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Calendar Reminder: NO SCHOOL on Monday, April 10
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Snapshot: Personalized Learning occurs in Edina Public Schools classrooms every day. Watch how 5th graders at Cornelia Elementary took a personalized approach to their poetry unit.
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EPS receives financial reporting award for 12th consecutive year
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Edina Public Schools (EPS) has again been recognized for excellence in financial reporting by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). Fiscal year 2016 marks the 12th consecutive year that EPS has received MDE’s School Finance Award.
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Save the Date: Celebrate Superintendent Ric Dressen
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Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 3 for a special celebration of Superintendent Ric Dressen's career with Edina Public Schools. There will be an open house from 4-7:30 p.m. at Braemar Golf Club, 6364 John Harris Drive, Edina. More details to come.
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Harrison Heinks wins national arts award
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Harrison Heinks, an Edina High School senior, was recently awarded a Gold Medal in the Digital Art category of the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. The Gold Medal is the highest award possible at the national level. In 2016, Heinks was named an
Emerging Young Artist by by VSA, the international organization on arts and disability, and part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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UN Foundation's 'Girl Up' takes off at EHS
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By Jenna Simon
Zephyrus news/politics editor
Over the past couple of months, a new activist club has blossomed at Edina High School. Girl Up Edina, a club formed and operated by students, has given a platform to 150 students who wish to promote equal opportunities for women worldwide.
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Edina High School Principal Candidate Forums scheduled for April 12
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Meet the candidates for Edina High School principal at a community forum on Wednesday, April 12 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The candidates are Andrew Beaton and Sara Vernig. Parents and Students will meet in Room 344 (Band). Staff will meet in Room 342 (Choir).
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District offices move to third floor of ECC
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The District Offices have moved to their new location on the east side of the third floor of the Edina Community Center. The move was to allow room for Normandale to expand into the previous District Office location on the second floor. Visiting the District Office? Please check in at the Enrollment Center on the first floor of the ECC.
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Help students be MCA ready!
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MCA testing will begin shortly after spring break and there are many ways to help students be prepared. Check out the
Get MCA Ready! page on the district website. You'll find links to simple suggestions for teachers, parents and students on how to be mentally prepared and calm test nervousness, along with links to sample test questions.
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April 7, 6-8 p.m. | Edina Give and Go Annual Fundraiser
Braemar Golf Club
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Join Edina Give and Go, one of our mission-aligned partners, "casual evening of fun and fundraising to help us unlock opportunities for EPS students who are economically disadvantaged."
The event is free, but RSVP is requested
here.
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April 17, 7 p.m. | Regular School Board Meeting
Edina Community Center, Room 349
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April 18, 7-9 p.m. | Looking Through a New Lens: A Good Time for the Truth, Normandale Elementary Auditorium
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Join us for our third community conversation around the book, A Good Time for the Truth, with editor Sun Yung Shin and a panel of the book's contributing authors. Click
here to learn more and to register.
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April 20-22 | South View Thespians present: School of Rock
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South View¹s 2017 spring musical School of Rock is an epic undertaking with almost 130 cast and crew members portraying the story of Dewey Finn, played by Brady Evans, an out-of-work rock singer and guitarist who pretends to be a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After identifying the musical talent in his students, Dewey forms a band of fifth-graders, in an attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands contest. South View students Max Froelich, Andrew Guzik, Marnie Pardo, and Sam Rogers even play live instruments in the show as do an entire orchestra of South View students!
Shows are April 20-21 at 7 p.m., and April 22 at 2 p.m. in the South View Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students.
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April 26-30 | Edina High School Thespians present: In The Heights
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Tickets for In the Heights, Edina High School Thespians' spring performance, go on sale April 10. Performances are April 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7 p.m. and April 29, 30 at 1 p.m. in the Edina Performing Arts Center (EPAC).
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May 2, 7-8:30 p.m. | Internet and Social Media Safety Seminar
Edina Performing Arts Center (EPAC), 6754 Valley View Road
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The Edina Police Department, Edina Public Schools and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will host a presentation and discussion about long-term and emerging online issues, and advice about how to avoid becoming a victim. Click
here for more information.
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