Kittredge Elementary School

1/2 day of school - Students are dismissed at 11:40AM.

Extra, Extra read all about it! Now's your chance to order 2003-2004 yearbooks. Checks need to be made out to Kittredge PTO for $13.00. Orders must be in by Friday, March 26th. Any questions, call Kelly Burchhardt at 978 685 0592. Fifth graders need not order - all are being given a yearbook.

Kittredge Brownie Troop 573 will meet this Thursday, March 25th, after school in the art/music room until 4:15PM. If you have any questions please call Jamie Brown (1B), Kathleen Colwell (1A) or Allison Macmillan (1A).

When replacing your cell phone or printer cartridges, please keep in mind that we are now collecting them for an ongoing recycling fundraiser. No Epson cartridges. Enclose any printer cartridge in a ziploc bag. Pass this information along to family members, too.

Evaluations for the North Andover Booster Club Little League for ages 8-16 will be held March 27-28th. The 8-10s will be held March 27th at the Middle School Gym, 11-12s will be March 28th at the Middle School Gym and 13-16s on the 28th at the Sargent School gym. For a more detailed explanation and the time that your player needs to be there, please check out the league's website at http://www.eteamz.com/northandover/.

As the second half of the school year approaches, our library needs more volunteers on each Wednesday from 8:30-11:30AM. An hour of your time would be greatly appreciated to assist Abby Gilbert in keeping our library "top shelf." If available, please contact Amy Stavros at +1 978 689 3297. Thank you!!!

In celebration of ten years of lacrosse in North Andover, NALA is hosting a 10th Anniversary Gala on Friday, April 30th, at the Indian Ridge Country Club. The evening includes a raffle, silent auction, music and dancing, and a chance to meet other members of the lacrosse community - off the playing field. Admission is $35 per person. To reserve your place for this sure to be sold out event, send your check to: NALA PO Box 635 North Andover, MA 01845. See www.nalax.com for more details. Proceeds will benefit the North Andover Lacrosse Association.

Saturday, April 24 is North Andover's Annual Earth Day Clean-up. Volunteer to pick up litter in any part of town by calling Tina Klein at 978-686-7056 or e-mail tinaklein@comcast.net. On the day of the event, participants can get trash bags and latex gloves at the Recycling Center at 384 Osgood Street after 8:30AM. Bags of litter can be dropped off at the Recycling Center between 8:30AM and 3:30PM or can be picked up from your collection area by prior arrangement. Show your support for North Andover...sign up today!

It's time for the 6th ANNUAL WALK FOR YOUTH, Sunday, March 28th, rain or shine at the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center. Come join us and get some exercise while helping to raise money for the Youth Center. There are two walks to choose from. The one mile walk is perfect for "little guys" who want to come down and show their support, and for those looking for more of a challenge, there is a five mile walk. Registration is at 10:00 a.m. and the walking begins at 11 a.m. The afternoon will include entertainment by KISS 108 celebrities, lip sync and refreshments back at the Youth Center. Once again, there will be a competition amongst the elementary schools for the top pledging classroom. This year there will be a competition throughout the Middle School for the top pledging classroom as well. The top pledging classes will celebrate with a special day at the Youth Center for the Elementary School winner and a special treat is being planned for the top pledging Middle School class. Pledge forms will be available at the Youth Center, the Elementary Schools and the Middle School by March 12th. Be sure to pick one up and get pledging!

Curbside recycling collection for North Andover residents now includes ALL #1 and #2 plastics. It costs North Andover money to incinerate our trash and plastics are one of the worst materials to incinerate because of the chemicals released. Now recycling plastics is as easy as throwing them away and saves money for North Andover!! If you have more recycling material than will fit in one red bin, you can get extra bins at the DPW on Osgood Street for $3 each. Alternatively, you can use your own unofficial plastic bin if you follow these guidelines. Each unofficial bin should contain only one type of material (i.e. all paper or all plastic) and the filled container weight should not exceed 35lbs.

Visit our Kittredge website at http://www.northandover.k12.ma.us/Kittredge/. Plus if you misplace your Newslink, don't worry -- the current and previous week will be available for your reading pleasure.

Please send via email to kathy.eastwood@comcast.net (please put Newslink in the subject line) or call Kathy Eastwood at +1 978 794 3025 by Friday at noon.

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