Kittredge Elementary School

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

The PTO meeting on Tuesday, May 24th is postponed. There will not be a PTO meeting on Tuesday evening. The superintendent will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening to present the redistricting plan for the Kittredge families. Meeting Time: 7:00 pm. Meeting Place: Kittredge School Cafeteria.

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!

Now that warm weather has arrived, please remember that students should wear comfortable clothes that are appropriate for school. Beach wear is not acceptable, including excessively tight or short clothing, bare midriffs, platform shoes or sandals. Any clothing item that is determined to interfere with learning or safety will necessitate notifying a parent and requesting a change of clothing be brought to school.

At this meeting Dr. Harutunian will present a redistricting proposal without streets or addresses for the elementary schools.

Please return the School Council Surveys to be in by Wednesday, May 25th, 2005. We value your input.

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.

Parents, please an keep an eye for the new Global Child flyer coming home in backpacks. Global child offers Spanish classes for children Kindergarten through Grade 5. Registration is ongoing from now through September. Classes will start in the fall.

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.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated to Girl Scout Troup 723 Book Drive for Stevens Memorial Library. If you misplaced your flyer, there are extra copies in the office. We are accepting new hard cover Newbery Award Winning books or books from the Summer Reading Lists. The collection box is labeled in the front hall of the school. We are also accepting monetary donations made out to GS Troop 723, mailed to Carrie Gooins, 20 Fuller Meadow Road, North Andover, MA 01845. Our troop is working with Stevens Memorial Library to determine which additional titles we will purchase with these monies. Thank you for helping to make this project successful!

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.

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.

If you have any questions, please call Stacia Tagliaferro, regional coordinator for North Andover at +1 978 657 3846.

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