Remember the ice cream on the first
day of school -- that's an NPTA-sponsored event
Join Us!
Next PTA meeting June 2nd, 7 P.M. at Balmer
Thanks to all who planned, supported and enjoyed the many events sponsored by the NPTA.
Oh, the places the NPTA sent our children. Lowering the price of field trips (including paying for transportation) is a major enrichment funding by the NPTA.
The BASE ProgramThe Balmer After School Enrichment (BASE) program is up and running.Click here to download information about this exciting, affordable after-school program. Click here to download registration form. ONGOING NPTA PROGRAMS SCRIP gift cards Use these cards on everything from postage to groceries and gifts you need to buy anyway, and money comes back to the NPTA - $1504 last year. Click
to download Go to www.glscrip.com
for a
Shaw’s Gives Back Box Tops for Education Cartridges for Kids Campbell’s Labels for Education |
2008-2009 Yearbook
The PTA-published yearbooks are in the
works. It will be filled with great candid
pictures that parents, teachers and our
yearbook staff have taken of everything from
classroom gatherings to PTA-sponsored
events and includes all grades (PreK-4th) at
both NES and Balmer. Also included are the
Life Touch Class Photos that were taken
earlier this year. It is a great way to
remember your friends and all the fun this
school year has been! The yearbooks are $15 each.
Click here to download the form.
Every 4th grader this year will receive a free copy of the yearbook on behalf of the NPTA. The yearbooks will be delivered the first week of June directly to your child at school.
If you have questions, please contact
Tina Keene at 508-234-6769 or tmkeene@charter.net or
Mary Ellen Keith at eekmek@verizon.net.
WHERE THE MONEY
GOES
I Can Read
Reading Counts
Gift of Reading
Field Trips
In-school Enrichment
Agendas
Student Handbooks
Scholastic News
Time for Kids
Families in Need donations
School Equipment
School Beautification
NHS Scholarship
Art
Music
PE
Balmer Playground Upkeep
MCAS Snacks
Random Acts of Kindness
Character Education
Be sure to
check out the community links
| Spring Fling
2009 The PTA Spring Fling Committee would like to thank our Corporate Sponsors and Donors. Without you, our Western Hoedown would not have been possible!     Carmen and Maureen Drogo Gaudette Insurance Koopman Lumber Thank you also to our committee members, parent volunteers, Balmer and NES administration and staff, and Northbridge High School administration and staff. We had approximately 350 cowboys and cowgirls come through the door! 40 Basket Bonanza prizes were raffled off! Gift Cards were given to the "Best Dressed" Cowboy and Cowgirl! Children line-danced and interacted with barnyard animals! |