Kittredge Elementary School

The Math MCAS will be administered in Grades 3, 4 and 5. The Science MCAS will be administered in Grade 5. The History and Social Science try-out will be administered in Grade 5.

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

Make-up testing will be done as necessary on May 19th, 26th, 31st and June 1st.

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!

A class for students who meet grade level expectations in writing and would like to learn specific, strategies for organizing and writing well-developed compositions. The session will be held twice weekly for four weeks in July in North Andover. The class will be taught by two experienced teachers currently working in the Andover public schools. Please contact Lisa Besen (lbesen@yahoo.com) or Karen Rudis (Karenrudis@comcast.net) for information or to register. Space is limited.

It's time for our annual Great Strides, A Walk to Cure Cystic Fibrosis again. This year Great Strides will be on Saturday, May 20th, from 9am to noon behind the North Andover Youth Services building. It is right around the corner from the Old Town Common. Once again we will have Starbucks serving coffee, The Hayscales serving a complimentary lunch, a DJ, dancers and lots of great raffles, including everyone's favorite, the Black Tie Fenway Package.

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.

The Internet Safety Program will be held on Tuesday, May 16th at 6:00 pm at the Middle School. This program is sponsored by the Attorney General's office. All are invited.

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

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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