Kittredge Elementary School

Autumn in New England is crisp air, magnificent landscapes, fresh apples (not to forget those great donuts an area farm bakes that have become a main part of my diet) and, of course, back-to school.

Getting back into the groove of adjusting to new teachers, new schedules, new expectations and new friends can create a degree of anxiety in any child. What used to be simple may suddenly be a problem of major proportion.

What should I wear today? What activities do I want to join? Will the people who were my friends last year still like me? What if my teacher is different from the one I had last year? While these questions may seem trivial to adults, they often take up space in our children's and in our student's thinking. They are perfectly normal and are usually easily resolved by talking them out. When your child's anxieties seem to become too intense, you should feel free to call a principal, teacher or a guidance counselor. We want to help and we often can.

REMINDER: Pick up at the end of the school day with your vehicle takes place behind the school. The police have asked us to try to cut down on the congestion on Main Street. The chain that prevents vehicles from entering the rear of the building is removed at 2:30pm.

NOTE: As discussed at the PTO meeting I will be sending a letter home this week requesting volunteers to help us at recess.

Principal,
Richard J. Cushing

I am looking for a parent or parents with a digital camera from both the Kindergarten and 2nd grade classes to take pictures for this year's memory book. Your duties would include taking pictures of the whole class as well as some candids during parties or special events or any time you may be in class. The 2nd grade parent would have to be available to attend any field trips the class goes on as we highlight the field trips in the memory book. If you are interested please contact Karen Keough at mackeough@netzero.com. Thank you.

The fundraiser is beginning Monday October 1st and will run thru Monday, October 15th. This is one of our major fundraisers for the year!! Please remember to follow directions on order form - listing your child's name, teachers name etc... If you have any questions, please call Lisa Riedel at +1 978 687 1363.

If you are interested in being on the Substitute Noon Attendant list, please call Pam McCarthy at +1 978 794 1688. The hours are 10:15 am to 1:15 pm.

Parents in order to have a great memory book I need your help. If you have your camera and are taking pictures school please feel free to submit a copy to the memorybook committee. Please include your child's name and classroom. This is the Kittredge Memory Book and the more pictures we have the better it will be. IF ANYONE HAS ANY PICTURES FROM FAMILY FUN DAY PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME. I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT. THANK YOU. mackeough@netzero.com.

The North Andover Foundation for Education has completed its 1st year and was able to present the North Andover Public Schools with a donation that has partially funded an art teaching position at the High School. Without this additional teaching position, many high school students would have experienced very large art classes. With the addition of this teaching position, students will be more adequately scheduled and class size will be more reasonable. Thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts over the past year! We are planning the 2nd annual Walk-for-Kids on Saturday Sept 29th, registration begins at 10:00am. Plus, there will be live music with The Time Flies, games and refreshments. Please join us and help us improve and enrich the public schools in North Andover! If interested in volunteering an hour of your time for the walk, email Sue Donato, dsdonato@comcast.net.

Performers from Odaiko New England will demonstrate the ancient Japanese art form of Taiko Japanese Drumming as part of an all school program sponsored by the North Andover Schools Enrichment Council (NASEC). The program will highlight the importance of drumming in Japanese culture, demonstrate Kumi Daiko (ensemble-style Taiko drumming), and combine traditional Taiko rhythms with dynamic movement and rhythms from other musical traditions. Students will explore Kata Form (a drumming technique) and the concept of Kiai (vocalizing energy), and join the performers on stage to play the Taiko drums. For more information about the performance or the NASEC, contact Carolyn Zimmer at +1 978 683 3503. Happy drumming!

The walls of Kittredge School will be getting a beautiful face-lift! Ms. Kriz will be starting a mural project with our 4th and 5th graders! She needs your help! Parents are needed to form a committee to start organizing the project. Please contact Karen Kriz if interested!

On-line registration for Basketball Grades 2-8 and Wrestling Grades 5-8 is open from September 1st through October 31st, 2007. Please register at www.eteamz.com/nabc.

NABC Basketball program offers WALK IN registration on Thursday, September 27th from 7-9 in the Atkinson School Cafeteria. This is for grades 5-8, Girls and Boys. The online registration www.eteamz.com/nabc continues until October 31st. Contact Sharon Karalis at Karalis6@aol.com or John McElroy jjmcelroy@comcast.net.

Parents and the child joining these programs are welcome to skate during our open house Everybody must wear a helmet. 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 are open to all boys and girls and run from early October to mid March at Brooks School Skating rink. For more information, try our website at www.knighthockey.org or Lou Capobianco@aol.com.

If anyone knows of a printer who would like to print our Kittredge Directory for free, please call Kathy Eastwood at +1 978 794 3205.

North Andover's Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen, School Committee, and State Representatives and Senators will come together for a panel discussion about our current state of affairs. Panelists will address questions about government at both the local and state level, as well as offer insight into the upcoming 2009 budget process. Have a question you've been dying to ask? This is your chance. Please submit your questions to www.northandover.org/forum2007 from October 1st to 14th or mail them to NAU, 81 Prescott Street, North Andover. Representatives from citizen groups such as NAU, Seniors, NATA, TUFF and ABC will work collaboratively to select questions of wide interest to the community. Submitting questions via the website will ensure an opportunity for greater community representation, allow the panelists to answer a broad spectrum of questions, and facilitate making efficient and effective use of the under 2-hour time limit. Any unanswered questions will be given to panelists to address during the course of their regularly scheduled meetings, as well as posted at www.northandover.org.

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.

Please send back ASAP

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The Kittredge School Student Directory will list each class and
include children's names, address, telephone numbers, parents names
and email address.   One copy of the directory will be sent home to
every household.   If we do not receive this form back, only your
child's name will appear in the directory.  Please note email
addresses would be of great help for the room parents and will be used
for school use only.  Email kathyeastwood@comcast.net with ?'s.

Please print as neat as possible, especially the email addresses.
Thank you!

Grade	/Teacher	_____________________________________

Student Name		_____________________________________

Please check here if information was correct in last years directory _________ 

Street Address		_____________________________________

Phone			_____________________________________

Parents/Guardian's Name	_____________________________________
First and Last if different

Email Address		_____________________________________

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