and about Women of Color 10th Anniversary Show- Featuring Body Politics Documentary & Performance @ 8 PM
March 29 and 30th in the Campus Center Auditorium at UMass.

The UMASS Theatre Guild is performing "Curtains," the musical comedy murder-mystery this Fri. & Sat.- ARHS Auditorium. Tickets available at half price to ARHS students & faculty: $4.00 for students & $6.00 faculty, available at the door. Show times are Fri. & Sat. March 29th & 30th at 8 pm, with 2 pm matinee on Sat.

The Guild is excited to welcome new-comer Jake Dodson, who will be directing the production. Dan Squizzero will once again be taking on the amazing role of Musical Producer.

SPLASH is happening at Amherst College on April 27th from 9am-4pm. In its third year, SPLASH offers a unique variety of classes taught by Amherst College students for students in grades 6-12. Courses include comic books, Chinese, Arabic, friendship bracelets, a cappella singing, logic games, nitrogen ice cream, Rubik's Cube and MORE! Students have the opportunity to take 5 SPLASH classes of their choice. For a full list of courses and registration info, please visit https://amherstsplash.learningu.org/learn/Splash/2013_Spring/catalog
There is a $10 registration fee which covers all five classes, course materials and lunch! All classes are 55 minutes in length. The online registration will be open on Friday, March 15th 2013.

Amherst BID presents: "Play Out Amherst" In the warm weather months (mid-April - October), the BID wants to get more performers on the streets downtown. To do so, this program will give selected performers a small stipend to do their thing downtown. They’re thinking mostly of music, but also other types of performance like juggling and other circus things.

Here’s How It Works:
1. Send in two links to audio or video of yourself performing (email below)2. If they like what they hear/see, they’ll admit you into the program! 3. Together they figure out a date, time, and location you can perform outside for (at least) two hours in downtown Amherst 4. You do your thang. 5. They pay you $25 on top of what you make on the street! All music genres welcome! Ready to apply right now? Send it to: info@amherstdowntown.com or 413-345-2945

An Evening at the Mead on Thursday, April 4 from 8-9 pm. Join the Mead student docents for An Evening at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, lighthearted combinations of gallery talks and musical performances with the lively participation of Amherst College's student musicians. This semester’s Evenings at the Mead will be held at 8pm. This is a free event.