Kittredge Elementary School

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Dear Kittredge families,

On behalf of the teachers and staff at Kittredge I'd like to thank you all for the amazing luncheon on last Wednesday, Curriculum Day. Everything about it was wonderful - the setting, the food, the service, the gifts, the centerpieces and all the decorating. The quotations were especially meaningful to all of us. Also, thank you so much for being partners with us in your children's education. You help make our jobs so much easier. We truly appreciate all you do for the Kittredge community.

Sincerely,
Nancy Jukins
on behalf of the Kittredge teachers and staff

Our apologies for any confusion on the note that went home last week regarding Teacher Appreciation Week. There were two sets of dates listed - the correct week for Teacher Appreciation is May 8th-12th. During this week, volunteers take over the morning teacher duties so the teachers can have a break. We need five volunteers every week day morning from 7:50 - 8:20 am for playground duty. Dads, moms, and grandparents are all welcome to help. Please contact Kristen Hollenbeck at +1 978 681 1894 or vinter145@aol.com if you can volunteer for half hour any morning that week. Thank you!

If you had your photo taken at the mother/son dance and have not yet placed your order, please do so right away! The photos will be online until only Sunday May 7th. After this date the photos will no longer be available for purchase. Contact Sandy at Kingston Studios, +1 978 683 9549 with questions.

Thank you to Nanci Bolduc and Laura Jordan for putting together such a fabulous luncheon for the teachers and staff! Thanks to all those who cooked and volunteered. It was a wonderful way to show the Kittredge Staff how much we appreciate them!!!

You can help the Youth Center raise $10,000 without spending a dime! Staples has generously offered to give the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center $10 (up to $10,000) for each new Staples Rewards Card application it receives from the new North Andover store on Route 114 (across from the Tribune). Here's how you can help: 1) Visit the Staples store on Rte 114 (it must be this store) and ask for a Rewards Card application. 2) Complete the application 3) Mail it (postage is paid) or return it to the Route 114 store. No purchase is necessary to obtain this card. Visit the Staples store or www.staples.com for details on the Rewards Card. This Program is brought to your attention by the Board of Directors of the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center

Just a reminder that summer fun applications are now being accepted at the Youth Center. Starts first day of summer vacation and ends August 4th, costs $200 per child.

Kindergarten, First and Second grade students will welcome fossil hunter Paulette Morin to school on May 4th for her special presentation, "Having Fun With Fossils and Dinosaurs." The presentation will introduce students to the wonders of our prehistoric past and the dinosaurs. Combining storytelling and more than 100 fossils for students to examine, this program is sure to excite young scientific minds.

"Thank you" to everyone who helped make The Community Giving Tree Mother's Day toiletry drive a huge success! Once again, the Kittredge community went above and beyond with their generosity to our friends in need. Everyone should have a great feeling this Mother's Day that they helped out some deserving ladies! Thanks, again!

At this time of the year, it is important to check your child for ticks. 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. Please feel free to call the health office at +1 978 794 3849 if you have any questions. Mary Hadjian, R.N.

On-line registration is now open for 2006 North Andover Boosters Club Football, Cheerleading and Field Hockey programs. On-line registration is quick and easy. To access On-line registration, go to www.eteamz.com/nabc and select your sport. New and returning players may register on-line for Football and Field Hockey. Only returning players may register on-line for Cheerleading. New cheerleaders to the program MUST attend a walk-in registration. North Andover Children entering grades 5 through 8 in the fall of 2006 are eligible for the Football and Cheerleading Programs. North Andover children entering grades 6 through 8 in the fall of 2006 are eligible for the Field Hockey Program. All programs required volunteers.

Football and Cheerleading walk-in registrations: Tuesday, May 2nd from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in the NAMS cafeteria.

Field Hockey walk-in registration will be held on Thursday, May 4th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the NAMS cafeteria.

Registration for the North Andover Soccer Association (NASA) 2006 fall season has initiated using the popular on-line registration system found on our website www.nasoccer.com. Returning or new members may register for the spring season via this link or may register at the walk-in registration on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006, at the North Andover Middle School from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm. After June 5th, NASA will only be accepting late registrations (with late fee for returning families) until team rosters are filled.

2006 Summer Camp - Registration for NASA's Summer Camp program is also using the same on-line registration process. Reserve your child's spot early!

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

To everyone that helped out, whether you did set-up, served the food, cleaned-up or cooked something, Thank You! Everyone went above and beyond and the food was plentiful and delicious. We really appreciated everyone coming together to make the luncheon so special for our teachers and staff! Laura Jordan and Nanci Bolduc.

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.

Now that warm weather has arrived, please remember that students should wear comfortable clothes that are appro-priate 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.

The Friends of Memorial Park have scheduled a cleanup of the Park for Saturday, May 13th, 2006 from 9:00 AM to Noon. Memorial Park is located across from the Library on Middlesex/Greene Streets. Please consider dropping by for an hour or two. Bring rakes, shovels, saws and gloves and wheelbarrows. We will be removing trash which has accumulated over the winter as well as replenishing the mulch. We will also be utilizing a new way of edging the beds. Why not come and learn this innovative new way of edging your beds while beautifying the Park at the same time. For more information, please contact Phila Slade at +1 978 683 9282. The friends also wish to acknowledge the support of Peter Breen who has supplied mulch for the spring and fall cleanups for several years and for the local Boys Scouts and many volunteers who have supported the cleanup efforts in the past.

We are pleased to announce that the North Andover Parent Advisory Council For Children With Special Needs now has its own web site! Check out our link on the North Andover Public Schools web page or at www.northandover.k12.ma.us/napac. We hope you find our website useful and informative. As always, we are happy to help the parents in our town with any issues they have surrounding the education and well being of their child with special needs. Being informed is your best asset when trying to help your child.

Are you starting spring cleaning or thinking about it? Save the dates June 24th and 25th, 2006, and save your stuff for a North Andover town wide yard sale sponsored by NASWAC (the North Andover recycling committee). For a $10 registration fee to cover advertising, NASWAC will advertise your address along with addresses of all the participants in town. Registration details will be given later this spring. But meanwhile, save the dates and your stuff!!

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