BUKER FAMILY BULLETIN 2010-2011 Calendar Change As of the School Committee meeting on 5/6/10, the school year calendar was changed for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 calendars. All schools will be in session on the Friday prior to Labor Day, 9/3/10 and 9/2/11. Please mark your calendars. Thank you! There is no school on Monday, May 31, 2010, in observance of Memorial Day. The last day of school for this year will be Friday, June 18th. Students will be dismissed at 11:30am. Lunches will not be served. Family Lunch Time is back! Click here to download a signup. Send it in to school with your child. ï May 26: Kindergarten ï June 3: Grade 4 ï June 4: Grades 1 and 5 ï June 7: Grades 2 and 3 Lunch times: Kindergarten: 11:25am Grade 1: 11:15am Grade 2: 12:45pm Grade 3: 11:15am Grade 4: 12:25pm Grade 5: 12:00pm BUKER BIKE DAY=May 26 1:30p-3:30p Obstacle Course, Face Painting, and fun for the whole family! FREE! (Buker School Field) Kids Care Club thanks all the volunteers who helped clean up and replenish the Karen Woolf Insect Garden. It looks beautiful! The last day for students to check out books from the library is May 21st.  Please help your child return all library books by May 28th. HAMILTON-WENHAM PRESCHOOL YARD SALE!! The Yard Sale date has been moved to May 22 and will be held from 8am - 12 pm at the Winthrop School, 325 Bay Road, Hamilton.

May 19, 2010 www.hwschools.net/buker SAFE ARRIVAL LINE: 24/7 978-468-8400 bukersafearrival@hwschools.net MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Dear Buker Families, There will be changes to our teaching assignments for the 2010/2011 school year, due to retirements, declining enrollments and budget reductions across the district. Jeanne Knox, from the Winthrop PreSchool, will be the full day Kindergarten teacher. Nichole Miller will move to first grade, Becky Oliveira will teach second grade and Beth Blanchard will move to fourth grade. I am confident that these teachers will be successful. Brian O’Donoghue FOB Spaghetti Dinner at the Tea House has been cancelled due to lack of reservations. We hope to reschedule an event for the Fall. We apologize for the inconvenience to those families that had RSVP’d. Honors Chorus and Elementary Band Concert Wednesday, 5/26, 6:30p-7:30p Buker School Auditorium Everyone is invited to listen to selections from the repertoire of the Hamilton-Wenham Elementary Band and the Honors Chorus, led by Erik Fecke and Stefanie Chiott, respectively. 4^th and 5^th Grade Parents are invited to come to the Geography Fair on Wednesday, May 26^th, 9:45a-10:45a in the classrooms. HAMILTON-WENHAM COMMUNITY LINKS: Wenham Museum: SUMMER PROGRAMS! Hamilton Wenham Community House : 5^th grade programs! HWLibrary HW Little League HW Youth Soccer HW Youth Basketball HW Youth Lacrosse HW Wrestling Agawam Hockey Hamilton Wenham EdFund Hamilton-Wenham Rotary Club Hamilton-Wenham Rec Dept. Generals Youth Football

Dates to Remember: May 26: Buker Bike Day May 26: Spring Concert/Chorus&Band June 1: 5^th Grade Musical June 8: Friends of Buker Meeting June 14: Field Day June 18: Last Day of School for Students & Teachers

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