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Inside this issue: Where in NES am I? 1 News from our Classrooms 2- 11 PTA News 12- 14 Announcements 15- 16 Important Dates & Contact Info 17 Upcoming Events & Flyers 18- 19 May 13, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 17 The N.E.S. Newt-paper Newbury Elementary School Newsletter Dear NES Community, Can you believe there are twenty-seven school days left? We have begun our placement process for next year and will be working hard to build balanced heterogeneous classes using a variety of factors to meet the needs of the students academically, socially, and emotionally. Your input is an important part of that process, and we thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughtful feed- back. Your child’s placement for the following year will be listed on the June 22 nd report cards. Our Third and Fifth Graders took their Math MCAS tests Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and our Fourth and Sixth Graders will have their Math MCAS tests on Monday the 16 th and Tuesday the 17 th . The Fifth Grade has two additional tests in Science and Technology/Engineering on the 18 th and 19 th , and then we will have completed our MCAS testing for the year. The students have shown impressive work ethic, diligence, and perseverance while completing their MCAS tests, and I applaud the attention and effort students are applying during these test sessions. Well done Newts! We are excited for our many end-of-year activities and look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of our students with you! Michael Tracy Where in NES am I??? Look at the picture to the right—Can you find where I am in NES? Keep your eyes open to spot me—and check the next newsletter for the answer!

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  • Inside this issue:

    Where in NES am I?

    1

    News from our Classrooms

    2-11

    PTA News 12-14

    Announcements 15-16

    Important Dates & Contact Info

    17

    Upcoming Events & Flyers

    18-19

    May 13, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 17

    The N.E.S. Newt-paper Newbury Elementary School Newsletter

    Dear NES Community, Can you believe there are twenty-seven school days left? We have begun

    our placement process for next year and will be working hard to build balanced heterogeneous classes using a variety of factors to meet the needs of the students academically, socially, and emotionally. Your input is an important part of that process, and we thank you for taking the time to give us your thoughtful feed-back. Your child’s placement for the following year will be listed on the June 22nd report cards.

    Our Third and Fifth Graders took their Math MCAS tests Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and our Fourth and Sixth Graders will have their Math MCAS tests on Monday the 16th and Tuesday the 17th. The Fifth Grade has two additional tests in Science and Technology/Engineering on the 18th and 19th, and then we will have completed our MCAS testing for the year. The students have shown impressive work ethic, diligence, and perseverance while completing their MCAS tests, and I applaud the attention and effort students are applying during these test sessions. Well done Newts!

    We are excited for our many end-of-year activities and look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of our students with you!

    Michael Tracy

    Where in NES am I???

    Look at the picture to the right—Can you find where I am in NES? Keep your eyes open to spot me—and check the next newsletter for the answer!

  • News from our Classrooms

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    5th Grade Science

    This spring fifth grade science students have been learning about the transfer of energy. Read our students’ suggestions for ways to save all forms of energy. Our unit tied in nicely with the NES Recycling Committee’s assembly! Our students practiced the skill of writing thank you notes to the Institution for Savings Bank, Hope 2o, and Yeoman’s Boat Shop. Congratulations to Sara Stackpole for her Honorable Mention for her Blue Whales poem submitted to the MA Science Poetry Contest! Way to go Sara! We are also looking forward to our next camp Historic Newbury visit! Thanks to PTA funding we were able to visit the Spencer- Pierce- Little Farm to participate in their In Search of a Story Language Arts/ So-cial Studies Program. Our students explored diaries, maps, letters, portraits, rooms, and artifacts left by Offin Boardman. Since our walk to SPLF, our students have continued their research of early American history to find fantastic ideas for historical fiction writ-ing.

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  • News from our Classrooms

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    6th Grade Science

    Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest Congratulations to two of our 6th graders for placing 2nd in the Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest in the 6th grade category! Camelia Rogers and Carter Shearer's poem "Have You Ever Heard of the Periodic Table?" was entered into the "Best Cooperative Poem" category. Their poem was also chosen as a Grand Prize winner, earning honorable mention, from all of the 6th to 8th grade entries. Congratu-lations girls! STEM Ambassador for the DIGITS Project to 6th Grade On May 9th, our 6th grade science students had the opportunity to participate in the DIGITS pro-ject, a classroom program that encourages studying math and science. The DIGITS program is provided free to schools in partnership with the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The project enables students to meet and talk with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals who serve as role models for how these subjects are used in real world careers. Mr. Scott Forrey, from Akamai (Cambridge), talked to the students about many careers that need a strong science and math background. He shared how he pursued his career and fascinated the students with information about his company, which assists all internet informa-tion in getting from one place to another (including iTunes!). This is the second year that NES has enjoyed the activities of the DIGITS project.

