Kittredge Elementary School

In accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 385 M.G.L. c. 71, § 38R, the North Andover School Department requires all volunteers to have a CORI (criminal offender record information) check completed before volunteering in our schools. If you anticipate volunteering in any capacity during the school year we request that you begin the process now as it may take a couple of weeks for the CORI check to be completed. You may obtain the required form from Ms. McCarthy at the school office. Please remember that although this may be a minor inconvenience, it is in the best interest and ensures the safety of our children. CORI checks need to be resubmitted every 3 years.

We are looking for noon attendants to work 2-3 hours during the lunch and recess period. Please inquire at the office if you are interested. We also need substitute noon attendants.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Bergeron will be presenting district wide MCAS results, followed by individual school results and presentations.

Thanks so much to all of you who participated in the Genevieve Fundraiser! The orders are due to be at Kittredge on November 10th. They will be ready for pick-up on Monday, November 13th - so please mark your calendars! We are hoping it is a nice day so that the kids will be outside for gym - if so we will have pick up from 9:00- 11:00am and 3:00-5:00pm. Otherwise, pick-up will be from 3:00-5:00pm only.

Primo Pasta Night is Thursday, November 16th, 5-8 pm at the Middle School Italian Café. Please return your Pasta Night reservation form by November 9th. Thanks!

The food drive has begun - please bring in your donations by Thursday, November 16th.

If you love to draw or to write stories or poetry and have always wanted to see your work published, now is your opportunity! AppleSeed Literary Magazine gathers work from third, fourth and fifth grade students in Andover, North Andover, Lawrence and Methuen and selects pieces to include in its bi-annual issues. Quantity is limited per school and selected to represent student work. You can submit pictures, poems, short stories, jokes and cartoons. If you are interested in participating, submit your creation to Kristen Hollenbeck (back pack mail 5A) by November 15th. A special "Launch Night" will be held in January to celebrate the winter issue of AppleSeed.

Visit our Kittredge website at http://www.kittredge.northandoverpublicschools.com/.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 8th, at the Atkinson Elementary School cafeteria at 7:00 PM for our first meeting of the school year. Author Jeff May will present "Taming Mold and Mites- at Home, School and in the Office." Questions, please call Mary Hadjian at +1 978 794 3849 or your school nurse.

The support group meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month. The next one is Thursday, November 16th 7-8:30. Contact Casey Quirk for more information and location: caseyquirk@hotmail.com or cell +1 508 265 4648.

There's a new way to help our school! As of this fall, Kittredge is signed up with the Campbell's "Labels for Education" program. What we do is save labels or UPCs (those black and white bar codes) from participating products such as Campbell's soup, Prego spaghetti sauce, Franco American pasta and many more. We send them in and get credit for school related items such as sports equipment, books, software, classroom accessories etc.

The official website is www.labelsforeducation.com, there you will find details about which products participate, which labels or UPCs to save and much more. Watch your kids' backpacks for a flyer that will detail all eligible products. Any questions? Call Ingrid Marstaller at +1 978 682 8552, or e-mail Marstaller@rcn.com.

Tis the season to avoid those parking lots and hop online to start that holiday shopping. While doing that you can support the North Andover Youth Center. Visit www.northandoverkids.com and click on any of the over 140 online stores including Amazon.com, Walmart, Target, Toys 'R Us, iTunes and many more and any purchases result in commissions that are 100% donated to the Youth Center. There are no strings attached, no registration required and the experience is the same as going to the web sites directly yourself. But clicking on the links through this site results in financial support without any costs to you. This site is owned and operated by a Thomson parent (don.romano@northandover.org) and you may contact the North Andover Youth Center (www.nayouth.com) or Don if you have any questions. Forward this link to your friends and family to help.

The council has joined with the Special Olympics of Massachusetts and the North Andover Youth Center to create the North Andover Crusaders, a Special Olympics Basketball team in North Andover! This will be a Special Olympics Unified Team which includes special olympic athletes and peer athletes (ages 8-21) who play together as a team. Practices begin Tuesday November 21st from 6-7:30pm at the Youth Center. Please contact Kathleen Keith at northandovercrusaders@comcast.net for more info.

The hockey league currently has 2 programs open for registration to all boys and girls. Learn to Skate designed for first time skaters and teaches skating fundamentals. Learn to Play Hockey is designed to teach basic hockey skills and further develop existing skating skills. Both programs run through mid March at Brooks School Skating rink. For more info, try our website at www.knighthockey.org or Lou Capobianco at lkcap@aol.com.

When: Monday, November 20, 2006 - 9 am - 12 noon
Where: North Andover Youth Center Front entrance
All GENTLY USED sports equipment accepted including baseball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, soccer, football tennis, golf, volleyball, field hockey, rollerblades. Please NO ski or snowboarding equipment. All donations will be given to the girls and boys of the Lawrence YMCA.

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 Monday at noon.

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