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ANNIE L. SARGENT SCHOOL
MONDAY MINUTES
978-725-3673 300 Abbott Street 11/17/2008
Friday, November 21st – Holiday social
November 24th –25th –Early Dismissal at 11:40 AM- Conference Day
Wednesday, November 26th –Early Dismissal at 11:40 AM – Thanksgiving Break
School will be closed on:
Wednesday, December 24th - January 2nd – Winter Break
PRESIDENT'S NOTES
The response to our Lazarus House food drive continues to be strong. With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, volunteers at Lazarus House have suggested donations of stuffing mix for Thanksgiving dinners. Also, they have zero turkeys at this time. If you feel able, please consider picking up a $5 gift card from a grocery store and add it to the donation box, and the staff at Lazarus House will use it to purchase turkeys. The folks at Lazarus House are very grateful for the assistance they have received from Sargent families. You are truly appreciated.
We’ll see you Friday evening at the Holiday Social.
DESTINATION IMAGINATION
DI Olympics
DI T-Shirt Design Contest
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LOCAL PIES! Boston Hill Farm PIE Sale
Get your holiday pies easy! They will be delivered to your classroom for pick up during the Parent Teacher Conferences! The order sheets came home on Friday. $14 for most of the pies, payable to Sargent PTO, due this Thursday the 20th. Thanks! KimHearst@comcast.net
Taki’s Pizza Fundraiser for Sargent School
Who couldn’t use a night off from cooking? Especially during the chaotic holiday seasoning! Let Taki’s Pizza make your dinner on Monday, December 8, 2008 and not only do you get a break, but you are supporting Sargent. 50% of all pizza and calzone sales go to Sargent. So mark your calendars and order up some pizzas!
THE 14th ANNUAL HOLIDAY SOCIAL – Friday, November 21, from 5:30 – 8:30!
Please plan on coming to this fun family event. There is no admission fee for the event, but tickets for games, crafts, tattoos, Santa pictures, pretzels, popcorn and the bake walk will be sold at the event for 5 for $1. You will need cash for Holiday Shopping and the 5th grade hot dog and pizza meal. Santa Clause will be visiting Sargent School and posing for pictures from 6:00 to 8:00!
This is a well attended event and parking will be crowded. Please observe all parking regulations and consider car pooling. Please do not drop off unattended children.
We still need volunteers! Please consider pitching in for a 90 minute shift. Parents or older children (7th grade or above) are welcome and needed. Please contact Michelle Gabriel at 978-258-1930 or ma_gabriel@yahoo.com if you can help. Bakers for the Bake Walk may drop their goods off on the appropriately marked table by Friday at 3:00. We appreciate everyone’s generous donation of time to make this event a success!
5th Grade Volunteer & Baked Goods Reminder --- If your 5th grader wants to be part of the Hot/Dog/Pizza Dinner and/or you plan to send in baked goods, then please return your volunteer form OR email lisa.m.kramer@comcast.net by Tuesday, November 18th.
COLLECTION PROGRAMS
Clipping Captains send in your Labels for Education UPC’s now for our first submission Nov. 21st! Remember to keep treasure hunting during the holidays! Not sure if your favorite products are on the Collection Programs most wanted list? Check out the lists of participating products at the websites:
Campbell’s points: http://www.labelsforeducation.com BoxTops: http://www.boxtops4education.com (also new short cut! www.btfe.com )
Tyson A+ strips: www.tyson.com/projectAplus
Think outside of the home: Ask Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles to check their pantries for you! Copies of our Collection Programs Overview flier are
available in the school office or print out a full color version from last week’s issue of Monday Minutes from the Sargent School website.
RECYCLING
The Green Team Coordinators would like to thank our principal Beth Kline for scheduling our first Trash Audit Day, the custodial staff for their assistance & all the teachers and students for their participation in Sargent School’s first Recycling Awareness Week to celebrate America Recycles Day! We all learned that although our classrooms are recycling, many items in our trash could still be reused, recycled or even earn money for our school. In one day we collected as many juice pouches and Nabisco cookie wrappers as we usually collect in a week. That’s over 150 juice pouches & wrappers worth 2 cents each!
On average, 40% of our bagged trash was recyclable material. Think before you throw! The Green Team goal is to continue to educate the children on how all of us can make a difference by making the effort together to reduce, reuse and recycle! We hope you took the America Recycles Day pledge and learned some new facts about recycling & recycled products. It all comes back to you!
Thank You! The Sargent Green Team
Go Green Tip of the Week: Pack Up Your Peanuts
The high season for mailing packages begins! If you receive a box full of packing peanuts, bubble wrap or air pillows, reuse them to box up those holiday packages or take all those materials to the UPS stores for reuse. (Go Brown!) Our local UPS location (on 114 in Jasmine Plaza next to Stop & Shop) also accepts Styrofoam such as inserts from electronics & appliance packaging and clean Styrofoam trays from the grocery store. Styrofoam is not accepted by our town’s single stream recycling.
Community Announcements
- The UNICEF drive has ended. We are happy to report that we collected a total of 138 boxes and $721.00;
- Anton’s COATS FOR KIDS is ongoing until December 31st, and we have collected 224 coats so far - please continue to send in any old coats you no longer need – ask your extended family or a neighbor to give;
- The GIVING TREE mitten/glove/hat/scarf drive is in full swing – please consider donating NEW items only;
- The LAZARUS HOUSE greatly appreciates the generous food donations they have received from us these last two weeks – lets continue to help them feed the needy.
The North Andover Figure Club
Is now accepting applications for the new season beginning November 1, 2008.
Classes are at Brooks Ice Arena on Saturday mornings and run through early March. Please visit www.nafigureskating.org for more information. Thanks!
The North Andover Booster Club
Has an on-line registration open for the following sports. For more information and to register please visit www.eteamz.com/nabc.
Basketball, Grades 5-8, open with $20 late fee through 11/15
Basketball, Grades 2-4, 8/1 – 11/15
Wrestling, Grades 4-8, 9/1 – 10/31
Volleyball, Grades 5-8, 10/1 – 1/15
Softball, Grades 1-8 opens on 12/1 -2/28
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