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Sunday Night Public Skating |
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This winter Public Skating at Brooks School will run Sunday nights from November 13th to February 26th, from 6:40 - 8:50. It costs $3 per person. Please bring your own skates - no rentals available! |
 | The North Andover Youth Council, in collaboration with DoSomething.org and the store Aeropostale, is participating in the 2012 Teens for Jeans drive. By taking part in this drive you can help homeless teens throughout the nation. Did you know that every 1 out of 3 homeless people are teenagers? All around the country, there are teens in need of jeans in good condition. |
If you have jeans that you no longer wear, please donate them! The drive will be taking place from Monday, January 16th- Friday, February 3rd. There are bins located at the North Andover Youth Center, High School, Middle School, North Andover Choice Fitness and St. Michael’s Church. |
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Seeking Auction Items for Spring Event |
| If you or someone you or your business have sports tickets, a vacation home, airline miles, gift certificates, products or services or any other items that could be used for the auction, please contact Bill Masterson (978-557-5750)
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or Dave Sharp (978- 686-1570)
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We are holding both a live and silent auctions as part of the upcoming Taste of North Andover event. We will also be hosting an online auction that is going live in the coming weeks and donors will be included both on that web site as well as this one as sponsors for this event through your contributions. All proceeds benefit our North Andover Youth Center. The Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center is a nonprofit organization raising funds for the North Andover Youth Center facility and your donations are tax deductible. The deadline for contributing a donation is February 26th. Please click here to review auction donor form for this event for more information. |
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Save The Date - Youth Center Spring Event |
 | SAVE THE DATE - MARCH 10, 2012 Taste of North Andover
Celebrating Volunteerism
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North Andover's Youth Enjoy a night out with good friends and fun with restaurant tastings, cocktails, live and silent auctions and music on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 from 7 - 11pm. Tickets are on sale now! 
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Summer Fun Employment Application |
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Do you enjoy working with kids and need a great summer job? Join the team supporting the North Andover Youth & Recreation Services Summer Fun by clicking on this link. Deadline for applications is Saturday, February 11th. |
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Let's Get Ready To Dance! |
| TEENCO dances are at the Youth Center and the events are for North Andover residents only. Dances cost $7 for Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center members, $10 for 6th Grade non-members and $12 for 7th/8th Grade non-members. Please bring your card to every dance. The Youth Center closes at 4:30 p.m. on dance nights. |
Winter and Spring TEENCO Dance Schedule 6th Grade
| Friday, February 3rd
7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
$7 for Members, $10 for Non-members | | 7th/8th Grade | Friday, February 17th
7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
$7 for Members, $12 for Non-members |
| | The annual 8th Grade Dress-Up Dance will be held on Friday, January 27th. Tickets are $10 per person. Tickets will be sold at the Middle School the week leading up to the dance. Tickets will be sold at the Youth Center for residents who attend private schools. No tickets will be sold at the door. Everyone must purchase their own ticket. This dance is only for North Andover 8th graders! |
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We're on Facebook! Become a Fan! |
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Our Facebook section is very active with the latest news and pictures of what is going on at the Youth Center. Click on this link or a link below to become a fan and stay up-to-date with all of the fun!
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Our Job Bank Has Been Updated |
Find great workers: Any local companies or individuals have a job opportunity that is appropriate for middle or high school student-aged workers? Any local businesses want to be added to the next update of our job bank? Send an email to Demi Tetrault at
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. Need seasonal help? Does anyone need a babysitter, a dog walker or any help around the house? Let us know and we can post your job and help find someone great for you! Please submit any job openings to Micaela Tetrault at
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AFTER SCHOOL JOB OPPORTUNITY: There is a position needed working as a one-on-one after school aide for a 23 year old male with Autism. Duties are to supervise individual while at the Youth Center from 3-5:30 after school. Attributes needed: Dependability, reliability, maturity, and experience interacting with individuals with special needs. Contact Demi at
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for more information. |
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Black Knights 3 on 3 Winter League |
| Black Knights 3 on 3 Winter Basketball League is back!
The season kicks off December 6th for all High School Freshman-Senior Boys that are not on the high school team. All games will be played at the Youth Center on Tuesday nights between 5pm-8pm. Each team can have up to 4 players on their roster (make your own teams).
