As part of the upcoming Reading 375 Celebration you can enjoy free music the next two Saturdays! This Saturday, June 1, at 3 PM you can enjoy A Concert for Reading at the RMHS Performing Arts Center, featuring the Reading Community Singers and the Reading Symphony Orchestra.  Tickets are free, but you need a ticket for entry. Tickets can be picked up at RCTV Studios, Whitelam Books, or the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall.  On Saturday, June 8 enjoy PorchFest, an afternoon of free, live outdoor music all over town.  For full information on all Reading 375 events, head to reading375.com.

Reading 375 kicks off THIS FRIDAY MAY 31 on the Reading Common at 7PM.  Roaming Reading, a free online scavenger hunt, is a fun way to participate in Reading 375 for the entire two weeks of the celebration.  It’s free to participate, and the Reading Cooperative Bank is donating $1,500 in prizes for winners in a variety of creative categories. The Roaming Reading Scavenger Hunt starts on Friday. For rules and to learn how to download the app and play, head to www.reading375.com/reading-day/roaming-reading/.

Good Morning, Reading Public School Community,

We hope that you are having a relaxing long Memorial Day Weekend.  We take this time to remember those who were killed in active military duty to serve our country.  They shall not be forgotten.

Attached is this week’s Pathways Newsletter.  Here is this week’s information and articles:

• In Flanders Field-In Remembrance of Those Who Died
• RMHS Senior Wins Prestigious Holocaust Essay Contest
• Reading Food Pantry Sponsoring Summer Lunch Program
• An Article from the Marshall Memo on Pushing Back on Outmoded Beliefs
• RMHS Holds Senior Awards Ceremony
• Coolidge Honors Memorial Day
• Coolidge Celebrates Greek Day
• Stepping Stones
• Blazing Trails

Enjoy the long weekend and have a great week ahead!

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Reading 375 Opening Night is FRIDAY MAY 31 – ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT.  The Celebration kicks off at 7PM on the Town Common.  Listen to the band, see the JUMBOTRON, watch the trees illuminate, and enjoy all the special events happening in downtown Reading. Full details are at reading375.com.

Every one of us is a part of Reading history. Through this innovative program offered at the Reading Public Library as part of the Reading 375 Celebration, you and your family can preserve up to three photographs as part of their virtual collection. Share your story and leave a legacy for future generations in Reading. To learn more, go to https://www.facebook.com/events/2284215245233382/

Local artists have “painted the town,” creating more than forty original works of art, each inspired by Reading.  Art will be displayed at venues all around town from May 31 – June 15 during the Reading 375 Celebration.  For a list of venues where the art will be displayed and information about a reception where you can meet the artists, go to www.reading375.com/paint-the-town

Baseball season is in full swing! As part of the Reading 375 Celebration, come see a baseball game unlike any other. At Washington Park on Saturday, June 8, players will take the field wearing the uniforms, using the equipment, and playing by the rules that would have been typical in the mid-1800s. Baseball concessions will be available to purchase just a short walk away under the tent on the lawn of Parker Tavern beginning at 11. Also under the tent – watch the Red Sox game live beginning at 1PM.  Full details here:  www.reading375.com/clubhouse-at-the-tavern

Your family dog can be part of history! The Reading 375 Dog Parade is on Saturday, June 15 at 2:30 at the Wood End School. Registration is required for this event. For all the details, and to register your dog, head to http://www.reading375.com/dog-parade/

Good Morning, Reading Public School Community,

We hope that you are enjoying this beautiful weekend.  Attached please find a copy of this week’s Pathways Newsletter.  This week’s newsletter has the following articles and information:

• RMHS Choral Students Honor Kristin Killian in her final concert
• RMHS Students Display Artwork at AP Art Show
• A poem from an RMHS Sophomore
• RMHS French Students Shine on National French Test
• An Article from Dr. David Walsh Blog on Parenting, Anger Management is a Big Part of Parenting, So Why Do We Do It?
• Information on Reading’s 375^th Birthday
• Friends of Reading METCO hold Mixer
• METCO Director Jason Cross Attends Harvard Equity Institute
• Stepping Stones
• Blazing Trails

Have a great weekend and week ahead!

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Mark your calendars for PorchFest, and afternoon of free live music all over Reading on Saturday, June 8.  See www.reading375.com/porchfest/ for details.