DATES TO REMEMBER

June 3rd    HSF Family Fun Run at 8:00am

June 4th    Thank You Coffee for all North Parent Volunteers

June 14th    Field Day and No Early Dismissal

June 15th    5th Grade Promotion at 8:30am

June 15th    Last Day of School, Students Dismissed at 10:30am

THE PRINCIPAL'S NEWSLETTER

Staff Appreciation Week

On behalf of the North School staff, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for making our staff appreciation week amazing!  During staff appreciation week, we were treated to a coffee and latte cart, breakfasts, lunches, and tasty snacks and drinks.  We were honored with an extravagant New Orleans themed luncheon in the North Upper Circle.  It was incredible!!  Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the luncheon so special and thank you to everyone who came out to honor us.  Throughout the week, we received heartfelt messages from the kids, cards of thanks from the families, and gorgeous flowers from local gardens.  I know I speak for the entire staff when I say that we are grateful for your support.  Many parents participated in making this week so very special for us; too many, in fact, to name them all.  Let me instead thank the entire North School parent community for your thoughtfulness and your generosity.  It means a great deal to us!

Open House

I would like to thank everyone for coming to North’s Open House!  It was an amazing night!  The classrooms all displayed high quality work and the students showed it off with such pride.  A big thank you goes out to all of the staff who worked so hard all year preparing for the big night.  The art show in the MPR was truly amazing!  Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped to mount the art and display the art for the show.  Thank you to all of you who attended it and made it a night to remember for everyone.  

Field Day

North School will hold its annual field day on Thursday, June 14th from 1:00-2:30pm.  Our PE teacher, Ms. Devine, is working closely with the school staff to create a field day experience that is sure to be fun and memorable.  Please remember to send your child in appropriate PE clothing, hats, and sunscreen on that day.  All Kindergartners will start at 10:00am on that day.

Yearbooks

With the school year coming to a close, it is very important that your accounts are cleared. Yearbooks will not be handed to students who have not returned all library books or paid any lost library book fines.  

Lost and Found

Please come by and see if your child’s clothing is in our Lost and Found.  It is pretty full right now.  Anything left on the last day of school will be donated to Samaritan House.

Volunteer Appreciation Tea

The North School staff is VERY appreciative of all of the parents who have made such a huge difference in our school!  We’d like to extend our many thanks to all of you!  We would like to invite those who have been so generous with their time and have volunteered at North this year to attend a Volunteer Tea on Monday, June 4th from 9:45-10:15 in the MPR.  It is our small way of saying, “many thanks” for all that you do.  Hope to see you there!

FROM THE NPG PRESIDENT

This Sunday is the Fun Run - personally my favorite event of the year.  It is true community-building, everyone gets exercise, kids get to be with friends and we raise money for our schools.  You can even sign up the day of the event.  Sunshine is in the forecast and the pancakes are awesome, so please consider coming out and joining the other 600 residents...it's truly a blast!

The last two weeks of school will fly by so enjoy them - whether you have a kindergartner achieving a milestone, a 5th grader moving on to Crocker, or just ending another great year at North - how lucky we are to be here.

Hope to see you Sunday morning!

THANK YOU

Staff Appreciation Week
Thank you Angelina Collins and her committee for a wonderful Staff Appreciation Week of coffees, drinks, treats and delicious snacks.  It was greatly appreciated. 

Staff Appreciation Lunch
Thank you Staff Appreciation Lunch Chairs, Elaine Breeze and Kelly Scandalios, and the Committee for all your work in planning, cooking, and transforming the upper circle into the New Orleans' North Quarter!  The decor was great and the food was fabulous.  Many weeks of preparation went into the event and it showed.  Thank you for all your efforts!

Open House Art Show
Thank you Art in Action Chairs, Sherry Haber and Ann Green, and the Art in Action Committee for all the work that went into the best art show yet!  It took weeks of mounting, labeling and setting up to get prepare for Open House night.  We are fortunate to have two very dedicated Art in Action Chairs planning and leading our art program.  Everyone enjoyed the show!

NORTH NEWS

We only have a couple of Ice Cream sales left!

5th Grade Ice Cream Sales are on Friday June 1st and Friday June 8th.  Right After School near the Pick-Up Line.  All Ice Cream Sandwich Bars are only $1.00!!  Come One!  Come All!

Art in Action

We are pleased to announce the North student artists whose artwork has been selected by Art in Action to participate in the San Mateo Library Summer Art Show.  The library will feature artwork from a number of different schools during June 2-July 31, so we hope you will have a chance to visit and take a look.  There will be a special Student Reception at the San Mateo Library Children's Wing on June 9, 12-1 p.m.    

Although we have many extremely talented artists, our North School honorees for Summer 2012 are:
Kindergarten:  Charlie L. (Jackson Pollack), Sarah W. (Vincent van Gogh),

First Grade:  Cameron A (Claude Monet), Alexis Eskenazi (Marc Chagall), 

2nd Grade:  Morgan R. (Paul Cezanne), Christopher Mujica (Paul Klee),

3rd Grade:  Anastasios Pantazis (Thomas Cole), Connor C. (Maurice Utrillo), Sidney H. (Joan Miro),

4th Grade:  Erin C. (Richard Diebenkorn), Keleigh H. (Pablo Picasso),

5th Grade:  Cameron H. (John James Audubon), Hannah K. (John James Audubon), Tom S. (William Harnett).  

Congratulations to all of our honorees!   

The artwork from the Summer Art Show will be returned at the end of the summer.

HSF UPDATE

Fun Run

19th Annual Fun Run onSunday June 3rd is almost here!  You won’t want to miss this fun annual tradition that benefits our Hillsborough schools! 8:00am start time.  2K, 5K and 10K races open to all.  Parental supervision required for participating kids in 2K race.  Beat the crowds!  Register online now at www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=2028737

$30 for pre-registered runners, $35 for race day registration.  Last day for on-line registration is May 31st.  For registration day-of, please arrive early.  Registration is open at 7:00am.  Pre-registrants pick up tickets at will-call.  Registration includes athletic pack and breakfast of pancakes served by the Central County Fire Dept., Hobees coffee cake, fruit and coffee.  $5 charge for non-runners. 

Don’t forget our new Awards: Most Spirited Team, Largest Team and Best Costume! 

See you at the Starting Line!  For questions or help registering, please email pam@hsf.org or call HSF @ 344-6685