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Each team will play 16-20 games for the season (2 games a night). Each player will get a reversible jersey for the season. The season will run until Feb 14th (playoffs). There will be a JV Division (Freshman and Sophomore) and a Varsity Division (Junior and Seniors). Winners once again will get Championship Jackets! This year's fee for the Black Knights League is FREE for Members and $45 for Non Members. If you have any questions please contact
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either by email or phone at the Youth Center (978 682-9000). Black Knights Schedule - 2/74:40
| Gamers vs. CHTZ
| NAB vs. Celtic Knights
| | 5:00 | Cheeseheads vs. Crossbow Laners
| Celtic Knights vs. Free Agents | 5:20
| NAB vs. Italian Stallions
| Gamers vs. Shamrocks | 5:40
| CHTZ vs. Free Agents | Cheeseheads vs. Bulldogs | 6:00
| Bulldogs vs. Crossbow Laners
| Mike + the Boys vs. Italian Stallions
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| Last Resort vs. Shamrocks | No Faces vs. Few G's
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| Brick Masons vs. Koosh | X-Z vs. Allan Painting | 7:00
| Few G's vs. Allan Painting
| Mike + the Boys vs. Last Resort
| | 7:20 | No Faces vs. Koosh
| X-Z vs. Brick Masons |
Black Knights Standings - After Week 7| | JV
| | Varsity | | 1 | Cheese Heads 13-1
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| Brick Masons 12-2
| | 2 | Free Agents 9-3
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| Few G's Stroking 3's 9-5
| | 3 | Shamrocks 10-4 | 3 | No Faces 5-9
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| Team Koosh 5-9
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| CHTZ 8-6
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| X-Z 5-9 | | 6 | Bulldogs 7-7
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| Allan Painting 3-11 | | 7 | Celtic Knights 7-7
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| | | | 9 | Crossbow Laners 5-7
| | | | 10 | Mike + the Boys 4-10 | | | | 11 | N.A.B. 4-10
| | | | 12 | Last Resort 0-14 | | |
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Writing Coaching for College Essays |
 | YourBestFoot, LLC is offering one-on-one writing coaching for the college essay. The program is taught by Nicole Downer, a well respected English teacher who specializes in creative and expository writing. |
The program commences with a series of lessons in organization, structure, thesis, diction, metaphor, allusion, economy of language, connotation, style and voice, and students compose their essays step by step, applying these skills as they go. Then the coaching switches gears to editing, teaching students the craft of editing a document to strengthen language, analyze "big picture" elements, and copy edit. Simply put, YourBestFoot, LLC teaches students to write a memorable college admissions essay because its program teaches the skills to create and edit powerful prose. You can reach Nicole via her website yourbestfoot.net , email
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,or phone (978.821.6130). Scholarships are available, please apply via the "YBF Scholarship" link on yourbestfoot.net . |
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College students, interested in keeping in touch with the YC? Request to join "The Bridge " on Facebook! |
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Parents, We Need Your Help! |
How you can become involved: We're currently looking for parent volunteers! Volunteers are needed for the front desk to answer phones. The time commitment is very minimal - only five hours per month - one weekday two times a month. Our open shifts are 11:30-2:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We appreciate all the help we can get! If you are interested, please email Demi at
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. Thanks!
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North Andover Youth & Recreation Services communicates via email for upcoming events and special notifications through our email distribution list. Read about activities relating to the Youth Center and North Andover Recreation Services and stay connected with everything that is going on! Your privacy is important and contact information is never given away or sold.
Click on this link to sign up. | 
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The Youth Center has the need for a few things. Donations are appreciated. Please contact the Youth Center at 978-682-9000 or email
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with any questions. - Weed Wacker
- Xbox games
- Snow blower
- Movie DVD'S
- Good Condition Couch and love seat
- Ice machine
- Wii games
- Card tables (good condition)
- Picnic tables (good condition)
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North Andover Youth & Recreation Services provides an information and referral guide for local therapists and counselors. You can pick up yours today at the center or view it by clicking on this link . We are also making this available to the Middle School and High School Guidance Counselors.
This booklet was recently updated in October 2011 and it is available to Parents, Students, Teachers and Guidance Counselors.
Any local therapist that would like to be added, please contact Demi Tetrault,
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Check out our "Testimonials" page. If any member, former member, parent or individual would like to tell us how Youth Services has affected you, please email Rick Gorman at
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Click on this link to read what people had to say. |
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Teaming Up With Amazon.com |
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North Andover Youth & Recreation Services is teamed with Amazon.com to provide a custom shopping store for you to use. Any purchases that you make generate a commission (usually 4%) that is 100% donated to North Andover Youth & Recreation Services and the Youth Center. Click on this link to start shopping and thank you for your support! |
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Sponsor an Ad on the Web Site |
The www.nayouth.com web site is now able to accept ads from local business sponsors. Revenue from these advertisements is used to support the costs incurred for the web site as well as other initiatives within North Andover Youth & Recreation Services. We receive 100% of all revenue. We reserve the right to restrict certain advertisements based on content and appropriateness to the audience of this site. If you are interested please click here for more information or contact
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