Kittredge Elementary School

On Thursday, March 1st, 2007, wear RED to show your spirit for Dr. Seuss Day / Read Across America. In addition to various activities in the classrooms, the Kittredge School will have a 'Drop Everything and Read' time from 10:10 - 10:20 a.m. All students and staff will enjoy 10 minutes of reading in the classrooms to celebrate 'Read Across America.' Happy Reading!

The North Andover Middle School PTAC is sponsoring their second annual "Meet the Candidate Night," Thursday, March 15th from 7-9 PM in the NAMS Auditorium. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet the three candidates running for one open seat on The School Committee and the two candidates running for the one open seat on The Board of Selectman. Come find out where they stand on the issues facing our community! Contact Cheryl Means, NAMS PTAC President, at threemeans@aol.com or +1 978 794 2367 for additional information.

The Annual Town Election is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27th, at the North Andover High School Fieldhouse from 7 AM - 8 PM.

Be sure to register to vote in order to participate in the Annual Town Election. Voter registration deadline is March 7th. The Town Clerk's office hours are 8:30 AM-4:30 PM; March 7th has extended hours until 8 PM.

Town Meeting is currently scheduled to begin Monday, May 14th, at 7 PM at the North Andover High School Auditorium. Please mark your calendars and make every effort to attend the meeting where decisions are made by the voters!

Tickets for this year's Mother/Son dances go on sale Saturday March 3rd, 9:00-12:00 noon at the NA High School cafeteria. Tickets are $25.00 per couple/family. Both dances will be held at the High School: Friday March 30th for grades K-2 and Saturday March 31st for grades 3-5.

The North Andover School Nurses are selling daffodils until February 28th. Bunch of Daffodils: $7.00, Bear and a Bunch: $25.00, Gift of Hope: $ 20.00. Please see Mary Hadjian, RN to order. Cash or check made out to American Cancer Society. Daffodils will be delivered to the school the week of March 19th.

On Thursday, March 1st: "Advocating for Your Child" Jen Perlitch, Advocate from the Federation for Children with Special Needs, will discuss how you can advocate for your child in the public school system. Afterwards, NAPAC will welcome Chris Allen, candidate for School Committee, who will discuss her candidacy and her share her ideas for improving the North Andover School System. 7-9pm at the High School Library.

A big thank you to the Kittredge School for all the toiletries. The 5th graders were able to put together over 100 bags containing shampoo/conditioner or shampoo/body lotion for the People's Pantry.

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

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.

Please come for a bite at the Fuddruckers Restaurant on Route 114. Ten percent of the sales from Fuddruckers will be donated to the NASA.

Saturday, March 3rd, 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.

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.

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.

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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