    Massachusetts Regional Science En-gineering Fair Congratulations to Harrison Speak and Jed Cutter for representing the Triton Region School District at the Massachusetts Regional Middle School Science Engineering Fair at UMass Lowell on Saturday, April 30, 2011. There were over 180 great projects from many differ-ent school systems. Jed was selected to take his project to the STATE level in June.

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    Have you ever Heard of the Periodic Table? By: Camelia Rogers and Carter Shearer

    Have you ever heard of the periodic table?

    It is a big chart with numbers and labels You may think “it’s just a chart with lots of fragments”

    But it’s not; it’s a chart with 117 elements

    These elements make up everything around you Everything in the universe is made up of at least two

    Their names go from metal like gallium To funny ones like thallium

    They go from something that burns easy like hydrogen

    To something we breathe like oxygen Stainless steal things are 20% chromium

    Or even things to maintain hot tub water like sodium

    On a hot summer day you swim in chlorine If you want a perfect smile, drink some fluorine

    There is also a gas just like xenon It makes a light glow, its name is neon

    In a hospital there are x-rays made from lead

    They can x-ray everything even your head Inside a battery, there is nickel

    Be careful, do not zap yourself! It might tickle

    Everybody wants gold But no one is willing to stand out in the cold

    There’s a very soft metal named copper So do not drop it in a blending chopper!

    You could try to cut open a penny to see its zinc core

    But it would be a big chore A can is made up of tin

    But make sure you put it in the recycling bin

    Helium is a gas that makes your voice sound funny But it doesn’t work on a bunny

    When you put iodine on a cut, it may hurt But it cleans out all of the dirt

    You know each substance is made up of elements, at least two

    Did you learn anything new? Now take what we have taught you

    And show the world what you can do

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    Technology

    Many of our grade levels are engaged in using technology to help us get ready for the giant traveling map of Asia from National Geographic which is being delivered to the school on May 31st, the day after Memorial Day (courtesy of our fabulous PTA). It will be the size of the small gym. With-out shoes, you and your children will be able to walk the length of the Yel-low River or travel from Siberia to Malaysia and enjoy some sights on the way. To help set the stage and add some mood to this:

    The 6th graders are working on Power Point slide shows about the sights, sounds and cultures of Asia. The 5th graders are using Power Point as a tool to gather information about specific countries of Asia while researching to find terrain, population, resources, natural and manufactured. They will be used to mark each country on the giant map, as people travel. 4th graders are learning to use Microsoft Publisher. They are learning how to save and insert pic-tures into files and to make brochures about the culture of modern day Japan. 3rd graders are continuing their work in the Type to Learn program and were given instructions last week on how to download the same program at home. They will have use of this teaching program until they leave the school in 6th grade. Please use to practice as much as possible at home. 2nd graders are having great fun researching the animals of Asia and learning how to put the draw-ings and information into a young version of a Power Point slide show. They will be shown as we celebrate the Asia map. 1st graders are learning about money using an interactive 100s chart online. The children will paint colors on the chart to count different denominations of money. This enables them to count by 5s, 10s and ones while seeing their totals. If you would like to use this at home, go to my website and go to math page one in the middle column called splat squares. http://eraycroft.homestead.com/ Kindergarten- We used Kidspiration in order to sort things by different attributes. We looked for pictures that had certain attributes like noisier than a bee, taller than a giraffe, etc. Many thanks for all the parents who come to help in the lab. Look for information on the giant travelling map of Asia on the school website. Hope to see you there.

