Kittredge Elementary School

Last day of school: Monday, June 27th, half day only, students released at 11:40 a.m.

The test schedule for the admistration of MCAS is as follows:

It is important for your children to be present and on time, get plenty of sleep and have a good breakfast. Please encourage your children to do their best!

Tuesday, May 24th, 7:00 pm

Please take a few minutes to read and answer the school council survey. Information from the surveys will be used for the 2005-2006 school improvement plan. We would like all surveys to be returned to school by Wednesday, May 25th. Thank you. YOUR INPUT IS IMPORTANT TO US.

Registration for the North Andover Soccer Association (NASA) 2005 Summer Camp and Fall Season has initiated using the popular on-line registration system found on our website www.nasoccer.com. On-line registration begins on May 1st, 2005 and ends on June 4th, 2005. Returning or new members may register for the fall season via this link or may register at the walk-in registration on Wednesday, May 25th at the North Andover High School cafeteria from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm. One night only! After June 4th, 2005, NASA will only be accepting late registrations (with late fee for returning families) until team rosters are filled. Please do not wait until the last minute to register, as NASA has needed to turn away many last minute interested players, the past 2 seasons.

Current NASA information may be found on the NASA website or contact registrar@nasoccer.com for questions.

This program is available for girls entering grades 6th through 8th grade. The season will run from early September to mid-November. Walk in registration will be held Thursday, May 26th from 6:30PM to 8:30PM in the North Andover Middle School cafeteria. Forms can also be obtained at the Youth Center or at www.eteamz.com/nabc and be mailed to the address on the form.

The Treble Chorus of New England, a classical Choir of young singers, ages 6-18, is scheduling auditions for next year, 2005-06, on May 31st and June 7th. For further information visit our website at www.treblechorus.com. To schedule an audition call Alison Novello at +1 978 837 5461.

There are an abundance of ticks around at this time of the year. Should you find a tick on your child's skin, it should be removed by grasping it close to the surface of skin with tweezers and pulling it straight out without twisting. If you are unable to remove the tick completely or the site becomes increasingly reddened, inflamed or any drainage occurs, you should contact your child's physician.

Many of the ticks found in this area are the common wood tick, which is the type typically found on dogs. Lyme disease is transmitted not by wood ticks, but by deer ticks, which are much smaller in size. Deer ticks start at the size of a pinhead, and never grow as much as 1/8 of an inch even when fully engorged. Wood ticks, on the other hand, are much more visible. If you are not sure what type of tick you are dealing with, save it and bring it to your child's doctor to evaluate. Should you determine that there is a possibility of a tick you find being a deer tick based on it's size, watch for a rash spreading out from the site of the bite and/or any flu-like symptoms in the next few weeks. And notify your doctor should either of these occur.

Be sure to check your child carefully each day for the presence of ticks, including the scalp, behind, and in the ears and other areas that may be hard to visualize. If possible, wear long pants and sleeves when walking in wooded areas, and check your outdoor pets as well.

There will be Starbucks coffee, a DJ, raffles, food and lots of fun! Please join TEAM ZACH & JOEY in our fight to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Donations can be mailed to Team Zach & Joey, c/o The Leibowitz Family, 217 Winter Street, North Andover, MA 01845. Make checks payable to CFF. Hope to see you there! (For more information call Jodie Leibowitz +1 978 688 7477).

Today is the beginning of Girl Scout Troup 723's Newberry Award Winning Book/Summer Reading list book donation drive. We are hoping to stock the shelves at Stevens Memorial Library with many new books. We are accepting donations of new books or monetary donations, which we will use to purchase books from the summer reading lists or Award Winning Books. Donation drive is from May 16 - May 26th. The collection box is labeled in the front hall of the school. Details are on the flyer coming home today.

Registration for North Andover Booster Club Football and Cheerleading programs will be held, Thursday, May 26th from 6:30- 8:30 at the Middle School cafeteria. Any boy or girl entering grades 5th-8th by fall of 2005 is invited to participate. Birth Certificate and proof of North Andover residency is required at the time of registration for all new participants. No late registrations for Cheerleading will be accepted. For more information check out our website at: http://www.eteamz.com/NABC.

Spring cleaning at the DPW on Osgood Street from 9am to noon

• Free Shredding of confidential documents by Shred Pro, Inc.
• Recycle any brand of used athletic shoes (no metal parts please) thru the NIKE Reuse a Shoe Program.
• Recycle your computer equipment. AfriHope International, Inc. will be on hand to take donations of working PC computers or laptops that are a Pentium II or newer. No Macs please. All PC compatible peripherals are also accepted, such as keyboards, mice, printers. If you have specific questions, you can email them directly to www.afrihopeinc.org.
• Pre-ordered rain barrel pickup from The New England Rain Barrel Company. If you have any questions, send email to recycle@townofnorthandover.com.

Visit our Kittredge website at http://www.northandover.k12.ma.us/Kittredge/.

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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