Lunch Menu for May 5th – May 9th

Monday: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, fruit, gingerbread

Tuesday: Shepherd’s pie (meat, potato, corn), bread & butter, dessert

Wednesday: BBQ chicken, pasta salad, peas, jello

Thursday: Pizza, veggie stix, fruit

Friday: Cheeseburger, potato puffs, peas, apple crisp

Upcoming Events

Friday, May 2^nd ~ Girls’/Boys’ Lacrosse @ Derryfield ~ 3:30 pm

Saturday, May 3^rd ~ Boys’ Lacrosse @ Derry 9 am

Tuesday, May 6^th ~ First Grade Parent Meeting ~ 6:30 ~ music room

Tuesday, May 6^th ~ Girls’/Boys’ Lacrosse @ Goffstown (B 3:30, G 4:45)

Wednesday, May 7^th ~ Baseball/Softball home vs. Londonderry ~ 3:30

Thursday, May 8^th ~ Boys’ Lacrosse home vs. Derry ~ 6p

Thursday, May 8^th ~ Girls’ lacrosse @ Derry ~ 6p

Kindergarten and First Grade Registration: Kindergarten registration packets are available in the office. The parent information meeting for parents of incoming first grade students will be on Tuesday, May 6^th in the music room at 6:30 p.m. Vision and hearing screenings for incoming first grade students will be the week of May 12-16^th. On Friday, May 30^th our current first grade students will stay home, and the teachers will spend the morning (9:30-12:00) with next year’s first grade class.

Science NECAP Assessments: Students in grade 4 and grade 8 will be taking the Science NECAP Assessment during the week of May 12^th. Parent letters will go home at the beginning of next week with the testing schedule and more information about the assessment. This is the first year that the state has required the science assessment. It was piloted last May for test validation purposes; we received no student data from that pilot. This year’s results will be returned to students and the school during the fall of 2008. This will be an annual spring assessment.

Parent Placement Input: Just a last minute reminder, that parent placement letters were sent out in early April. Next week administration and staff will begin meeting by grade level to determine homeroom placement for the 2008-2009 school year. If you wish to provide input on your child’s placement for next year, the letter needs to be delivered to the school office a.s.a.p.

Destination Imagination News: Joe Corbi's Pizza Delivery information is as follows:

When: Tuesday, May 6th

Where: AVS Cafeteria

Time: 3:45 - 6:00pm

Save These Dates: The Spring Soiree will be held on Wednesday, May 14 at 6:00. The concert will begin at 6:45 and feature students in grades 3, 4 and 5. Please join us for a night of parent-child activities and music! The band and chorus concert will be held on Wednesday, May 28. It will begin at 7:00 and feature students in grades 5-8. Hope to see you there!

PowerSchool Parent Access:  The PowerSchool Parent Portal was open to all parents and guardians who have a child in grades 6 through 8 on March 17^th. Those who are interested in their child’s current grades can simply click on the PowerSchool Parent Access button on the school’s web page. You will need to use the login information sent home on the 14^th in order to access this information. If you have lost your login information, please contact Mike Lessard at Ext. 237 and he will happily provide you the necessary information.

Memorial High School Field Hockey: There will be a meeting next Thursday, May 8 for any 8^th grade girl who would be interested in playing Field Hockey next year at Memorial. Come meet the coach and returning players. This is an excellent opportunity to find out what to expect at practices and tryouts as well as when tryouts will begin. This meeting will be Thursday, May 8, at 6:00 in the Memorial High Cafeteria.

~ PTA NEWS ~

Shaw's Receipt Rewards is an ongoing program:  Send in your Shaw's grocery receipts and Shaw's will give us 1% back on qualifying purchases.  Must be original receipts, and you will not get them back.  This program runs the entire year, and helps fund many of the PTA sponsored events at AVS.

PTA Book Fair: Buy One,Get One Free  The book fair is coming!  Monday, May 19^th through Friday, May 23^rd to the Auburn Village School.  Now is the time to stock up for summer reading at the Buy One, Get One FREE! Book Fair. For every item purchased, you’ll get a second item for FREE! You will double your purchasing power and go home with twice the books! Look for more details in the Buy One, Get One FREE! flyer coming home with your child soon!  Visit the Middle School Website at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/auburnbookfair or the Elementary School Website at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/auburnvillageschool.  

DreamDinners Donating to AVS PTA: Summer is coming (finally!) and who wants to spend all of their time in the kitchen? When you use DreamDinners, you don’t have to! Sign up for a session at the Bedford location of DreamDinners between May 2^nd and May 31^st and the AVS PTA receives a $10 donation for each order! Choose a date and time, select your meals from 14 different choices each month, come to DreamDinners and assemble your meals, bring them home and freeze them…pop them in the oven and dinner is ready! Imagine!  No more wasted ingredients or expensive take-out, and you have a nutritious meal you’ll feel proud to serve. So gather your friends for a fun-filled outing, and don’t forget to tell them you are with AVS. Visit www.dreamdinners.com and search on the Bedford location or contact Melissa Curley at melcurley@comcast.net. Bon Appétit!

Boxtops for Education: Just a reminder to keep sending in those boxtops. We’ve had a great year, and have raised over $2000 so far because of your boxtop donations. We’ll be tallying up the final boxtop counts during the month of May, and the classroom with the most boxtops will receive tickets to a NH Fisher Cats baseball game. Additionally, all classrooms that collect at least 700 boxtops will be eligible for a drawing for additional prizes. All boxtops received by May 31^st will be included in this year’s count. For additional information visit www.boxtops4education.com or contact Melissa Curley at melcurley@comcast.net.

~ COMMUNITY NEWS ~

Friend of the Griffin Free Public Library: The friends are hosting a beading class on May 8th. Come and purchase a pre-made kit to make yourself a necklace or bracelet. The class will be right before Mother's Day so make one as a gift to give!! Interested in joining the Friends- we will have a meeting may 7th at the library at 7pm. Dues are $10 for the year. Need more info call the library at 483-5374.

Auburn Dept of Parks and Recreation: We are sponsoring a town field trip to Liquid Planet, the new water park opening in Candia this summer. (www.liquidplanetwaterpark.com). We will be going on Friday, July 11^th, with a rain date of Friday, July 18^th. It is a family-run business, and they are offering a very good discount for our group. Depending upon the size of our group, admission will be $10.99-$13.99 per child. If you are interested in attending, please call or email Tracey Noonan for a registration form, TJNOON@COMCAST.NET or 935-8446 by April 25^th.

Manchester Swim Team: Come try out the Manchester Swim Team to help improve your strokes and have fun this summer. The Manchester Rapids Swim Team (MST) is offering tryouts for the summer season.  Come to the Southern New Hampshire University Pool, Manchester, NH on April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, or 30 from 6-7:30pm.    This is your chance, ages 6 to 19, to join a quality swim program, compete in a variety of meets, and have fun.   The Manchester Swim Team is a USS-registered team and competing in the NHSA/GSAA league as well as USS meets throughout the Northeast and beyond.  For more information contact Steve VanDerBeken at 623-4179. Or visit the team’s web site at www.manchesterswimteam.com.

Youngsville Hawks Football and Cheer: Signups are now underway for fall Football and Cheerleading. Information is available in the school lobby or by calling Lynne Durgin at 623-0734 for cheering or Marc Ouellette at 625-2631 for football.

Southern NH School of Riding: New students are now being accepted for the Spring term. Ask today about our Young Equestrian Program, camps and leasing opportunities. Check out our website SouthernNHSchoolof Riding.com or call 603-634-1957.