If you have an entry for Monday Minutes or committe related flyers

please submit them via e-mail it to

SargentPTO.Communications@gmail.com

by 5PM Friday

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Presidents' Message

Hello Everybody,

We hope you all had a wonderful three day weekend. As detailed in previous Monday Minutes, we had our monthly PTO meeting last Wednesday, where nominations were submitted for board positions for next year. Elections will occur at our May PTO meeting on Wed, 5/2/12. There is still an opportunity to run for an office. Please let one of the officers know you would like to be on the ballot or email sargentpto.pres1@gmail.com . You will see further information about the upcoming election and the ability to cast an absentee ballot in a future communication from the Sargent PTO.

As a reminder, this Wednesday is a half day.

Have a great week.

Thanks, Chris and Melissa

Mark Your Calendar

• Early Release Day - Wednesday April 11th

Green Tip of the Week

Green Team Tip:

North Andover’s 10th Annual Town-Wide Earth Day Clean-up

Help keep our little corner of the Earth clean & green Participate on Saturday, April 28, 2012  from 8:30am – 3:30pm (Rain or shine). Check-in: DPW Garage building (384 Osgood Street); gloves & trash bags provided at check-in.  Let us know what part of town you plan to spruce up or recommend an area and volunteers will be sent out .  YOU BAG IT – WE GRAB IT

Please RSVP to Jo-Ann Lanen @ 978-689-0950 ext. 44010 or email: recycle@townofnorthandover.com  

School Happenings

North Andover Parents Advisory Council for Children with Special Needs (NAPAC)

"Autistic License, The Play" April 9th.  Please join North Andover Parents Advisory Council for Children with Special Needs (NAPAC) for a screening of the film, "Autistic License". Autistic License is the autobiographical account of one family’s journey to raise a son with Autism. From the time that her child is diagnosed at age three, “Mom” leads us through the challenges and milestones living with Autism. An omnipresent interviewer acts not so much as a guide, learn from her experiences, the impacts this disability has her marriage, and family, while witnessing firsthand the best and worst of people who encounter her son in the outside world.

This is the first screening of this film in the area!

• Admission is free, and all are welcome.
• Where: North Andover High School Auditorium
• When: Monday, April 9th What time: 7pm-9pm

Please email Darcy Rubino with an questions about the screening at: darcymack@yahoo.com

Committee Announcements

Staff Appreciation Committee

Staff Appreciation Week will be held this year from Monday, April 30th through Friday, May 4th. Gifts and cards will be made in the classrooms for the staff members.

The PTO will be hosting a staff breakfast on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and a luncheon on Wednesday. Please click on the link below to sign up to bring a food item on one of those days. Thank you!! http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/402345633860894078

Garden Committee

Come Support the Garden! Now that it’s Spring we need to get the garden ready for planting. Come join us from 9:30-12:00 on Saturday, April 14th for a loam spreading mini-party. Bring shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows and help get the beds seed-ready. Please RSVP to SargentGarden@gmail.com if you can join so we know how many to expect. See you there!

Fifth Grade Committee

Fifth Grade Committee Meeting:

Our next meeting will be tomorrow, Tuesday, April 10th at 10 AM in the Sargent Cafeteria. Our big agenda items will be Empathy Team kickoff, Class Gift planning, and Brooks Day. If you have any questions, please contact Kim at KimHearst@comcast.net

Empathy Team:

Time to start gathering your old suitcases, duffle bags and book bags. Our 5th grade class will be holding a drive to collect bags for Suitcases4Kids, an organization founded by our own Sargent parent Ron Nickerson. (check out www.suitcases4kids.org). “In almost every musty basement, garage, or attic, there is an old, forgotten suitcase that has long since been replaced by shiny new luggage. And all around the country, when foster children are forced to move their belongings, they throw them in trash bags, putting their prized possessions into containers for garbage”. Let’s help Suitcases4Kids help these children move with dignity. Our drive will be held on Saturday, April 28th on the Sargent Grounds. Look for flyers coming home soon.

Smart Money Collection Programs / Free Money Raisers

Smart / Free Money Programs

Stop & Shop A+ Rewards Program

The Stop & Shop’s A+ Rewards Program ended March 29 for this school year. Thank you to all who registered their shopper cards for Sargent! Our last estimated YTD total for the program: $2,106.63! Our school ranks #1 in town! Please remember to register your card again next school year. Previously registered cards do not automatically carry over. If you registered your card with the PTO coordinator, rules of the program require your permission to register for you. Please reply back to the email granting permission for us to register your card again next school year! Thank you!

Label’s For Education

Thanks to the steady clipping of Label’s For Education product UPC’s, we are ordering a new set of playground sports balls for FREE! The Label’s for Education Program grants us points for Free Stuff from their catalog. Every year we can rely on our points to replenish the playground ball supply! In past years we have collected points for an overhead projector, a ball locker an electric stapler and an electric ball inflator! For a current list of participating products visit: http://www.labelsforeducation.com/How-to-Earn/Participating-Products

Community Announcements/After School Programs

Check the community announcements for more information on:

• North Andover Historical Society School Program Volunteer Open House - Wednesday April 11 and Thursday April 12, 10 am - 12pm
• Kittridge PTO 5th Grade Movie Night - Friday April 27th
• Attkinson PTO Mother/Son Jammin Fun Dance May 4th & 5th.  Tickets available online now
• Music Association Hosts 5K Race - May 12th
• North Andover Booster Club - Cheer, Football, Boys Volleyball, Field Hocky and Track & Field