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    6th grade Math

    In culmination of our Statistics unit of study, several students completed a survey analysis project. Maggie Gilbert and Jack McCraven’s project determined that sports will be the most popular middle school extracurricular activity at Triton Middle School next year, and Gwen Glickman’s project de-termined that this year’s sixth grade dance color scheme should be blue and white. These projects included graphs, tables, and a full statistical analysis of the data collected. Meanwhile, our probability unit is underway. Students are predicting and testing the likelihood of various events as they rotate through six probability learning centers. Centers involve dice, cards, spinners, and coins. Ask your sixth grader if certain sums are more likely to come up than others when rolling two dice. I’d like to thank several parent volunteers for leading some enrichment groups during math flex blocks: Jack Rybicki, Chery Freeman, Michelle Papanicolaou, Deb Cooper, and Kit Lawson have helped with ge-ometry and probability activities involving popcorn-cylinders, quilting patterns, chocolate chip cookie data, and Skittle candy colors. If other parents are interested in volunteering, please email me at [email protected].

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    Music

    In the music department we have been very busy preparing for our spring concert which will be on Tuesday, June 7th at 7:00. We can’t wait for everyone to hear our beautiful music! Also, beginner trumpet, flute and clarinet players are doing a great job practicing and moving right along collecting their colored achievement belts. After all belts are earned the children will re-ceive their white badge. Grade 6 – We have learned an Italian dance, studied the composer John Williams, had fun with a Japanese hand clapping game, learned a German dance and played a Jamaican song on Orff in-struments. We also spent a day drumming! Grade 5 – We had fun with a Caribbean hand clapping game, studied the composer Handel, sang and played St. Patrick’s Day songs, and learned a Morris stick dance from England. The children also learned some historical songs from colonial times to integrate with the 5th grade curriculum. Grade 4 – The children learned a Jack Prelutsky poem “The Jelly Bean Brigade”. This poem was put to music, and we sang, played Orff instruments, played drums, marched along and used col-ored scarves to highlight the jelly bean colors. We also spent some time on St. Patrick’s Day songs and dances. Presently, the boys and girls are singing individually while I assess their voices to prepare

    for chorus and choir next year. Grade 3 – We are moving right along with our recorders. Most children have received their blue belts and can now easily play “America”. We are now working on The Mexican Hat Dance for our brown belt. Keep up the good work and continue to prac-tice! Grades K, 1 and 2 – We continue to use Beanie Babies for tone drills, singing a variety of songs, and have done movement and

    listening games. We have also done a bit more playing on the Orff instruments and have learned some folk dances in the first and second grades.

    • Students recently completed writing letters to local restaurants. Students had to include a letter, descriptive scene, and an advertisement. We are keeping track of which restaurants respond to students.

    • We are currently in the final draft mode of writing persuasive essays. Stu-dents had to select a topic of choice and write a persuasive essay.

    • In addition, we are in the beginning phases preparing for Poetry Night. Stu-dents are working on writing a variety of poems to present on stage on June 2nd.

    • Lastly, students have started a new round of book groups. Titles of the books are The Book of Three, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jenn, Countdown, The House of the Scorpion, Wringer, and Whirligig.

    6th grade ELA

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    Art

    By: Mrs. Merluzzi We had a fantastic celebration of Visual Arts on April 14th with many children and their fami-lies attending the All School Art Exhibit. We enjoyed the large reproductions of Henri Rousseau that were displayed during that week. Children in grade 3 are imagining and drawing jungles that were inspired by Rousseau’s work. During the next few weeks children should be bringing art home as I slowly take the show down. That doesn’t mean we are through creating though. On the contrary, we are still quite busy. Here is a list of projects we will be working on as the school year winds down: Grade 6: Monster Mania! The critters have been built and now we will decorate them and give them personality. Grade 5: These kids blew up a Rousseau! That is to say they enlarged it. The work is now displayed outside of the art room. Next, they will be creat-ing Dragons. Grade 4: Scratch Art Greek Pottery is in the works. Grade 3: While learning drawing concepts such as fore ground, middle ground and back ground, kids are drawing jungles. Grade 2: Students are cutting and gluing silhouettes to a painted sunset. Next, they will create Ori-ental Lanterns. Grade 1: Beautiful Mother’s Day flowers just went home and next up will be origami Samurai Hel-mets. Kindergarten: We are gluing tissue paper to a painted branch to make Forsythia. Next up is sym-metrical butterflies. I have completely wiped out my supply of egg cartons…the paper kind. Donations would be appreciated. I also can use the large sized yogurt containers. If any of you are into construction or wood working, donations of small wood scraps will come in handy for a project I am planning for the fall.

