Notices and Announcements

MUSIC NOTES 4^th GRADE PARENTS – The fourth graders are very excited about receiving their recorders in their music classes this week! They should have brought home a letter that details the recorder program – please make sure your child gave it to you! Thanks!

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 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 their annual holiday musical.  Much more information will follow; please watch your child's backpack for special notices as well as the newsletter for many more details.  Stay tuned!

BAND/INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC – We only had a few students who remembered to bring in their September practice logs. I’m hoping for a much better turnout for October!  Please review and sign their October practice logs and send them in to school.  November logs were sent home this week.  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 should come by the end of November. Especially if you have an earlier conference with your child’s teacher, please keep a look out for this progress report in your child’s backpack. 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 within the next couple of weeks.

Thank you!   ~ Kristin Johnson, Music Teacher

Paper Goods Drive: NDES Student Council has joined with ND Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts in a November drive to collect items for our town's food pantry. Here at NDES, Student Council and Girl Scouts are collecting paper goods and personal care items. These things will supplement the town-wide food drive that Boy Scouts will be holding. Classrooms will be collecting these things:

paper towels toilet paper hand soap and dishwashing soap

toothbrushes toothpaste laundry and dishwasher detergent

shampoo tissues household cleaners

This drive starts on Monday, Nov. 9 and ends on Nov. 17. Student Council and Girl Scouts will keep a count of things collected. The classroom with the highest number of donated items will be enjoying a pizza party sometime after Thanksgiving.

EDIBLE BOOK FAIR - The New Durham Public Library announces its third annual Edible Book Fair to be held (and eaten) on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 1:00 p.m. Entries can be an edible representation of a book, book cover or character (think The Muffin Man made from muffins); feature a food in the title (Tortilla Flat); or pun on the title to include a food (Alice in Wonderbread). There are Adult and Children's categories. Join in on the fun and whip up a tasty homage to reading. Even if you don't serve up an entry, you're invited to browse the selections and vote for your favorites, and then help devour the "books." Call the Library at 859-2201 for more information, and to register your entry.

ART NEWS - The fall projects are all on display. The 5th and 6th grade art history pieces in fabricated art frames are particularly worth inspecting for their individuality and varied craft techniques. The 2nd grade rattles are in the media center. Stay tuned for images appearing on the school website. The 3rd and 4th grade relief animals, fish and other symbols are hanging next to the "pit." We have begun in all grades the annual Thanksgiving quilt. We are taking our inspiration this year from African influence in American quilt making.

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