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A weekly publication of the CCHS Parents Association<br>
Friday, March 17, 2006<br>
2005-06 Edition<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<font color="#000099"><b>LECTURE: HOW TO TALK
TO TEENS</b></font>+++++<br>
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<div align="left">The Concord Carlisle High School Parent Association,
in collaboration
with the Center for Parents and Teachers, is offering a special evening
with author Jenifer Marshall Lippincott. Lippincott, author of <i>7
Things</i><br>
<i>Your Teenager Won't Tell You And How To Talk About Them Anyway</i>,
will shed light on what these issues are. She will also offer a simple
set of rules to help parents and caregivers keep pace and peace with
their teens. Lippincott holds a master's degree in human development
from Harvard University and has worked with adolescents for more than
20 years as a teacher, dean, and consultant. The program will take
place on <b>Monday, March 27, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the CCHS library</b>.
This program is offered free of charge and no registration is required.
Please <b>call 978-202-1146</b> for more information.<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<font color="#000099"><b>FOCUS GROUPS:
UNDERAGE DRINKING IN CONCORD</b></font>+++++<br>
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The Alliance for Teen Safety invites parents of high school students
to participate in focus groups to share their knowledge and beliefs
about underage drinking in Concord and Carlisle. This information will
be used to develop strategies to reduce access to alcohol among youth
in our communities. Discussions will be held on <b>Tuesday, April 4,
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Hunt Gym conference room, and on
Thursday, April 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Concord Public
Library's basement conference room</b>. If you would like to
participate, please <b>respond to <a
href="mailto:jblock@healthiercommunities.org">jblock@healthiercommunities.org</a></b>.
Be sure to include which date you are available, your child's or
children's grade(s), and your phone number. Participants will receive a
gift certificate to either the Concord Bookshop or the Concord Cheese
Shop. Thank you.<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<font color="#000099"><b>COMMUNITY EDUCATION
COURSE</b></font>+++++ <br>
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<b>Heartsaver AED (Adult CPR/AED)</b>—American Heart Association<br>
The Heartsaver AED Course teaches the basic techniques of adult CPR and
use of the lifesaving automatic external defibrillator (AED). The
course also teaches how to recognize the signs of four major
emergencies: heart<br>
attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, and airway obstruction. The course
takes place <b>Thursday, March 23, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at CCHS</b>.
The $50 fee includes supplies, text, mask, and certification. To learn
more about this class as well as other offerings from Concord-Carlisle
Adult & Community Education, please <b>visit <a
href="http://www.ace.colonial.net">www.ace.colonial.net</a>, and to
enroll, call 978-318-1540 (318-1432 nights)</b>.<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<font color="#000099"><b>CCHS BANDS CONCERT</b></font>+++++</div>
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On <b>Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m</b>., the bands of CCHS will be
performing in concert at the CCHS auditorium. The concert is open to
the public and admission is free. The CCHS Concert Band, Repertory
Band, Jazz Band 'A' and Jazz Band 'B' will all be performing, under the
direction of Mr. Dentino. The Repertory Band and Concert Band have been
preparing for the upcoming Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral
Conductors Association (MICCA) Concert Festival and should be at their
best. The Concert Band is one of the finest high school bands in the
state, earning a gold medal rating at MICCA each of the past 13 years.
Jazz Band 'A', with all-state trumpeter David Condon and all-state
saxophonist Chris Ting, is sensational. For more information about the
band program at CCHS visit <a href="http://www.ccpops.org/cchs-bands">ccpops.org/cchs-bands</a>.<br>
<br>
<div align="center">+++++<b><font color="#000099">ELIMINATION RAFFLE
POSTPONED</font></b>+++++</div>
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The Class of 2008 has sold many tickets to the Elimination
Raffle/Dinner Dance, however they didn't reach their goal of 250
tickets so they have decided to postpone the raffle until the fall. If
you have already purchased a ticket and would like your money back,
please email the class advisers at <a
href="mailto:lgiunta@colonial.net">lgiunta@colonial.net</a> or <a
href="mailto:dmcgrath@colonial.net">dmcgrath@colonial.net</a>. If you
do not email, we will assume you would like your ticket held until the
event in<br>
the fall. Those people will be contacted now and in the fall as well.
The class will be selling tickets on an ongoing basis until this fall,
so if you are interested please check out the flyer at <b><a
href="http://mail.colonial.net/%7Elgiunta/Classof2008/Raffle.html">mail.colonial.net/~lgiunta/Classof2008/Raffle.html</a></b>.