    Physical Education

    All grades have finished a small unit in volleyball skills. Older children spent time in covering bump, set, serve, and basic game play. Younger children used volleyball equipment in basic fun movement activities. Grades K-2 have begun a manipulative unit of short jump rope and will progress into long ropes and short rope challenges. Older children have now entered the time of year when we do our final fit-ness assessments- pushups, crunches and the mile jog/walk. Critieria is pulled from the Fitnessgram program, a nationally implemented assessment tool.

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    5th grade SS and ELA

    “The shot heard round the world” was the big focus for the past few weeks for fifth grade social studies. After looking at the causes of the Revolution-ary War, we moved into the first battles of the war. We looked at Lexing-ton and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, where we found that the British lost more men but still won the battle. We saw the publication of Common Sense and the treasonous act of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Yankees are fighting the Redcoats as we study the crossing of the Delaware and the victories at Trenton and Saratoga. We’ll soon see the resurgence of Britain’s old adversaries as allies of the Continental Army. Stay tuned for future developments in the Revolutionary War. The fifth graders are all trying their hand at writing non-fiction in language as a follow-up to our field trip to Spencer Pierce Little Farm. The story line was derived from their time at the farm, with additions to their story being added as they follow the social studies curriculum. This exploration of historical fiction will be wrapped up as we get into our next novel, The Fighting Ground by Avi which follows a 13 year old boy who runs away to enlist in the Continental Army. The DRA testing for reading rounds out the month of May.

    In math the fifth graders recently finished a unit called “How many People? How Many Teams?” It focused on the meaning of opera-tions with whole numbers, the development of computational fluency, and the structure of place value. MCAS for math was also taken this past week for grade 5. Our next unit of study in math is called “Growth Patterns”. This unit will develop ideas about patterns, sequences, and functions. It is part of the early algebra founda-tion integrated into the Investigations curriculum.

    5th grade Math

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    Instrumental Music News

    The Newbury Elementary School Advanced Band had an excellent per-formance of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at the annual Little League/Softball Opening Day Ceremony on April 30th. The band, made up of 5th and 6th graders, wore their baseball uniforms and hats while performing on the diamond to a crowd of hundreds. It was a beautiful day and fun for all!

    All Beginning Band members will be performing "America (My Country Tis Of Thee)" at the school Memorial Day Ceremony on Friday, May 27th. 4th grade students please remember to bring in your instruments on this day. On Tuesday, June 7th at 7:00 P.M. the 4th grade Beginning Band will be performing their first con-cert at the annual NES Spring Concert. All beginning band students must arrive at 6:30 P.M. to the cafeteria and must wear black pants or a skirt, black socks, and a white shirt. Please no T-shirts. Dress pants and dark dress shoes are strongly prefered. Joining the Beginning Band at this event are the 5th and 6th grade Advanced Band, Chorus, Choir, and All District Elementary School Stage Band. On Saturday, June 18th at 12:30 P.M. the 5th and 6th grade Advanced Band will be participating in the annual Byfield Days Parade. The parade starts at 1 o’clock. We will meet at Knobb Hill Rd and ride a slow moving float to the center of Byfield. Students must remember to bring their own music, dress in sneakers, jeans, a polo shirt and a baseball cap. Please leave your instrument cases in your parents’ car. Parents will meet your children in the center of Byfield after the parade.

    NES students participated in a presentation from the Essex County DA's office about Cyber-safety. Please check out the links below to see the videos, find tips and hints, and play games! http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents Grades 1-3: View Router's birthday surprise video! Click here http://www.netsmartzkids.org/rbs/index.htm Brain Pop: http://www.brainpopjr.com/health/besafe/internetsafety/ Upper Grades: http://www.nsteens.org/ 6th grade: (view some of the videos from our presentation) http://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/TrackingTeresa http://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/CantTakeItBack http://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/BrokenFriendship

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    PTA News

    The Spring Fling is on Friday May 20th from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. This is a fun event for the whole family. There will be games, prizes, face painting, a pie throwing contest, hot dogs and ice cream sundaes. We are still in need of volunteers for this event. If you can help out on the 20th please contact Belen Wieler-Hawes, PTA Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected] . We hope to see everyone at the Spring Fling!

