A perfect weekend for planting is upon us! The students brought their tomato and green pepper plants home yesterday. They were amazed to see the growth since out Earth Day celebration. Some plants had a hard time fitting in the bags! Let's hope our "green thumbs" will continue and bring us plenty of vegetables to enjoy this summer.

There was a lot of beatuiful singing in North's gym yesterday with a visit from the Western Reserve Opera. Four members presented "Fun With Opera" to the students. They learned about the languages and emotions displayed in opera. The performers also demonstrated the different types of vocals, such as soprano. The students became their favorite zoo animal as the performers sang. The opera was a nice treat to end the day.

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all of our North moms, grandmas, and aunts. The students and I discussed all the responsiblities that a mom has such as: cooking, laundry, driving kids to appointments or practices, and the list goes on. The Act of Kindness will continue the focus on mom. The students are to watch for signs that their mother may need a little extra help and offer their assistance. It is always nice to show appreciation for the "jobs" that moms do!

Walk Home From School Day!

I would like to send a BIG "Thank you" to all the prents who braved the unfortunate rain yesterday for our walk home.

The students enjoyed getting wet though! All the students got home safely and that is all that matters. The staff enjoyed a wonderful, delicious luncheon today thanks to our PTO. There were many choices of salads, pastas, and desserts. North staff is so lucky to have such supportive parents. Today, the first of our "greenhouse plantings" are making their way home. Let's hope they get home with the dirt and plant still in the bag.

The students brought home information about the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. It is an attempt to break the current world record of 64,213,141 minutes read in the summer. The world record attempt began May 1st and continues through August 31st. You will need to help your child log-on to the Scholastic website to register and log the number of minutes read. This reading program can also be combined with the Mahoning County Library Summer program that begins on June 1st. Good luck and enjoy reading with your child!

Tomorrow will be our "walk home from school day"! The weather looks like it will cooperate. It is wonderful to see 70% of our school participating in this day. We have many parents willing to walk neighborhood groups home. If you volunteered, please be here at 2:20. We will start dismissing the walking

groups after all the buses leave. Wear comfortable clothes, shoes and let's hope for sunshine!