November 5, 2009
We would like to thank parents for their efforts
at keeping sick children at home as well as giving them the extra recovery day.
We realize it is not easy, and just want you to know how much it is
appreciated.
There is a 6th Grade Performance
tonight at 6:30 pm in the Gym. It is rumored to be a show you don’t want
to miss! If you are bringing a performer, please have them there between
6:00 and 6:15 pm. All are invited!
The NBCS Annual Food Drive will start this Monday,
November 9th. Your donations will help to stock the New Boston
Food Pantry, which is located in the CommunityChurch,
and will also help stock the NH Food Bank. Please check the Thursday
notices for the next several weeks to see what foods are most needed.
Currently, the NB Food Pantry could really use school snacks, breakfast foods
(boxes of cereal, instant oatmeal), juice boxes, canned meals (stews, ravioli,
etc), pastas, spaghetti sauce, and canned fruits. Thank you!!
Kindergarten/First Grade Registration for the
2010-2011 school year is currently underway. We are registering all
incoming kindergarten students and incoming first grade students who currently
attend an outside kindergarten. Your child must be 5 by September 30,
2010 to be eligible for public kindergarten and 6 by September 20, 2010 to be
eligible for first grade. Please bring a copy of your child’s birth
certificate, immunization record/physical and 2 proofs of residence (driver’s
license showing address and a cable/phone/electric bill for example). Registration
runs through November 6th. Please remind friends or neighbors
with school age children needing to register for kindergarten or first grade. This
is a budgetary process every year, and we need to make sure we have enough
teachers to cover the number of incoming students.
Last reminder, you can still register on-line for
the PatsPeak
skiing and boarding program. Our user name is NBCS-SKI and the password
is BOBCAT.
PTA NEWS:
The Costume Swap is coming to an end this year!
The costumes will remain in the entrance of the school until Monday, November 9th.
If anyone has used costumes that they do not need please drop them off by
then. If you have any questions please call Amii Hartman at 487-3595 or email
at amii_bergeron2001@yahoo.com.
FINAL NOTICE!! The deadline for ordering
your holiday poinsettias is FRIDAY!!! An order form should have come home with
your child two weeks ago, but if you've misplaced it please email Laura Arvin
and she can email you one. Along with the usual sizes and colors of
poinsettias, we'll again be offering the 12-inch poinsettia arrangement, which
contains a poinsettia plant, a spiky burgundy dracaena and Diamond Frost
euphorbia. These plants arrive fresh and ready for seasonal decorating. The sale
runs until THIS FRIDAY, November 6th. Pick up dates are
Friday, December 4th and Saturday, December 5th in
the art room at NBCS. Payment must accompany the order. Questions? Contact
Laura Arvin, 487-2845, or email lta.nbnh@gmail.com.
Do you prefer gift cards to cash? Do you
like to give gift cards as presents for the holidays? THe NBCS PTA
gift card (Script) program is your chance to make your life easier while
helping the school! For every gift card you purchase the NBCS PTA will
receive a percentage of the value of the card. For more information,
look in your child's bag TODAY for the order form and the percentages. Please
return your order form by November 19th to your child's teacher. Gift
cards will be delivered the first week of December. Remember that the
holidays are just around the corner and this program is a great way to do all
your holiday shopping and help out your child's school!
RECREATION NEWS:
Save the date of Sunday, November 29th
for the Christmas Tree Lighting on the common at 6pm. There will be
caroling and light refreshments will be served.
COMMUNITY NEWS:
The New Boston Fire Department Auxiliary
will be hosting its annual Spaghetti Supper to support the Sarah
Moody Scholarship on Saturday, November 7th from 5:00 – 7:00
pm at the Fire Station!! As usual, we will have spaghetti with
meatballs (featuring Arlene Dodge’s homemade sauce), salad, garlic bread, and
a beverage. Then end the meal with a delicious apple crisp a-la-mode!! The
cost for the dinner is $8 for adults, seniors and children 6-12 will be $6,
and children 5 and under are free. We offer a family of four price of
$25. All proceeds from the dinner will go toward the Sarah Moody
Scholarship Fund which offers a scholarship to a New Boston senior attending
college next fall.
The New Boston Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts will be
collecting gently used books to be distributed at the ManchesterCommunityHealthCenter
in collaboration with the Reach Out and Read program. Reach Out and Read
(ROR) is a national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy by
giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of
reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms across the nation. Doctors
and nurses know that growing up healthy means growing up with books. The ROR
program provides the tools to help promote children's developmental skills and
later school success. If anyone not in scouts would like to donate
children's books with positive, non-offensive themes and literacy value please
pass them on to a scouting friend or contact Lori Mattison at 487-5032 or
Lori@mattisoncontracting.com.
In light of the tragic events in Mont Vernon and
the evident concerns of community members, the New Boston Police Department in
concert with UNH Justiceworks, the New Hampshire Department of Safety and
Reverend Woodland will be holding a Community Assistance Forum to
assist community members with their concerns. This forum will be held in the CommunityChurch
on November 16th at 7:00 pm. We encourage all who have
concerns about the community’s safety to attend.
The New Boston
4H club will be offering pony rides this Saturday, November 7th, in
Goffstown at the Ace Hardware store from 10am - 1pm. There will be face
painting and rides are $4 each. Profits are going to support the club's
annual trip to the Equine Affair in East
Springfield, MA,
next weekend.