    The 4th annual NES Walk-A-Thon is coming on Friday, June 3rd. The money raised by the Walk-A-Thon will help provide the students with enrichment programs such as visiting authors, mu-seum programs and curriculum support. This year we would also like to raise funds to help im-prove classroom technology at NES. On June 3rd students will be walking the perimeter of the

    school grounds and visiting fun stations along the way. This event will take place outside, rain or shine. More information will be coming home in the student backpacks about this upcoming fun event. We need par-ent volunteers to help with this event. If you are interested in helping on June 3rd, please contact Belen Wieler-Hawes, PTA Volunteer Coordina-tor at [email protected] .

    On Wednesday June 8th from 12 Noon to 1 P.M. the PTA will be hosting an end of the year luncheon for our wonderful teachers and staff. We are looking for parents that would be interested in making some luncheon foods, like sandwich platters, sal-ads, or even desserts. If cooking isn’t your thing, there are other ways you can help. We will need volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up. We would also like to offer a fun free raffle to our teachers. We are looking for donated gift cards to local shops and restaurants and other raffle prize items the teachers might enjoy. If you are interested in helping or donating a prize, please contact Maureen Heffernan at mau-

    The last PTA meeting for this school year will be held on June 6th at 6:30 P.M. in the school library. We will be voting on the PTA budget for the 2011-2012 school year and electing our new PTA Board members. We hope to see you there.

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    PTA News

    Urgent NES PTA Officer Candidate and Election Update

    Dear NES Parents: We are pleased to announce that in response to our April 27th PTA update communica-tion, the following NES parents are seeking election to fill the PTA officer positions for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years. Office Positions: Candidates: Co President: Candice Madill Co-President: Kelly Mount Co-Vice President: Ellen Hazo Co-Vice President: Open Secretary: Renee Toth Treasurer: Hilary Lind

    We want to thank these individuals and those that have offered to chair committees or events next year for their help and support in keeping the NES PTA alive and well. The NES PTA has been an instrumental resource to Newbury Elementary by linking students, parents and staff together through various events, funding enrichment activities, upgrading the school library, and providing teacher grants. The election will be held at the June 6th PTA Board meeting in the School Library at 6:30P.M. Sincerely yours, The NES PTA Nominating Committee Renee Toth- [email protected] Patty Olson - [email protected] Belen Wieler-Hawes- [email protected]

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    PTA News

    A parent asked us the question, "Where can I recycle Croc's?" Gently-used or new Croc's can be brought to a local Children's Orchard Store for consignment or donated through several different avenues. Donations may be brought to the Lee-ward Light Thrift Store on Route 1 in Salisbury (http://leewardindustries.org/default.aspx). Proceeds benefit local area charitable organizations. Croc's may also be donated to children in need at three Massachusetts locations which may be located through http://crocscares.com/donate-your-crocs/ . You can also contact Soles for Souls www.soles4souls.com which will recycle any unwearable Croc's. Thanks for the great question! Please feel free to contact us if you have other reduce/reuse/recycle questions or comments. NES Water Bottles Now for Sale! We are seeking donations of gently-used/new children's clothing, shoes, and sports equipment to sell at the Spring Fling.

    We are pleased to announce that the NES Recycling Committee is selling reus-able metal water bottles and all profits will go toward the cost of an industrial dishwasher for the NES cafeteria. We will be selling a limited supply at the Spring Fling on May 20th. You may also purchase them directly from the non-profit organization Hope-2o at http://www.greenbottleonline.com/hope-2o/Newbury_Elementary_School.html. The bottles on their website are the same bottles that were given to all students and staff before vacation but have the "NES Recycles" logo on them and the colors and patterns are different. Also, we will be collecting and selling gently-used or new children's clothing, shoes, and sports equipment at the Spring Fling. All proceeds will also go to-wards a dishwasher for the school. If you would like to make a donation, please contact Tammy Cotter ([email protected]) and Sally Milliken ([email protected]) before May 19th and we would be happy to pick up your donations or you can drop them off at our houses any time. Thank you!

    Recycling Committee Corner

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    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    The Helping Hands collaborative of NES has been very successful this year helping many of our families in need. We will continue to present our advocacy project as an op-portunity for you to extend your goodwill by helping in providing for families attending Newbury Elementary School. The program is in need of gift cards from local department store merchants such as K-Mart, Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Walmart, and Target. Any and all denominations are welcome. All gift cards will be distributed by the school nurse to those families in need. We invite you to participate in our fundraising efforts. Should you express interest in continuing our vision, please deliver gift cards to Mary Goldsmith, school nurse office.

