NORTHEAST ACADEMY
The Path to Excellence Begins Here
WEEKLY UPDATE
APRIL 9, 2013
NO SCHOOL
Spring Vacation - April 15-19th
Thank You!
We hope everyone is enjoying their books from the Northeast Academy Scholastic Book Fair! Thank you to all who participated. We would like to add an additional thank you to our volunteers for donating their time to help make this event great each year. Our first ever All For Books allowed us to purchase 18 new books for the library. Thank you to all who made donations!
Find More Great Books Online!
If you were unable to shop the fair there is still time with our online feature. Northeast Academy still gets credit for all the sales, the books get shipped for free to the school and the online fair is available to shop until April 21.
· Go to scholastic.com/fair
o Choose Connecticut
o Then choose Mystic
o This brings you to our NEA Scholastic link
o Click on Shop Now
· Find something for everyone, from preschool to adults.
· Orders ship to school for FREE!
or
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/northeastacademy
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS
This year’s Spring Recital will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Northeast Academy at
6:30 p.m. in the cafetorium. This concert will feature 2nd and 3rd year musicians from Northeast Academy and Pleasant Valley. There will also be an in-school performance on April 11th from 10:00-11:00 at Pleasant Valley. It is going to be a very exciting concert! In order to prepare for this concert there will be 1 in-school rehearsal and 1 afterschool rehearsal. Parents will need to provide transportation to the afterschool rehearsal. These 2 rehearsals will be the only time all of the schools will be able to practice together, so attendance at all rehearsals is critical. The rehearsal schedule for this concert will be:
Wednesday, 4/3/13 3:45pm-6:00pm Band- NEA, Orchestra- PV
Thursday, 4/4/13 9:45am-12:00p.m. Band- PV, Orchestra-NEA
We look forward to seeing you on April 11th for a great night of music!
-Mr. Murphy and Mrs. Stevenson
BOOK NIGHT AT NEA
Northeast Academy will be hosting a “Book Talk” on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. You can attend this event at Northeast Academy from 4:30-5:30 p.m. (time has changed) or at the Groton Public Library, Room 1 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. The subject book is “Boys Adrift: the Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men” by Leonard Sax, M.D.
MATH & SCIENCE DAY REQUEST
Dear Parents of Kindergartners , 1st and 2nd. graders,
If you are able to drop off / send in empty water bottles (regular 16.9oz) to the school between now and April 25, 2013 we would really appreciate it. We will be working with the children on learning about vortexes and making water bottle tornadoes for Math & Science Day. We would like to give each of the children who participates the chance to take home a kit to be able to share their learning with you. Having the bottles to place into the kits would be nice for those children who do not have access to those at home. We are in need of 500 empty water bottles. Please start dropping them off as soon as possible. Thank you for your help!
NEA Wellness Committee
"Be Healthy, Be Fit"
Make every day Earth Day!
Try these actions to protect the environment.
· Plant a tree. Or plant many trees!
· Don't litter! Properly dispose of trash and waste.
· Buy locally, or grow your own! Reduce air pollution caused by transportingfood and goods.
· Learn about composting, try it out!