Our School Board Election is nearing and EARLY VOTING is available now! There are 4 open seats and voter turnout is typically low for School Board only elections. Our schools need you to get out and vote!  

These are YOUR schools - Please Vote and help shape the School Board.

Early Voting available:

Weekdays @ City Hall: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 30th: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday, November 1st: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.



Tuesday, November 2nd: at your polling place 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

Below are links to the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum and the Parent Leadership Council Forum to learn more about the 6 candidates vying for the 4 open seats. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VISId-QPPQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K598PLn2DY

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ARE BACK!

Community Connections are events that come in all sizes – small, larger and just right. They are events for both students and parents hosted by Normandale, Valley View Middle School, and Edina High School families in the French Immersion Community. The events are designed to bring together our community while raising funds for our fantastic Edina French Intern Program. Sign up on the Normandale PTO site to host a party!

Sign up to receive a free bag of food every weekend. There are no qualification requirements and your family's privacy is protected. Once you have signed up, please check your child's backpack for the food bag each Friday starting November 5.

Please contact our school social worker, Lisa Rapke Hoffman with questions.

LOST AND FOUND

Our lost and found is overflowing!

Please come collect your lost items any school day before 5pm or any time during conferences day, Tuesday, November 2.

Any items not claimed by November 5 will be donated.

The PTO makes an effort to sort through the lost and found and return labeled items to students. Most items in the lost and found are not labeled! Need name stickers? Use this link for Name Bubbles and Normandale PTO will receive 20% of the subtotal of your purchase.

2021-22 SCHOOL PICTURES

Picture retake day is scheduled for Tuesday October 26th. If you would like your student to get picture retakes, please sign in to your Josten’s account and click ‘Sign Up For Retakes’ at the top of the page. If your student was absent on picture day, you do not need to sign up for retakes, they will automatically get their picture taken. Please remember that your student should not wear green on retake day if they are having their picture taken.

School pictures are ready to view and order online! Parents should have received an email from Jostens with information. The event code is FE74521. If parents are not able to access the pictures, please make a request using a different account and it will be approved. 

Note: Parents need to order the class composite if they would like to receive one this year. 

Questions: kingvaldson@gmail.com

NOUVEAUTÉS À NORMANDALE

Nouveautés à Normandale is a monthly Google Meet to bridge the distance between home and school. They cover topics specific to Normandale, language immersion, and education in general.  

The topic of our first meeting this year will be Normandale’s French Intern Program. Normandale’s Intern Coordinators, Lisa Bekemeyer and Sharon Norlander, will join Principal Holden as they share a behind the scenes look at our intern program. Please join us on November 3 @ 9 am as we share information about how we recruit, hire, train, and host interns. Spoiler alert, it is not as easy as it looks! 

If you plan on attending, please RSVP here so we can send you a Google Meet invite.

MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT NORMANDALE

The Health and Safety Measures resolution that was approved by the Edina School Board on August 17 includes universal masking for all students and adults in Edina transportation and indoor school settings. Please remember your mask when you visit Normandale for Partnership Planning conferences and volunteering.

The Minnesota Department of Health is requesting that schools continue to track COVID related cases among their student population.  

Covid/Illness Reporting Form - Please use this form to report your child’s absence due to illness. It is helpful to us in tracking illness related absences and which families we need to follow up with to guide through the decision tree.

As always, call if you need consultation on whether or not your child should stay home, get tested, and where to get tested. We’re here to help!

LUNCHTIME VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We continue to need volunteers to supervise outdoor home lunch. Please sign up HERE if you are able to help. As a reminder, volunteers are what allows us to offer outdoor lunch for students.

Do you love books? Do you love kids? Are you an organizer? Do you like to be active in our learning community? Sign up to volunteer today! https://forms.gle/UdjFmDrbRhB6Vond9

Many hands make light work! Check out the media center calendar to view the schedule of classes. https://bit.ly/ndmediaschedule

LAURA VOULGRE- SECOND GRADE

About me...:  I grow up in a small town which next to the forest. It was in west south of France next to Bordeaux.

I have a little sister who name's Noemie, she is 21. We are very close. I like many things, sports, go out with my friends, spend time with my family, read book, manga, watch movies, series, anime, listen music... I love make puzzle, very large puzzle like 1 500, 2 000 or 3 000 and over pieces.

In The US...: Too many things ahah ! Spent a lot of time with my host family, discover the american culture, go to a baseball game, a basketball game, an american football, celebrate Halloween as you celebrete it ! Do winter's sports too...

I would like travel in Minnesota, make the new year in New York, go to orlando in Harry Potter Park.

And and whatever I can do or see I will ahah!

My favorite food…: Wow...my favorite food is not original...I love any burgers.... and fries.... so much !!

I am excited about…: I'm excited about everything ! I'm excited because i'll speak in english et i want so much learn to speak english!

I'm excited to meet my host family, meet my classroom, the school, my colleagues.

I'm excited because I'm going to an unknown country so I have everything to discover.

EDINA ELEMENTARY 1 MILE CROSS COUNTRY RACE

For boys and girls in grades 4 and 5, sponsored by the Edina High School Boys and Girls Cross Country teams.

Saturday, October 30th

Edina High School Lower North Grass Fields

Please click HERE for more information on this free event.

Normandale PTO| [normandalepto.org]