Thank you for all your help and support, the Class of 2008.<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<b><font color="#000099">CONNECTIONS UPDATES</font></b>+++++<br>
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Please note the following changes in your Connections Directory:<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#000099">Address Changes</font></b>:<br>
<br>
Alexandra Antico (2006) & Victoria Antico (2009): Address change
to: 15<br>
Potter Street, Concord.<br>
Cam Baggen (2008): 333 Main Street, Concord, 978-369-4495.<br>
Connor Callahan (2007): 84 Carlisle Pine Drive, Carlisle.<br>
Cory Dentino (2006) & Jackie Dentino (2008): 431 Brockelman Road,<br>
Lancaster, MA 01523<br>
Martin Dreyer (2008): 147 Carr Road, Concord, 978-318-9794<br>
Andrew Edes (2007): 24 Elizabeth Ridge Road, Carlisle.<br>
Nicole Gent (2009): 1491 Main Street, Concord.<br>
Zack Konsin (2006): 516 Old Marlboro Road, Concord.<br>
Angela LoPorto (2008): 299 Border Road, Concord.<br>
Khyeem Odlum (2008): 50 Fairlawn Avenue, Apt. D, Mattapan, MA 02126.<br>
Tia Porter (2006) & Shari (2007) Porter: 287 Centre Street, Jamaica<br>
Plain, MA 02130, 617-834-6733.<br>
Sarah Robinson (2007) & Blair Robinson (2009): 77 Sudbury Road,
Concord.<br>
Lydia Slocum (2009): 46 Tarbell Spring Road, Concord, 978-371-2013<br>
Mark Walton (2007): 7 Corwin Street, Dorchester, MA 02122,<br>
617-288-5648.<br>
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<b><font color="#000099">Additional Listings</font></b>:<br>
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Elizabeth Adrewes (2006): 83 Grant Sreet, Concord, 978-371-0990.<br>
Samantha Gray (2009): 30 Prescott Road, Concord, 978-369-9670.<br>
Matthew Higgins (2006), 156 Peter Spring Road, Concord, 978-369-4929.<br>
Janice Lee (2009): 257 Prairie Street, Concord, 978-371-3461.<br>
Daniel Mantilla (2008): 31 The Valley Road, Concord, 978-287-0213.<br>
Heather Mayer (2008): 28 Bradford Street, Concord, 978-369-2085.<br>
Christopher Silver (2006), 164 Thoreau Street, Concord, 978-371-2406<br>
Simon Tuckey (2006): 39 Wilson Road, Concord, 978-371-2116.<br>
Andrew Walker (2007): 264 Musketaquid Road, Concord, 978-369-5971.<br>
Schuyler Ward (2009):208 Walden Street, Concord, 978-369-2914.<br>
Nathaniel Williams (2007): 41 Monument Street, Concord, 978-369-1701.<br>
Roger Xu (2009): 315 Hunters Ridge Road, Concord, 978-254-5888.<br>
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<font color="#000099"><b>Other changes</b></font>:<br>
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Brenna Healy (2009); Telephone number 978-371-1393.<br>
Mara Storto (2009)<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<i><b><font color="#000099">TEACHERS ON THIN
ICE</font></b></i><b><font color="#000099"> COMING TO CCHS</font></b>+++++<br>
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The Concord-Carlisle Teacher's Association production of "Teachers on
Thin Ice" is coming <b>Saturday, May 6, to the CCHS auditorium</b>. If
you would like to help the Parent's Association plan the Red Sox Raffle
and the post-production reception for the cast, crew, and audience (to
be held the same night), please join us for an <b>organizational
meeting on Thursday, March 23 at 9 a.m.</b> in Lisa Betancourt's home
(853 Strawberry Hill Road). Can't make the meeting, but would like to
help? Please <b>call 978 369 3453 or e-mail </b><a
href="mailto:Whitspen@aol.com"><b>Whitspen@aol.com</b></a>.<br>
<br>
And speaking of <i>Teachers</i>, what will be the "best small book" of
2006? The Concord-Carlisle Teacher's Association "Teachers on Thin Ice"
playbill, and you can advertise in it! Ads can be true, not true,
sentimental, or funny. Say thanks to your CCHS coach, teacher, or
adviser, advertise your business, dress your dog up for the camera—it
will be seen! Please <b>contact Priscilla Sturges at <a
href="mailto:pwsturges@comcast.net">pwsturges@comcast.net</a>, or
Harriet Stevens in the CCHS Special Education Office</b> for more
information. Ad rates are: 1/4 page–$25, 1/2 page–$50, and <br>
full page–$100. The <b>ad deadline is April 1</b>. Thank you!<br>
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<div align="center">+++++<i><b><font color="#000099">MUSIC MAN</font></b></i><b><font
color="#000099"> COMING TO CMS</font></b>+++++<br>
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The Concord Middle School (CMS) is getting ready to blow our horn like
we've never blown it before! We've got<i> The Music Man</i> coming to
the Sanborn Auditorium! The CMS performers will present the story of
that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he
played on every heart in town on <b>Friday, March 24 at 7 p.m. and
Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m.</b> Come watch the trouble in River City
as the live band accompanies the student crew and actors dancing and
singing their way through this madcap time in 1912. Tickets are $5 for
students or seniors and $10 for adults. Tickets may be purchased with a
check made out to the Concord Middle School or cash in the Sanborn or
Peabody cafeterias during CMS lunch blocks (11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from
March 20 through 24), in the Sanborn or Peabody office, at the dress
rehearsal in the Sanborn Auditorium on Wednesday, March 22, at 1:30
p.m., or—if you're really daring—at the door.<br>
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INFORMATION</font></b></div>
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<div align="center">To find out whether school is in session, check the
following:<br>
<b>Radio</b> station: <a href="http://wbz1030.com/schoolclosings">WBZ</a>
(AM 1030)<br>
<b>TV</b> stations: Channels 4, 5, and 7<br>
<b>Internet</b>: <br>
<a href="http://www2.whdh.com:80/stormforce/index.php">http://www2.whdh.com:80/stormforce/index.php</a><br>
<a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/closings/index.html">http://www.thebostonchannel.com/closings/index.html</a><br>
<a href="http://cbs4boston.com/schoolclosings">http://cbs4boston.com/schoolclosings</a><br>
<a href="http://www.colonial.net/schools/cancellations.php">http://www.colonial.net/schools/cancellations.php</a><br>
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In the case of a delayed opening, school will begin at 8:35 a.m.
instead of 7:35 a.m. Buses will arrive at bus stops one hour later than
usual in the morning. Classes will end at the regular time, 2:05 p.m.</div>
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