    Please feel free to contact Louisa Simboli at [email protected] for information about this program. Your support is necessary for the success of our program.

    “Go for the Gold” Golf Tournament to be held on Monday, June 13, 2011 at the Ipswich Country Club A fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Newbury COA will benefit the Council on Aging and Senior Center. Come and enjoy the day on the golf course as a player, or join us following play at the Award Luncheon and Auction. Player registration is $160 and includes continental break-fast, 18 holes of golf, cart and sit down luncheon. Lunch-eon guests are welcome at 12:30 to dine, bid on auction items and connect with community members and business people. Luncheon tickets are $25 per person. You do not have to be a senior to be a friend or to support our cause. For more information, contact the COA at 978-462-8114 or [email protected].

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    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    PLEASE DONATE! The Triton Senior Class, in conjunction with the High School and Middle School Libraries, is running the first annual Book and Flower Sale on Saturday, May 14th. The sale will be running from 9 A.M. - 1 P.M. Books are needed! We are accepting books, CD's, and

    DVD's. No textbooks and encyclopedias please. Drop off boxes will be available in the High School, Middle School, Pine Grove Elementary, Newbury Elementary, and Salisbury Elementary school offices beginning on Monday, March 28th. Any questions, please contact Senior Class Officer, Ashley Killam, at: 978-948-8636 or Email: [email protected].

    YEARBOOK NEWS Next year is my last year at NES. I am looking for a parent to take over the NES Yearbook. Any parent wanting to help with the 2011-2012 yearbook please contact TINA@ [email protected]

    (REMEMBER IT’S FOR THE KIDS) ALL YEARBOOKS WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR CHILD’S HOMEROOM IN JUNE. Thank you to all the parents and teachers that have submitted pictures and for allowing our staff to come into the classrooms to take pictures. Thanks to Elaine Fecteau and Hannah Stokes for handling all the order forms. A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE YEARBOOK STAFF: BeleneWieler, Bonnie Durante, Brenda Hoover, Candice Madill, Debbie Koski, Diane West, Emily Abt, Gail Cutter, Karen Wood, Kelly Mount, Lauren Carr, Leah Minthorn, Lorraine Lewis, Margie Frew, Patricia Olson and Patty Sommers. PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING NEXT YEAR. THIS COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITH-OUT THE HELP OF NES PARENTS

    Safe Routes To School Liz Zukowski would like to apologize for overlooking Madison Heselton who also participated in Tuesday’s April 26th Walk to School day to celebrate Earth day; thank you Madison.

  • Newbury Elementary Triton Regional School

    District 63 Hanover Street Newbury 01951

    Phone: (978) 465-5353

    Fax: (978) 463-3070

    E-mail: [email protected]

    [email protected]

    PTA Officers President Maureen Heffernan, [email protected] Co-VP Michelle Walsh,[email protected] Co-VP Patty Olson, [email protected] Treasurer Wendy Wood, [email protected] Secretary Betsy Carter, [email protected] School Committee Dina Sullivan, Chair, [email protected] Deborah Choate, Vice Chair, [email protected] Suzanne Densmore, Secretary,[email protected] Lane Bourn, [email protected] Linda Litcofsky, [email protected] Holly Janvrin, [email protected] Mary Murphy, [email protected] Paul Lees, [email protected] Robin Williams, [email protected]

    May 5/13—HALF DAY

    5/13—preK screening

    5/16 & 5/17—MCAS, gr. 4 and 6

    5/17—PAC meeting, 6:30 P.M.

    5/18 & 5/19—MCAS, gr. 5

    5/20—PTA Spring Fling, 5:30 P.M.

    5/22—NAPA car wash, gr. 6 fundraiser

    5/24—Town Meeting, 7:00 P.M. 5/27—Memorial Day Celebration, in

    school, 9:00 A.M. 5/30—NO SCHOOL—Professional De-

    velopment Day

    Upcoming Events

    We’re on the Web! www.trsd.net/newbury

    School Community The NES Newt-paper is published on a bi-weekly basis. If you would like to submit something to be included in the NES Newt-paper, please email your information to [email protected] by the Tuesday be-fore the newsletter is published.

  • CAR WASH

    NAPA AUTO PARTS RTE 1, SALISBURY, MA

    SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011

    9AM - 2PM To Benefit NES 6th Grade Camp Fund