2009 UN Dinner - A Big Thank You to all parents who attended!

The 12th annual United Nations Dinner to celebrate UN Day was held on October 25 at the Chelmsford Senior Center from 4 pm to 6 pm. We estimate that more than 150 people attended the event.
Children enjoyed creating beaded chains with cut-outs of animals from different continents, and other craft activities. In keeping with past years, this was a truly colorful event, with guests sampling an array of food from different cultures and many wearing traditional attire from cultures of their choice.
Decorations included murals (one of them pictured here) that were created by Keystone students and families to celebrate the International Day of Peace, in connection with the Art Miles Project. These murals will now be sent to Egypt, to be displayed on pyramids along with murals from other parts of the world, in this truly global project.
The highlight of the event came when Arts and Music teacher, Ms. Kathy Walton, leading elementary students on stage, engaged the audience in a lively interactive musical session featuring Orff instruments and songs about the world.
The event was capped by a raffle of themed baskets full of goodies made possible by donations from parents from all the classes. Thanks to all parents who helped with these baskets and congratulations to the winners!

Tip of the Week

Did you know that you can make sidewalk paint at home with just a few ingredients such as food coloring and starch?
Try this the next time the infamous New England weather offers us a bonus day of sun and enough warmth for kids to play outside..... Not only is this fun for the kids, it is also environmentally friendly and biodegradable.
Find out how to make sidewalk paint here: http://www.ehow.com/how_2074363_make-sidewalk-paint.html

What is KEMPO working on?

Gearing up for the next event.... stay tuned for more information

KEMPO Calendar of Events (Tentative)
December - Silhouettes/Jump-on-in
January - Flatbreads Social
February - Jump-on-in Social/Museum trip
March - Trip to the movies/Museum
April - KEMPO Spring Social
May - Teacher Appreciation Week (May 3- 7)
June - Year-end picnic

Easy ways to support your school
Target's Take Charge of Education Program - find out more at www.target.com/tcoe
Hannaford Helps Schools Program - find out more at http://www.hannaford.com
Boxtops for Education

Bring in your Box Tops for Education

Keystone participates in the Box Tops for Education program, sponsored by General Mills, and we need your help to reach our goal of raising $500 for our school this year.

Here's what you can do to help: Clip box top coupons from participating products like Cheerios, Ziploc, Pillsbury, Juicy Juice, Hefty, and more. (Here's the complete list of products.) The coupon looks just like the image posted above. Then bring the coupons in to Keystone and drop them off in the coupon box on the bookshelf in front of Kathy's desk. That's it!

Each box top coupon you submit earns Keystone 10 cents. Here's something cool: if every Keystone parent brought in just three box top coupons a month, we'd reach our goal of raising $500 for our children at Keystone.

Our first mailing of box tops is due on October 31 -- that's just three weeks from now -- so let's get as many coupons in the mail as we can. Thanks for your support!