GLEC Multicultural Enrichment Partnership News and Calendar

Last updated 5/9/08

AppleSpice High School Coffee House May 16, 5:00 - 7:30 at Law Heritage St Pk Vis Ctr --- PDF with details
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See which schools are expected to be participating in our programs this year 9/14/07
What is the Academic Bowl? Read our Academic Bowl Newsletter 9/14/07
What is the GLEC Multicultural Enrichment Partnership? Read our GLEC Enrichment Fall Newsletter 9/7/07
See the Writing Tips Link: Guide to Writing and Grammar website run by the Capital Community College Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut. 5/30/07
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News

We're doing another Coffee House, but this time we're calling it the GLEC AppleSpice Coffee House. Friday, March 14, 5 - 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Heritage State Park Vicisotrs Center. Open to high school students from AHS, GLTHS, LHS, MHS, and NAHS. Details...
See photos from the GLEC High School Coffee House (PDF) , produced at Lawrence Heritage State Park Visitors Center on January 25 and featuring musicians, poets and actors from Andover, Lawrence, North Andover and Methuen. Can't open? Get Adobe acrobat Reader (see above).
The winter edition of AppleSeed will be be launched at South Lawrence East Elementary School on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9/2/7/07
H.S. Juniors and Sophomores: Intern Opportunity with AppleSauce/AppleSeed more...
Grades 1- 8 Teachers: Register for Pen Pals before October 19. Click on the "Pen Pals Overview and Signing Up" tab for details and registration form.

For older news please see Enrichment Archive News and Calendar 06-07

GLEC Enrichment Calendar
2007 -2008 School Year

as of 5/7/08

Winter AppleSeed Launch Night will be hosted by South Lawrence East Elementary on either January 16th
All dates for activities are based on the 2006-2007 schedule and are tentative as of 9/7/07.
See Academic Bowl Schedule (07-08 schedule will be created in November) for Details of Matches
Andover Public Schools Calendar
North Andover Public Schools Calendar
Methuen Public Schools Calendar
MCAS Calendar

September, 2007
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 Labor Day	4	5	6	7
10	11	12	13 Rosh Hashanah	14
17	18	19 Pen Pal Teacher Sign up Period Begins	20	21
24	25	26	27	28
September First Day Students: 4:L, 5: NA, M, 6:A 11: NA Open House (Gr6) 13: A, NA: Schools Closed (Rosh Hashanah) 17-19: NA Open House (Elem.) 19: GLEC (CAS,Lifeways, Epic) Early Dismissal 20: NA Open House (Gr7,8) 27: NA Open House (HS)
October, 2007
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 Deadline for schools to sign up for Academic Bowl	2	3	4	5
8 Columbus Day	9	10	11	12
15	16	17	18 Academic Bowl Advisors Meeting 3:15 GLEC	19 Pen Pal Teacher Sign up Deadline
22	23	24	25	26
29	30	31
October 4: NA: Open House: (HS) 10: L: 1/2 Day 12: NA 1/2 Day (NAHS) 17: NA 1/2 Day, GLEC Early Dismissal All Staff 24: A: 1/2 Day (K-5) 31: M: 1/2 Day (K-8)
November, 2007
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1 Begin Accepting Winter AppleSeed Submissions	2
5	6 Election Day	7	8	9
12 Veterans Day Observed	13 Sophomores/Juniors: Interested in joining? Details	14	15 Academic Bowl Advisors Meeting 3:15 GLEC	16
19	20	21 AppleSeed Winter Deadline	22 Thanksgiving	23
19	20		22 Thanksgiving	23
26	27 Academic Bowl Practice match 2 9:30	28 Academic Bowl Practice match 1 9:30	29	30 Academic Bowl Practice match 3 9:30
November 2: End of First Quarter (M, GLEC) 6: A, M, NA, GLEC (Full day In-service): No School 9: M 1/2 Day (K-8) Parent Conferences 14: L 1/2 Day 19: N: No School (Parent Conference Day)
December, 2007
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 AcBo PAC 6:15 GLEC	4 AppleSeed/AppleSauce Staff 3:15-5:00 p.m.	5	6	7
10	11 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 3	12	13 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 2 Begin accepting Winter AppleSauce Submissions	14 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 1
17	18 AppleSeed Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30 GLEC	19 AppleSeed Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30	20	21
24	25 Christmas Day	26	27	28
December 6: A: No School, M: 1/2 Day (K-8), end of first Trimester (NAMS) 7: NA: No School 12: L 1/2 Day 14: A: 1/2 Day (K-5) 19: GLEC (CAS,Lifeways, Epic) Early Dismissal
January, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
31	1 New Year's Day	2	3	4
7 AcBo PAC 6:15 GLEC	8 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 4	9	10 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 5 AppleSauce Deadline	11 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 6
14	15	16 AppleSeed Launch Night South Lawrence Elementary School 6:15 p.m.	17	18
21 Martin Luther King Day	22 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 7	23	24 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 8	25 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 9
21 Martin Luther King Day	22 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 7	23	24 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 8	GLEC H.S. Coffee House, HSPVC-Lawrence 5-7:30 p.m.
28	29	30	31
January 9: L 1/2 Day 16: GLEC (CAS,Lifeways, Epic) Early Dismissal 18: End of Second Quarter (M, GLEC) 23: NA 1/2 Day, A: 1/2 Day (K-5)
February, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1
4 AcBo PAC 6:15 GLEC	5 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 10	6 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 11	7 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 12	8 Begin accepting Spring AppleSeed submissions
11 AppleSeed Authors and Artist Night Memorial Hall Library, Andover 7 p.m.	12 *AppleSauce Final Edit 2:30 - 5:30 GLEC	13 AppleSeed Authors and Artist Night Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover 7 p.m. Postponed - will be rescheduled	14	15
18 Winter Vacation	19	20	21	22
25	26 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 13	27 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 14	28 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 15 AppleSauce Launch Night 6:15 TBA	29 AppleSeed Spring Deadline
25	26 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 13	AppleSeed Authors and Artist Night Andover Memorial Hall Library, 7 p.m.		29 AppleSeed Spring Deadline
February 13: L 1/2 Day, GLEC (CAS,Lifeways, Epic) Early Dismissal
March, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday

3 AcBo PAC 6:15 GLEC	4	5	6 Kiwanis Youth Summit 9:00 Lanam Club, Andover	7 Begin accepting Spring AppleSauce submissions
3 AcBo PAC 6:15 GLEC	4	5	7 - 9 p.m. Pampered Chef Ac. Bowl Fundraiser at GLEC	7 Begin accepting Spring AppleSauce submissions
10	11 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 16	12 Wetherbee Prof. Dev. - Sauce/Seed p.m.	13 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 17	14 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 18
10	11 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 16	AppleSauce Launch Night Wetherbee School 6 p.m.	13 Academic Bowl 9:30 match 17	AppleSpice Coffee House 5 - 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence HSPVC Flyer
17	18	19	20	21 Good Friday
24	25	26	27	28 AppleSauce Spring Deadline
31
March 4: N 1/2 Day, M 1/2 Day (K-8) 7: A: 1/2 Day (K-5) 12: L 1/2 Day, GLEC (All Staff) Early Dismissal 20: end of Second Trimester (NAMS)
April, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1AppleSeed Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30 GLEC	2 AppleSeed Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30 GLEC	3	4
7 AcBo PAC 6:15 SLE	8	9 Academic Bowl Parent Night/Awards Night South Lawrence East	10	11
14	15	16	17	18
21 Spring Vacation	22	23	24	25
28	29	30 Academic Bowl Field Trip to Boston - Freedom Trail
April 4: End of Third Quarter (M,GLEC) 8: Central Catholic Welcome Night for New Students 9: L 1/2 Day, GLEC (CAS,Lifeways, Epic) Early Dismissal 11: M 1/2Day (K-8) Parent Conf 30: A: 1/2 Day (K-5)
May, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1 GLEC Multicultural Enrichment Teacher Appreciation 3-6 p.m. Jacksons Restaurant	2
5	6 Collaborative Visual Arts Awards 7 p.m. Her. St. Pk Vis. Ctr, Lawrence 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Exhibit opens	7	8	9
12	13	14 AppleSauce Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30 GLEC	15 AppleSauce Final Edit 2:30 - 4:30 GLEC	16 AppleSpice Coffee House 5 - 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence HSPVC
18 Visual Arts Exhibit ends on 17th	20	21 GLEC 1/2 Day	22	23
26 Memorial Day	27	28	29	30
May 7: NA 1/2 Day 14: L 1/2 Day 21: GLEC (All Staff) Early Dismissal
June, 2008
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3	4	5 AppleSauce Launch Night West Middle School 6:30 p.m.	6
9	10	11	12	13
16	17	18	19	20
23	24	25	26	27
30
June 3: M 1/2 Day 6: HS Graduation (N) 6: A: 1/2 Day (K-5) 11: L 1/2 Day 14: L 1/2 Day