Notices and Announcements

MUSIC NOTES - HOLIDAY CONCERTS – This year's Holiday Concerts are on the horizon now!  Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 15 6:30pm for the 4-6 Holiday Concert, which will feature the band, chorus, and the 4^th grade playing their recorders. Also please mark your calendars for Monday, December 21 at 6:00pm for the K-3 Holiday Concert, which will feature all students in grades K-3 performing this year’s annual holiday musical, entitled “How the Penguins Saved Christmas.”  Much more information will follow right after Thanksgiving break; please watch your child's backpack for special notices as well as the newsletter for many more details.  Stay tuned!

BAND/INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC – It’s nice to see more October practice logs coming in than we saw after September!  Please continue to review and sign their October practice logs and send them in to school if you haven’t already. Parents, please continue to encourage your child to set up a reliable practice routine at home and help them remember to practice; this goes such a long way toward their overall success! The first Instrumental Progress Report of the year will be sent home the week after Thanksgiving break. Please keep a look out for this progress report in your child’s backpack the week we come back. We are continuing the concert-sharing program with the Tuftonboro Central School band this year. Tuftonboro’s Holiday Concert is scheduled for Wednesday, December 16 at 6:30pm. All NDS band students are invited to perform with Tuftonboro’s band, and the TCS band is especially short on trumpet players. I hope you will consider making it possible for your child to attend, and carpooling is encouraged! Look for a separate notice on the concert exchange program the week we get back.

Thank you, and have a great Thanksgiving! Happy practicing!   ~ Kristin Johnson, Music Teacher

FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION: Thank you to all students and parents who contributed to the paper goods/personal products collection. More than 500 items were collected! These will be donated to the ND Food Pantry to help our neighbors. Congratulations to Mrs. Wasson's fourth grade - they topped the list with over 150 items donated. This drive was conducted by New Durham Student Council and our local Girl Scouts troop.

HEALTH MEMO – If your child is a student in kindergarten through third grade, ask them what they have learned about 911 Emergencies. Mr. Bodge from the New Hampshire Department of Safety visited our students to teach them about when and how to call 911. Ask you child and see what they have learned.

CREATIVE KIDS CLUB – No childcare will be provided November 23 – 27. We need to have four signed up in advance and only 1 was signed up as of 11/19. Thank you, Laura McCarthy, Program Director

DANCE CLASSES - The Edra Toth's Academy of Dance & Music has on-going classes in Creative Movement {3-5 year olds}, Ballet Pointe, Ballroom Dancing, Hip-Hop, Special Modern Master Classes, and Adult Ballet We are located at 26 Glendon Street in Wolfeboro, and on the campus of Portsmouth Christian Academy in Dover for more information please call 569-5410 or visit our web-site at www.northeasternballet.org Tickets are available for our 5th annual production of The Nutcracker. Performances will be at Farmington Opera House, Kingswood Regional High School, and Portsmouth Christian Academy. Tickets can be purchased on line, or by calling 569-5410.

WHAT'S  NEW IN RECREATION !
Basketball signups are ongoing but the deadline for registering is fast approaching. You must register by 12/4/09 and pay the fee to be put on a roster. Practices and games will start right after the Christmas break. Signups are being held Monday 11/23 from 9-11am and Tuesday 11/24 from 12-2pm in the front lobby of the school. We still need first and second grade girls, third and fourth grade girls and seventh and eighth grade boys to have enough to form teams. If you have already signed up ask your friends to do so also. Players have been learning some great skills in the clinics. It's not to late to join in. The clinics are open to all registered players who have paid their registration fee.
Clinic dates and times:
Boys Grades 2,3&4: 12/2 and 12/9  4-5pm This group also includes second grade girls
Boys Grades 5&6: 12/2 and 12/9 5-6pm
Girls Grades 3,4,5&6: 12/3 and 12/17 6-7pm Since it's a time to be thankful the Parks and Rec Commission would like to say Thank You for your patience during this time of transition. We are working hard to improve the programs that you enjoy. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING ! 

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