Kittredge Elementary School

At this time, we are not closing the drinking fountains, however, students are strongly encouraged to bring their own water bottles to school.

The Kittredge PTO is proud to be sponsoring an additional enrichment program this week: the Special Consensus will be performing a school wide performance on Thursday, February 15th.

Collection boxes are located in the lobby for the family-size Hand Lotion (K and 1st), Shampoo (2nd and 3rd), and Conditioner (4th and 5th). This project is running until Wednesday, Valentine's Day and benefits the guests of The People's Pantry. Thank you. Any questions, call Beth Carlson at +1 978 557 5633.

President, VP and Treasurer positions open. Please contact Christine Karelas or Lisa Riedel if interested.

The Atkinson PTO will host grades K-2 on Friday, March 30th and grades 3-5 on Saturday, March 31st. Both dances will be held at the North Andover High School.

The High School Cafeteria is currently looking for help. Great Mother's hours, 9:15 - 12:15. Pay rate is $10.93 + per hour. Positions available immediately. Contact Erika F. Murphy +1 978 794 1895 x2.

Thursday, February 15th, 4-8 pm. Please come to the Fundraiser to benefit the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center. A portion of all sales go directly to the Youth Center so invite your families and friends and come for a great time!

Girl Scout Brownie Troops 542 and 860 are made up of girls from each of the Elementary Schools. These troops are supporting a cause near and dear to our hearts. We received an email from "Operation Troop Support." The Intensive Care Unit at the Combat Support Hospital at Balad, Iraq is in desperate need of white twin sheets and blankets. It is cold in Iraq right now, and the rains and mud make conditions awful. There is a chill in the air, and the wounded must sleep on cots with often a single blanket and no sheet. We were moved by the request and to that end we will be putting a collection box in the front hallway of each school to collect white, twin sheets and blankets. We hope you will help us help those fighting for our continued freedom.

Over the past two weeks, we have seen an increase in illnesses and absences in the school system. At Kittredge, we have had students with the vomiting/gastrointestinal virus, strep throat, prolonged coughs, and colds. Important reminder: Children must be fever free without medication and symptom free (vomiting, diarrhea)for 24 hours before returning to school. If your child is diagnosed with strep throat, 24 hours of medication is required before returning to school. Children must be fever free without medication and symptom free (vomiting, diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school. If your child is diagnosed with strep throat, 24 hours of medication is required before returning to school. These are system-wide guidelines sent home with all students in the beginning of the year. If your child vomits at night, please do not send the child to school the following day. Parents need to make the decision even though your child may "feel better." It is also important to identify another individual who may assume responsibility for your child should he or she become ill or injured during the school day and we are unable to reach you.

Mary Hadjian, R.N.
+1 978 794 3949

Saturday, March 3, 2007 at the Wyndham Andover Hotel. The event comprises a family oriented afternoon show and a semi-formal evening show that has raised more than $500,000 for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Family event: 1:00 pm. Exciting features for the day show will include face painting, fun treats, exciting raffle prizes, and a live fitness show featuring many of our Kittredge students. $35 adult, $15 child per ticket.

Main event: 6:00 pm The evening show features an exciting array of live and silent auction items ranging from spa packages to Boston Red Sox tickets. Guests have the opportunity to personally meet St. Jude patient families and see just how important their support is to these amazing individuals. The pinnacle of the evening is a high energy and choreographed performance by the St. Jude Performance team, $100 per ticket.

To purchase tickets go to www.fitnessforacure.com or contact lisa_martelli@yahoo.com.

North Andover Youth Hockey is holding two registration nights, February 27th and March 1st at Atkinson School cafeteria from 6:30-8:30 for the 2007-2008 hockey season. In addition, registration forms are available at Brooks School ice rink or on-line at http://www.knighthockey.org/ and can be mailed to NAYHL, PO Box 253 North Andover (if mailed the form must be postmarked by March 1st to avoid a $25 late fee).

Spring 2007 Registration is still available on-line (for new and returning players) at: http://www.eteamz.active.com/NorthAndover/.

Spring 2007 Evaluations. Player evaluations will once again be held at DB's Instructional Baseball located in the Lucent complex. Please check the website for any additional or updated information.

North Andover vs. Andover: Hello all you Earth Friendly folks!! Have you heard??? Andover has challenged us? It is a friendly competition, they say, and then they come out strong!!!

What: Energy Star's Change a Light Campaign is aimed at educating us about the energy to be saved by compact fluorescent light bulbs. You are asked to take a pledge that you will change at least one light bulb to a CFL (compact fluorescent light).

When: NOW!! Andover has 136 pledges to our 29 pledges. The competition ends at our May Town Meeting.

Why: Less energy consumption means lower electric bills and less greenhouse gas emissions.

How: To pledge and learn more, go to http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=cal.showPledge. The challenge is to sign up as many people as possible. Remember to choose "Town of North Andover, MA" from the Organization list. Or go to www.energystar.gov, look for the image regarding 'taking the pledge' and click on it.

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

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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