Today was a perfect day to celebrate Earth Day! Our classes each had the opportunity to plant flowers and vegetables with our Kohls volunteers. The Kohls volunteers helped each student plant a flower in a small pot, which will be taken home in early May. They also helped with planting tomatoes and green peppers in half of a water bottle to encourage the reusing of materials. Kohls will award our building with a grant for incorporating Earth-friendly ideas to our school day.

Our PTO also helped with our Earth Day celebration by painting the students' fingerprints onto a planter. Each fingerprint will be turned into a "bug". The students decorated Earth Day bookmarks while waiting their turn to paint. Our day was a fun celebration of doing our part to improve the Earth.

The flamingos have made their return to North and are ready to flock the yards of Poland. This is a way "Team North" raises money for the Relay for Life. For these pink birds to appear in your yard, or a friend's yard, we ask that you make a $10 donation to the American Cancer Society. More information about being flocked is coming home with your child today. Look for the pink paper! Please complete the bottom portion and return with your donation by Friday, April 27th.

The students are enjoying a new book this week to go with the upcoming Earth Day celebration. The book, Mallory Goes Green, tells of a girl who becomes the class representative for the school's Green Fair. She comes up with a fantastic idea, so she thinks, but no one will listen to her. We will find out how she solves her problem and if her class can decide on their way to reduce, recycle, or reuse.

Welcome back everyone. The students were quiet as they were strolling in this morning. It must have been hard to hear the alarm after enjoying our days off. The 3rd and 4th Grades are busy preparing for the Ohio Achievement Tests that will be next week.

The end of the week, Kohl's will be here for an Earth Day celebration. We will do our annual planting of tomato and green pepper plants along with flowers. It is always nice to see the students get their hands dirty with planting!

The last day before Spring Break was a buzz of excitement. A big "Thank you" to our PTO for providing the students with their ice cream treat. It was a perfect way to end the day!
Report cards are making their way home to you today. Please sign and return the report cards in their envelopes by April 18th.
Have a wonderful break and enjoy time spent with family and friends. We will see everyone back at school on Monday, April 16th.

The generosity of the North families are amazing. The beginning of the month brought about our Birthday Boxes. The end of the month brings the conclusion of the Akron Children's Hospital book drive. Our Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades collected over 500 new and used children's books. The books are being delivered on Monday. I cannot express my thanks enough for the willingness of North families to give to others. Thank you and have a great weekend!

Tomorrow evening is our PTO Father/Son Night. Please plan on arriving at 5:30 to have your pictures taken. Dinner will be served at 6:00 and the Survivor stations will begin immediately after dinner. The dads and their sons will rotate through the 4 stations with their assigned group. Please remember to pay the $3 per family as you register at the door. The PTO has an exciting night planned! See you tomorrow.