Preschool Openings!

Now is the time to think about enrolling your child in preschool! The Center School in Northwood is accepting registrations for the 2010-2011 school year. The Center School is a parent cooperative preschool located next to the Town Hall in Northwood, which provides a developmental program for three, four, and five year-olds of Northwood and surrounding towns. There are openings in our two-day  (T/Th) program and three-day (M/W/F) morning programs. Call us soon and come to visit! For information, please call director Karen Andersen at the school at 942-7686.

Deerfield Cooperative Preschool Participates in Earth Day Project

The Deerfield Cooperative Preschool is participating in the seventeenth annual Earth Day Groceries Project! The students at our school are decorating paper grocery bags with environmental messages. On Earth Day, April 22, these bags will be passed out (full of groceries) to shoppers at the Northwood Hannaford Grocery Store. Besides carrying an environmental message, each bag will also have the name of our school and some wonderful artwork. The people in our neighborhood will get a very clear and positive message that the young preschoolers at our school care about their environment.

This is the seventeenth year this international educational effort has been coordinated on the Internet. Please see the project website at: http://www.earthdaybags.org for complete information. A report from our school will be added to the website, so others will know about the effort at our school. This is one of the largest and most well established educational projects on the Internet. It is a nonprofit, grassroots effort. The project started in 1994, with 43 schools reporting the decoration and distribution of 13,000 Earth Day Grocery Bags. In 1999, the number of schools reporting in reached nearly 1,200, with students decorating almost 400,000 Earth Day Grocery Bags! Every report from all the previous years is on the website. There are also thousands of pictures of schools from around the world involved in this project.

We are pleased and proud to be a part of this effort. We invite you to contact our school at 463-7353 to find out more about the specific activities at our school and the commitment of our students to the issue of environmental education.

Chesley Memorial Library Vacation Programs
Submitted By Danielle Fortin
www.chesleylib.com

April School Vacation is fast creeping up on us again and that means fun vacation programs at the library!

Due to space constraints or the gathering of materials, many of our programs require registration. Some programs also have age requirements; please make sure you meet the age requirement prior to registering!

To register for any of the programs listed here please visit the library or give us a call (942-5472) during the registration period!

Saturday, April 17 – Silent Scavenger Hunt 10:30am, ages 10+ Join Teen Librarian, Danielle, for a fun scavenger hunt! This will be a wild program you won’t want to miss as you scavenge around the library finding things without making a sound!

Monday, April 19 – Kites 10:00am, ages 3+ Join Children’s Assistant, Lynne Young, for a fun Kites story time and make your own paper kite! Registration required.

Monday, April 19 – Kites 4:00pm, ages 8+ Join Teen Librarian Danielle as we make our own paper kites!

Tuesday, April 20 – Friendship Bracelets 11:00am, ages 8+ Join Teen Librarian Danielle and learn to make friendship bracelets! Registration required.

Wednesday, April 21 – Stories & Snacks 10:00am Join Children’s Assistant Lynne as we read some of our favorite stories and enjoy a small snack and a juice box!

Wednesday, April 21 – Chocolate Party 6:00pm ages 12+ Join Teen Librarian Danielle as we celebrate all things chocolate! Registration required.

Thursday, April 22 – Earth Day Story Time 10:00am 3+ Join Children’s Assistant Lynne to enjoy some Earth Day stories and make an Earth Day craft! Registration Required.

Thursday, April 22 – Magazine Beads 10+ 6:00pm Join Teen Librarian Danielle as we recycle old magazines into cool beads! Registration required.

Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R.

The Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R. will meet at the home of Regent Jan Gilman on Saturday, April 17 at 11:00 a.m.

The meeting will begin earlier than usual. The program will be a DVD on “The D.A.R. Library”. There will be a break for lunch and dessert, which will be provided. Then the meeting will resume, and will end by 1:30 p.m. as the hostess has another commitment.

If you are interested in the D.A.R. you will be welcome at any meeting. For directions call 895-9238.